INTERNATIONALIZATION AND INTRAPRENEURSHIP IN ENTREPERENEURIAL ACTIVITIES OF ENTERPRISES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

The aim of the paper is to present the scope of internationalization and intrapreneurship of enterprises in the EU and to assess the position of Polish enterprises in this field. To achieve the intended objective there are presented the analytical approaches to entrepreneurship (selected issues) and there are introduced the results of the empirical research based on the report – Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012-2014 and the own research of 2016. The value of the paper consists in drawing comparisons in the global perspective as well as comparisons between individual countries in the discussed area whose complementation are the fragmentary results of the research into intrapreneurship, the motive of opportunity and necessity of the enterprises of the Silesian Voivodeship.