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This article presents evaluation of effi ciency of the production scale of Polish milk processing companies in 1999–2010 performed basing on non-parametric methods. The non-parametric approach stemmed from linear programming method known as the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. The study involving a sample of 743 objects revealed increasing returns to scale observable in the Polish dairy sector...
Over the past twenty years, retail trade in the border zone areas in Poland has been characterized by a great dynamics of change, mainly due to unregistered cross-border trade. The present article investigates the process in the light of theoretical approaches to the problem. The existing models, however, are applied to economic conditions in which the range of activity of the commercial enterprise...
Multi-asset options are options with payoffs affected by at least two underlying instruments. These instruments can be assets such as stocks, indices, currencies or commodities. An important factor infl uencing values of multi-asset options is correlation among log-returns of underlying assets. Thus the options are also called correlation options. In the paper there are presented description and models...
The presented study takes up the issues of migration for economic purposes experienced by rural population coming from two Podhale districts: Czarny Dunajec and Poronin and focuses on social and economic consequences of this phenomenon – both in its positive and negative aspect. The research was conducted on a 90-people sample of adult inhabitants of the districts by means of a survey questionnaire...
Changes in perception of the rural areas from the perspective of agriculture only gave the impulse for emergence of a new direction in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU). The Leader initiative established in 1991 aims at activating rural communities and rational local resources management. Local action groups (LAG) that assume the form of agreements of three local sectors...
Analysing the literature dealing with coopetition on both national and international levels, one cannot help but notice that this notion has recently become increasingly more popular. The same cannot be said however, of the notion of coopetition from a practical point of view. Apprehension related to coopetition have to do with the so-called limited confi dence principle, applied by Polish entrepreneurs...
The main goal of this paper is to present contractual relations between Polish tobacco producer’s groups and their purchasers (contract seasons: 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013). The hypothesis of the research is based on the statement: “horizontal (agricultural producers’ groups) and vertical (contracts) integration in agriculture lowers farmers’ income risk and reduces transaction costs, which strengthens...
The intention of the analysis is to indicate socioeconomic determinants of fertility for Poland. The analysis is made with respect to the labour market structures, living conditions, gender norms and appreciated values. Logistic regression models of first and second birth order were used, based on the 2006–2010 Polish Labour Force Survey data. Despite registered rebound in TFRs, there is no evidence...
The article is dedicated to the comprehensive analysis of the cross-border cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian border regions, which are involved in euroregions, established on their basis. The analysis covers theoretical aspects, financial issues of the cross-border collaboration, as well as socio-economic aspects research of the investigated territories development. Authors’ aim is to compare...
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...
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 issue of professional activity of the elderly is currently the subject of intense debate. The projected decline in the population of young people makes it necessary to raise the level of professional involvement of the more mature part of the labour force. The increase in the economic activity of people aged 50+ is seen as an opportunity to preserve the continuity of economic growth. This paper...
In Poland, as early as in the pre-accession period to the European Union, the activities aiming at the creation of conditions for implementation of the principles of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which assumed supporting of agricultural production with direct payments and match-funding, had already been undertaken. In order to realize that task, the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of...
During the transformation, after 1989 year Poland has developed more slowly than countries of the European Union in terms of economic and technological progress. With transformation from a centrally planned economy to a free market, the rate of development in our country increased significantly. In the literature disparities in access and ability to use of information technologies between inhabitants...
Deconsumption remains an inherent part of sustainable consumption. Here we argue that collaborative consumption (CC), a new model of satisfying consumers’ needs, may also be treated as a symptom of deconsumption. Hence, the goal of this article is twofold: to characterize consumers’ attitudes towards deconsumption and CC and to discuss possibility of such changes in Polish consumers’ behaviors that...
The aim of the paper is an assessment of changes in production factors productivity in commercial farms in 2012 in comparison to 2004. An analysis concerns the fl exibility of relations among production factors like: arable lands areas in hectares, human labor input in man-hours, total cost in Polish zloty in 2004 and 2012 and the effects resulted from using above mentioned factors expressed in production...
The paper presents problems of the sustainable consumption. The study focused on an example product, i.e. vegetable oils. One of the elements ensuring sustainable consumption is connected with the development of proper consumption patterns. It is a complex issue, since it requires multifaceted interdisciplinary studies. The starting point for their development is provided by the characteristics of...
In Poland relatively more families live in economic poverty in rural areas, which is refl ected in the fact that in the years 2007–2013 the extreme and relative poverty risk as well as the national poverty threshold indices in rural areas were higher than in urban areas. The greatest differences in the mentioned poverty indices between rural and urban areas were revealed in the scope of the relative...
The transformations that occur in rural areas are intended to increase the diversity of the countryside by extending the previously performed functions, both economic and social. This increases the importance of entrepreneurship among rural residents to cope with quite diffi cult facts, which had an undeniable impact on the quality of life. The aim of the study is to evaluate the entrepreneurship...
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