Industrial restructuring in Poland and other European Union states in the era of economic globalization

The aim of the paper is to analyze changes in industry in Poland with respect to changes in other European Union member states. The research problems include: the changing role of industry in the Polish economy in the era of economic transformation, European integration based and globalization on its share of the employment structure and gross valued added, changes in the branch structure of Polish industry as well as exports as an expression of restructuring processes, influence of foreign capital on the functioning of industrial enterprises and its role in the re-structuring of Polish industry.