{"title":"Relacje między wymianą handlową a migracjami w Federacji Rosyjskiej","authors":"A. Piekutowska, M. Fiedorczuk","doi":"10.15290/oes.2019.03.97.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/oes.2019.03.97.05","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The main aim of the study is to examine the relationship between foreign trade and migration in the Russian Federation, and an attempt to explain the reasons for revealed relationships, inter alia – on the basis of selected theories in this respect. Research method – The study was based on the statistical analysis of statistical data on trade and migration in the Russian Federation between 2001 and 2017. Results – The study revealed that in the case of the Russian Federation, trade and migration are substitutes.Originality /value – Research on the relationship between foreign trade and migration has not been carried out so far in relation to Russia. Thus, the study can be a contribution to further research on international migration.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133263078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fraktalne właściwości akademickich inkubatorów przedsiębiorczości (AIP)","authors":"Łukasz Siemieniuk, Adam Gardocki, N. Siemieniuk","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.07","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The main purpose of operating Academic Entrepreneurship Incubators (AIP) was to organize an innovative network of entrepreneurship incubators at universities across Poland. As a result of the activities undertaken by the AIP Foundation, the first in Poland and the largest in Europe network of institutions providing support on the basis of pre-incubation and incubation of business ideas was established. The main purpose of the publication is to discuss the essence of Academic Entrepreneurship Incubators (AIP), fractals and fractal organization and presenting selected aspects of the functioning of Academic Entrepreneurship Incubators (AIP) as an institutional form of academic entrepreneurship development in Poland on the principles of a fractal organization.Research method – The article uses the national literature about the given topic, as well as source data, the results of which were presented in the form of maps and drawings.Results – Academic Entrepreneurship Incubators (AIP) operate on the principles of a fractal organization. Originality /value – On the basis of the conducted research it was shown that Academic Enterprise Incubators (AIP) have fractal properties and function on the principles of a fractal organization.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117021598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warunki bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego Polski (ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem województwa podlaskiego)","authors":"M. Kozłowska-Burdziak","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.03","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The article aims to define main tendencies concerning the structure of food safety within the economy of Poland with special consideration of the Podlasie Voivodeship.Research method – The analysis was conducted on the basis of data obtained from the Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS), the State Sanitary Inspectorate, the Office of the Chief Inspector of Food and Agricultural Products as well as the study of literature related to the issue being considered.Results – The analysis established that on account of decreasing levels of population and the growing capabilities for food production its physical availability is not threatened. The Podlasie Voivodeships plays a significant role in food production. The condition of economic availability of food both nationally as well as in the Podlasie Voivodeship has not been met. Health related quality of agriculturally produced food is varied and does not display a steady tendency for improvement which requires appropriate institutions to remain vigilant in monitoring it. The last several years have seen a rise in the number of food fraud cases. The tendencies concerning food safety presented in the article prove that the subject remains important and valid. Despite the lack of a clear threat to the level of that safety in Poland, it must be remembered that this situation is not stable or unchangeable, a condition which also concerns the future.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128702981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autokorelacja przestrzenna wybranych cech rozwoju gmin w województwie lubuskim","authors":"Przemysław Szczuciński","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.11","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The aim of the considerations is the evaluation and modelling of spatial relations of selected characteristics of socio-economic development of communities in the Lubuskie Voivodship as well as identification of the communities for which these relations are of crucial importance.Research method – Methods of spatial econometrics and statistics were used to study formation of phenomena depending on the location of a given object in space. Among them, the analysis used global and local measures of spatial autocorrelation and the spatial autoregression model. The following characteristics were taken into account: the registered unemployment rate, the number of enterprises registered in REGON, the number of beds in tourist facilities and the income of communes due to PIT tax.Results – The obtained score indicates the existence of significant spatial dependencies in formation of distinguished characteristics and allows to define specific local patterns in the region. The spatial autoregression model allows to explain the relations between the unemployment rate and the number of enterprises as well as investment outlays of communes.Originality / value – In the literature on the subject it can be found that this kind of research is carried out either at the level of regions of the European Union or voivodships or districts in the country. Studies at the municipal level, which were carried out on the basis of statistical data for 2016, are less frequent.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127973634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Procesy urbanizacji w strefie zewnętrznej Białegostoku","authors":"Aldona Harasimowicz","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.03.97.09","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – Presentation of selected issues connected with the urbanization of the area surrounding the city based on the literature on the subject and the analysis of the external zone of Bialystok in terms of population changes, land use and economic activity which is conducted there. Research method – The research methods adopted in the study include a descriptive research and statistical methods. Results – An indication of the functions of Bialystok suburban areas and the nature of suburbanization. Originality /value – The article exposes the issues of the external zone of cities, which is in line with the perceived need for wider analyzes of such areas.