Międzynarodowe powiązania kooperacyjne małopolskich przedsiębiorstw w procesie europejskiej integracji gospodarczej

The goal of the article is to analyse the effects of Poland’s accession to the European Union on change in international cooperation between firms in Małopolska region. The article consists of three basic sections. In the first, the theoretical bases of cooperation strategy are discussed. This is followed by a presentation of the research methods used, then the results of the authors’ own empirical research based on a random sample of 323 enterprises using a survey