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Poland’s family entrepreneurs outperform non-family rivals

December 13, 2018

Trust in family businesses remains high in Poland as does their attractiveness to employees, with willingness to work for a family enterprise rising 4% in 2018, new research suggests.

Trust in family businesses remains high in Poland as does their attractiveness to employees, with willingness to work for a family enterprise rising 4% in 2018, new research suggests.

The Poles on Family Business Report V report showed 43% of Polish consumers placed high or very high levels of trust in family business entrepreneurs, compared to 34% who trusted an individual entrepreneur, and just 28% who trusted a priest.

Next-gens keen to employ non-family members, says report

April 20, 2016

Next-generation members of family businesses are increasingly recognising the importance of installing outsiders in senior roles, according to a report.

Next-generation members of family businesses are increasingly recognising the importance of installing outsiders in senior roles, according to a report.

Although nine out of ten next gens have, or expect to have, a governance role themselves in the business, many believe an external hire may be able to contribute more, according to PwC’s Great Expectations: The Next Generation of Family Business Leaders.

Infographic: Polish family businesses

April 17, 2014

Entrepreneurship has blossomed in Poland since the fall of Communism, but it remains to be seen if these new businesses will become long-term family companies.

Family-run firms, at first glance, appear to be enormously important to the Polish economy accounting for around 75% of all businesses and 50% of employment, according to academics. But as the majority are still under first-generation ownership, they can’t be classed as family businesses in the strictest sense of the term.

Family business in Poland

September 1, 2002

Poland has seen family businesses appear and disappear as the country faced invasion and communism. Now the climate has changed for the better and family firms look set to prosper

Eugeniusz Niedbala has a MSc in Management and Marketing, and is a PhD student at the Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice, Poland.

Poland has seen family businesses appear and disappear as the country faced invasion and communism. Now the climate has changed for the better and family firms look set to prosper