The paper presents the analysis of the state and importance of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector in Poland. Theoretical part deals with the role SME sector plays economic growth and development, and kinds of barriers and instruments used to support the development of entrepreneurship...

This paper introduces readers to the Polish economy. This 38 million people growing market economy is the sixth country in Europe as for inhabitants and youngest country in Europe with some 50% of the population below 35 years. Therefore, Poland has a remarkable opportunity for new economic...

The fact that in 1989 Poland transformed from centrally planned economy into market economy brought about radical changes in the functioning of the entire national economy together with its particular markets. As human capital plays a leading role in managing, labour market is a basic element of...

As highly populous emerging economies begins to take the centre stage in the world economy; demand for energy is surging at an unprecedented rate. Traditionally used fossil fuels are non-renewable and their use often results in serious environmental pollution, as a result renewable energy is...

A central goal that has eluded most countries in sub-Saharan Africa is to effectively manage their natural resources, develop diversified and prosperous economies, and as a result, improve the standard of living of their citizens. This paper draws from the framework of diversification and...

Investment on the information technology has a prominent place in understanding the growth of labour markets productivity in the USA after 1995. While investment on information technology enabled US firms to achieve high growth rates of both labour and total factor productivity, neither Western...

A little over a decade now, there have been sweeping procurement reforms in most developing countries. The orchestrators of these reforms - mostly the World Bank and other international financial institutions, have cited financial mismanagement and the lack of transparency in public financial...

An enduring challenge that policy makers in open economies confront is the choice between three desirable, yet jointly unattainable objectives of maintaining a fixed exchange rate regime, free international capital flows and monetary policy independence. This paper examines these three tenets of...

The innovation systems aimed at increasing countries' competitive advantage and technological capabilities are less focused on developing countries. In addition, there remains a lack of research to determine whether innovation systems should explicitly exist for or be applied to individual...

Using a sample of 29 African countries for which adequate time series data are available this paper explores the nexus between financial development and manufactured exports. This particular relationship is especially important in the context of Africa since export diversification away from...