Contemporary Issues of Services in Light of Polish Geographic Literature

Abstract

Service activity, which is an essential part of modern economy, is constantly changing. The changing economic reality also involves changes in research orientations. Changes in the subject of interest in the literature related to geography of services are a reflection of the changes taking place in services. Economic changes, as well as technological and civilisation progress, result in the emergence of new directions of research, as well as the disappearance of some of the existing ones, which in current circumstances are losing their relevance. The beginnings of geography of services as a distinctive scientific discipline date back to the 1970s. Previously, service research was part of the field of settlement research. The 1970s brought an increased interest in services, which initiated the process of crystallising geography of services, manifested in both theoretical and methodological work. The article discusses current changes in Polish geography of services, in particular its new trends and research directions.

Geograficzne i ekonomiczne aspekty rozwoju sektora usług biznesowych

“…Liberska (PaN), Trocki (SGH), zorska (SGH). Ich bardziej kompleksowe analizy przypadają na początek XXI w. (Dominiak 2018). Obecnie zjawisko outsourcingu, ze względu na skalę i oddziaływanie samego biznesu nowoczesnych usług, stało się popularne i szczegółowo opisane w literaturze naukowej.…”

“…zjawisko outsourcingu (w tym także offshoringu) stało się możliwe dzięki tzw. globalizacji usług, czyli standaryzacji procesów ekonomicznych i społecznych, powszechnej dostępności zróżnicowanych kanałów komunikacji, spadku kosztów transportu oraz rozwoju technologii (Dominiak 2018).…”

“…Przedsiębiorstwa produkcyjne na skutek outsourcingu działalności produkcyjnej do podwykonawców same stają się de facto częścią sektora usług, np. firma apple, koncentrując podstawową działalność na działalności badawczo-rozwojowej, projektowaniu i marketingu (Dominiak, 2018).…”

Crucial Differences Between Present Service Sector Structures Of Russia and Poland: Changes and Contribution to the Economy

“…As was the case in the USSR, the earliest works in Poland regarding geography of services as an independent geographical direction date back to the 1970s. (Polarczyk 1971;Werwicki 1998;Dominiak 2018). Polish geographers assigned the research of services to the field of settlement research (Dominiak 2018).…”

“…(Polarczyk 1971;Werwicki 1998;Dominiak 2018). Polish geographers assigned the research of services to the field of settlement research (Dominiak 2018). Perhaps due to this, even 50 years later, there are still many deficiencies in the theory, practice and methodology of geography of services.…”