The article deals with topics of personal mastery and the choice of professional career. The latter is considered here not only in terms of work results, but also as the effect of knowing oneself - the ultimate outcome of prior actions (previous acquiring of qualifications) or the process of accumulating experience during professional activity in defined organizations, which makes it possible to define all the acts of professionally active individuals as a professional career. Thus, a career makes reference to the course of a person's professional life and signifies his or her employment history from the moment of selection and commencement of work up to the retirement.
This paper analyses development of the knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) in the small EU economies. After examination of historical trends in growth in KIBS the paper analyses relation between the KIBS consumption and development of the knowledge-based economy via an econometric model. The model identified employment in the KIBS, KIBS imports and investments in R&D as the major factors behind increases in high-tech exports. The concluding part of the paper sets development scenarios for growth in KIBS and advance of the knowledge-based economy in Slovakia.
(The abstracted paper is also published in English: Ibid. 2005, Nr 1a(40)05, pp.39-52). Modern companies operate and develop in an environment that influences the form of their activities, their investment decisions, and their profits. Economic development based on knowledge (KBE) has been mentioned often over the years in both scientific publications and government documents, headed by the Lisbon declaration. This creates a new context for human resource management, which is the main topic o this article
Shaping human capital for the needs of a knowledge-based economy (KBE) constitutes a challenge for the system of both formal and continuing education in Poland. These challenges were related with basic components and causative factors of human (including cultural and social) and intellectual capital. These capitals have been presented in the form of functions of selected (most important) elements. Each of these elements was perceived in another way than in KBE. These conditionings must be taken into consideration in the process of education. Introduction of changes in the system of formal education is a long-term process. The implementation of KBE in most regions, excluding urban agglomerations, constitutes at present a prerequisite for their development. The process of preparing human capital for the needs of KBE may be accelerated through adequate activities undertaken by local self-governments. Examples of these activities have been presented in this article.
The essence of the categories of «knowledge economy» and «knowledge-based economy» and the opportunity of their usage for characterizing of the economy of post-industrial society are considered.
Human capital is currently acknowledged as the basic factor defining a company's competitive position. It is for this reason that the development of human capital - a field of human resource management - is taking on special meaning. This article presents research into human capital development practice in the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be assumed that in light of the higher level of economic development of Germany with respect to Poland, such an analysis can result in instructive conclusions.
Since May 2004 is the Slovak Republic a member of the EU, thus the development of its industry has to be shaped by trends of these of EU. To remove the existing gap between SR and the most developed EU countries the presence of a strong and competitive manufacturing sector is crucial. The main aspiration of the submitted paper, which was supported by Science and Technology Assistance Agency under the contract No. APVT-51-023602 is to compare the Slovak industry, in particular it's manufacturing defined as NACE 15 - 36 industries with selected 8 small EU economies - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden according to transition to the information society.
This paper analyses impacts of the Structural Funds implementation on fostering Research Technological Development Innovation (RTDI) in Slovakia. It explores absorption of the RTDI investments from the the Structural Funds in different types of Slovak regions and analyses it via in-depth interviews with the experts on RTDI policies and professionals involved in implementation of the Structural Funds in Slovakia. Concluding section summarises findings from the statistical data and interviews, and discusses policy options for implementation of the Structural Funds in planning period of 2007 - 2013.
The publication is aimed at presenting 'good practices' for the operations of technology parks which contribute to the success of such projects. The paper is based on the experience of existing technology parks (i.e. Australian, Spanish and French ones). Such experience could serve as guidance for the development of technology parks in Poland. It should be stressed that the attempts at establishing technology parks in Poland are becoming increasingly important. Knowledge-based economy, innovations and improved competitiveness imply and necessitate such actions. People responsible for managing such environments will encounter numerous obstacles related to factors which impact on the implementation of the said 'good practices'.
