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Case-Base Reasoning (CBR) method utilizes a base of implicit knowledge, included in stored cases. The analytical subset of CBR applications covers factual advisory systems, mentioned in the paper. A presented bank product advanced search engine build by authors is contained in this class also. Banking product extension is a source of widespread information and advertisement, but many Internet portals...
Major results of economic globalisation are concentration processes, which take place in the world economy. In the paper there were shown such main forms of concentration as fusions and takeovers. Their types and consequences (often negative ones) for joining transnational corporations were also presented. The second part of the article shows development of these forms of concentration in the world...
Family-owned farms constitute a fundamental unit of Polish agricultural structure. However, it is necessary to improve the area structure of Polish agriculture. It is supposed to be achieved with the help of the Agricultural Structure Management Act of 11.04.2003 which introduces certain restrictions in agricultural real-property trade. The responsibilities include a duty to inform the Agricultural...
Willingness to pay for the removal of the billboards standing free along the roads has been investigated by using the contingent valuation method. The results of a very limited investigation carried out among the travellers on a thirty kilometre long stretch of the E77 road between Grójec and Janki near Warsaw indicate a rather significant social sensitivity to this sort of pollution of the landscape...
In the paper, common relationships among agricultural income, final production and reserves of agricultural and non-agricultural products were defined in individual agricultural farms. Only 31% of the variability of agricultural income in individual farms was explained by the variability of average values of non-agricultural products´ reserves, which is a rather small relationship. The increase of...
Production efficiency of turkey-hen rearing in a farm in Poland during the withdrawal of meat and bone meal from feed mixtures was tested. The component was the main protein and amino acid source in feed mixtures for poultry and pigs until the end of October, 2003. Since 1st November 2003 the applying of meat meals into feed mixtures was forbidden by the terms of pre-accession agreements. The decision...
Basically, women’s empowerment is the process (and its outcomes) in which women – individually and collectively- become active, knowledgeable and goal-oriented actors who take and/ or support initiatives to overcoming gender inequalities. Hence, women’s empowerment refers to a strategy to achieve gender equality as well as to the inherent capacity building processes. Institutional capacity aimed at...
In the paper there was presented an issue of the law of diminishing returns in agriculture. It was shown, that despite its general character, it is impossible to satisfactorily explain issues of input´s transformation into output in a farming process in agriculture.
The aim of the paper was to present price determinants in enterprises in Warmia and Mazury province. There were also presented main products prices in relation to competitors prices. The survey enabled to answer the question who and which sections of the enterprises take up price decisions. Moreover, in the paper author presented demand situation on main product market. In addition, expected changes...
In this paper, the authors assess conditions for developing non-agricultural economic activity in rural areas with a dispersed agriculture. The research was conducted in the Podkarpacki region, and is based on opinions expressed by farmer - entrepreneurs as well as other rural entrepreneurs.
In the paper the Hicksian hypothesis postulating that technical change is directed first of all at saving of these production factors, the price of which increases faster than the prices of the other factors, is verified in case of French agriculture, 1980 - 1999. The analysis was performed basing on the two-level CES production function with the use of four main production factors: labour, fixed...
In this paper the author discusses the level of use of retail banking services in Poland, conditions of its development and reasons for not using banking services. Other factors evaluated were survey respondents’ level of knowledge of financial institutions, and reasons for their fears and satisfaction with bank services offered to individual consumers. In addition, the need for reduction of incidence...
Equality between women and men and between different social groups correlates directly with the economic growth of a nation or a region. This is a mutual effect; while economic growth is seen to improve equality between women and men in general, gender equality also entails economic growth. The gender dimension becomes relevant to rural and regional policy if effectiveness and efficiency of public...
This article presents the impact of the globalisation on the environment elements. It indicates the kinds of activities which devastate the environment mostly. It shows the proper way to decrease of the environment pollution. It also presents the activities that have been already undertaken on global scale by the international community to stop the environment degradation.
The European Union member states are main trading partners of Poland. They accounted for over half (51.6%) of the turnover in farm and food trade in 2003. The main partners on the export side are: Germany, Netherlands, Great Britain and Italy; and on the import side are Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Trade in farm and food goods with the European Union was favourable for Poland for the first...
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