Distribution and Activity Growth of Industrial and Construction Sectors in Małopolska Region

Authors

  • Monika Płaziak Pedagogical University of Cracow Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management Institute of Geography
  • Anna Irena Szymańska Pedagogical University of Cracow Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management Institute of Geography

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.25.9

Keywords:

construction sector, entrepreneurship, industry sector, Małopolska Region

Abstract

The paper analyses spatial and dynamic activity of Małopolska Region inhabitants in the industrial and construction sectors on the basis of employment and entrepreneurial activity in these sectors. The years 2006-2011 showed a positive trend for the activity in both sectors, while the performance of the construction sector was significantly better. For comparison for Poland situation was different - the dynamics of employment and entrepreneurial activity in the industry were adverse. As for Poland, entrepreneurial activity in the construction sector intensified, in relative terms, and was relatively high, and substantially higher in the Małopolska Region. Note that a geographic increase in the entrepreneurial attitudes of residents is not followed by any intensified entrepreneurial activity in the construction sector. To the contrary, a reverse trend was observed: the poviats reporting intensive entrepreneurial activity reported a relatively low share of the construction sector and vice versa - the share was rather high in areas reporting the entrepreneurial indicator at its low. Research shows that only a few poviats reported visible unfavourable trends. These are Dąbrowski and Miechowski poviats, which reported a major drop in the number of the employed both in general and specifically in the industrial and construction sector. However, these poviats, considered underdeveloped when compared to the rest of the Region, reported a positive growth of entrepreneurial activity, both in the industry and construction sector, while a downward trend in entrepreneurial activity in the industry was reported in the Suski Poviat as well in more economically advanced and industrialized poviats: Wadowicki and Kraków, what reflects a general national trend.

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Author Biographies

Monika Płaziak, Pedagogical University of Cracow Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management Institute of Geography

Monika Płaziak, Ph.D. degree in economic geography, assistant professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management, Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Cracow. Author’s research interests concern issues of the spatial development in the context of the sustainable development – social balanced towns and energy-efficient towns, and also process of industrial and construction enterprises locations. Her research works refer to issues of the cooperation of scientific and research-developmental organizations with the SME sector, especially in the matter of the implementing new technologies and materials concerning the energy-efficient and passive building. Additionally, the author analyses issues of the level and quality of life, with particular reference to small and medium-sized towns in Poland.

 

Anna Irena Szymańska, Pedagogical University of Cracow Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management Institute of Geography

Anna Irena Szymańska, graduated from University of Economics in Krakow, MA degree in Management and Marketing, Ph.D. degree in economic sciences in the field of management sciences (Chair of Market Analysis and Marketing Research – University of Economics in Cracow), assistant professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Management, Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Cracow. Her research interests are related to the issue of consumer needs, preferences and market behaviour as well as issues in the area of entrepreneurship and innovation with particular emphasis on the SME sector.

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Published

2014-01-15

How to Cite

Płaziak, M., & Szymańska, A. I. (2014). Distribution and Activity Growth of Industrial and Construction Sectors in Małopolska Region. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 25, 163–177. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.25.9

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