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Organizational Forms of Entrepreneurship Support: A Case Study

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  • Tomasz Skica
  • Jacek Rodzinka
  • Elzbieta Ociepa-Kicinska

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Purpose: The article aim is a diagnosis of the scope of organizational instruments for supporting entrepreneurship available to local government units, determining the degree of use of individual instruments by local government units that fall under the category of organizational forms of supporting entrepreneurship and determining the diversity of the scope and type of support for entrepreneurship used by communes due to the criterion of category of communes. Design/Methodology/Approach: The analyzes were performed based on 35413 input data. The chi-square and Kramer V coefficients were used in the research. Findings: The results of the research presented in this study show in most areas a weak relationship between the type of commune and the organizational forms of supporting local entrepreneurship used by it. Practical Implications: The implementation of the results of the study conducted allow to identify of the most popular tools used in Polish municipalities. Originality/Value: The debate on the instrumentalization of entrepreneurship support by communes is essential because knowledge on this subject has a strongly applied dimension.

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  • Tomasz Skica & Jacek Rodzinka & Elzbieta Ociepa-Kicinska, 2021. "Organizational Forms of Entrepreneurship Support: A Case Study," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(3 - Part ), pages 367-385.
    • Handle: RePEc:ers:journl:v:xxiv:y:2021:i:3-part1:p:367-385
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    Keywords

    Entrepreneurship support instruments; local government; development support policies.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • L38 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Policy
    • H79 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Other

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