POTENCJAŁ WYBRANYCH POLSKICH MIAST DLA LOKALIZACJI ZAAWANSOWANYCH USŁUG BIZNESOWYCH

Arkadiusz Mroczek

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie

Jakub Kwaśny

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie

Marta Ulbrych

Abstract

Big cities of Poland have been chosen as investment locations by many companies operating in business sector services. The relatively low cost of skilled labour seems to be their main advantage in this field. However, Polish destinations do not have the absolute labour cost advantage over many other locations, especially those in Asia. Therefore, attracting more demanding advanced business processes becomes a chal- lenge to Polish cities today. Thus, the aim of the paper is to assess the potential of these cities in attracting more advanced business processes, which include, among others, R&D. To attain this goal, synthetic measure based on Hellwig’s development pattern was created. The variables used are rooted in the findings from the review of the literature. The results show that the biggest academic city areas of Poland offer the greatest potential to attract advanced business services.

Keywords:

Hellwig's measure of development, business sector services, location factors, spatial economics, BPO, SSC