Blurred borders. Entrepreneurial activity of Poles in Germany in the eyes of experts

The inspiration for this article is the increasing number of businesses being established by Poles in Germany, especially in the eastern part of the country. The authors’ aim is to research the strategies of Polish entrepreneurs behind the western border and to point out the forms of their participation in the German labor market. We base our narrative on individual interviews with the experts in the field of transnational entrepreneurship, and we discuss the motivations and the competitive advantages of Polish entrepreneurs. We describe their barriers and reflect on the future of Polish entrepreneurship in Germany. As the context, we employ sociological theories relevant in the field of migrations and entrepreneurship and look at statistical data illustrating the activity of Polish entrepreneurs in the Polish-German cross-border area. We answer questions about their ways of functioning there from the viewpoint of representatives of companies, institutions and organizations supporting them. In the article, we base our findings on the knowledge, opinions and predictions of our experts