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“Shaping” and “Painting” during the Early Bronze Age: the Case-study of Pottery of Colle della Croce (Scicli, Ragusa)

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Veca C.

Open Archaeology

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2014

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vol. 1

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issue 1

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Pottery technology, although largely neglected in studies of the Sicilian Early Bronze Age (Castelluccio culture, 2200-1450 BC), represents a strategic field of research for focusing on main steps of manufacturing of Castelluccian vessels. In this perspective, the evidence from the archaeological deposit of Colle della Croce (Scicli, Ragusa) has allowed us to emphasise some new technical features that can be observed in the production within other cultural districts. The most significant phase of the study was the autoptic examination of materials and surfaces that led to the definition of this production as medium and coarse ware, with the use of different kinds of technical solutions in relation to different uses and functions. The manufacturing techniques, especially when surface treatment is clearly recognizable on fragmentary specimens, can be conditioned by several factors, such as the shape type and the function of the vessel. Features such as working plans and supporting systems were observed quite frequently, as well as polishing techniques and joints slots for the handles that could be interpreted as ‘workshop standards’ rather than simply local traditions.

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R&D Efforts by Indian Pharmaceutical Firms in the New Patent Regime

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Mishra P.

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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2010

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vol. 5

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issue 2

83-94

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In the context of recent amendments to the Indian Patent Act and introduction of the product patent, the present paper attempts to examine the innovative efforts of Indian pharmaceutical companies in the new patent regime. The paper finds that although R&D expenditure has increased significantly in the current decade, the increasing R&D efforts are not widespread across the firms and more than half of the Indian pharmaceutical companies do not spend at all on in-house R&D. This means that protection of intellectual property alone is not enough to encourage the firms towards innovation. Instead, it is observed that R&D expenditure varies directly the with market size of the firms, their capital intensity, exports orientation and past profitability, but inversely with their market share, selling efforts and import intensity. However, a firm's involvement in mergers and acquisition or sourcing of technology from foreign sources or variability in financial performance does not have any significant impact on its R&D efforts. Hence, the policy measures should be directed towards restricting the monopoly power of firms, encouraging exports, liberalizing imports of necessary machinery and equipment, and motivating the firms towards innovation, especially in life-saving drugs, an through appropriate incentive/disincentive structure.

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An Essay on the Social Costs and Benefits of Technology Evolution

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Korstanje M. E., Skoll G.

Human and Social Studies

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2013

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vol. 2

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issue 2

13-39

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After the Chernobyl’s and Three Miles’s accidents, the relation between technology and risk started to be questioned. Social scientist posited considerable criticism against technology and how its interventions may engender new dangers. However, these views ignored the fact that risks are not just a result of technology, but also depend upon the trust and knowledge. Any risk, first, should be defined as a narrative which is enrooted in a previous cultural and stereotyped framework. By itself, technology is only an instrument employed in different directions. This essay review explores the limitations and approaches of two senior sociologists who delved in the study of risk and climate change, Cass Sunstein and Anthony Giddens.

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Black utopian and dystopian technological simulation: Tupac Shakur’s holographic persona at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

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Whitaker R.

Świat i Słowo

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2020

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vol. 34(1)

63-83

EN

Tupac Shakur’s holographic persona at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California is a point of departure for discussing the Black utopian and dystopian imagery in a future world through technological innovation. In conversation with hip hop studies and critical race theory, Afrofuturism is used as an aesthetic and humanistic methodology to interpret the manner in which Tupac’s posthumous representation complicates ethical, cultural, and theological debates about idealistic and undesirable depictions of Black virtual reality. Understanding Tupac’s routine through an Afrofuture perspective presents a model for assessing perceptions of virtual Black life in the context of a range of social issues, including the perspectives of alternative Black religious futures, resistance of Black artists to White appropriation and altering of Black dead people for the purposes of profit-making. Tupac’s performance underscores the need for broader dialogue, not only on the racial implications of post-human mediations in public space, but also the ideological challenges that Black scholars of future studies face due to larger cultural concerns, especially those of the White hegemony in a hyper-commodified digital age.

