The paper elaborates on the characteristic of a new definition of small and medium-sized enterprises. In May 2003 European Commission launched a new recommendation on the new definition of small and medium-sized enterprises, which will come into effect on January 1, 2005. One of the main...

This article discusses the two main factors, namely, the demographic parameters of enterprises and entrepreneurs, whcih impact on the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. The analysis is based on the author's own empirical research conducted on a random cample of 109 small and...

The prevalence of the idea of global village has caused similar lifestyles and ways of thinking everywhere. The similarity of customer needs in various parts of the globe is the main stimulus for standardization of products and/or services. Standardization of products and standardization of...

European Union, Europeanization or Europeanism are currently ones of the most popular phrases used in different titles of different elaborations, both scientific papers and popular magazines. At times there are used equivalently, while their meanings differ. The paper focuses on three main...

The paper focuses on two main streams. First, the author tries to describe the concept of Europeanisation, its nature and definition. The articles elaborates on the ways of defining the phenomenon of Europeanisation. The author distinguishes three types of this coin: uploading top-down,...

The paper discusses the concept of an economic man in economics and management. The concept of “homo oeconomicus” assumes the full rational behaviour of a deciding man and was applied in classical and neoclassical theories. Based on resent findings of the neuronal, cognitive and behavioural...

The subject literature distinguishes several factors that determine the establishment, survival , operations and development of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in particular regions. In this article, the author presents a classification of these factors in terms of whether they are...

The paper focuses on the role of entrepreneurship education in European education systems. European Commission recommendations on desirable qualifications of graduates as well as on contents of education in the field of entrepreneurship were described. The current state of art was evaluated on...

The article presents a typology of the principle of action and evolutionary algorithms as a technique widely used for searching and optimization based on the principles inherited from the Darwinian theory of evolution and natural genetics. Evolutionary algorithms are a technique that is...

Life standard of local community determines the market absorbency, which can make up one of the determinants of local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. The aim of the paper is the empirical verification of influence of local life standard in Southern Poland on small and medium-sized...