| AD&C | Development and Cohesion Agency |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ARP | Industrial Development Agency |
| BGK | Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego |
| CAPEX | Capital expenditure |
| CCDRs | Regional Coordination and Development Commissions |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEIE | Strategic Council for the Internationalisation of the Economy |
| CEIP | Council for Export and Investment Promotion |
| CIS | Eurostat Community Innovation Survey |
| CIT | Corporate income tax |
| CNEI | National Council on Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| CoG | Centre of Government |
| CSTI | Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation |
| DIHs | Digital Innovation Hubs |
| DSME | Department of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| DSTRI | OECD Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECCP | European Cluster Collaboration Platform |
| EDOs | Economic development organisations |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EKRS | Poland’s one-stop-shop for administrative procedures |
| ELA | Polish Graduate Tracking System |
| EPL | Employment protection legislation |
| EPO | European Patent Office |
| ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
| ERP | Enterprise resource planning |
| EU | European Union |
| EUIPO | European Union Intellectual Property Office |
| FAs | Foreign affiliates |
| FCT | Foundation for Science and Technology |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FDIRRI | Foreign Direct Investment Regulatory Restrictiveness Index |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GPEARI | Office for Economic Policy and International Affairs |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| ICT | Information and communication technologies |
| IDA | Industrial Development Agency |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IPAs | Investment Promotion Agencies |
| IPR | Intellectual property rights |
| iREG | Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities |
| KFS | Poland National Training Fund |
| KKK | Key National Clusters |
| KPIs | Key performance indicators |
| KUKE | Polish Export Credit Insurance Corporation |
| LLDs | Least developed districts |
| M&A | Mergers and acquisitions |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MAP | Ministry of State Assets |
| MFIPR | Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy |
| MNEs | Multinational enterprises |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance |
| MRiT | Ministry of Development and Technology |
| MSMEs | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises |
| NCBR | National Centre for Research and Development |
| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations |
| NPC | National Productivity Council |
| NUTS | European nomenclature of territorial units for statistics |
| OP EIC | Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness |
| PACT | Partnerships for capability transformation |
| PAIH | Polish Investment and Trade Agency |
| PARP | Polish Agency for Enterprise Development |
| PFR | Polish Development Fund |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PIZ | Poland investment zone |
| PMR | Product market regulation |
| R&D | Research and development |
| R&D&I | Research, development, and innovation |
| RDAs | Regional development agencies |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| RIS3 | Smart Specialisation Strategy |
| SARIO | Investment and Trade Development Agency |
| SBA | Slovak Business Agency |
| SDEA | Azores Business Development Society |
| SDGs | Sustainable development goals |
| SEZs | Special economic zones |
| SGI | Sustainable Governance Indicators |
| SIEA | Innovation and Energy Agency |
| SMEs | Small and medium sized enterprises |
| SOEs | State-owned enterprises |
| SPEs | Special purpose entities |
| SRD | Strategy for Responsible Development |
| STRI | OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index |
| TFP | Total factor productivity |
| TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| TTOs | Technology transfer offices |
| TVET | Technical and vocational education and training |
| V4 | Visegrád four countries |
| VC | Venture capital |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
Strengthening FDI and SME Linkages in Poland
