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The demand for skills and labour cost in partner countries. Evidence from the enlarged EU
PublicationWe analyse the consequences of trade integration in Europe (1995-2005) detecting how the labour costs in partner countries affect the domestic demand for high- and low-skilled labour in 'Old' (EU-15) and five 'New' EU member states. In general, independently of the skill level of workers, the results suggest complementarity between domestic and foreign labour. However, when we take into account the typology of sectors, the demand...
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Social development and ICT adoption. Recent evidence from developing world
PublicationThis paper is designed to provide empirical evidence on the relationship between the process of ICT diffusion and social development across selected low-income and lowermiddle- income countries during the period of 2000 and 2014. It main target it so identify whether in low-income and lower-middle-income economies, ICT development and social development (social empowerment) are correlated.
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Networks Externalities as Social Phenomenon in the Process ICT Diffusion.
PublicationThis paper is designed to fill the gap in knowledge that we have identified regarding the process of diffusion of information and communication technologies and emerging network effects that significantly enhance spread of these technologies. We contribute to the present state of the art by examining the process of ICT diffusion in 50 countries, which in 2015 achieved highest ICT penetration rates.
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PREDICTING CORPORATE BANKRUPTCIES IN POLAND AND LITHUANIA – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
PublicationThe research on predicting bankruptcies of enterprises constitutes one of the most important areas of financial management. In developed countries, the first publications on the subject appeared in the early 20th century. The situation is different in the countries of Eastern Europe, which introduced the market system already at the beginning of the 1990s, which resulted in first corporate bankruptcies. The article...
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The impact of technological and structural changes in the national economy on the labour-capital relations
PublicationThe aim of the research presented in this paper is to present the relations between labour and capital in the national economy, resulting from technological and structural changes taking place in the years 1991 to 2008. The structure of the paper is as follows. It first presents the functional determinants for the Polish economy in 1991-2008 affecting the phenomenon subject to study. Then it presents the preliminary analysis of...
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The Prospects of Retail Payment Developments in the Metaverse
PublicationIn the age of technological development, rapid technological progress, and the metaverse development in which humans interact with each other and with the environment using virtual real-world metaphors, payment systems may also need to be re-considered. The study aims to find an answer to the question of what should be retail payments in the metaverse and to begin interdisciplinary discussions about...
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The implementation of green transformation through clusters
PublicationThe paper addresses a poorly documented issue in the literature, namely the role of clusters in green transformation, including processes related to green, low-carbon, and circular economies. The purpose was to identify and understand the practices of clusters in this area. The adopted mixed research strategy consisted of both qualitative and quantitative research. Both research phases were conducted in a group of Polish Key National...
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The Dynamics of Trade Relations between Ukraine and Romania: Modelling and Forecasting
PublicationThe article examines the monthly dynamics of exports, imports and balance of trade between Ukraine and Romania in the period from 2005 to 2021. Time series from 2015 to 2021 were used for modelling and forecasting (since the date the European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement took effect). Adequate models of the dynamics series of the Box-Jenkins methodology were built: additive models with seasonal component ARIMA (Autoregressive...
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Scientific Journal of Warsaw University of Life Science, Economics and Organization of Logistics
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Konkurencyjność międzynarodowa z uwzględnieniem mechanizmu autokonkurencji – aspekty teoretyczne i praktyczne
PublicationW licznych publikacjach na temat konkurencyjności międzynarodowej nie został, mimo ich mnogości, jednoznacznie określony obszar badawczy, a w wypadku pomiaru jej poziomu - opracowane metodologie są często krytykowane przez ekonomistów. Powszechnie utożsamia się konkurencyjność międzynarodową z produktywnością, co budzi wątpliwości licznych adwersarzy, podważających zasadność prowadzenia jakichkolwiek badań w tym obszarze. W artykule...
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Why Do Companies Stay Private? Determinants for IPO Candidates to Consider in Poland and the Czech Republic
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The Problem of the Inclusion of Spatial Dependence Within the TOPSIS Method
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Perception and determinants of agricultural technology adoption in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia
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Is the growing wealth the driving force for venture capital fundraising in Europe? An empirical analysis
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Shifting from the EU’s production networks? Electronics industry exports of Central and Eastern Europe
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Employment and export specialisation along the development path: some robust evidence
PublicationThis paper contributes to the literature on the evolution of overall specialisation along the process of economic development by simultaneously estimating 'specialisation curves' emerging from fully comparable employment and export statistics in a sample of 32 economies (1980-2000). We apply semiparametric estimation methods, which allow us to combine the flexibility of the estimation with the inclusion of country-specific effects,...
