<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Research background:</bold> The development of business on a local level depends on a variety of factors, which as is often the case are shaped by the local authorities. An example of activities carried out by local governments in order to help develop businesses is the management of the spatial resources in a given municipality in such a way as to facilitate starting and developing companies.<bold>Purpose:</bold> The principal objective of this study has been to identify how local authorities and businessmen perceive the role of conditions associated with the municipality’s spatial policy in terms of starting and conducting a business.<bold>Research methodology:</bold> The research results rely on primary data acquired by conducting a survey based on a questionnaire designed by the authors.<bold>Results:</bold> The results permitted to demonstrate differences and similarities among the opinions of our respondents concerning factors linked to the spatial policy of a municipality that have an impact on decisions to set up and develop companies. Among the location factors, the most important ones, according to both local governments and businessmen, were the state of the local infrastructure, such as IT, transportation, communication, waterworks and sewers, power supply.<bold>Novelty:</bold> The confrontation of the replies provided by local authorities and by entrepreneurs concerns spatial policy, and the territorial scope of the research covering the whole of Poland, the different types of enterprises from various branches are the innovative element of the study.</abstract>

Research background: The development of business on a local level depends on a variety of factors, which as is often the case are shaped by the local authorities. An example of activities carried out by local governments in order to help develop businesses is the management of the spatial resources in a given municipality in such a way as to facilitate starting and developing companies.Purpose: The principal objective of this study has been to identify how local authorities and businessmen perceive the role of conditions associated with the municipality’s spatial policy in terms of starting and conducting a business.Research methodology: The research results rely on primary data acquired by conducting a survey based on a questionnaire designed by the authors.Results: The results permitted to demonstrate differences and similarities among the opinions of our respondents concerning factors linked to the spatial policy of a municipality that have an impact on decisions to set up and develop companies. Among the location factors, the most important ones, according to both local governments and businessmen, were the state of the local infrastructure, such as IT, transportation, communication, waterworks and sewers, power supply.Novelty: The confrontation of the replies provided by local authorities and by entrepreneurs concerns spatial policy, and the territorial scope of the research covering the whole of Poland, the different types of enterprises from various branches are the innovative element of the study.

Measures Implemented by Local Authorities, Particularly in the Sphere of Spatial Policy, and Its Impact on Setting Up and Developing Companies – Opinions Comparison

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Faculty of Economics, Department of Economic Policy

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Research background: The development of business on a local level depends on a variety of factors, which as is often the case are shaped by the local...

Measures Implemented by Local Authorities, Particularly in the Sphere of Spatial Policy, and Its Impact on Setting Up and Developing Companies – Opinions Comparison

Published Online: Aug 20, 2020

Page range: 302 - 318

Received: Oct 03, 2019

Accepted: Mar 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0018

Keywords
local development, entrepreneurship, business activity, local authorities, spatial policy

© 2020 Izabela Rogalska et al., published by Sciendo

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

Measures Implemented by Local Authorities, Particularly in the Sphere of Spatial Policy, and Its Impact on Setting Up and Developing Companies – Opinions Comparison

Published Online: Aug 20, 2020

Page range: 302 - 318

Received: Oct 03, 2019

Accepted: Mar 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2020-0018

Keywordslocal development, entrepreneurship, business activity, local authorities, spatial policy

© 2020 Izabela Rogalska et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
local development, entrepreneurship, business activity, local authorities, spatial policy