CLUSTERING IN THE ECONIMIC DEVELOPMENT OF POLAND (Powiazania klastrowe w procesie gospodarczego rozwoju Polski)

Cluster is a group of spatially concentrated enterprises and institutions linked by a net of interrelations that are very often informal. The aim of the cluster is to use concentrated resources to reach permanent competitive advantage. In a cluster enterprises can reach synergy effect and better results than alone. It is possible thanks to many advantages of clusters such as: less bureaucracy, more investments, more innovations and the possibility to get grants from the EU. In the article the author presents the figures from desk research conducted on enterprises located in the east of Poland. The figures let us look ahead with optimism, because a large number of these enterprises see advantages in creating clusters.