<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Business demography</italic> is a new developing field of research. Problems in scientific research occur due to methodological inaccuracies. Differences in defining terms and indicators, and differences and changes in business registration standards make it difficult to analyse data in time or to conduct a comparative study of various countries. Many problems still remain to be solved; however, there is a need to study the population of firms and to analyse processes occurring in these populations. This article shows the data on birth rates and death rates of European business entities registered by the Eurostat. It also presents firm set-up indicators and firm liquidation indicators in the Zachodniopomorskie voivodship as compared to the Polish market.</p></abstract>

Business demography is a new developing field of research. Problems in scientific research occur due to methodological inaccuracies. Differences in defining terms and indicators, and differences and changes in business registration standards make it difficult to analyse data in time or to conduct a comparative study of various countries. Many problems still remain to be solved; however, there is a need to study the population of firms and to analyse processes occurring in these populations. This article shows the data on birth rates and death rates of European business entities registered by the Eurostat. It also presents firm set-up indicators and firm liquidation indicators in the Zachodniopomorskie voivodship as compared to the Polish market.

Business Demography - the Analysis of Firm Population in the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship as Compared to the Polish and European Market

Department of Econometrics and Statistics Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

Business demography is a new developing field of research. Problems in scientific research occur due to methodological inaccuracies. Differences in defining...

Business Demography - the Analysis of Firm Population in the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship as Compared to the Polish and European Market

Published Online: Dec 03, 2007

Page range: 53 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10031-007-0002-7

Keywords
business fluctuation, business demography, firm set-up and liquidation firm indicator

This content is open access.

Business Demography - the Analysis of Firm Population in the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship as Compared to the Polish and European Market

Published Online: Dec 03, 2007

Page range: 53 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10031-007-0002-7

Keywordsbusiness fluctuation, business demography, firm set-up and liquidation firm indicator

This content is open access.

Keywords
business fluctuation, business demography, firm set-up and liquidation firm indicator