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Gdańsk Urban Initiative Laboratory
PublikacjaGdansk is Poland's principal seaport, situated on the southern edge of the Gdansk Bay on the Baltic Sea. The city is the capital and largest city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. Gdansk, in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia and the resort town of Sopot, and suburban communities, jointly forms Poland's fourth largest metropolitan area, with a population approaching 1.4 million. The pathways towards the Micro ULL FWE Nexus Square...
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Knowledge management in SMEs – selected issues.
PublikacjaThe success of a small or medium-size enterprise might be dependent on the way in which this company manages its knowledge. With limited access to other resources like land, capital or labor force, the access to knowledge and its effective application might become a source of competitive advantage for an SME. It is confirmed that organizations, which successfully implement the concept of knowledge management might achieve better...
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Evaluation of Selected Innovation Policy Instruments on the Example of Poland
PublikacjaThe main purpose of the paper is to analyze and evaluate the selected instruments of innovation policy in Poland: cooperative relations, business environment institutions and innovation centers, supported within Priority Axis V of OP IE 2007-2013. The evaluation was made on the basis of the four criteria: complementarity, adapting to the needs of businesses, the impact on the innovation and durability of the provided support. The...
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I, Robot: between angel and evil
PublikacjaThe boosting of most digital innovations within recent technology progress by artificial intelligence (AI) constitutes a growing topic of interest. Besides its technical aspects, increasing research activity may be observed in the domain of security challenges, and therefore of responsibility related to the controlled or hypothetically uncontrolled or autonomous emergence of AI solutions. Consequently, responsibility and ethics...
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Frontier education for a sustainable future - speculative design in architecture as a transdisciplinary experiment
PublikacjaIn this article, the authors propose the term frontier education referring to the well-established notion of frontier research - one, that through opening unexpected transdisciplinary perspectives, may offer new insights and create a fertile ground for new discoveries and ground-breaking concepts. In answer to the question of how to get rid of normative thinking and extend architectural experimentations, a speculative design architectural...
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Świadomość innowacyjna małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw
PublikacjaW wielu raportach, przygotowywanych zarówno przez ośrodki polskie, jak i międzynarodowe, innowacyjność polskich przedsiębiorstw jest dość słabo oceniana. W kontekście tworzenia i wdrażania innowacji istotna jest świadomość przedsiębiorców w zakresie konieczności tworzenia odpowiedniej kultury i klimatu organizacyjnego sprzyjającego realizacji procesu innowacyjnego. Należy też podkreślić istotną rolę, jaką w procesie innowacyjnym...
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Knowledge economics and the demand for higher education
PublikacjaThis article suggests that the decreased demand for higher education in Poland is partially caused due to the changes in consumer preferences. The appearance of a cheap and highly accessible form of knowledge offered by the massive open online courses is presumed here to have an effect on the demand for formal higher education. This article proposes an additional perspective to the research on knowledge consumption, especially...
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Innowacje jako wyzwanie dla działań marketingowych banków komercyjnych
PublikacjaW referacie przedstawiona została istota innowacji w funkcjonowaniu banków komercyjnych na rynku polskim. Na podstawie danych statystycznych przeprowadzona została analiza poziomu innowacyjności banków i innych instytucji finansowych z uwzględnieniem zróżnicowania podmiotowego oraz ze względu na rodzaje innowacji. W pracy zidentyfikowane zostały również podstawowe grupy czynników wpływających na innowacje i związane z nimi działania...
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Aneta Sobiechowska-Ziegert dr
OsobyPracuje w Katedrze Statystyki i Ekonometrii na Wydziale Zarządzania i Ekonomii, pasjonatka stosowania nowoczesnych metod dydaktycznych w nauczaniu przedmiotów ilościowych, dyplomowany coach i certyfikowana tutorka. Prowadzi zajęcia z prognozowania gospodarczego i ekonometrii przestrzennej. Przewodniczy Wydziałowej Komisji Jakości Kształcenia i opiekuje się ścieżką kształcenia EMOS, certyfikowaną przez Eurostat. Obecnie koordynuje...
