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IntroductIon ...5

tadeusz stryjakIewIcz

Changes in Polish Industrial Geography at the Turn of the 21st _{Century ...7}

Zbigniew Zioło

Development of Enterprises in the Spatial Structure of Industry (Based on Research of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society) ...20 wiesława gierańcZyk

Economic Situation in the Manufacturing Sector as an Example of Modern Research in Industrial Geography in Poland ...38 wIoletta kIlar

Spatial Concentration of IT Corporation Headquarters ...56 Mirosław wójtowicZ, toMasZ rachwał

Globalization and New Centers of Automotive Manufacturing – the Case of Brazil, Mexico, and Central Europe ...81 sławoMir Dorocki

Contemporary Trends in the Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry in the World ...108 grZegorZ Micek, Pauline gleaDle, Piotr DawiDko

The Role of Institutional Context in the Development of the SME Biotech Sector

in Poland ...132 Paweł cZaPliński

Processes of Transformation of Spatial Structure of Fish Processing Industry

in Poland ...151 Monika PłaZiak, anna irena sZyMańska

Distribution and Activity Growth of Industrial and Construction Sectors

in Małopolska Region ...163 PrZeMysław ŚlesZyński

Headquarters of Large Enterprises in the Spatial Structure of Major Polish Cities ...178 agniesZka kwiatek-sołtys, krZysZtof wieDerMann, helene Mainet,

jean-charles edouard

The Role of Industry in Satellite Towns of Polish and French Metropolitan Areas

– Case Study of Myślenice and Issoire ...194 DagMar PoPjaková, Maria tkocZ, Michal vančura

New Industrial Spaces in Old Industrial Centres: Selected Examples

of Sosnowiec (Poland) and České Budějovice (Czech Republic) ...212 anna tobolska

Choice of Locations by Foreign Investors: Motives for and Factors of Starting