Wybrane przestrzenne aspekty restrukturyzacji przemysłu w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej przed kryzysem gospodarczym 2008 roku
Selected Spatial Aspects of Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern European Countries in the Period before the 2008 Economic Crisis

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to assess selected spatial aspects of industrial restructuring in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries in the run-up to the 2008 economic crisis. The study includes both a comparative analysis of deindustrialisation processes at the national level as well as changes in the importance of the industrial sector in the NUTS3 regions of the CEE countries. In particular, the analysis enabled to identify regions that, on the one hand, achieved economic success measured by GDP growth in comparison to the national average, and on the other hand regions that noted an increase in the importance of industry in the gross value added structure. In three selected regions an in-depth qualitative research was conducted, aimed at identifying development factors, including the role of institutions and external intervention in the economic restructuring processes. The study shows that the scale of success of regions that underwent a successful restructuring of industry was relatively small. In the development processes of the regions exogenous factors played a decisive role, in particular the inflow of foreign capital. In turn, the importance of endogenous factors, such as the growth of innovativeness of enterprises or the development of small and medium-sized enterprises was relatively small. What was identified as a particularly important factor was cooperation between the main stakeholders of the regional and local development, resulting in properly formulated strategies of the territorial structures’ development.

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