Information technology and entrepreneurship: three cases from Poland

Many Polish entrepreneurial companies have completed organizational restruc turing which was typically accompanied by the implementation of information technology (IT). Our study explores how IT lends support to entrepreneuria l activities and helps Polish companies compete in a market economy. First, we gathered data on the nature and extent of organizational IT use in thre e small Polish companies and on the intensity of entrepreneurial activity. After observing a positive association between the use of IT and the intens ity of entrepreneurial activity our study shows how they both contribute to a company's success. Furthermore, our study finds support for the assertio n that entrepreneurial intensity and the strategic use of IT arise from a c omplex of similar factors. The findings reported in this article should be of interest to academics as well as business practitioners. (C) 1999 Elsevi er Science Ltd. All rights reserved.