1st Edition

Start-up Strategy and Entrepreneurial Development Evolving Business Models and Economic Trends

Edited By Iwona Skalna, Aleksandra Gąsior Copyright 2025
248 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The emergence of start-up companies and new forms of entrepreneurship has become a significant challenge for entrepreneurs and decision-makers who shape the businesses and economies of the future. This book presents the results of international research, analyses, and experiences with start-ups, delving into their strengths and weaknesses as well as the challenges and attitudes that drive their... Read more

Chapter 1. Simple Joint-stock Company (SJSC) as New Legal Form Supporting Development of Startups

Michał Brożyna and Justyna Pijanowska

Chapter 2. European Start-ups as Forefront of Fourth Industrial Revolution

Anna Barwińska-Małajowicz, Paweł Walawender and Miroslava Knapková

Chapter 3. Trends and Challenges of Startup Companies – Slovak/Polish Perspective

Anna Barwińska-Małajowicz and Miroslava Knapková

Chapter 4. COVID-19 Implications for Academia-business Cooperation: Case of Polish Start-ups

Agnieszka Domańska-Sikorzak and Hanna Rachoń

Chapter 5. Science-oriented Startups and their Business Models

Agnieszka Skala-Gosk

Chapter 6. Difficulties in Setting up Companies Among Young Spanish and Polish Entrepreneurs: Case Studies

Tomasz Bernat, Aleksandra Gąsior, Sergio Luis Nañez Alonso, Javier Jorge-Vázquez and Maria Peana Chivite-Cebolla

Chapter 7. Analysis of Problem of Developing Cooperation Among R&D Institutions and Businesses in Poland as Seen by Academic Employee

Edyta Mioduchowska-Jaroszewicz and Romina Pržiklas Družeta

Chapter 8. Conditions Underlying Cooperation Between Science and Business in Renewable Energies Area: Case Study of Janpol Technologies Ltd

Renata Marks-Bielska and Stanisław Bielski

Chapter 9. Motivations of Entrepreneurial Decisions Among Polish and Spanish Students

Aleksandra Gąsior, Barbara Czerniachowicz, Sergio Luis Nañez Alonso, Javier Jorge-Vázquez, Maria Peana Chivite-Cebolla and Michał Prusinowski

Chapter 10. Global Educational Trends in Formation of Competencies Among Entrepreneurs of Generation Alpha

Andrei Tsimayeu

Chapter 11. Promotion of Technology-Based Rural Entrepreneurship as Strategy to Combat Depopulation in Spain

Javier Jorge-Vázquez, Sergio Luis Náñez Alonso, Ricardo Francisco Reier Forradellas and Miguel Ángel Echarte

Chapter 12. Designing Business Processes Using Design for Six Sigma

Bartosz Soliński

Chapter 13. Summary: Development of Entrepreneurship in Turbulent World

Tomasz Bernat and Jerzy Duda

Biography

Iwona Skalna is an associate professor in the Department of Business Informatics and Management Engineering at the Faculty of Management of AGH University of Krakow, Poland. She is a member of the Polish Information Processing Society, GDR MACS, and IEEE; her research interests are related to the modeling of uncertainty, scheduling optimization, and artificial intelligence. She is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, including several monographs and papers that have been published in prestigious international journals. She also actively participates in national science and research projects.

Aleksandra Gąsior is an assistant professor at the Institute of Economics and Finance in the Department of Microeconomics of the University of Szczecin, Poland. She was a fellow of the 7th Framework Programme, People, IRSES project: “Pro-ecological Restructuring for Job.” She was also a member of the University of Szczecin team in the international project entitled “Case studies teaching in economics and management,” which was coordinated by the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Her current research includes the M&A of companies as well as restructuring processes, sustainable development, financial analysis, microeconomics, and ecological aspects.