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In the paper, the types of activities have been indicated which allow to economize the satisfaction survey process in case of which systems supporting on-line electronic questionnaires have been applied. The use of these systems leads to a departure – where possible – from traditional satisfaction surveys. The above mentioned activities include: adopting system activities that reduce costs; rendering...
Agri-food sector is one of the traditionally well-developed sectors in Bulgaria. The export picture of Bulgarian food industry has been changed after the full EU membership of the country in 2007. Thus, the food import exceeds the food export more than twice nowadays. The aim of the paper is to reveal why Bulgarian food producers have lost their competitive advantages so fast, what kind of factors...
This paper studies specialization and competitive performance of the Russian agricultural sector through analysis of “revealed” comparative advantage of country’s agricultural and food exports over the period 1998–2010. The aim of this analysis is to identify the main segments of the Russian agricultural export from the two points of view: international competitiveness and country’s trade balance...
The objective of this study is to analyze the competitiveness through the prism of its theoretical background, methods of empirical estimation and influence factors. This paper contributes to the theoretical research on competitiveness not only by the synthesis of old and new writings as well as the findings of the exploratory studies, but also by concept synthesis of competitiveness. Since the concept...
The food and beverage production in Bulgaria has dramatically changed after the full EU membership in 2007. This change has affected not just the production structure, but also the import and export structure as well as overall production potential of the agri-food sector. The aim of the paper is to look inside the changes from the perspective of the single producer. This means to answer to the question:...
Climate changes, resulting in occurrence of extreme natural phenomena that do not bypass our country and continent, are the background of the research. In Poland, the areas most endangered with floods are located in the southern part of the country. The subject of author’s research is flood hazard and its effect on the strength of social bonds and community actions undertaken by rural inhabitants...
This article discusses the subject of the efficiency of the transformation of tourism interest defined as arrivals in tourist accommodation establishments into outputs, such as collective tourist accommodation establishments and GDP per inhabitant in the EU countries. For the measurement of efficiency the DEA method was used and the following models were assumed: CCR, BCC, NIRS. As a result was confirmed...
Since the commencement of political system transformations in Poland the number of farms keeping cows and the stock of milk cows has been decreasing very fast. A basic factor behind the regional diversity of the process is the scale of agrarian fragmentation and the size of farms. This hypothesis was verified by analyzing changes affecting cows bred in a sector of farms operated by natural persons...
This paper attempts to describe the high importance of the agricultural sector and export potential of agricultural products for Georgian economy, while presenting historical evidence and overview of recent trends. Georgian agriculture is primarily in very bad situation with small market surpluses and low productivity. According to World Bank surveys, approximately 83% of Georgia’s rural population...
The paper examines the impact of consolidation of the banking sector on the number of bank employees in Poland in the years 1997–2013. Using the quarterly banking and macroeconomic data and the multivariable regression model, it was proved that banks cut the number of their employees with growing concentration of the banking sector. The process is accelerated with the improvements of the macroeconomic...
An increased significance of tourism in economy and a growing competition in this area between local government units imply the need for information that would make it possible to identify and assess development opportunities of particular communes. The aim of the research was to assess tourist attractiveness of rural and rural-municipal communes of the eastern part of Warmińsko-mazurskie Province...
Housing conditions largely affect the standard and quality of life. The problem connected with housing conditions is an important social issue for each country due to its socializing, economic and social functions. Having in mind the importance of apartments in terms of the population security and stabilization, the authors of this paper have made an attempt to present the housing situation in Poland...
The paper presents an analysis of the relation between yields and prices for major crop plants in Poland. The main objective of the paper was to examine the presence of natural hedging. For that purpose, yield value variances were calculated and compared with the theoretical variations of independent price and yield product. It was revealed that for sugar beet and rape a natural hedge could be observed,...
This paper presents in its first part the basis of interventionism in agriculture. It presents currently existing system of support for organic orchards in Poland and EU and proposed changes. In the empirical part, the paper presents the economical situation of Polish fruit-growing farms in respect to other farms according to FADN data (Farm Accountancy Data Network). It has been ascertained that...
The purpose of the article is to compare the use of aid funds from operations: Investments in agricultural holdings, Farms adaptation to the EU standards and Modernization of agricultural holdings in Poland analyzed of regions perspective (Polish voivodeships). It was found that the activity of farmers in obtaining EU funds in order to support investments is highly diversified in terms of the region...
It is said that the shadow banking system could be one of a variety of sources for the current global financial crisis. This sector also exists in China in a lesser advanced form than in Western economies in terms of instruments, risk measures or regulations. The official definition of China’s shadow banking has not been developed yet. The article presents the current stage of China’s shadow banking...
The state and dynamics of lease land relations as the most common manifestation of market relations in Ukraine are analyzed. Some aspects of theoretical foundations of these relations and their effectiveness are considered. The results of the comparative characteristics of land relations organization on the basis of private ownership of land and its lease are presented. The influence of the lease...
This article raises the question of transport infrastructure as a principal component of the social and economic system in any region of the world. Development of transport infrastructure leads to the so-called accumulation of effects obtained through various channels, e.g. upgraded communication and transportation technologies, shorter transit time, lower transport costs, improved safety and better...
The article presents evaluation of marketing activities of Polish dairy cooperatives on their websites. The objective of the research was to determine whether the marketing activities are uniform or differentiated, and what were the differences between the researched websites. In the research the content analysis method was used. In the course of the research the elements of a website were classified...
In most European real estate markets, in the last decade, rapid changes in property prices, both upward and downward, were observed. Those fluctuations can be attributed to changes in economic and social factors that affect the property market. The aim of this study was to determine how housing prices are changing under the influence of macroeconomic factors. A multiple regression model was developed...
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