Międzynarodowe środowisko i jego wpływ na międzynarodową przedsiębiorczość firm: przypadek polskich firm

• Authors: Głodowska Agnieszka , Pera Bożena , Wach Krzysztof

Title variants

EN

The International Environment and Its Influence on the Entrepreneurial Internationalization of Firms: The Case of Polish Businesses

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł koncentruje się na środowisku międzynarodowym, czyli jednej z głównych zmiennych procesu umiędzynarodowiania firm z punktu widzenia międzynarodowej przedsiębiorczości. Podstawowym celem badania jest identyfikacja kluczowych czynników umiędzynarodowiania się firm, a jednocześnie badanie wpływu tego czynnika w procesie umiędzynarodowienia polskich firm. Praca przedstawia częściowe wyniki badania obejmującego próbkę składającą się z 355 firm działających w Polsce. Kwestionariusz został opracowany w roku 2015 w ramach projektu OPUS 4 przeprowadzonego na Uniwersytecie Ekonomicznym w Krakowie. Dzięki informacji uzyskanej od polskich firm, badanie to odkryło, że czynniki przyciągające mają pozytywny wpływ na poziom umiędzynarodowienia badanych przedsiębiorstw. Firmy wytwórcze są głównymi beneficjentami procesów umiędzynarodowienia, a polskie firmy, założone jako globalne, wykorzystują swoje nastawienie na ekologię. Wyniki przedstawionego artykułu to punkt wyjścia do dalszych analiz, w tym nie tylko prostego siedmiowymiarowego podejścia PLESCET, lecz także procesu uczenia się organizacji, akumulacji wiedzy pochodzącej ze środowiska oraz wykorzystania szans ekologicznych.

EN

The article focuses on the international environment, which is one of the main variables in the internationalization process of firms from the perspective of international entrepreneurship. The main goal of this study is the identification of the key factors in the internationalization of the firms, inherent in the international environment, and the exploration of the impact of these factors on the process of the internationalization of Polish firms. The paper presents the partial results of a survey based on a sample of 355 companies operating in Poland. The questionnaire was completed in 2015 as a part of the OPUS 4 project as carried out at the Cracow University of Economics. Using information from Polish companies, the study finds that pull factors have a positive influence on the level of internationalization of the examined businesses. Production companies are the main beneficiaries of the internationalization process and Polish born globals take advantage of their adjustments to the ecology. The results presented in the article are just a starting point for further analyses, including not only the simple seven-dimensional PLESCET approach, but also the process of organizational learning, the accumulation of knowledge coming from the environment, and the taking advantage of environmental opportunities.

Keywords

PL

umiędzynarodowienie; biznes międzynarodowy; środowisko zewnętrzne; środowisko biznesowe; przedsiębiorczość międzynarodowa

EN

internationalization; international business; external environment; business environment; international entrepreneurship

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 3/2016 (62), t.2
• Pages: 107-130

Dates

issued

2016-12-01

online

2016-12-01

Contributors

author

Głodowska Agnieszka

• Faculty of Economics and International Relations, Cracow University of Economics

author

Pera Bożena

• Faculty of Economics and International Relations, Cracow University of Economics

author

Wach Krzysztof

• Faculty of Economics and International Relations, Cracow University of Economics

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Identifiers

ISSN

1644-9584

DOI

10.7172/1644-9584.62.7