New Technology Commercialization and Access to Capital - Polish Perspectives and Overview of Research

The paper provides a general overview of the Polish environment for a new venture. Some of the specific questions answered in this paper include: What are the specific factors of the Polish technology environment? How do technology firms emerge from the R&D institutes and universities? The final section of the paper presents an analysis of the pilot research data concerning businesses, scientists and organizations focused on the development of ideas as well as businesses' preferences as to the sources of financial capital. It is demonstrated that some of the new technology policies should take into consideration the type of high-tech market players.