A knowledge-based, or 'new', economy is now regarded as a universal remedy for ensuring effective development and increasing welfare levels. A knowledge-based economy focuses on human knowledge, creativity and the ability to realise these ideas in production processes, in other words, on human capital. The objective of the article is to highlight the genesis of a knowledge-based economy in the history of developed countries and to define the spheres that are considered the main driving forces in these 'new economy' countries. The article presents an analysis of the distinctive features of modern economic cycles, the impact of housing and food price increases on consumer prices and on country development, as well as growth trends in global financial markets in the first half of 2007. The authoress concludes that in terms of general growth, the impact of knowledge-based products and services cannot be denied; however there is no reason for regarding products with high added value as the sole development guarantee of all global members. The 'new' economy just supplements the 'old' one - this trend in the global economy has lasted for centuries; historically, innovative ideas are extremely rare - usually products are merely improved, not created completely anew.
Under dynamic technological and civilisation changes occurring on the global market the key challenge is high adaptiveness of businesses to such processes through building qualitative foundations for competing and active participation in an innovation-driven race. This means following a new development paradigm of maximising the knowledge. These criteria are satisfied by businesses in developed, creative knowledge-based economies (KBE), like Ireland and Finland. The purpose of this paper is to answer a question how to assess the adaptiveness capability of Polish companies to changes occurring globally and requirements of the KBE after Poland's joining the UE. To what extent does integration with the EU influence the scope of imitation of behavior of the so-called learning organisations by Polish businesses? The paper presents an argument that EU accession has been a breakthrough impulse for increasing adaptiveness of Polish companies to compete on the global market in terms of quality and to initiate their path towards the KBE.
In recent years, human capital has increasingly been regarded as one of the main driving forces for economic development and as a factor that affects competitiveness. Education and science are always mentioned as the most significant spheres which directly and constantly influence the development of human resources. As an EU member state, Latvia does everything it can to facilitate the development of a knowledge-based economy and to contribute to promoting the global competitiveness of the EU. In Latvia, ideas for strengthening and developing education, science and innovations are contained in three important documents – namely, the Education Development Concept Paper for the period 2006-2010, the National Development Plan and the National Strategic Framework Document. National expenditures for research and development in the Baltic States are smaller than the average EU level. In the EU this indicator in 2004 has not changed in comparison to 2000, and it amounts to 1.86% of the GDP. During the five-year period, a gradual increase in the rate can be observed in Estonia - from 0.62% to 1%. An increase can also be observed in Lithuania - from 0.59% to 0.76%. In Latvia this indicator has fluctuated and even decreased. In 2004, the rate of these expenditures constituted 0.42% of the GDP, while in 2000 it was 0.44%. In light of the scenario for human capital development set forth in Latvia's National Development Plan and the general orientation of the EU towards optimisation of human resources, Latvia should try to improve the indicators which characterise the transition of the national economy to a knowledge-based economy. That would increase Latvia's competitiveness in the Baltic States and other European countries, and that, in turn, would increase Europe's competitiveness in global markets.
One of the most important policy issues in many parts of the world is the transformation of economies to knowledge driven economies. This results from the factors of development and competitiveness of the modern economies analysis, where knowledge is seen as the key one. Although in the era of advanced telecommunication and information technologies the transfer of information and knowledge regardless of location is facilitated, the economic development is still very uneven and geography is a very important issue in economic studies. The concept of knowledge economy is given the highest priority in the European Union's socio-economic agenda (the Lisbon Strategy launched in 2000) and the necessity of supporting the creation of the regions of knowledge is also stressed (The 'Regions of knowledge' pilot action, first introduced in 2003 by the European Parliament). The aim of this paper is to explain the idea of knowledge economy, identify its indicators and apply them to measure the development of the knowledge economy in Polish voivodeships (NUTS II units). In the first section the review of the definitions of knowledge economy is presented. The second section comprises the measurement of the performance of Polish voivodeships on three Knowledge Economy pillars: 1.Education and human capital (high level of education and skills enables creating, adoption and effective usage of knowledge), 2. Innovation system (innovativeness of firms is supported by the cooperation between firms, research centres, universities and the government), 3. Information and communication technologies (ICT infrastructure facilities the effective communication and dissemination of information). The purpose of analysing all of the indicators is to show the strengths and weaknesses of voivodeships in building the knowledge economy. The overall synthetic index is created in order to benchmark one voivodeship in comparison with others.