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Self(ie)

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Selak M.

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture

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2017

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vol. 1

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issue 1

61-66

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In this paper, the mode in which the self reveals itself in the contemporary world-historical situation will be analysed. Hence, the focus will be on a particular form of technological mediation of the self by examining a recent phenomenon commonly referred to as the s e l f i e. Unlike most psychological studies suggest, it will be argued that selfies enable a human epistemological need to realize self-knowledge. Thus, they are not a mere result of narcissistic disorder. Furthermore, I will claim that the self-knowledge achieved via the selfie does not necessarily offer a lower level of aesthetic perfection as a means of self-knowledge gained via other “classical” art forms, and that the prejudice that this is the case is a result of a surpassed dualistic view of human nature. In the conclusion of the paper the investigation will be extended to the question of what the selfie can teach us about the essence of (modern) technology and, inversely, what from (modern) technology we can tell about the (modern) self. In doing so, Gehlen’s and Heidegger’s views on the essence of technology will be employed. Finally, to answer the question of whether the self can be revealed in the selfie, Heidegger’s criticism of modern technology will be emphasized and the difference between technology as a way of revealing and technology as a purpose will be underlined.

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Instrumental Reason, Technology, and Society

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Angulo C. C.

Dialogue and Universalism

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2023

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issue 1

59-76

EN

Technological development is accompanied by a paradox: while it often promises enormous benefits for humanity, it can also lead to inconceivable tragedy, including the instrumentalization of the individual, growing social inequality, environmental impact, etc. What causes this paradox? a) Could it be that the nature of technology generates this contradiction? b) Is it the agent that uses it? c) Or is it the circumstances in which technology is used that determine its suitability or disservice? My aim in this paper is to revise nature, causes and political explanations of the paradox. To do so, the first section will give a historical overview of this phenomenon, the second will assess three proposals that attempt to explain its origin, and, finally, the paper will weigh such approaches from the view of the Frankfurt School. Evaluating the paradoxical conditions that surround technology allows us to better understand its role in our societies.

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The Philosophical Concepts in Ryszard Otowicz's Bioethics

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Aszyk P.

Forum Philosophicum

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2006

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vol. 11

69-80

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This article presents a general overview of philosophical issues undertaken in the work of Richard Otowicz (1953–2003), Jesuit and Professor of Moral Theology at the Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw. Within the set of views developed by him, the theological perspective undoubtedly assumes pride of place. Often, however, he refers to philosophical issues from which, in his opinion, one cannot escape—issues that bear directly on human life. What is especially striking is Otowicz’s hypothesis that bioethics is a kind of self-defense reflex of mankind, who are attempting by means of it to intellectually grasp the issues relating to the unlimited expansion of technology. Developments and changes observed in the world are forcing humanity to rethink very fundamental issues, such as interpersonal relationships or the relationship of man to nature.

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Humanistyka a zagrożenia technonauki

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Stopel B.

ER(R)GO: Teoria – Literatura – Kultura

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2015

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issue 31

EN

Bartosz Stopel's critical review of: Ewa Bińczyk, Technonauka w społeczeństwie ryzyka. Filozofia wobec niepożądanych następstw praktycznego sukcesu nauki, Toruń, Wydawnictwo Naukowego Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 2012, s. 450.

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Bartosz Stopel's critical review of: Ewa Bińczyk, Technonauka w społeczeństwie ryzyka. Filozofia wobec niepożądanych następstw praktycznego sukcesu nauki, Toruń, Wydawnictwo Naukowego Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika 2012, s. 450.

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Druk 3D odbiciem realnych pomysłów – sprawozdanie z warsztatów (Drzwi Otwarte UMCS w Lublinie, 24 marca 2017 roku)

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Chwedczuk M.

Folia Bibliologica

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2018

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vol. 60

243-248

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Frühe Eisentechnologie in der Ägäis: case study Ionien

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Verčík M.

