Spatial differences in migration of businesses: The example of Polish regions

• Authors: Wojciech Dziemianowicz

Abstracts

EN

Companies relocate in various manners. Some of them move by way of foreign direct investments, other relocate within their countries, regions or local areas of operation (e.g. when a company moves its seat to a different street). This paper focuses on the issue of relocating companies' seats. Data analysis (on NUTS2 level) indicates that migration of companies leads to an increased concentration of businesses in the Mazovia region, in particular in Warsaw. Additionally, it was demonstrated that in all of the Polish voivodeships the majority of companies that migrate do so within their regions. The weakest “magnet” for businesses are the voivodeships belonging to the least developed areas in Poland (Eastern Poland) and the Opole voivodeship, which undergoes a significant decline in population.

Keywords

EN

Relocation of companies; location factors; regional diversity; concentration; specialization

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 142-149

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Wojciech Dziemianowicz

• Department of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0021

Biblioteka Nauki

2134581