The paper summarizes - from the point of view of management sciences - institutional factors that matter for conducting the policy of support for business succession by member states in the European Union. Describing challenges for family business in Europe is the entering point for the...

The paper verifies the existence of relations between development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the particular factors of regional environment as well as demographic parameters of entrepreneurs and their enterprises. SMEs localized in Southern Poland in accordance with NUTS -1...

Carrying out successful succession in family businesses is an issue of vital significance for businesses themselves, and a great challenge for the pragmatics of family business management. It is also an issue important for the dynamics of Poland's economic development since it regards a wide...

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

Increasing number of theoretical and empirical studies, including many diverse perspectives of development, growth and competitiveness of small and medium-sized tourist enterprises especially in a regional aspect, reflect clearly fragmentariness of scientific knowledge in this range. However...

Integration processes in Europe as well as globalization trends create new possibilities for enterprises. The accession of ten new Member States in 2004 and additional two in 2007 create new possibilities for enterprises, especially as far as foreign trade in concerned. The paper elaborates on...

This paper presents the main findings of the author's study of statistics as well as European surveys on working conditions. Such solutions enabled to compare the data and make the results more reliable. The collected data concerns all Member States of the Euro-pean Union, where it was...

The paper elaborates on socio-cultural circumstances of advertisement. Many examples of promotion campaigns are mentioned. The main European advertisement styles are also described. There are many arguments in favour of either standardization or adaptation. Nevertheless socio-cultural aspects...