TERRITORIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN ENTERPRISE POPULATION DYNAMICS IN POLAND – CLUSTER ANALYSIS

Enterprise population processes are very similar to the processes observed in human population. The dynamics of enterprise population is conditioned by changes in basic processes: births, deaths and migrations. Similar techniques and models to those in demography can be applied in the evaluation of enterprise population dynamics. A methodological framework for business demography was set by Eurostat. The sum of birth and death rates shows the ability of enterprise market to adjust to changing economic conditions allowing to reallocate resources according to Schumpeter’s creative destruction. This paper focuses on territorial differentiations in the processes of shaping enterprise population and their correlations with the economic development of the country. For this purpose the cluster analysis method was applied.