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Business development services in Poland - reaching rural areas
Robert Kowalski, Ryszard Kaminski
For the last five years, a small pilot project has been undertaken in rural Poland to establish groups capable of supporting SME development. Prior to this project, most BDS efforts had been concentratedin the towns, and this project aimed to work with local government in the villages to foster new businesses in the countryside. A feature of its success was that it was built upon the same core principles
as those outlined by Gibson (1997). However, it is concluded that the role of local government as an umbrella structure for those entities, and a source of supplementary support, was also a necessary ingredient
in that success, within the context of rural Poland.
For the last five years, a small pilot project has been undertaken in rural Poland to establish groups capable of supporting SME development. Prior to this project, most BDS efforts had been concentrated
in the towns, and this project aimed to work with local government in the villages to foster new businesses in the countryside. A feature of its success was that it was built upon the same core principles
as those outlined by Gibson (1997). However, it is concluded that the role of local government as an umbrella structure for those entities, and a source of supplementary support, was also a necessary ingredient
in that success, within the context of rural Poland.
in the towns, and this project aimed to work with local government in the villages to foster new businesses in the countryside. A feature of its success was that it was built upon the same core principles
as those outlined by Gibson (1997). However, it is concluded that the role of local government as an umbrella structure for those entities, and a source of supplementary support, was also a necessary ingredient
in that success, within the context of rural Poland.
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