Studia Hercynia

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2017

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vol. 21

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issue 1

25-44

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Iron is one of the most significant metal commodities and its discovery had a decisive impact on the development of human history. From the first millennium BC on, iron virtually permeated all spheres of ancient life, either as a material for weapons and tools or as a currency. The introduction of the iron technology in Greece in the Early Iron Age has traditionally been seen as coming from eastern Anatolia through Cyprus and Crete, whereas Ionia does not appear in these assumptions. This interpretation, however, neglects the significance of this region as a historical bridge between the Anatolia and the Aegean, even though according to the written sources, the Greeks – and the Ionians in particular (e.g. Glaucus of Chios) – were well conscious of the highly developed metallurgy of the neighbouring regions of Phrygia and Lydia. It is therefore the main aim of this paper to revisit the traditional view on the spread of the knowledge of iron technology based on new findings from Ionia. Moreover, using this evidence the further development of this technological knowledge in the Aegean, including technical skills as well as specific social context, will be analysed in more detail to provide fresh insights into the discussion, whether the iron technology was fully developed at the end of the geometric period or there were further innovations in the course of archaic period.

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IT-RELATED ANGLICISMS IN DIE WELT AND DER SPIEGEL: A QUANTITATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF NOUNS, VERBS, AND ADJECTIVES

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Krawiec M., Czech-Rogoyska A.

Social Communication. Online Journal

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2018

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issue 2 (18)

52-57

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The main aim of the study is to quantitatively scrutinize the borrowability of IT-related English words in Die Welt and Der Spiegel, as far as the proportion of nouns, verbs, and adjectives is concerned. The purpose of this study is to establish the most and the least frequently borrowed parts of speech and arrive at certain general tendencies governing the transfer of the most popular word class within the field of IT. The study covers an excerpt from authors’ research on IT-related anglicisms carried out in 2016, and may serve as a basis for further investigation, since the development of ICT will always necessitate new names for concepts. Therefore, it is by all means prudent and instructive to delve into the rationale behind the way anglicisms permeate into the German language. The study also constitutes a synchronic look at a given stage of the evolution of the German language.

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Prezentacja modelu biznesowego w raportach rocznych wybranych spółek wysokich technologii z Wielkiej Brytanii

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Michalak J.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2015

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vol. 245

152-161

PL

Celem artykułu jest przeanalizowanie wytycznych prezentowania modelu biznesowego w raportach rocznych oraz zakresu ujawnień o modelach biznesowych wybranych spółek z branży wysokich technologii notowanych na Londyńskiej Giełdzie Papierów Wartościowych. Dla realizacji tego celu zostały przeprowadzone: analiza wytycznych FRC i IIRC oraz badania empiryczne obejmujące 60 raportów rocznych spółek wchodzących w skład indeksu FTSE-Techmark. Opisy funkcjonowania modeli biznesowych są zazwyczaj dosyć krótkie i obejmują: przedstawienie sposobu kreowania wartości, rynków, na których funkcjonuje jednostka, zasobów oraz najważniejszych działań podejmowanych dla kreowania wartości.

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The purpose of this article is to analyse the business model disclosure guidelines in annual reports. In the empirical part the author uses content analysis of business models presentation in annual reports of selected high-tech companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The sample embraces 60 annual reports of companies from the LSE FTSE-Techmark. Business model disclosure are in most cases very concise and focus on value creation.

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Transfer technologii i kooperacja technologiczna w doświadczeniach sieci EEN

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Gródek-Szostak Z., Kajrunajtys D.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2018

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vol. 377

42-51

PL

Transfer technologii staje się ważnym dynamicznym ruchem stymulującym rozwój gospodarczy. Wraz z rozpoczęciem międzynarodowego transferu technologii tempo postępu technologicznego przyspieszyło w wielu krajach lub regionach. Postęp techniczny stymuluje podział pracy w przemyśle, co pomaga wielu branżom poprawić ich produktywność i zwiększyć konkurencyjność. W konsekwencji prowadzi to do zmiany przewagi komparatywnej kraju i zmienia możliwości międzynarodowej konkurencji. Transfer technologii powoduje zmiany w strukturze przemysłowej i wpływa bezpośrednio lub pośrednio na strukturę przemysłową zarówno pod względem produkcji, jak i popytu. Celem artykułu jest prezentacja wybranych charakterystyk kształtowania się usług świadczonych przez sieć Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

