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The theory of human capital clearly states that the investments into the education bring many benefits and are worth the cost. The OECD Education at a Glance analysis provides support for both public and private investing in tertiary education as the net present value is positive for all...
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The aim of this paper is twofold. First, the smart growth concept is examined with a focus on challenges associated with applying this concept in the less developed regions. Second, the impact of EU structural funds on smart growth in Poland is analyzed at the regional level with a view to...
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comparison to the past, if a selection of top R&D-investing SMEs were assumed to be on a fast growth track while the top R …&D-investing large-scale companies continue to grow as before. The background of this research objective is the emerging focus on SMEs …, building there from an unbalanced panel. Scenarios were developed by distinguishing SMEs' assumed growth paths vs. that of …
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The ongoing structural change towards the service and knowledge societies, innovations, and the increasing integration of markets will have considerable influence on the European Union, particularly on the Eastern members of EU. In March 2010, the European Commission released the Europe-2020...
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The definition of social responsibility has often changed over the time. Differences in the economies of the United States of America (USA) and Europe have a strong impact on the social responsibility and stakeholders' expectations from socially responsible business (SRB). The economic sector of...
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Innovativeness in Europe has been a formulated goal of the EU since the Lisbon Strategy. One of the goals of the new Europe 2020 Strategy is smart growth, i.e. growth based on knowledge and innovation. This requires improving the quality of education and research results, the transfer of...
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The European Union's Lisbon strategy goal of tackling poverty was a notable failure, while the Europe 2020 strategy's poverty target is out of reach. Both strategies were based on variants of the 'at risk of poverty' indicator, which has an inappropriate and misleading name. We demonstrate...
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The article is devoted to multivariate analysis of the degree of social cohesion achieved by the individual countries of the European Union. The definition of social cohesion adopted in the analysis is based on a formula defined in the Europe 2020 plan. In the research the zero unitarization...
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