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Fabrication and Characterization of Green Polyurethane Foams with Enhanced Vibration Damping Capability
PublikacjaOver the past decades, there has been an intensive development of the technologies and innovations aimed at increasing the quality of life. This development largely concerns the comfort of use of everyday products that, among others, are products of the automotive, construction, or furniture industries. Considering the increase in the comfort of using products such as cars, houses, and flats, one of the comfort features of their...
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Muhammad Danish Ali MSc.
OsobyMuhammad Danish Ali is a dedicated researcher ( Google scholar h index 12) specializing in energy Storage Materials at Silesian University of Technology in Katowice, Poland. He is completing his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Anna Starczewska from Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland. With a solid academic foundation in material science from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, he has focused his research on...
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COMPOSITE FOOTBRIDGE - SYNERGY EFFECT IN COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY
PublikacjaPaper presents conditions of science and industry cooperation in Poland (restrictions, barriers, good practice). A key role in initiation of collaboration between units has financial support. What is also important, it is much easier to create innovative solutions on the base of combining the potential of individuals. That is why many countries all over the world look for innovative solutions using budget funds to support grants...
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Application of Diffusion Models in the Analysis of Financial Markets: Evidence on Exchange Traded Funds in Europe
PublikacjaExchange traded funds (ETFs) are financial innovations that may be considered as a part of the index financial instruments category, together with stock index derivatives. The aim of this paper is to explore the trajectories and formulates predictions regarding the spread of ETFs on the financial markets in six European countries. It demonstrates ETFs’ development trajectories with regard to stock index futures and options that...
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Marek Wirkus dr hab. inż.
Osobymgr inż. (1977; w zakresie technologii budowy maszyn i zarządzania produkcją); dr nauk ekonomicznych (1990; w zakres zarządzanie produkcją z wykorzystaniem technik informatycznych), dr. hab. nauk ekonomicznych w zakresie nauki o zarządzaniu (2007; w obszarze zarządzania portfolio projektów innowacyjnych). Współtwórca Wydziału Zarządzania i Ekonomii (1993); Prodziekan d/s kształcenia ustawicznego dorosłych na WZiE (1999 – 2002);...
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Jan Wajs dr hab. inż.
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Implementing a CSR Strategy in a Small Enterprise - a Case Study
PublikacjaAs a result of employees’ meetings conducted according to Kaizen workshops formula and seeking new development directions for the company (including CSR actions) various product and service innovations have been implemented. Also a market niche has been discovered, and as a consequence the company gained another profitable aspect of the business activity. The atmosphere and contribution in performing tasks have improved among...
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Searching for innovation knowledge: insight into KIBS companies
PublikacjaThe paper analyses the activity of research for “innovation knowledge”—here defined as knowledge that can lead to the introduction of service innovations—by Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) companies. It proposes a classification of the possible search approaches adopted by those companies based on two dimensions: the pro-activity of search efforts and the source primarily used. Such classification is then discussed...
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Green Approaches in Rubber Recycling Technologies: Present Status and Future Perspective
PublikacjaAs a consequence of massive production and consumption of rubbers, rubber blends, and rubber composites for myriad applications, elastomeric products have enormously accumulated and become an environmental threat. The disposal and burning of rubber wastes have been banned because of environmental and economic reasons. By contrast, a great deal of attention has been directed toward strategies enabling recycling and reuse of rubbers....
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Paweł Śliwiński dr hab. inż.
OsobyStopnie naukowe marzec 2017 – nadanie stopnia doktora habilitowanego;2006 – doktor nauk technicznych (praca doktorska obroniona na Wydziale Mechanicznym PG z wyróżnieniem);2001–2006 – studia doktoranckie „Nowoczesne Technologie i Konwersja Energii” przy Wydziale Mechanicznym Politechniki Gdańskiej; Informacje o dotychczasowym zatrudnieniu: od 01.07.2018 - profesor uczelni, Wydział Mechanicznyod 01.05.2017 – adiunkt, Wydział Mechaniczny...
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Technical Engine for Democratization of Modeling, Simulations, and Predictions
PublikacjaComputational science and engineering play a critical role in advancing both research and daily-life challenges across almost every discipline. As a society, we apply search engines, social media, and se- lected aspects of engineering to improve personal and professional growth. Recently, leveraging such aspects as behavioral model analysis, simulation, big data extraction, and human computation is gain- ing momentum. The nexus...
