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MBA 6100
Republic of Poland
Souvik Biswas, Sagar Churi, Christopher Pappas, andRuth White
Master of Business Administration 6100Dr. James M. McFillenInternational Business and ManagementTuesday, July 28, 2009
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Geography:
 Republic of Poland, or Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. Poland shares borders with Germany to the West; with Czech Republic and Slovakia to the South; with Ukraineand Belarus to the East; and with Lithuania and Russia to the North. Moreover, the waters of Baltic Sea wash the biggest part of Northern Poland. The distance from North to South is 544miles, while the distance from East to West is 428 miles. The total area of the country covers120,728 square miles, 3% of which is covered by water. In addition, its coastline extends up to305 miles. Based on data collected in 2001, 45.91% of land is used for arable purposes, 1.12% of land is used for permanent crops and 52.97 is used for other purposes (“Poland Geography,”2005). By definition, the term arable land is used to describe the land where people grow cropslike wheat and rye and the land can be replanted after each harvest. However, land used for  permanent crops, like fruit and flowers, is not replanted after each harvest. Finally, the land usedfor other purposes includes meadows, forests, built in areas, roads, etc. The capital, Warsaw, isthe biggest city of the country and is located in the East-central part of the country. The city alsolies by the Vistula River.For the purposes of this study, the geographical features of the country should be further discussed. Most of the country consists of low land, however there are rivers, lakes, andmountains (“General Information”). The most famous and largest river of Poland is the VistulaRiver, which is 651 miles long and flows from South to North of Poland through high mountains,ending in the Baltic Sea. Other rivers of Poland are the Odra, Bug, and Warta. It is important tonote that there are approximately 10,000 lakes in the country, each one of them covering an eraof 108 square feet (“Poland lakes and rivers”). In addition, Poland consists of high mountains.On the Southern borders of the country there is the Polish Tartas, which is a group of mountainsand consists of High Tartas and Western Tartas (“General Information”). The highest peak iscalled Russy and is 8,200 feet in elevation. Other groups of mountains are the Beskids and the
 
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Karkonosze. It is important to note that in the Southern part of Poland a desert covering an areaof 12 square miles is located. Finally, forests cover the 28% of the land.Due to its geographical and surface features “the climate has transitional character  between maritime and continental climates” (“Climate,” 2005). To be more specific, in the Northand West the climate is maritime, while in the in the South and East the climate is continental. Inother words, winter can be mild or cold, and summers can be cool and rainy, or hot and dry.Temperatures in summers lie between 69
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F.Geographical characteristics and features define the variety of natural sources of eachcountry. Poland is rich in minerals and produces big quantities of: hard and brown coal, zinc,lead, silver, sulphur, rock salt, and several construction minerals. Poland is also the biggestsupplier of amber. The country has a significant amount of good quality oil and natural gasdeposits as well (“Natural resources”). Moreover, the geological features and the climate of thecountry enhance the production of several crops such as grain, wheat, sugar beets, tobacco, potatoes, fruits, etc. The total gross output of agriculture products for 2007 was 1,739 milliondollars (“Concise statistical yearbook of Poland,”2008, p.299). The following table gives thequantities of minerals and fuels Poland produced in year 2007 (“Concise statistical yearbook of Poland,”2008, p.344-351).
Minerals and FuelsQuantity Produced in 2007
Hard Coal88,2 million tonesLignite57,5 million tonesCrude oil and oils from bituminous minerals 716 thousand tones Natural gas in liquid or gas 5,625 hm
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(cubic hectometer)Copper ores and concentrates33,684 thousand tones Native sulphur 834 thousand tones
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