Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...

Pesticide use in agriculture poses several risks to both human health and non-target agro-ecosystems. Due to lack of information on the monetary value of reducing pesticide risks, it is difficult to perform an economic analysis that addresses social efficiency of policy and draws conclusions...

This paper offers an overview of factors that are decisive for productivity increase in the agricultural sector (both farming and agro-food). An attempt is made to explain differences in total factor productivity in agriculture in different countries by means of meta-analysis, in particular, by...

Ethnic entrepreneurship has become a popular concept in a modern multi-cultural society. This paper seeks to offer an overview of the potential of ethnic entrepreneurship for solving inter alia the structural unemployment problems of ethnic groups in cities. The present paper addresses in...

This paper offers an overview of assessment methods for physical planning, with a particular focus on the agricultural sector. An attempt is made to link multi-criteria analysis to meta-analysis by applying rough set theory as a framework for comparative study. An empirical application on the...