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Technology transfer becomes an important dynamic movement that stimulates economic development. With the start of international technology transfer, the pace of technological progress has accelerated in many countries or regions. Technical progress stimulates the division of labour in industry, which helps many industries to improve their productivity and increase their competitiveness. Consequently, this leads to a change in the comparative advantage of the country and changes the possibilities of international competition. Technology transfer will cause changes in the industrial structure and affect directly or indirectly the industrial structure both in terms of production and demand. The aim of the article is to present selected characteristics of shaping the services provided by the Enterprise Europe Network.

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Ekonomiczne efekty wdrażania nowych technologii w przedsiębiorstwie

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Lis T.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2015

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vol. 224

117-126

PL

Konkurencyjność przedsiębiorstw w nowoczesnej gospodarce jest silnie uwarunkowana innowacyjnością, czyli umiejętnością opracowania i wdrożenia nowych rozwiązań technologicznych i organizacyjnych, nowych produktów. Większość przedsiębiorstw w Polsce praktycznie nie jest w stanie wprowadzać rozwiązań innowacyjnych. Związane jest to przede wszystkim z wysokimi kosztami opracowania i wdrożenia innowacji. Nowe technologie stanowią jednak konieczność dla konkurencyjnych gospodarek światowych. Celem artykułu jest zaprezentowanie zarówno pod kątem bilansowym, jak i podatkowym ekonomicznych efektów wdrożenia nowych technologii. W pracy przedstawiono również model aplikacyjny.

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The competitiveness of businesses in the modern economy is heavily conditioned by innovation, or the ability to develop and implement new technological and organizational solutions, new products. Expenditure on research and development in Poland are very low. New technologies, however, the need for competitive economies in the world. The purpose of this article is to present both the balance sheet at an angle, as the economic and fiscal effects of the implementation of new technologies. The paper presents also a model application.

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Projekt, założenia i realizacja Internetowego Katalogu Nauki o Informacji (KINIA) (KINIA) - http:/kinia.czytelnia.net/

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Pacek J., Kotuła S. D., Zieliński P. G.

Folia Bibliologica

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2010

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vol. 52

141-147

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ZASŁUŻONY INŻYNIER SŁUŻBY TRAKCJI PKP TEOBALD NEUMANN (1899–1985)

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Tucholski Z., Roszak T.

Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki

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2017

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vol. 26

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issue 2(51)

89-104

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Teobald Wilhelm Neumann was born on September 10 1899 in Władysławów near Turek. He came from a Polonized German family. He was thoroughly educated and graduated with an engineer diploma at the Gdańsk Technical University (Technische Hochschule zu Danzig), where he studied at the Department of Electrotechnology, Machine and Ship Construction. After completing his apprenticeship, in 1924 he started working for the Polish State Railways in Gdańsk, in the sector of traction service. On September 19 1929, he was qualified as an inspector of steam engines. In the 30s, Neumann held many managerial posts connected with traction service in the Administration of the State Railways in Toruń and Krakow. During interwar period he topped his professional career being promoted to the head of Kapuścisko Tranzytowe engine house (currently Bygdoszcz Wschód), which belonged to the French-Polish Railway Association. After the outbreak of the war, when wanted by the secret German police (Gestapo), he escaped to General-Government, where he worked as a clerk in a local government unit. On August 28 1944, T. Neumann took up work at the Department of Communication of the Polish Committee of National Liberation and was appointed as head of mechanical service of the State Railways Regional Administration in Lublin. At the beginning of 1945, he was transferred to an equal post to Poznań. On August 1 1948, Neumann began his work for the Mechanical Department of the Transport Ministry in Warsaw, where on December 1 1951, he was promoted to Deputy Director of the Ministry’s Mechanical Department. On January 1 1956, he became Director of the Central Carriage Board. From November 6 1962, he was managing organisation of the Technology Department of the Transport Ministry and became its Director on January 1 1963. After retiring on September 30 1966, in 1966–1975 Neumann continued his work at the Central Institute of Research and Studies of the Railways Development Technology in Warsaw. Teobald Neumann was not a constructor of rolling stock but his accomplishments were connected with exploitation of traction and carriage rolling stock, as well as with organisation of traction and carriage service. His greatest achievement was in the field of education – as the author of numerous publications concerning railways, among which the most valuable was Podręcznik dla maszynisty parowozowego [Manual for steam-engine drivers]. The book was published twice. For 24 years he was also an editor of Przegląd Kolejowy Mechaniczny. On April 1 1939 in Bydgoszcz, Neumann married Helena Topczewska (1912-2003). He had two sons – Jerzy Teobald Neumann, born on February 24 1942, and Stefan Piotr Neumann, born on May 6 1947. Both of them continued their father’s professional tradition and worked at the Central Institute of Research and Studies of the Railways Development Technology in Warsaw. Teobald Neumann died in Warsaw on July 10 1985 and was buried on the local Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession.

