Doing Business with Poland

Content

• Consultant Editors
  • Marat Terterov and Jonathan Reuvid.
• Forewords
  • Antoni Styrczula, President of the Polish Agency for Foreign Investment; Michael Pakenham, HM Ambassador
• Introduction
  • Marat Terterov and Jonathan Reuvid
• Part One: The Economy and the Business Environment
  • 1.1 An Introduction to Business and Politics in Poland: On the Threshold of EU Membership
  • 1.2 Economic Performance and Outlook
  • 1.3 Poland and the European Union: A Progress Report
  • 1.4 Privatization and Foreign Direct Investment
  • 1.5 Foreign Trade
  • 1.6 Business Risk Assessment
  • 1.7 Consumer Market
• Part Two: The Legal Structure and Business Regulation
  • 2.1 The Foreign Investment Regime
  • 2.2 Alternative Corporate Structures
  • 2.3 Employment Law
  • 2.4 Dispute Resolution
  • 2.5 Property Ownership
• Part Three: Finance, Accountancy and Taxation
  • 3.1 Financial Services
  • 3.2 Accountancy and Audit
  • 3.3 Business Taxation
  • 3.4 Foreign Trade Regulations
  • 3.5 Investment Incentives in Poland
• Part Four: Key Sectors of Trade and Investment
  • 4.1 The Polish Metallurgy Sector
  • 4.2 Construction Market
  • 4.3 Fuel and Energy Sector
  • 4.4 Shipbuilding Industry
  • 4.5 Electrical Engineering
  • 4.6 Cable Industry
  • 4.7 Automotive and Transport Equipment Sector
  • 4.8 Chemicals
  • 4.9 Polish Pharmaceutical Sector
  • 4.10 Clothing
  • 4.11 Food Industry
  • 4.12 Brewing
  • 4.13 Packaging Industry
  • 4.14 Printing Industry
  • 4.15 Telecommunications
  • 4.16 The Polish Retail Sector
  • 4.17 Medical Services
  • 4.18 Dynamic Mobile Phone Market
  • 4.19 Poland's Internet Utilization
  • 4.20 Public Relations and Communications Practice in Poland
  • 4.21 Tourism and Leisure
• Part Five: Doing Business in the Polish Regions/Case Studies
  • 5.1.1 Regional Administration
  • 5.1.2 Dolnoslaskie (Lower Silesia) Voivodship
  • 5.1.3 Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.4 Lubelskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.5 Lubuskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.6 Mazowieckie (Mazovia) Voivodship
  • 5.1.7 Malopolskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.8 Opolskie (Opolszczyzna) Voivodship
  • 5.1.9 Podkarpackie Voivodship
  • 5.1.10 Podlaskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.11 Pomorskie (Pomeranian Region) Voivodship
  • 5.1.12 Warminsko-Mazurskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.13 Wielkopolskie Voivodship
  • 5.1.14 Zachidniopomorskie (Western Pomerania) Voivodship
  • 5.1.15 Lodzkie Voivodship
  • 5.1.16 Slaskie (Silesian) Voivodship
  • 5. 1.17 Swietokrzyskie Voivodship
  • 5.2 Public Finance Evaluation in Six Polish Cities
  • 5.3 Case Study: Provident Polska
  • 5.4.1 Case Study: ERA GSM, the largest mobile phone operator in Central and Eastern Europe
  • 5.4.2 Case Study: Jarocinskie Fabryki Mebli S.A
• Part Six: Appendices
  • I Foreign Trade
  • II Results from a survey of Polish exporters' opinions on Poland's exports
  • III From Chapter 4.1
  • IV From Chapter 4.9
  • V Sources of Further Business Information on the Internet
  • VI Contributors' Contact Details