Midsize Cities in Poland Develop as Service Hubs for Outsourcing Industry
Part of Poland’s edge derives from the fact that it has yet to join the euro currency union. Its currency, the zloty, has been relatively stable against the world’s reserve currencies in the last year.
(The public sector, employing about a quarter of Poland’s 15.7 million workers, is still the country’s largest source of jobs.)
industry specialists say Poland must move into more sophisticated services, like research and development, to continue attracting investment and corporate clients.
“The question for Poland is, ‘How do I move up the value chain?' ” said Peter Schumacher, chief executive of the Value Leadership Group, a management consultancy based in Frankfurt and New York. “How can I go from basic process management work to more sophisticated creative work?”