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Venture capital as a possibility of financing innovations

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Olszewska G. A.

Central European Review of Economics & Finance

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2014

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issue Vol. 4, No 1

61-77

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Innovative business venture by its nature is a risky area to allocate capital in. For many subjects interested in implementing innovations it is hardly possible to be provided with money from typical sources. Receiving capital from the stock exchange is possible only for big companies that are firmly grounded in the market. They are able to overcome the stock exchange entry barriers. Banks are embedded with means of precaution which make it more difficult to receive bank loans for projects of high or inestimable risk. It is not a rule, however, innovations are a domain of small and medium enterprises. They are not completely hopeless in the financial market. Innovative products directed towards these market participants whose needs are not fulfilled by traditional financial instruments also appear. Forfaiting, factoring, leasing, franchising venture capital are only some of possibilities which are accessible for innovative business ventures in the capital market. Venture capital funds are close-ended funds, they were developed mainly in the United States as a non-standard source of financing risky business ventures operating most frequently in the area of high technologies. Beneficiaries of such a capital are entrepreneurs who have an innovative product, method of production or a service. Benefiting from venture capital is connected to investments in, above all, new developmental enterprises. When we take under consideration the fact that venture capital is also connected with support in the area of management it also can be called "financial-advisory capital". There are both advantages and disadvantages of benefiting from venture capital. In the reference books this form of financing is frequently presented as a great secure form of receiving capital. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to take advantage of the offer provided by venture capital funds. Doubtlessly it can be good and sometimes the only solution when we have an idea but no money. However, we should remember that investors who provide us with financial resources in the form of venture capital - these business angels - are also business people aiming to receive profit. Resources received from the funds work mainly for the funds not for the entrepreneur. What is more, it is short-term or middle term capital which is usually withdrawn in the peak of the growth of the company's value. (original abstract)

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International technology and innovation competitiveness of Poland as compared to other Central and Eastern European countries

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Bukowski S. I., Siek E. J.

Central European Review of Economics & Finance

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2013

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issue Vol. 3, No 1

5-25

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The main objective of this paper is to compare how international competitiveness of the economies of the new European Union member states (the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, EU-10) has been formed at the beginning of the 21st century, with particular emphasis on competitiveness in technology and innovation. The paper opens with a brief presentation of the analyzed issues. Further on, the development of international competitiveness of the EU-10 economies is discussed in the light of reports drawn up by the world's leading scientific research centers. Next, international competitive capacity of these countries is analyzed, focusing on their ability to invent and to innovate. The paper closes with a summary and conclusion. (original abstract)

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Zasoby technologiczne krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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Wisła R.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2018

