Paweł Antonowicz

University of Gdansk

Poland pawel.antonowicz@ug.edu.pl

The multi-dimensional structural analysis of bankruptcy of enterprises in Poland in 2013 – results of empirical studies

 Received: March, 2014

1st Revision: April, 2014

Accepted: May, 2014

ABSTRACT.This article shows the results of multi-dimensional studies on enterprises subject to  bankruptcy  in  2013. This  article  discusses  the  structure  of  entities  on  the  basis of the following criteria: legal and organizational form, ownership form, and the main profile of business activities indicating the industrial belonging of bankrupt and insolvent debtors. The studies were also oriented towards the evaluation of the analysed phenomenon on a regional basis, i.e. in the administrative division of Poland. The

author evaluating the level of concentration of bankruptcy processes, particularly in provinces of Poland, applied the LQ coefficient used in economic geography to study the intensification level of selected spacious phenomena. 

DOI: 10.14254/2071-8330.2014/7-1/3

JEL Classification:  E32, G33, J10

Keywords: bankruptcy of enterprises, insolvency in Poland, location quotient methodology.