THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SME SECTOR IN THE POLISH ECONOMY

The term "small and medium-sized enterprises" is widely used in the international business arena. The role and importance of these entities in the dynamic development of the Polish economy is emphasized more and more often. In Poland, the sector of small and medium-sized enterprises was discovered in the 90s. Thanks to the establishment of the SME sector, unemployment in Poland was reduced, which allowed for the development of individual regions affecting the activation of the entire economy. In addition, the SME sector is an integral part of internal strength of the regions that determine its progress. Bearing in mind the arguments put forward it can be concluded that the SME sector is extremely compelling, both from a scientific as well as practical point of view. Because one of the tasks of undertaken considerations is to present the theoretical approach, and so the first part of the study is the presentation of the SME sector. The second component relates to the empirical approach of the suggested issue. Thus the primary aim of this work is theoretical and empirical analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the Polish economy.