Drives of stepping into international markets – the analysis of oriented firms in the Silesian voivodeship

The aim of the article is to present basic foundations of internationalization which were presented and interpreted, terminology and related concepts functioning in management sciences, as well as key determinants and trends prevailing in the contemporary realities of business management in global conditions. The author interprets the basic categories of strategic management in relation to the phenomenon of internationalization, that is the essence of the strategy and their types as well as the methods and motives of undertaking operations on foreign markets by enterprises. The article contains considerations on issues related to external and internal factors affecting the internationalization of enterprises