Check the newest business opportunities in emerging markets: come and join us at the Polish Consulate for a coming conference \"Growth Opportunities in Emerging Markets: US - Polish IT Forum and Networking Reception\" on Thursday, May 17th at 5.30 PM.
Poland is the only country in the European Union to register positive economic growth (of 1.7%) during the crisis in 2009. Since then Poland has been the fastest growing economy over the last 4 years across all the region, significantly outpacing all other European counter partners. At this moment the country has become a vital logistic, services and manufacturing hub for many European companies. With the EURO 2012 Soccer Championship around the corner Poland is rapidly modernizing its transport and technology infrastructure thus becoming the largest construction site in Europe.
Among many thriving parts of the economy, the IT and business services sectors are specially successful. In the last Harvard Business Review (2011) ranking of investment attractiveness, Poland ranked 5th in the world. The report notes that Poland could still climb in the rankings if its government implements its market-oriented reforms. Will Poland be able to seize this opportunity and sustain its economic growth and high level of foreign investment?
According to the FTSE Group (2010), Poland is one of the leading "advanced emerging markets" in the world. Foreign investments, especially in the business and IT services sector, are a key factor in the development of the country. The global recession did not exert a negative influence on Poland, which investors liked and rewarded. As The Economist stated: "economic growth and a strong, stable government to boot: time to rethink old notions about Poland."
According to the Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL) Report "Business services sector in Poland - 2012", almost one-third of all service centers with foreign capital in Poland are American investments, we are talking about 10\'s of thousands of specialists working in Poland for companies like HP, IBM, McKinsey, Google, Thomson Reuters,..... "Poland is often at the top of the short-list of foreign investors, who look to setup a European service hub for their business and IT operations. It\'s not only about finance & accounting or basic IT support, but truly about highly advanced, innovative services and decision support provided often in up to over 20 languages to top global and American corporations by experts from Poland" - says Jacek Levernes.
Guests are welcome to attend any part of the networking meeting. The number of admissions is limited, therefore, please RSVP in advance by sending an email to events@manhattancc.org or by calling 212-473-7875.
Venue:
De Lamar Mansion
The Consulate General of Poland in New York
233 Madison Avenue (at 37th Street), NY
Organizers:
The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
Official Partners:
Association of Business Service Leaders (ABSL),New York Grant Company, European-American Chamber of Commerce
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