Comparison of factors influencing the Internationalisation Process in France and Poland

Abstract

The aim of this article is to reveal crucial factors (political, administrative and financial) that influence the attitudes of local governments in the internationalisation process. The paper’s conclusions are based on a study referring to various types of analyses, both quantitative and qualitative, of official documents, databases as well as in-depth interviews. The study was conducted in Lublin, Poland and Nancy in France.

Keywords

• internationalization
• local government
• nancy
• lublin
• france
• poland