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Car-sharing: The Impact on Metropolitan Spatial Structures
PublikacjaMany examples from the past show that new technologies designed to solve particular problems can also create side effects generating new problems. Some unforeseen or unwanted results may influence space use and spatial structures. Car-sharing is an invention to compete with car ownership. It drastically rise efficiency of car use, reducing the number of vehicles per users. Diffusion of car-sharing is going to accelerate in the...
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When digital government matters for tourism: a stakeholder analysis
PublikacjaDespite the importance of governance processes for destination management and the impact of digital technology on such processes, surprisingly little academic research has explored the use of digital technology to transform public governance in the tourism sector. This conceptual paper fills this gap by conducting a digital government stakeholder analysis for the tourism sector using the digital government evolution model as its...
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AI-Driven Sustainability in Agriculture and Farming
PublikacjaIn this chapter, we discuss the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in promoting sustainable agriculture and farming. Three main themes run through the chapter. First, we review the state of the art of smart farming and explore the transformative impact of AI on modern agricultural practices, focusing on its contribution to sustainability. With this in mind, our analysis focuses on topics such as data collection and storage, AI...
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Mussel‐inspired biomaterials: From chemistry to clinic
PublikacjaAfter several billions of years, nature still makes decisions on its own to identify, develop, and direct the most effective material for phenomena/challenges faced. Likewise, and inspired by the nature, we learned how to take steps in developing new technologies and materials innovations. Wet and strong adhesion by Mytilidae mussels (among which Mytilus edulis—blue mussel and Mytilus californianus—California mussel are the most...
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Cooperation in Creating Innovation in Polish Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Light of Empirical Studies
PublikacjaNowadays, sources of competitive advantage and economic development are sought in the sphere of innovation. They are at the centre of interest of representatives of the world of politics, science, and business. Moreover, they have been incorporated into governmental and international strategic development programmes. This article attempts to characterize and evaluate cooperation in creating innovation in small and medium-sized...
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The impact of institutions on innovation networks: empirical evidence from Poland
PublikacjaInnovation networks may accelerate and improve the innovation process, while institutional pathologies may hamper it. This study employs the Kruskal-Wallis H test and regression analysis to determine if the relationship between institutions and innovation networks does exist among the investigated variables. The purpose of the study was to find out whether cooperation with special local institutions influences the innovative behaviour...
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A multi‐industry and cross‐country comparison of technology contribution to formal and informal knowledge sharing processes for innovativeness
PublikacjaThe study explores the impact of organizational information technology (IT) competency on knowledge sharing, both explicit and tacit, in the context of innovativeness of products and processes. Knowledge sharing is then assessed in terms of tacit-to-explicit conversion and the impact of both types of knowledge on organizational innovation. Both process (internal) and product/service (external) innovation are included. As an extension,...
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Green aspects, developments and perspectives of liquid phase microextraction techniques
PublikacjaDetermination of analytes at trace levels in complex samples (e.g. biological or contaminated water or soils) are often required for the environmental assessment and monitoring as well as for scientific research in the field of environmental pollution. A limited number of analytical techniques are sensitive enough for the direct determination of trace components in samples and, because of that, a preliminary step of the analyte...
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MOST Wiedzy jako narzędzie promocji otwartych zasobów nauki
PublikacjaRośnie znaczenie wiedzy zgromadzonej w różnego rodzaju systemach, w tym w kursach on-line. Połączenie systemów je przetwarzających z Internetem w znaczącym stopniu usprawniło rozprzestrzenianie informacji i zwiększyło jej dostępność. Coraz szersze uznanie zyskują ruchy Otwartego Dostępu (ang. Open Access). Politechnika Gdańska w ramach projektu Multidyscyplinarny Otwarty System Transferu Wiedzy – MOST Wiedzy buduje platformę o...
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Individual Characteristics and Cognitions of Students with Different Levels of Entrepreneurial Intensity
PublikacjaRESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objective of the current paper is to verify in what way university students who declare high individual level of entrepreneurial intensity differ from those who are characterized by its intensity level. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: A statistical analysis of obtained survey results was conducted. The group of research participants included 413 business students. Following statistical methods were used...
