Development of small and medium-sized enterprises sector and the use of European Union structural funds in the Radom subregion

• Authors: Elżbieta Noworol-Luft , Katarzyna Kalinowska

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the chapter was to analyze the use of European Union structural funds by the sector of small and medium enterprises in the Radom subregion. There was one hypothesis and one research question posed in the study. On the basis of literature studies, as well as the observation of economic reality, the SME sector for the Radom subregion was discussed, as well as the role of European Union structural funds in four programming periods. The theoretical part includes a detailed author's questionnaire containing fifteen variables relating to the effects of implementing projects co-financed by EU funds on a group of 100 companies in the SME sector of the Radom subregion.  The paper contains results for a group of a national study conducted in September 2021 (100 enterprises) that used the method of Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) are presented. The paper contains the author?s original research into a representative group of SME?s enterprises that can be generalised to the entire population.

Keywords

EN

competitive potential of enterprise; structural funds; economic development; SME sector

• Publisher: Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy "SPATIUM"
• Journal: Central European Review of Economics & Finance
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 15-28

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Elżbieta Noworol-Luft

• Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom

author

Katarzyna Kalinowska

• Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24136/ceref.2021.014

Biblioteka Nauki

17839681