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2009-11-19 00:00:00
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Poland was named one of five European super-economies owing to its strength and high spirits of entrepreneurs, a report commissioned by HSBC Commercial Banking Europe shows. Other super economies are: the Czech Republic, France, Germany, and Turkey.
These countries were chosen basing on an analysis of data gathered by the Global Economic Forum, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and the Economist Intelligence Unit, money.pl reports.
The results of the survey showed that these five countries were the most successful in coping with the global economic slowdown. According to the authors of the report, Poland avoided recession owing to its large domestic market and lower openness to international trade than its neighbours’ (the share of exports in Polish GDP is 40% while it is 76% in the Czech Republic). Sound fiscal policy, inflow of EU funds and investment ahead of EURO 2012 football championship were also mentioned as favourable factors.
According to a HSBC survey, 67% of Polish entrepreneurs think that the outlook will improve in the next 5 years, 18% believe it will remain the same and only 15% think it will deteriorate. Polish entrepreneurs appear to be more optimistic that German and French entrepreneurs (51% and 56% respectively think that business prospects will improve).
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