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Historyczne uwarunkowania działań biznesowych w Polsce z perspektywy koncepcji przestrzeni społecznej
Historical Conditions for Business Activities in Poland from the Perspective of the Social Space Concept

Author(s): Waldemar Dymarczyk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of the arts, business, education
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: social space; entrepreneurship; economic history; sociology of space

Summary/Abstract: The activities of social actors take place in specific temporal and spatial contexts. What are their goals and their chances of realization depend, inter alia, on the specific level of development of the infrastructure, technique and technology, institutional environment or preferred ideology. The subject of this article are the main conditions for the development of business in Poland, from the post-war period to the present day. Referring to the concept of social space, the author shows the transformations of the environment, understood as a set of assumptions and determinants of development and their physical emanations, which at every stage of history influenced the choice of goals and the nature of business activities. The final part of the article is a reflection on the possible directions of development of the social space in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 47/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-20
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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