6. Growth in the Polish Fast Growing Enterprises on Foreign Markets and Its Limitations 6. Growth in the Polish Fast Growing Enterprises on Foreign Markets and Its Limitations

Objective: Th e purpose of this article is to identify the factors positively and negatively aff ecting the growth of fast growing Polish companies in the foreign markets. Research Design & Methods: Th is study focuses on the fast-growing, highly inno-vative and internationalized Polish companies. Due to the aim of the research, i.e. gath-ering the qualitative information about internationalization strategies of the Polish fast growing fi rms, a qualitative multiple case study analysis was applied on the sample of 19 companies. Findings: Th e most important factor supporting growth of researched companies on foreign markets was the product, technology and competences of the company. Th e most important barrier of internationalization however was fi nding the good partner and em-ployee on the international markets. Contribution & Added Value: Th is research has not confi rmed that it is possible to create a universal list of factors contributing to the growth of fast growing businesses in foreign markets, neither a universal list of barriers internationalization. However, clear-ly showed that there are individual factors of particular importance to most companies, which could be mostly created by the companies themselves and there is also a vital place which state aid could occupy fostering the internationalization of fast growing enterprises. Th ere was no research done until now, which examined such set of factors which helps and impedes to grow on foreign markets the Polish fast growing companies, and particularly this group has the highest chance for internationalization and should constitute a research object