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Innovativeness and Competitiveness of Polish Service Enterprises Under the Conditions of Market Liberalization in the Central and Eastern Europe

Authors: Anna Dąbrowska, Adrian Lubowiecki-Vikuk

Published in: Entrepreneurship and Organizational Change

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This chapter focuses on the role of innovativeness and competitiveness in Polish service enterprises. An econometric analysis was done that focused on the average scores related to threats resulting from services market liberalization in the opinion of enterprises according to the size of the enterprise and type of services. Both the benefits and threats resulting from the liberalization of the services market of Polish service enterprises operating on the markets of other CEEC differed with regard to the size of the enterprise and the type of services provided. Suggestions for future research are included together with managerial implications.

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Title: Innovativeness and Competitiveness of Polish Service Enterprises Under the Conditions of Market Liberalization in the Central and Eastern Europe
Authors: Anna Dąbrowska
Adrian Lubowiecki-Vikuk
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Entrepreneurship and Organizational Change
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-35414-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-35415-2

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35415-2_2

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