About This Project

Institutional barriers are one of the key problems making life difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland. However, different impediments emerge in different environments. Rural and urban areas differ dramatically in their business environments. Both environments provide some specific opportunities and barriers. The purpose of this study is to examine differences in the perception of institutional barriers in Poland in urban and rural areas.

Who is researcher?

Sławomir Konopa graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in economics, and his master's thesis won first place for the    Award of the Entrepreneurship Council at the President of the Republic of Poland   for the best master's thesis in the field of entrepreneurship in Poland. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in economics and he is a MSc student of geography at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Sławomir has received a scholarship from the National Science Center. He is currently working as a Research Assistant at the University of Agriculture in Cracow in two grants on forest changes under the influence of climate change. He also has an   instagram    with photos of nature. 

Budget

Funding is needed mainly for building zip code databases, databases of companies in large cities and rural areas. In addition, hosting will need to be purchased to enable mass mailing and the services of statistical companies to create advanced surveys. The project is already partially funded, but more money is needed to complete the research.

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