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Determinants of inward FDI into Visegrad countries: empirical evidence based on panel data for the years 2000–2012
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Problems of functioning of the insurance services market in the conditions of COVID-19 distribution
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Business Risk Management in Times of Crises and Pandemics
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Comparative Analysis of the Health Care Institutions’ Competitiveness Level
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The Role of Trade in Intra-Industry Productivity Growth-the Case of Old and New European Union Countries
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Does one currency mean one price? An analysis of the euro effect on price dispersion and convergence
PublicationThis paper examines price differentials in the European Union to investigate whether the European Monetary Union has lowered the degree of price dispersion in the euro zone and increased the speed of price convergence. Both euro effects are evaluated using difference-in-difference methodology. Applied to the issue of introducing a single currency, the euro effects identified are the estimated differences in price dispersion and...
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Polityka transportowa państwa na lata 2005-2025
PublicationWprowadzenie. Diagnoza. Cele polityki transportowej. Zasady polityki transportowej. Priorytety. Bezpieczeństwo w transporcie. Polityka transportowa a środowisko naturalne. Zakończenie
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Integracja z Unią Europejską - konieczność korekty Programu Bezpieczeństwa Ruchu Drogowego w Polsce
PublicationWprowadzenie. Krajowy program bezpieczeństwa ruchu drogowego. Programy regionalne i lokalne. Podsumowanie
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TRISTAR platformą przyszłej integracji transportu w Aglomeracji Trójmiejskiej.
PublicationW referacie przedstawiono opis ''inteligentnego systemu transportu'' TRISTAR jako jednego z narzędzi służących integracji transportu w Aglomeracji Trójmiejskiej. W referacie przedstawiono wyniki dotychczasowych prac nad systemem TRISTAR oraz korzyści, które będą rezultatem jego wdrożenia.
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Reducing income inequalities through government expenditures on education. Evidence for European countries Piotr PłatkowskiORCID Icon &Ewa LechmanORCID Icon
PublicationThis study examines the role of government spending on education in mitigating income inequalities. The study uses dynamic panel regressions to assess the evolution of education expenditures and income inequality in the sample of 30 European countries between 1995 and 2018. Our findings show that increases in government spending on education positively affect income inequality reduction. The impact was more substantial in case...
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Uwarunkowania obsługi transportowej miast elektrobusami na przykładzie Sopotu
PublicationPojazdy o napędzie elektrycznym stanowią jeden z filarów realizacji polityki zrównowa-żonej mobilności w miastach i aglomeracjach. Ponad stuletnie doświadczenia w eksploatacji tramwajów, trolejbusów i miejskich kolei elektrycznych zdeterminowały kierunki rozwoju technologicznego tych środków transportu oraz zakres ich wykorzystania w realizacji potrzeb przewozowych mieszkańców obszarów zurbanizowanych. Rozwój nowoczesnych technologii...
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Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Project Performance. Does the Knowledge Workers' Personal Branding Matter?
PublicationTacit knowledge sharing is the real challenge for knowledge management today. Network economy has completely changed the role of knowledge workers who now become independent tacit knowledge producers. Bearing this fact in mind, the author studied how tacit knowledge sharing affects the process of building a personal brand and project performance. For this purpose, the authors conducted a study among Polish professionals with different...
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Gross Exports Versus Value-Added Exports: Determinants and Policy Implications for Manufacturing Sectors in Selected CEE Countries
PublicationThis article assesses the impact of selected determinants on both value-added exports and gross exports for seven CEE economies, based on thirteen manufacturing subsectors for the years 1995–2011. The results show a decrease in domestic value-added, especially in high-tech industries. The impact of the determinants, except for vertical specialization, is similar for exports in value-added and in gross terms. The results indicate...
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Quantifying wage effects of offshoring: import- versus export-based measures of production fragmentation
PublicationIn this paper we examine the implications of international fragmentation of production on wages in the light of recent methodological developments in offshoring measurement. In particular, we compare the results stemming from two ways of quantifying offshoring – the traditional one based on import statistics and the one obtained from the decomposition of gross exports and input-output information. In the empirical part of our study,...
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Public Perception of Intangible Benefits and Costs in the Valuation of Mega Sports Events: The Case of Euro 2012 in Poland
PublicationThis article estimates the intangible benefits and costs of Euro 2012 in Poland. Using the contingent valuation method (CVM), a study was conducted among residents of all four host regions of the event and one nonhost region. This provided the basis for determining the net intangible benefit arising from Poland’s hosting of the European football championships (Euro 2012), which was estimated at 5.3 billion PLN2012. The aggregate...
