<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Research background:</bold> Surveys of entrepreneurs regarding the assessment of conditions for conducting business activity are carried out by several institutions. They focus on business climate indicators but in parallel they report on numerous barriers to economic activity. The paper examines the barriers that hinder business operations to manufacturing enterprises in Poland.<bold>Purpose:</bold> The purpose of the paper is to analyse the barriers to business activity and their role in entrepreneurs’ assessment of their general economic situation. It has been hypothesized that statistically significant barriers to economic activity that affect the assessment of the general economic situation by entrepreneurs can be determined.<bold>Research methodology:</bold> The analysis was based on the Central Statistical Office data from the business tendency survey in manufacturing enterprises spanning the period 2003–2019, broken down into groups of small, medium-sized and large enterprises. Correlation measures and regression models were used.<bold>Results:</bold> The results allow indicating several barriers that have a significant impact on the assessment of the current economic situation by entrepreneurs. This impact varies depending on the size of the enterprise. No significant relationship was found between the barriers and the assessment of the expected economic situation.<bold>Novelty:</bold> The paper contributes to studies on business tendency surveys. It develops a detailed analysis of the barriers to economic activity, takes into account the size of enterprises and examines the influence of business barriers on the assessment of the economic situation by entrepreneurs.</abstract>

Research background: Surveys of entrepreneurs regarding the assessment of conditions for conducting business activity are carried out by several institutions. They focus on business climate indicators but in parallel they report on numerous barriers to economic activity. The paper examines the barriers that hinder business operations to manufacturing enterprises in Poland.Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the barriers to business activity and their role in entrepreneurs’ assessment of their general economic situation. It has been hypothesized that statistically significant barriers to economic activity that affect the assessment of the general economic situation by entrepreneurs can be determined.Research methodology: The analysis was based on the Central Statistical Office data from the business tendency survey in manufacturing enterprises spanning the period 2003–2019, broken down into groups of small, medium-sized and large enterprises. Correlation measures and regression models were used.Results: The results allow indicating several barriers that have a significant impact on the assessment of the current economic situation by entrepreneurs. This impact varies depending on the size of the enterprise. No significant relationship was found between the barriers and the assessment of the expected economic situation.Novelty: The paper contributes to studies on business tendency surveys. It develops a detailed analysis of the barriers to economic activity, takes into account the size of enterprises and examines the influence of business barriers on the assessment of the economic situation by entrepreneurs.

The Role of Barriers to the Activity of Industrial Enterprises in the Evaluation of the Business Tendency in Poland

Faculty of Economics and Sociology, Department of Central Banking and Financial Intermediation

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research background: Surveys of entrepreneurs regarding the assessment of conditions for conducting business activity are carried out by several institutions....

The Role of Barriers to the Activity of Industrial Enterprises in the Evaluation of the Business Tendency in Poland

Published Online: Aug 20, 2020

Page range: 206 - 220

Received: Oct 17, 2019

Accepted: Mar 31, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0012

Keywords
business tendency survey, barriers to economic activity, business climate indicator, enterprise, economic situation

© 2020 Maria Kaźmierska-Zatoń et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Barriers to the Activity of Industrial Enterprises in the Evaluation of the Business Tendency in Poland

Published Online: Aug 20, 2020

Page range: 206 - 220

Received: Oct 17, 2019

Accepted: Mar 31, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0012

Keywordsbusiness tendency survey, barriers to economic activity, business climate indicator, enterprise, economic situation

© 2020 Maria Kaźmierska-Zatoń et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
business tendency survey, barriers to economic activity, business climate indicator, enterprise, economic situation