Abstract
Numerous factors influence the development of the private healthcare sector. Therefore, the selection of these factors, which represent a potential opportunity for forming new entities, is a crucial from the point of view of entrepreneurship. In our research we selected strategic variables which have got direct influence on entrepreneurship in the private healthcare sector in Poland. Theoretical approach was based on literature review which have revealed the main factors and their relationships with entrepreneurship according to the previous research studies. This research study was conducted for the entire population of municipalities in Poland. Methodology was based on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA) which can be applied for a large amounts of data in order to extract useful knowledge from it. Moreover, in research study were applied explanation techniques – decision rules –in order to indicate, to what extent the environment have influence on strategic choices conditioning the success of businesses. The results have revealed that it is possible to determine a set of the most important factors influencing entrepreneurship in the private healthcare sector in Poland. On the other hand, were indicated these variables which do not participate in process of influencing on entrepreneurship in private healthcare sector in Poland.
Highlights
Socio-economic changes in society have become a driving factor of rising demand for healthcare services
The objective deficit of public healthcare entities has led to dynamic development in the private healthcare sector, especially in the area of new private medical businesses
There are questions about overcoming negative factors perceived as threats, and about the factors perceived as opportunities for formation of new private medical businesses
Summary
Socio-economic changes in society have become a driving factor of rising demand for healthcare services. The objective deficit of public healthcare entities has led to dynamic development in the private healthcare sector, especially in the area of new private medical businesses. The environment for private medical businesses consists of factors having influence on new business formation, in both positive and negative ways. There are questions about overcoming negative factors perceived as threats, and about the factors perceived as opportunities for formation of new private medical businesses. The main purpose of this research study is to identify strategic factors which have direct influence on entrepreneurship in the private healthcare sector. The complexity of the phenomenon imposes implementation of an unconventional approach in this field of exploration
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