Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are and will be of a fundamental importance
for economic development. Basing economic development on large private companies, which
arc owned primarily by foreign investors in Poland, can produce negative effects for the Polish
economy in the long term. Hence, it is necessary to develop the SME sector, which calls for
an effective support by the State.
I he author performed a synthetic assessment of government programmes addressed to
SMEs in the context of Poland’s accession to the EU. An attempt was also made to present
indispensable changes in the government SME policy, which should allow to harmonise the
support for this sector with the EU recommendations and achieve long-term high rate of
economic growth through the SME sector development.Zadanie pt. Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej naukę