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116649787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ewolucja działań publicznych służb zatrudnienia w latach 1918-1939 i 1944-1949. Zarys problematyki","authors":"Elżbieta Słabińska","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.07","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The purpose is to show (in a synthetic way) the direction of the changes in the sphere of the employment policy, with special reference to activities of the public employment services after World War II. Due to the wide range of the research issues, the considerations are limited to legal aspects, organizational transformations, goals and directions of the activity of these services, and omit their effectiveness. Research method – The article uses scientific historical methods: philological and statistical. An analysis of the source texts of state provenance was carried out: legal acts, printed sources (mainly statistical), archival sources. Results – The public employment services in Poland were evolving in the years 1918-1949. The changes concerned the organizational structure, the legal basis for functioning and tasks. In 1918-1939, labour institutions were the basic institutions of the labour market. Their activity was aimed at mitigating the effects of unemployment. In the years 1944-1949, employment policies were implemented at the local level by the employment offices. Their task was to provide full employment and rational use of labour force.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115332775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rozwiązania instytucjonalne w gospodarowaniu nieruchomościami zabytkowymi na Dolnym Śląsku od 1945 r. do 2018 r.","authors":"A. Merta-Staszczak","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.05","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The aim of the article is to analyze the institutional solutions regarding to acquisition, security and trade in historic real estate in Lower Silesia in the years 1945-2018. Research method – The analysis of archival sources and literature on the subject as well as statistical data.Results – In the post-war history of Poland, there was no comprehensive and long-term activities for protection and security of historic buildings. Until 1989, the responsibility for protection of cultural heritage rested primarily on state institutions and administration. However, since the 1990s the ownership structure of monuments has changed. Most of the buildings still belonged to state institutions – Agricultural Property Agency (ANR) and Military Property Agency (AMW), but gradually increased participation of churches and religious associations, municipalities and private owners. Originality – Analysis of the activities of individual institutions shows that the problem of the preservation and use of architectural monuments still remains valid.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131645217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nierówności ekonomiczne a pułapka średniego poziomu rozwoju. Wnioski dla Polski","authors":"R. Kowalski","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.03","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – This paper examines empirical controversies about the middle-income trap concept and presents the analysis of the relationship between economic inequality and the middle income trap. It also discusses the significance of inequality as a potential barrier for Poland’s economic growth in the long-term perspective. Research method – A critical literature review and data from OECD statistics database were used to assess the impact of inequalities on economic growth and the significance of inequality as a risk factor for Poland’s economic growth. Results – Empirical approaches are subject to the limitations as they rely on arbitrary assumptions to define time and income thresholds when assessing whether a country is caught in a middle-income trap. The analysis shows that the growth slowdown in the countries “trapped” at the middle-income level result mainly from the slowdown of the total factor productivity growth and that high levels of inequality have negative impact on productivity determinants, therefore on growth. However, given the moderate level of income inequality, it seems that in the case of Poland some other internal barriers to growth are among the most important ones. Originality/value – Understanding the role of economic inequality in explaining total factor productivity growth is crucial in devising appropriate policy measures that may help to avoid the middle-income trap.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133664594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Czy Polska wpadła w pułapkę średniego dochodu?","authors":"A. Sieroń","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.04","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The aim of the study is to determine whether Poland has fallen into a middle-income trap. Research method – The article uses a critical appraisal of literature and reasoning. Results – The analysis carried out indicate that both the theoretical and empirical foundations of the middle-income trap are very weak. Even if we assume that the trap exists, Poland, with GDP per capita amounting to above $28,000, luckily hasn’t fallen into it, according to most criteria. Hence, that concept should not guide the country’s economic policy. The recommendations for economic policy put forward on the basis of the middle income trap hypothesis will not be appropriate, and may even be counterproductive.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127878759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ścieżka rozwoju inwestycji zagranicznych Polski – próba syntezy","authors":"M. Gorynia, J. Nowak, P. Trąpczyński, R. Wolniak","doi":"10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15290/OES.2019.02.96.02","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose – The objective of the paper is to provide a summary of the research conducted by the authors on outward and inward foreign direct investment (FDI) from and into Poland. Research method – The studies presented in this paper rely on the concept of Investment Development Path (IDP) developed and extended by J.H. Dunning in the field of international business. This paper summarises the results of a series of earlier studies based on the analysis of net outward investment (NOI) position of Poland in an international and comparative context embracing various geographic and sectoral cross-sections. Results – The article first introduces Dunning’s IDP concept and reviews the findings of other studies investigating the said concept in different countries. Afterwards, the paper focuses on three analyses of the authors. The first one is devoted to the NOI position of the Polish economy as compared to other countries. The second one explores the geographic patterns of Poland’s IDP, while the third one looks at the sectoral trends of Poland’s IDP. Originality/value – This paper is arguably the first one to address the issue of Poland’s IDP in a complex manner, concentrating on a number of cross-sectional analyses. The paper concludes with a number of recommendations for economic policy and suggestions for future research.","PeriodicalId":373923,"journal":{"name":"Optimum. Economic Studies","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114924693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}