The paper presents results of own empirical research conducted on a random sample of 323 enterprises localized in małopolskie voivodeship in the first half of the year 2007. The period of 3 years after the accession of Poland to the European Union allowed to preliminary evaluation of the...

The report focuses on the regional system of innovation in małopolskie voivodeship (southern Poland). It presents the results of two empirical stages. The first stage was conducted using computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI) on the sample of 465 enterprises and 51 business support...

The chapter , apart from the introduction and conclusions, is divided into three main parts, that is methodology, literature review as well as results and discussion. The analytical and empirical part, including results, discussions and implications, consists of three following subdivisions:...

Poland noted in the 90s big changes in the structure of its foreign trade turnover. Both export and import values increased in this period. Many observers claim that many jobs in Poland were lost as the result of opening of Polish economy. Undoubtedly “unemployment import” was observed in...

The aim of the article is the presentation as well as the analysis of the most important directions of the European Union activities in favour of entrepreneurship, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The historical outline of SMEs’ community policy shaping was introduced....

Poland’s accession to the European Union impacted Polish international trade exchange significantly. Spreading common European principles, mainly the freedom of movement for goods as well as Common Customs Tariff (CCT), over Poland, contributed to annulment of tariff as well as quasi-tariff...

IN this article, the author elaborates on the co-operation between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and research and development laboratories in the Małopolska region. He presents the role of technology transfer based on the experience of the 'Kraków Technology Park' Special Economic...

Two major changes have affected the Tunisian economy during the 7-November period: the change of the economic system on the one hand and the change of the demographic structure on the other. The change of the economic system consists in the adoption of liberalism and free-trade. Although, at the...

Some recent writings on Islamic finance have resuscitated the old‘no risk, no gain’ precept from the earlier literature in the wake of current financial crisis. They argue that the basic reason for the recurrence of such crisesis the conventional interest-based financial system that rests...

Some recent writings on Islamic finance have resuscitated the old ‘no risk, no gain’ precept from the earlier literature in the wake of current financial crisis. They argue that the basic reason for the recurrence of such crises is the conventional interest-based financial system that rests...