Does regional specialisation affect the geographical concentration of companies with foreign capital? - Analysis based on the example of selected cities in Poland

In recent years, the concept of regional specialisation has become an indicator of regional and local development in the Member States of the European Union. The concept of creating smart specialisation is one of the main priorities of the Europe 2020 Strategy, which concerns smart growth based on knowledge and innovation. Smart specialisations are based on economic and scientific potential, and regions had to define their development visions and planned economic effects in regional smart specialisation strategies. The aim of the article was to determine the specialisation of selected Polish cities using the Krugman specialisation index and to take into account the concentration of foreign companies using the location indicator.