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Redukcja kosztów transportu wewnętrznego na przykładzie przedsiebiorstwa produkcyjnego X.
PublicationArtykuł porusza problem redukcji kosztów przez eliminowanie nieprawidłowości w funkcjonowaniu transportu wewnętrznego na przykyadzie przedsiębiorstwa produkcyjnego X. Autorzy w pierwszej kolejności przeprowadzili obserwacje w przedmiotowym przedsiębiorstwie, gdzie zidentyfikowali nieprawidłowości w funk- cjonowaniu transportu. W kolejnym etapie zastosowali analizę relacji „przyczyna-wada- skutek” metod¹ FMEA. Wyniki tej analizy...
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Logistyka transportu drogowego w świetle racjonalizacji kosztów przedsiębiorstw produkcyjnych.
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono aktualne kierunki, w których zmierzają przedsiębiorstwa produkcyjne, dysponujące własnym transportem, dążąc do redukcji wydatków związanych z operacjami logistycznymi, głównie przez zmiany sposobu realizacji zadañ transportowych oraz otwartość na nowe koncepcje zarządzania procesami logistycznymi. W pracy poruszono istotne problemy związane z nieoptymalnym wykorzystywaniem zasobów transportowych w przedsiębiorstwach...
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UWARUNKOWANIA ZMIAN TARYFOWYCH W MIEJSKIM TRANSPORCIE ZBIOROWYM NA OBSZARZE FUNKCJONOWANIA METROPOLITALNEGO ZWIĄZKU KOMUNIKACYJNEGO ZATOKI GDAŃSKIEJ
PublicationW sytuacji gdy transport zbiorowy jest obsługiwany przez więcej niż jednego organizatora, powstają problemy koordynacji taryf w różnych przekrojach i konkurencji cenowej pomiędzy ofertą poszczególnych organizatorów transportu komunalnego. Obszarem takim jest licząca ponad 1 mln mieszkańców Metropolia Zatoki Gdańskiej, na terenie której obowiązują taryfy uchwalane przez kilka rad miast i gmin oraz ustanowione przez operatorów kolejowych....
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The role of trade in intra industry productivity growth - the case of old and new European Union countries.
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of trade in productivity growth in a sample of 30 sectors in 25 EU countries in the period of rapid East–West integration (1995–2007). Shift-share analysis is used to show that changes in value added per hour worked in these countries appear to be mainly due to positive developments (rising productivity) within single industries and only to a lower extent result from a shift towards...
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Typology of towns in the peripheries of Polish coastal regions: conclusions for urban policy
PublicationPeripheries means the land outside metropolitan areas. One of the main problemsin these areas is a lack of growth factors. Some towns can contribute to the developmentof these regions, because there are few such factors, and it is easier to create the newones, especially in urban policy.The subject of this paper is a typology of towns within the Polish peripheral coastalregions, limited to towns with more than 5 thousand inhabitants....
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Koncepcja integracji taryfowo-biletowej transportu zbiorowego w Obszarze Metropolitalnym Trójmiasta
PublicationPodejmowanie działań w zakresie integracji taryfowo-biletowej transportu publicznego w Obszarze Metropolitalnym Trójmiasta należy rozpatrywać w odniesieniu do powiązanych ze sobą funkcjonalnie obszarów, obsługiwanych jednocześnie przez co najmniej dwóch organi-zatorów transportu zbiorowego, gdy ich oferty są względem siebie substytucyjne i/lub kom-plementarne. Wprowadzenie zintegrowanych rozwiązań taryfowo-biletowych ma na celu...
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Sanctions and their role in preventing the appropriation of the creditor’s property rights in bankruptcy proceedings–the case of Poland
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to fill the cognitive gap regarding the role of sanc-tions in the protection of a creditor’s property rights in the event of an entrepreneur insolvency. The impact of sanctions on transaction costs, including their identifica-tion and types, as well as the impact on the protection of creditor rights, has been poorly recognized in the subject literature to date. This article investigates...
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Reasons behind changes in the share of labour in national income in the Polish economy: Selected aspects
PublicationAim/purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of structural changes taking place in the Polish economy on the share of labour in national income. Design/methodology/approach – The scope of this study includes a review of the literature dedicated to the issue and an empirical analysis of data available on this topic. The study uses elements of descriptive statistics and the method of induction. Findings – The conducted...
