Modelowanie związków sektora MSP oraz inwestycji zagranicznych z zatrudnieniem i wzrostem gospodarczym w regionach

Abstract

In the article there are results of modeling the relations between development of SME sector, foreign capital inflow, innovations of companies, structural changes in employment and economic growth in regions were presented. Soft modeling was applied as a research method. This method enables to analyse relations occurring between variables of multivariate nature which can be ob- served through various indicators. With this objective in view, creation of 25 diagnostic variables from the period of 1999-2007 was considered. Results of the research confirm the essential influ- ence of the distinguished factors in the process of economic growth in regions. They also indicate increase of disproportion of its level in the researched period.