Ocena funkcjonowania małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw w Łódzkim Obszarze Metropolitalnym na podstawie wyników badania bezpośredniego

This paper was drafted on the basis of results of a direct study. Its aim was to assess the activity of SMEs in the Lodz Metropolitan Area. The study, among others, focused on: economic climate in the enterprise sector, factors encouraging and discouraging from operations in the region, human resources management and employment, cooperation with the business environment institutions, state aid programs, internationalization and perspectives on development. Direct study was conducted from March to August 2012 among 171 entrepreneurs who are running businesses in the Lodz Metropolitan Area.