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Current research interests: functioning and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, innovations in the rural development, socio-economic transformation in the age of digital revolution, sustainable development – the micro- and macroeconomic context.
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There is increasing recognition that young people in farming have an important role to play in meeting the challenges of food security. A rapidly growing body of evidence suggests, however, that small-scale farming is much less likely to attract young people than large-scale farming and the non-agricultural sectors. Using the results of studies con...
The main objective of the paper is to present the development of digital economy and society in the Countries of the European Union in the light of the digital convergence of these markets. The analysis was based on the data on the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) from 2015 and 2020. Empirical studies have been conducted in two stages. Firs...
The energy sector has been a pioneer in the use of information and communication technologies for many years, and has undergone enormous changes in recent years as a result of the transition resulting from the fourth industrial revolution. In the paper, we examine and analyse relevant studies and their findings in order to show the current status o...
Research background: Digitalization and the associated digital divide are crucial issues impacting socio-economic development globally. Extensive research has examined digitalization and the digital divide in EU countries, but there is a lack of understanding regarding comparisons with studies conducted in Western Balkan countries. This study inves...
Considerations included in this monograph, with regard to the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Visegrad countries, were presented, on the one hand, from perspective of processes affecting its shape, but also with regard to the specificity of entities constituting the subject of the research, as well as conditions...
This publication discusses the issue of small industrial business companies’ competitiveness in the context of managing competitiveness for the purpose of achieving a specific market position and gaining competitive advantage. The objective of this work is to analyse and present the specificity of competitive activities in small business entities a...
Research background: Among the determinants of the socio-economic development of the region, an important role is played by its endogenous potential. It is reflected in the industry structure of the region, formed in the process of its historical development. The industry structure is the basis for the development of regional specialisations. One o...
Despite a longstanding literature on small farm-households, there is limited consideration of small farms’ role in food and nutrition security (FNS) at territorial level. The purpose of this study is to provide insights about how small farms contribute to FNS at different territorial scales, by focusing on farmers' strategies and consequential FNS...
The goal of this paper is to recognize the desired prospective role of small farms in local food systems as well as identify the directions of future-oriented activity for its implementation. The empirical data for the study was provided as a result of workshops hosted in the Rzeszowski subregion in 2019, attended by the stakeholders of the local f...
This study is an attempt to assess the impact of small farms (SF) on the regional food product circulation of specific key products in selected, fragmented, agrarian regions in Poland and Portugal. The empirical study is based on the analysis of food product maps which were developed based on data from a survey conducted among owners of small farms...
Rozwój współczesnych przedsiębiorstw jest zagadnieniem wieloaspektowym i wielopłaszczyznowym, co wynika m.in. z oddziaływania zarówno jego warunków, jak i czynników na uzyskiwane efekty tego procesu. Sam rozwój ma zatem charakter wielowymiarowy, a przy tym jest pojęciem rozumianym zarówno w ujęciu deskryptywnym, jak i wartościującym.
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Celem opracowania jest zaprezentowanie opinii przedstawicieli lokalnych instytucji i organizacji bezpośrednio lub pośrednio zaangażowanych w działania na rzecz zapewniania bezpieczeństwa żywnościowego na temat wpływu władz centralnych i regionalnych na bezpieczeństwo żywnościowe na poziomie krajowym i regionalnym. Materiał empiryczny stanowiły wyni...
Celem opracowania jest identyfikacja czynników wynikających z prowadzenia działalności pozarolniczej w małych gospodarstwach rolnych oraz zbadanie ich wpływu na prowadzoną w nich rolniczą działalność produkcyjną. Poznanie tych prawidłowości umożliwi świadome stymulowanie ze strony państwa małych gospodarstw w celu rozwijania działalności pozarolnic...
The aim of the paper is to present the directions of changes in the group of small farms in Poland resulting from the influence of the instruments of the Common Agricultural Policy. The results of our own surveys, carried out on a representative group of 296 small farms in 2016, were used. The results of the empirical studies presented in this pape...
Celem opracowania jest ocena instrumentów wsparcia bezpośredniego, z których korzystali przedsiębiorcy związani z małymi gospodarstwami rolnymi, i oczekiwań przedsiębiorców względem pożądanych form wspierania działalności pozarolniczej. Materiał empiryczny do badań stanowiły wyniki własnych badań ankietowych przeprowadzonych w 2015 roku wśród rolni...
The article analyses evaluation of rural entrepreneurs concerning selected factors of development of their business. Attention was paid to the microeconomic factors relating to the resources available to the compa-nies and the local conditions. Factors that are, in the opinion of entrepreneurs, drivers of growth included the location of the busines...
The aim of this paper is to present the essence of sustainable development in agriculture and rural areas and to determine the extent to which small agricultural holdings fall within the realisation of this concept. The idea of sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas aims at improving the quality of life in rural areas, and the devel...
Celem artykułu jest identyfikacja i analiza strategii rolników w zakresie różnicowania prowadzonej przez nich działalności, wiążących się z podejmowaniem pozarolniczej działalności gospodarczej. Wskazano cztery strategie realizowane przez rolników posiadających drobne gospodarstwa rolne, które wiążą się z prowadzeniem pozarolniczej działalności gos...
The paper presents an analysis of the non-agricultural activity, which is developed in rural areas of the Malopolska Voivodeship with financial support from the selected measures of the Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013 (RDP 2007-2013) . The status of the implementation of the examined measures and selected results of research relating to t...
In terms of the socioeconomic development, rural areas differ from urban ones and, due to their specificity, are a place where substantial developmental problems tend to accumulate. The central aim of the present paper is to describe the situation of rural areas in Poland under the conditions of the transforming Polish economy. The first part of th...