Methodological basis for research on the relationship between environmental initiatives and business competitiveness

This article presents a methodological basis of the project “Environmental Initiatives and Factors of Competitiveness in Companies” with reg. no. 2016/23/D/HS4/03007. The project is funded by the National Science Centre as a part of the SONATA 12 Contest. The aim of the project is to determine the relationship between environmental initiatives and the competitiveness of companies. Bothprimary and secondary statistical data was used for the project. This article describes the main project assumptions, research thesis, manner of acquiring the empirical data and statistical analysis of such data. The attention was also paid on diffi culties and limitations which occurred when conducting the research.