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The influence of the place of residence on the behavior and transport preferences of the inhabitants of the agglomeration
PublicationTransport behaviors and preferences have an impact on modal split, which is why they should form the basis for shaping the public transport offer. Achieving the goals of sustainable mobility requires taking into account differences in transport behavior and preferences characterizing residents from different areas of the agglomeration. Analyzing differences in behaviors and preferences, the possibilities and limitations resulting...
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Wage response to global production links: evidence for workers from 28 European countries (2005–2014)
PublicationUsing rich individual-level data on workers from 28 European countries, this study provides the first so extensive cross-country assessment of wage response to global production links within GVC in the period 2005–2014. Unlike the other studies, the authors (i) address the importance of backward linkages in globally integrated production structures (capturing imports of goods and services needed in any stage of the production of...
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Determinants of Firm Innovation in Indonesia: The Role of Institutions and Access to Finance
PublicationThis paper investigates the determinants of firm innovation in Indonesia. Using quality of local regulations index constructed by the Indonesia’s Regional Autonomy Watch (KPPOD) as measure of institutions, We found that better institutional quality at the local level was associated with more innovation and that firms experiencing major obstacle in access to finance were less likely to innovate. Access to finance is more critical...
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The analysis of firms’ involvement in internationalisation and determinants of its intensity – an analysis for developing and post-transition economies
PublicationThe study presents the empirical analysis of firms’ involvement in different forms of internationalisation: export, indirect export, import, indirect import and finally simultaneous exporting and importing. The analysis is based on firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (March 2017 release). The empirical part is divided into two stages. Firstly account is taken of firms’ heterogeneity and then a Melitz type analysis...
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Different sources of market information and product innovativeness
PublicationThe purpose of this study is to identify whether the gathering of market information from different sources – i.e. from customers, competitors and other entities – is related to product innovativeness. The relationships proposed so far have not been empirically investigated but they can have important theoretical and practical implications for product innovation. To achieve the purpose of the paper data concerning 287 new products...
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Analizy wyznaczenia dedykowanych pasów autobusowych w Gdyni
PublicationRosnący udział podróży transportem samochodowym i związany z tym wzrost natężenia ruchu drogowego, negatywnie wpływa na jakość funkcjonowania transportu zbiorowego, a w szczególności tego, który jest z ruchem drogowym bezpośrednio związany – transportu autobusowego. Zwiększające się zatłoczenie ulic wywołuje zaburzenia funkcjonowania systemu transportu autobusowego, przede wszystkim w postaci opóźnień pojazdów lub też wydłużeniem...
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The dimensions of national competitiveness: the empirical analysis based on The World Economic Forum’s data
PublicationThe aim of this research is to determine the minimum number of uncorrelated dimensions which can describe national competitiveness (NC). NC is thought of as the ability of a nation to provide a conducive environment for its firms to prosper. It is shown that the environment affects national productivity catalytically through the interactions with the production factors while itself remaining unchanged. Selected World Economic...
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Sustainable investing exchange-traded funds: US and European market
PublicationThe key aim of the paper is to examine the diffusion of the sustainable investing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the European and US ETFs markets, with the special focus on the market shares of sustainable investing and conventional funds. The model of diffusion of innovation (logistic growth model) is applied. Monthly data on the assets of ETFs in the time period of 2006-2017 are used. Increasing assets of sustainable investing...
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THE USE OF GREEN LOGISTICS ELEMENTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFFSHORE VESSELS
PublicationThe article is aimed at the presentation referring to the use of green logistics elements during the construction of the offshore vessels in the following aspects: collection, removal and utilisation of any waste that is harmful for natural environment, elimination of the negative impact that such waste can have on natural environment and the search for the optimal solutions as regards these aspects.
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Export diversification and economic development: A dynamic spatial data analysis
PublicationThis paper contributes to the empirical literature on the relationship between “export variety” (export diversification) and economic development by relaxing the assumption of cross-country independence and allowing for spatial diffusion of shocks in observed and unobserved factors. Export variety is measured for a balanced panel of 114 countries (1992–2012) using very detailed information on their exports (HS 6-digit product level)....
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Przesłanki i zakres interwencji publicznej w transporcie miejskim
PublicationCelem artykułu jest określenie przesłanek i zakresu interwencji publicznej w transporcie miejskim. Podstawą artykułu jest teza, że transport miejski jest działalnością wymagającą interwencji publicznej. Za przesłanki interwencji publicznej w transporcie miejskim uznano użyteczność publiczną tego transportu oraz dążenie do realizacji za jego pośrednictwem celów polityki transportowej i społecznej. Omawiając zakres interwencji publicznej...