Integration of Enterprises on the Example of Clusters in Poland

AbstractDue to a continuous emphasis on the role in gaining competitive advantage by business entities, mutual relations between enterprises and research and development entities, grouped in one area with the simultaneous competition phenomenon, are gaining in importance. These relations have been specified in the literature on the subject as cluster relations. For dozen or so years clusters and networks of enterprisesaaMore information on business networks and their role in business development: Piątkowski M., Cooperation and development of enterprises with the example of a strategic business network, [in:] Byczkowska M. (ed.) Przedsiębiorczość na pograniczu. Wybrane problemy., Wyd. Naukowe PWSZ, Gorzów Wielkopolski 2012, Vol. 3, pp. 166-183. have become an inseparable part of economic development and building of strategies of the EU member states. The purpose of the article is to present the idea of clustering with benefits for entities belonging to cluster. The chapter presents also the actions undertaken by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PAED) for clusters and cluster policy. In order to analyze the subject, we have used a secondary research using the study of literature, research reports of various research centers and Polish and international statistical data