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SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS IN POLAND

Małgorzata Michalewska-Pawlak · 2012 · SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

Summary. Rural entrepreneurship in Poland is shaped by social and cultural factors rooted in communist-era attitudes and post-1989 transformation. Polish rural residents show low entrepreneurial activity, preferring passive survival strategies over economic risk-taking. However, strong family and neighborhood ties, combined with generations of farm ownership experience, create conditions that support entrepreneurship when it does emerge. Rural enterprise thus carries both economic and social dimensions.

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Michalewska-Pawlak, M.. (2012). SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS IN POLAND. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. https://doaj.org/article/5bbdea07dd5b42a5a6f038a4b8b2154c

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Countries
Poland
Regions
Europe
Categories
entrepreneurship, regional-innovation-systems
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2026-04-28