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LS-DYNA simulations of the impacts of a 38-ton Heavy Goods Vehicle into a road cable barrier
PublikacjaNowadays, more and more attention is being paid to safety on roads and motorways. It is due to the continuous development of road and motorway network and a significant increase of the number of vehicles on roads. To meet the expectations of improving road safety in Poland, the Road Innovations Development (RID) research programme was implemented in 2016. The aim of the RID 3A - Road Safety Equipment (RoSE) project is a comprehensive...
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Driverless Mobility: The Impact on Metropolitan Spatial Structures
PublikacjaDiffusion of emerging technologies is following the need of solving particular problems. Each innovation produce also some undesirable consequences. Many examples from the past have shown that along with the spread of each technology their side effects are accumulating until the level they need to be solved. One of the examples is automobile, which advantages and disadvantages were already described including its spatial consequences....
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Towards High-Value Datasets Determination for Data-Driven Development: A Systematic Literature Review
PublikacjaOpen government data (OGD) is seen as a political and socio-economic phenomenon that promises to promote civic engagement and stimulate public sector innovations in various areas of public life. To bring the expected benefits, data must be reused and transformed into value-added products or services. This, in turn, sets another precondition for data that are expected to not only be available and comply with open data principles,...
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Przedsiębiorczość społeczna jako klucz do skutecznej edukacji przedsiębiorczej na społecznie odpowiedzialnym uniwersytecie
PublikacjaCel naukowy: Celem artykułu jest prezentacja nowej propozycji kształcenia na rzecz przedsiębiorczości na studiach biznesowych (zarządzanie i ekonomia), uwzględniającej edukację w zakresie przedsiębiorczości społecznej. Problem i metody badawcze: W artykule omówiono problem edukacji przedsiębiorczej z punktu widzenia wyzwań zmieniającej się gospodarki oraz ewoluujących oczekiwań stawianych polskim uczelniom wyższym. Główną metodą...
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Wojciech Chrzanowski dr hab. inż.
OsobyWojciech Chrzanowski, urodzony w 1952 r. w Toruniu, ukończył w 1975 r. studia magisterskie na kierunku Technologia Chemiczna, w specjalności Technologia Nieorganiczna (specjalizacja: ochrona przed korozją), na Wydziale Chemicznym PG, uzyskując dyplom z wyróżnieniem. W tym samym roku został zatrudniony w Zakładzie Technik Analitycznych ówczesnego Instytutu Inżynierii Chemicznej i Technik Pomiarowych, początkowo na stanowisku technicznym,...
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Financial markets diffusion patterns. The case of Mexican investment funds
PublikacjaExchange traded funds (ETFs) are one of the most influential financial innovations, reshaping the investment funds market in many countries, including Mexico. Due to their similar investment objectives, ETFs are considered substitutes for mutual funds. The aim of the article is to provide an in-depth insight into the issues associated with the development of financial markets in Mexico...
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Greencoin: a Proenvironmental Action-Reward System
PublikacjaThe massive destruction of the natural environment is rapidly eroding the world’s capacity to provide food and water, threatening the security of billions of people. In order to facilitate green lifestyles – understood in terms of both pro-environmental behaviors and green self-image on the one hand, and to build sustainable local and global communities, on the other, we put forward an idea of a novel action-reward system based...
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Comprehensive Enhancement of Prepolymer-Based Flexible Polyurethane Foams’ Performance by Introduction of Cost-Effective Waste-Based Ground Tire Rubber Particles
PublikacjaMaterial innovations in polyurethane (PU) foams should ideally combine performance enhancement, environmental impact limitation, and cost reduction. These goals can be achieved by applying recycled or waste-based materials without broader industrial applications, implicating their low price. Herein, from 5 to 20 parts by weight of ground tire rubber (GTR) particles originated from the recycling of postconsumer car tires were incorporated...
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Network effects—do they matter for digital technologies diffusion?
PublikacjaPurpose The main research target of this paper is to capture the network effects using the case of mobile cellular telephony, identified in European telecommunication markets, and its determinants enhancing the process of digital technologies diffusion. Design/methodology/approach This research relies on panel and dynamic panel regression analysis. The empirical sample covers 30 European countries, and the period for the analysis...
