Information technology and entrepreneurship: three cases from Poland

摘要

Many Polish entrepreneurial companies have completed organizational restructuring which was typically accompanied by the implementation of information technology (IT). Our study explores how IT lends support to entrepreneurial activities and helps Polish companies compete in a market economy. First, we gathered data on the nature and extent of organizational IT use in three small Polish companies and on the intensity of entrepreneurial activity. After observing a positive association between the use of IT and the intensity of entrepreneurial activity our study shows how they both contribute to a company's success. Furthermore, our study finds support for the assertion that entrepreneurial intensity and the strategic use of IT arise from a complex of similar factors. The findings reported in this article should be of interest to academics as well as business practitioners.