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Rozwój rynku usług faktoringowych w Polsce
Factoring market development in Poland

Author(s): Anna Paluch, Danuta Zawadzka
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: factoring; market; suppliers; short-term financing; financial liquidity

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the problems of the use of factoring in the companies’ current financing on Polish market. The study adopted the thesis that the importance of factoring increases due to increase in the mutual companies lending. The paper consists of three parts. In the first part the reasons of using factoring in business are presented. It is linked to the issue of trade credit. In the second part the size of the factoring market in Poland is being analyzed. Additionally, the activity of factors (specialized financial institutions), the number of transactions and their volume are characterized. The third section presents the structure of the market in terms of the factoring contracts.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 167
  • Page Range: 553-565
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish