Pawel Dobrzanski

• Professor
• Associate Professor at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business

This study examines the contextual impacts on the transfer of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) practices from Western multinational corporations (MNCs) to their subsidiaries in emerging economies. The transfer of EDI practices within MNCs has gained significance due to the need to reconcile theory and context while addressing social and man...

Unequal distribution of income is one of the most important socio-economic issues. The processes of globalisation and integration are accelerating economic growth; however, at the same time, imbalances between regions are growing. Reducing inequalities within regions and national economies, as well as around the world, is important for individual a...

In the 21st century, there have already been a series of economic downturns, particularly the Subprime Crisis 2007–2009 and the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. All those events triggered changes in productivity, economic performance and structure. The main objective of this study is to identify the regions left behind in the Central and Eastern European...

Clusters, especially high-tech, are important economic phenomena in modern society. As the archetype, Silicon Valley drives governments over the world to initiate their own cluster. Likewise, the cluster policy has also become a major policy tool in the urban planning field. Based on approaches to initiate and promote clusters, the current cluster...

The aim of the article is to provide an overview of the current situation in automotive sector and analysis of main challenges for this industry. For that reason, main statistics for automotive sector in the EU are presented, which confirm importance of this industry in the European economy, as well as in global economy. Also, data about production...

Environmental protection policy is a widely discussed issue in scientific works. However, special attention should be also paid to the effectiveness of expenditures on environmental protection, and this is the main goal of this paper. The countries of the European Union were selected for this analysis due to the fact that, in recent years, this reg...

Purpose: This article aims to analyze structural and productivity changes for EU-27 in the period 2018-2020, just before and at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study is based on Eurostat data for EU-27 countries from 2018-2020, containing total employment and gross value added by sectors. The primary method...

The aim of the article is to analyse The Comprehensive Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which is the mega-regional trade agreement signed by eleven countries of the Asia-Pacific region in 2018. CPTPP uprising was a direct consequence of US President Donald Trump's decision to leave the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The...

The main goal of this paper is to determine whether R&D funds are used efficiently in African countries. The innovativeness of a country’s economy is nowadays one of the key factors stimulating the economic growth and competitiveness. Becoming more innovative is important in particular for developing countries, whose governments are developing nati...

The main goal of this article is to assess which of the surveyed countries is the most competitive. The authors employ an innovative method similar to the Macroeconomic Stabilisation Pentagon (MSP). Analysis of basic macroeconomic indicators as sources of competitive countries can create an alternative to the existing assessment index for economies...

The United States of America is one of the most competitive economies in the world. The country's competitive advantage is due to its specificity. Therefore, the main goal of this article is to identify the main competitive advantages of the modern U.S. economy. An analysis was conducted of the period from 1990 to 2016. This article presents the ma...

Political changes in 1989 enabled former Soviet Union satellite countries to initiate processes of political and economic transformation from a centrally planned economy to a market economy. In the early years of the 1990s, the post-communist countries adopted the Washington Consensus. It was based on three key pillars: fiscal austerity, privatisat...

Innovativeness is one of the key factors stimulating economic growth. Improving innovative capacities is especially important for developing countries. The Latin American region is characterized by a variety of innovation policies. In this article, the author attempts to answer the question of which Latin American countries most efficiently spend f...

The aim of this study is to determine whether funds spent on research and development are used efficiently in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Fifteen countries in the 2000-2016 period have been examined. Measuring the efficiency of research and development spending was performed using the non-parametric Data Envelopment An...

The aim of this study is to determine whether funds spent on research and development are used efficiently in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Fifteen countries in the 2000-2016 period have been examined. Measuring the efficiency of research and development spending was performed using the non-parametric Data Envelopment An...

The main objective of this paper is to characterise the Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) project as a manifestation of financial regionalism and to discuss its genesis, attributes, and challenges. The project of the Asian Monetary Fund was submitted by the Ministry of Finance of Japan in 1997; however, it has not been implemented to date. Association of S...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the structural and productivity changes of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The research period covers the years following accession into the European Union, from 2004 until 2018. This study aims to answer the following question: What effects have resulted from the integration with the European U...

In 2004 the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia joined EU. Those seven Central and Eastern Europe economies were far behind "old" EU countries in terms of economic development. Considerable differences were also inside countries, where the regions with capitals were significantly distinguished in terms of income...

In 1990, Poland and later other Eastern European countries moved away from the centrally planned economy system by implementing a package of stabilization and structural reforms IMF and WB (SAPs). Poland with strong political support from the Solidarity Movement has decided for a radical break with the old system. The first half of the 90's was mar...

This paper presents analysis of structural changes in the Czech Republic through the prism of changes in productivity. For this purpose, Shift-Share Analysis methodology for labour productivity growth was used. The author distinguished two main categories for labour productivity growth: pure labour productivity growth and structural labour producti...

efficiently in CEE countries. Nowadays, innovativeness is one of the most crucial factors accelerating economic growth. Increasing innovativeness is particularly important for developing countries, where policymakers are implementing various innovation strategies. The Europe 2020 strategy sets the target of 3% GDP for R&D spending. Many studies emp...

After 2004, many post transitions economies joined EU, which significantly differed in the level of development from the “old” EU countries. In literature, the concept of a two-speed Europe has become popular. Simultaneously in the global economy the gap between rich and poor countries keeps widening. Many scientific studies indicate that in the lo...

Automotive sector plays a key role in the EU, that provides around 12,6 million jobs and creates 4% of the EU’s GDP. The EU accounts 20% of global vehicles production, the EU’s automotive sector is the largest private investor in R&D. EU policy aim to strengthen the competitiveness of the EU automotive industry. In 2014 European Automobile Manufact...

International competitiveness is frequent topic in the world’s economic literature. Nowadays, attention is also drawn to the efficiency of the economy in addition to a comparative analysis of economies. The paper presents different approaches of competitiveness and efficiency of the economy and their measurement. The study carried out an analysis o...

The main goal of the article is to present diversified roles of government in case of different economies, which nowadays play big role in the global economy. For this purpose, a general concept of the role of government in economy is illustrated, after which the variances and similarities of state interventionism in the United States, Germany, Jap...

Głównym celem artykułu jest identyfikacja zasadniczych czynników rozwoju gospodarczego rozwiniętych gospodarek. Do analizy autor wybrał Republikę Federalną Niemiec, ponieważ od wielu lat gospodarka ta znajduje się w światowej czołówce rozwiniętych krajów. Okres badawczy określony został na lata 2000–2012. W pierwszej części została zaprezentowana r...

Materiały z międzynarodowej konferencji, Wrocław, 23-24 kwietnia 2010 r.

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