This article presents the role of private enterprises in the global economy. It is argued that private enterprises are being managed by values and that it is a factor which has an important influence on good relationships with stakeholders and helps in achievieng better economic results. /...

The purpose of this paper is an attempt of showing the role of qualitative features of labour resources as a factor which diversifies the level of strawberry harvesting productivity. Such features as age and sex of pickers, total number of picking days, age of plantation and harvest date and...

Human capital is an important element in shaping the competitiveness of business firms. The purpose of this study is an attempt to present the scope of impact of the quality characteristics of human capital on the economic performance of farms. The analysis covered the age, sex and education of...

The aim of this study is an analysis of the equipment in productive factors in the new regions against the background of regions in the old EU countries, and also an analysis of equipment in labour force, land and capital depending on the economic size of a farm. The analysis indicated that the...

The aim of the paper was to assess the possibilities of obtaining advantages of the diversification effect brought by purchase of commodities in the Polish market. Investment portfolios consisting of different assets are analyzed, including both indirect and direct ways of investing in...

The authors of presented article characterise the possibility of using modern technology in education. Distance learning has 300 years of tradition, but modern technology has changed its methodology. The importance of e-learning in the rural areas is underlined. / Synopsis. Autorki...

The article presents the functioning of social economy in rural areas based on a case study of social cooperatives. 14 units were characterized basing on a survey, which had declared their financial condition as good. According to the research a key role in this success plays a multiple business...

This article presents phases of the transition arena model, which should be introduced as a cure for the main Polish agricultural sector’s problems. Basing on the author’s own experience, logical reasoning and literature overview of transition theory and policy, the proper recommendations...

In the article some attempts to separate factors for the development of food industry enterprises in Poland were made. Of the seven groups of factors the most important items were selected by using the method of KFS and STEEPVL. The classification was connected with importance and uncertainty....

The article presents the institutions of the grain product path (transaction costs, applied economics of contracts). The article presents the method of research. Due to limited space, the concrete facts, figures, and results are not presented. The aim of this paper is to identify the factors...