Changes in Poland’s industry after 1989

• Authors: Stanisław Osiński

Abstracts

EN

This paper has as its goals the presentation and evaluation of the changes in Poland's industry during the economic transformation. After having listed the main characteristics of the industry in the period before 1989, the author points out the changing role of the industry in the national economy as well as changes in ownership and quantity. An evaluation of the changes in employment in industry, the value and structure of fixed assets, capital expenditures (incl. the role of direct foreign investments) as well as of the dynamics and structure of the industrial production has been made. Processes of restructuring of indusstry and spatial changes in the industry deployment are another topic discussed in the paper.

Keywords

EN

Poland; industry; production; restructuring; investments (foreign investments); fixed assets

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 11
• Pages: 249-261

Dates

published

2004

Contributors

author

Stanisław Osiński

translator

Jan Owsiński

References

• G i e r a ń c z y k W., S t a ń c z y k A., 2001, Przemiany struktury przestrzennej przemysłu na ziemiach polskich [Transformations of the spatial structure of industry on Polish territories; in Polish], Czasopismo Geograficzne, vol. LXXII, issue 3-4, Wrocław.
• O s i ń s k a A., 2001, Restrukturyzacja górnictwa węgla kamiennego w Polsce w okresie transformacji gospodarczej [Hard coal mining restructuring in Poland in the period of economic transformation; in Polish], M.A. thesis. Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Warsaw University, Warszawa.
• Raport o stanie polskiego przemysłu w roku 1993 [Report on the state of Polish industry in 1993; in Polish], 1994, Ministerstwo Przemysłu i Handlu, Warszawa.
• Transformacja społeczno-gospodarcza w Polsce [The socio-economic transformation in Poland; in Polish], 2002, Rządowe Centrum Studiów Strategicznych, Warszawa.
• Roczniki Statystyczne Przemysłu, 1989 - 2003 [Statistical Yearbooks of Industry; in Polish], GUS, Warszawa.

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2029397