Identifies to what extent, and in which way external shocks and the need for a different development pattern has affected economic growth in for Eastern European countries.

Examines legislative changes since 1990 in Central and Eastern European countries with regard to the mechanisms, institutions and levels of collective bargaining, the legal nature of collective agreements, union representativeness, and labour dispute settlement.

The unemployment rates of then-communist Central European countries were unnaturally low because of manipulated data and latent, "intra-firm" unemployment. As the transition of these states is now more than two decades ago, the question of how the NAIRU evolved since then arises. Because of the...

Jednym z warunkow koniecznych sukcesu gospodarczego kraju jest edukacja, ktora w obecnych czasach powinna miec postac ksztalcenia przez cale zycie i to we wszystkich rolach zyciowych (life-wide lifelong learning - LLL). Warunek ten jest tak wazny, ze znalazl odzwierciedlenie w celach, najpierw...

This paper identifies and clarifies modes and rhythms of the internationalization of Polish firms that make it feasible thanks to the position achieved by the Polish economy, coupled with its access to the EU. The internationalization trends of the Polish economy are at first located and then...