Uwarunkowania rozwoju przedsiębiorczości na wsi – wybrane zagadnienia

The aim of the study is the analysis and evaluation of selected determinants of entrepreneurship development in the countryside. The primary source material are the results of research carried out in 2014 among 570 rural entrepreneurs in all Poland`s regions. The research focuses on four issues: institutional background, regulatory background, financial support, competitiveness and cooperation of enterprises. The study showed that entrepreneurs operating in the countryside are poorly recognized system of institutional support for their activities. Business owners have identified the four most burdensome regulatory factors: a complicated tax system, debt recovery contract, obtaining licenses and permits and raising capital. The result of the dominance of traditional sectors, unfavorable spatial location and low quality of social capital is the low level of competitiveness of companies operating in the countryside. Similar evaluation is the level of cooperation of companies, which is generally informal and focuses on a local scale.