Otwartość gospodarcza Dolnego Śląska szansą na zmianę ścieżki rozwoju regionu

The Economic Openness of Lower Silesia as an Opportunity to Change the Development Path of the Region. The purpose of the chapter is to identify factors which had an impact on the change of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship development path as well as to indicate barriers limiting further development. The article is based on a desk research, statistical data analysis as well as structured in-depth interviews conducted with representatives of regional and local authorities, scientific units and business-related institutions. The conclusions may be of interest to both researchers of the path dependency concept, and representatives of institutions involved in formulation and implementation of regional policy.