MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN POLAND AT REGIONAL LEVEL

In the reality of global competition creating good conditions for entrepreneurship should be considered as one of the most important institutional growth factor. In the case of Central European countries that have the history of central planned economy and face the problem of improving their institutional order the problem of creating good conditions for business and entrepreneurship is of mayor importance. As a result, the main objective of the article is to conduct quantitative analysis of conditions and factors influencing entrepreneurship in Poland at regional level (NUTS 3 level). In the research the factors influencing entrepreneurship are treated as multivariate phenomena. As a result, a taxonomic approach was applied here. In order to quantify the conditions influencing entrepreneurship zero-unitarization method was used for obtaining a synthetic measure of development of the analyzed phenomenon. Based on the obtained measure a ranking of Polish NUTS 3 regions for the years 2010-2015 was obtained, which provides the information on the best regions for entrepreneurs and the worst once. The research confirmed significant disparities in regard to the conditions influencing entrepreneurship at regional level, which should be the object of interests of Polish authorities. The result of the research can be used in proposing guidelines for reforming regional policy in Poland.