Zaangażowanie jednostek samorządu terytorialnego w Polsce w tworzenie instytucji wspierających przedsiębiorczość

The article investigates selected aspects of local government’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurship in Poland. It begins by describing major business environment institutions which can be established or co‑established by Polish local government units. In the next section the authors present the results of the empirical study conducted in 2012 by the Bureau of Research of the Chancellery of the Sejm. The main focus is placed on the level of engagement of rural communes, urban and rural communes, municipalities, cities with powiat (county) rights and powiats in establishing institutions which support local entrepreneurs. In the next section the case of special economic zones, which can also be co‑founded and supported by local government, is briefly examined. The final section reports on organisational solutions which foster cooperation and information exchange between local government units and entrepreneurs.