The Hsinchu Science Park was established in Taiwan in the 1980s, replacing traditional industries with high value-added and technology-intensive industries. Taiwan has become one of the Newly-Industrialized Economies (NIEs). However, the continued expansion of high-tech enterprises in science...

The aim of the paper is to justify why contemporary economics must be reoriented from the direction of Economic Growth to the direction of Sustainable Development. Human society is at a deadly curve. The Economic crisis is only one slice of Gordon’s Knot of Crises of our Civilization. The...

The topic dealt with in the paper is very timely and has assumed major importance from the viewpoint of development of research into economies based on sustainable development and application of research findings in specific solutions in the economy. The paper postulates that innovation is a...

This paper aims at highlighting the role of innovations for achieving sustainable development in Bulgaria. It identifies the need for innovative mechanisms in transition economies as a measure against the post effects of an unstable political system and the recent financial crisis. The analysis...

China has achieved rapid urbanization and unprecedented economic booming over the past three decades. Numerous cities and towns dreamed of cloning the miracles of Shenzhen and Pudong, Shanghai, in terms of their international development. However, inappropriate development strategies have meant...

The image of rural entrepreneurship is dominated by micro companies, which very often are not innovative, stagnant in their development, focused on survival. A large share of them belongs to a gray zone. Policies supporting entrepreneurship development should aim to change gradually the current...

Having in mind the fact that the reduction and loss of relatively small part of environmental assets and nature values affect their development opportunities in the future, it is necessary to undertake the measures preventing the depletion of any of its components. The environment should be...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the use of instruments to support the development of agriculture and rural areas in Poland available in the RDP 2007-2013 under priority axis implementing the objectives of sustainable development. The article presents the issues regarding the use of...

The article presents the financial situation of the rural households in the context of sustainable development. Analyzed selected indicators characterizing the financial situation of households, in particular, the level of income, the Gini coefficient, and the subjective evaluation of the living...

The concept of sustainable development can be interpreted in different ways, but at its core is an approach to development that looks to balance different and often competing needs against an awareness of environmental, social and economic limitations in the society. Most often than not,...