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Challenges of overcoming ageism towards elderly people in healthcare context
PublikacjaRESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the impact ageism may have on providing healthcare to elderly people. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The article investigates the consequences of ageism in medical settings, where the elderly are particularly vulnerable to discrimination, distinguishing ageism from appropriate practice variation as well as giving suggestions to improve the situation. The paper analyses...
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DUAL CONSTELLATION GPS/GALILEO MOBILE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING NAVIGATION OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN AN URBAN AREA
PublikacjaIt is well known by users of Portable Navigation Device (PND) and other GPS-based devices that positioning suffers from (local) significant decreases of accuracy in partially obscured environments like urbanized areas, where buildings (especially high buildings), trees or terrain block large portions of the sky. In such areas, GPS receiver performance is usually deteriorated by the reduced number of currently available satellite...
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DESIGN OF THE DUAL CONSTELLATION GPS/GALILEO MOBILE DEVICE FOR IMPROVING NAVIGATION OF THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN AN URBAN AREA
PublikacjaIt is well known by users of Personal Navigation Device (PND) and other GPS-based devices that positioning suffers from (local) significant decreases of accuracy in partially obscured environments like urbanized areas, where buildings (especially high buildings), trees or terrain block large portions of the sky. In such areas, GPS receiver performance is usually deteriorated by the reduced number of currently available satellite...
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Smart Knowledge Engineering for Cognitive Systems: A Brief Overview
PublikacjaCognition in computer sciences refers to the ability of a system to learn at scale, reason with purpose, and naturally interact with humans and other smart systems, such as humans do. To enhance intelligence, as well as to introduce cognitive functions into machines, recent studies have brought humans into the loop, turning the system into a human–AI hybrid. To effectively integrate and manipulate hybrid knowledge, suitable technologies...
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Soft skills among academics: Five theoretically informed lessons for current times
PublikacjaRESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive examination of the role of soft skills among academics in the context of the evolving higher-education landscape. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: We use a scoping review of existing literature to discuss the importance of soft skills in academia. Through critical analysis and synthesis, we identify patterns and gaps in current knowledge and develop five...
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Magdalena Szuflita-Żurawska
OsobyMagdalena Szuflita-Żurawska jest kierownikiem Sekcji Informacji Naukowo-Technicznej na Politechnice Gdańskiej oraz Liderem Centrum Kompetencji Otwartej Nauki przy Bibliotece Politechniki Gdańskiej. Jej główne zainteresowania badawcze koncentrują się w obszarze komunikacji naukowej oraz otwartych danych badawczych, a także motywacji i produktywności naukowej. Jest odpowiedzialna między innymi za prowadzenie szkoleń dla pracowników...
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Fire Protection and Materials Flammability Control by Artificial Intelligence
PublikacjaFire safety has become a major challenge of materials developers because of the massive production of organic materials, often combustibles, and their use for different purposes. In this sense, fire safety is critically considered in the development of engineering materials [1, 2]. The multiplicity of parameters contributing to the development of formulation of flame-retardant materials from one side and the sustainability concerns...
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Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Personal Branding. How to Derive Innovation From Project Teams?
PublikacjaInnovation, relationships, cooperation, and knowledge are key factors which determine a competitive advantage in the networked economy. A network serves as a contemporary form of market process coordination. Network economy, according to the idea of prosumerism, is founded on collaboration of individual creators based on a network of values instead of hierarchical dependencies. Another feature of a network is that it imposes symmetry...
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Exchange-traded products in Germany: development and substitution of exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded commodities and exchange-traded notes.
PublikacjaResearch background: Exchange-traded products (ETPs) are one of the most rapidly growing categories of financial products. Their fast development has been boosted by innovative features. Three main categories of ETPs are exchange-traded funds (ETFs), exchange-traded commodities (ETCs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs). ETCs and ETNs remain least known, even though their number on some stock exchanges is high. In Europe, Germany...
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Technical solutions and benefits of introducing rain gardens – Gdańsk case study
PublikacjaNowadays, Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) are developing as innovative multifunctional tools to maximize urban ecosystem services such as storm water preservation, reduction of runoff and flood protection, groundwater pollution prevention, biodiversity enhancement, and microclimate control. Gdańsk is one of the first Polish cities to widely introduce rain gardens (one example of an NBS) in different areas such as parks, city center,...
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Włodzimierz Przybylski prof. dr inż.
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