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vol. 362

73-86

PL

W artykule podjęto problem zasobów technologicznych krajów środkowo- -wschodniej części Unii Europejskiej. Kontekstem badawczym są postulaty zawarte w strategii Europa 2020, dotyczące m.in. potrzeby inwentaryzacji krajowych i regionalnych potencjałów. Głównymi celami badawczymi są: identyfikacja zasobów technologicznych krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, które po 2003 r. przystąpiły do Unii Europejskiej, oraz ocena zróżnicowania tych zasobów. Zasadniczymi ustaleniami wynikającymi z przeprowadzonej analizy są: 1) wielkość gospodarki determinuje liczbę tworzonych i rozwijanych zasobów technologicznych, 2) równomiernie wzmacnianymi i eksploatowanymi polami rozwoju technologicznego w badanej grupie są: technologie produkcji mebli, środki farmaceutyczne oraz maszyny specjalistyczne, 3) w obszarze technologii mikrostrukturalnych i nanotechnologii zdecydowanie największe zasoby posiadają podmioty węgierskie.

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This paper discusses the issue of the technological resources within chosen group of countries in the European Union. The research context is the postulates included in the Europe 2020 strategy regarding the need for an inventory of national and regional potentials. The main objectives of the research are: identification of technological resources in Central and Eastern Europe countries, which after 2003 joined the European Union, and the assessment of the diversity of these resources. To achieve such defined objectives, the WIPO Technology Concordance Table and the index of relative comparative advantage – Balassa's Revealed Comparative Advantage are used. The principal findings of the analysis are: (1) the size of the economy determines the number of resources created and developed, (2) the following areas are developing similarly in all countries: furniture production, pharmaceuticals and special machines, (3) in the microstructural technologies and nanotechnologies areas Hungarian entities have definitely the largest resources.

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Kapitał kreatywny i jego pomiar

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Podogrodzka M.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2016

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vol. 276

72-82

PL

Artykuł przedstawia propozycje pomiaru kapitału kreatywnego zaprezentowane przez różne ośrodki badawcze, w tym również dla Polski. Dokonano także oceny przestrzennej korelacji różnych komponentów tego kapitału i stwierdzono, że nie zawsze uzyskane wyniki prowadzą do podobnych wniosków.

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The article is presenting various proposals of the measurement of creative capital, including for Poland. They also made an appraisal of spatial correlation of different components of this capital and they stated that not always achieved results caused similar conclusions.

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“Shaping” and “Painting” during the Early Bronze Age: the Case-study of Pottery of Colle della Croce (Scicli, Ragusa)

R&D Efforts by Indian Pharmaceutical Firms in the New Patent Regime

An Essay on the Social Costs and Benefits of Technology Evolution

Black utopian and dystopian technological simulation: Tupac Shakur’s holographic persona at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

Self(ie)

Instrumental Reason, Technology, and Society

The Philosophical Concepts in Ryszard Otowicz's Bioethics

Humanistyka a zagrożenia technonauki

Druk 3D odbiciem realnych pomysłów – sprawozdanie z warsztatów (Drzwi Otwarte UMCS w Lublinie, 24 marca 2017 roku)

Frühe Eisentechnologie in der Ägäis: case study Ionien

IT-RELATED ANGLICISMS IN DIE WELT AND DER SPIEGEL: A QUANTITATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF NOUNS, VERBS, AND ADJECTIVES

Prezentacja modelu biznesowego w raportach rocznych wybranych spółek wysokich technologii z Wielkiej Brytanii

Transfer technologii i kooperacja technologiczna w doświadczeniach sieci EEN

Ekonomiczne efekty wdrażania nowych technologii w przedsiębiorstwie

Projekt, założenia i realizacja Internetowego Katalogu Nauki o Informacji (KINIA) (KINIA) - http:/kinia.czytelnia.net/

ZASŁUŻONY INŻYNIER SŁUŻBY TRAKCJI PKP TEOBALD NEUMANN (1899–1985)

Venture capital as a possibility of financing innovations

International technology and innovation competitiveness of Poland as compared to other Central and Eastern European countries

Zasoby technologiczne krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

Kapitał kreatywny i jego pomiar