The article examines the change in relations between the universities and business associations brought by Hungary's transformation into a market economy, in the period up to accession to the EU. To investigate the types and characteristics of these relations, it uses innovation system theory and the triple helix model. There is analysis of how the government has spurred such relations and how businesses relate to the universities. An important part of the research was made up of the findings of four innovation surveys analysed from the point of view of university-business relations. Examining university-business cooperation from the innovation side shows how influential universities are as knowledge-generating bodies to the inception of innovations and to their penetrating or gradual character, and how commercial thirst for innovation affects the development of university research. University/industry interactions still contribute only to a limited extent to the development of the knowledge-based economy.
(Polish title: Dobrobyt spoleczno-ekonomiczny oraz gospodarka oparta na wiedzy w kontekscie historycznych podzialów na Polske A i Polske B). The evaluation of economic development of Poland and of the living conditions improvement refers to the stereotypical differentiation between more advanced western and central parts of Poland (called 'Poland A') and underdeveloped area of districts east of the Vistula river ('Poland B'). The article not only analyses the current level of living conditions and social-economic system but also evaluates the advancement in the issues concerning the creation of knowledge-based economy in particular districts. Making a division into two groups by the k-means method enabled to compare the results with the assumptions stemming from the historical approach.
In the first part of the article the author presents general issues of development of information technologies and knowledge-based economy. Informational civilization should not be considered as a universal phenomenon: depending on endogenous factors it flourishes in the most developed countries. Describing the specificity of the path leading to the information-based society in Poland, the author formulates a hypothesis that the test in the integration of Poland with the European Union should be seen in the ability of active participation in the process of transition to the realities of informational civilization. If Poland fails that test she would be exposed to the threats of remaining in the distant peripheries of the developed world.
Major indicators representing the development of the knowledge-based economy and information society in Poland have been chosen for discussion in this article, the aim of which is to diagnose the present situation. Both domestic and international publications were analysed in the author’s research on R&D expenditure efficiency in industry. The role of human capital is emphasised.
The aim of the paper is to present the changes in importance of the intangible economic factors such as knowledge and level of innovation in relation to the currently observed institutional transformation of the economic system, which leads to development of the 'new global knowledge-based economy'. The article attempts at confronting the theoretical considerations with the empirical data based on the aggregated data for the OECD countries. The paper makes use of the statistical materials collated by the Eurostat and OECD. The analyzed data may suggest that widely treated innovation represents one of the most important elements determining the economic potential.
After joining the European Union the Czech Republic should respond positively to the challenges of the Lisbon Strategy, and start to build prerequisites for a knowledge-based economy. It should actively participate in building the new knowledge society in Europe as envisaged by the Lisbon European Council in 2000 in the Lisbon Strategy. The paper brings about the arguments that the Czech Republic should deliberately undergo the second transformation leading to the knowledge-based economy. To underpin the arguments selected structural data describing characteristics of education, science and research and development in Finland and the Czech Republic are used. In conclusions needed reforms and the policy changes are briefly discussed.
Universities in Poland, following the example of institutions in most developed countries of the world and integrating with the economy of the European Union, seek constantly to modern investment, based on the realization of projects, placing the emphasis on personnel, the exact labor division, as well as excellent communication between their various segments. Building the information society and knowledge-based economy is a priority for each country, which is going to compete effectively in international markets in the future. Such structure is possible to achieve only in combination with high-quality human capital. Relationship between human capital and knowledge-based economy is based on many complex correlations. To initiate and coordinate them the appropriate activity sequence is required.
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