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Institutional Quality of Social Sector: The Essence and Measurements

Author(s): Tetyana Vasilyeva,Sergij Lyeonov,Izabela Adamičková,Kseniya Bagmet / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The article provides theoretical underpinning for the need to assess institutional quality of the social sector. Basing on the critical analysis of the existing approaches to index construction, traditionally used to study economic development and quality of life, it is proposed to form the index of social sector quality, and also the principles of its calculation are justified. The presented methodology for calculating this index is built upon the principal component analysis. The calculation includes 20 indicators, which represent three groups (education, healthcare and social security). The index creation is based on the data for 25 countries divided into four groups. According to our evaluation findings, the quality of social institutions will be primarily determined by their ability to provide an extension of average life expectancy and to maintain an adequate level of health, as well as employment according to the results of education. The quality of social security institutions’ operations affects the index variability to the least extent.

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Integrated Assessment of the Socioeconomic Systems’ Development

Author(s): Romualdas Ginevičius,Dainora Gedvilaitė,Andrius Stasiukynas,Martin Čepel / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

A permanent property applicable to every socioeconomic system (SES) is its development. SES development is an integrated process with two sides that can be distinguished, i.e. quantitative and qualitative ones. The quantitative side reflects its static aspect, i.e. the state of the development at a certain point in time. The qualitative side of development reflects its dynamics, i.e. the scope of development changes. In order to make an integrated assessment of the standing of SES development, both these aspects above have to be assessed in a quantitative manner and be further combined into one generalised value. These days, assessment of the standing of SES development is limited to evaluation of the achieved level only, i.e. its quantitative assessment. Due to the fact that all socioeconomic systems are always large and complex systems, they tend to have a multitude of aspects. The indicators that reflect such aspects form a system thereof. It is thus the basis for further multicriteria assessment of the development state. In order to reduce the number of indicators to be assessed simultaneously so that experts could establish the weights thereof in a sufficiently accurate manner, a hierarchically structured system of indicators is developed and presented here. Following this methodology, the level of economic development across Lithuanian regions has been determined. When the scope of development changes was established on that basis, the integrated indicator of the regional development state was calculated following the proposed formula. On the basis of the correlation-regression analysis, it has been determined that the scope of development changes is larger in the regions with lower level of development achieved.

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Koliko dece treba Srbiji?

Author(s): Branislav S. Đurđev / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1-4/2004

The work is an attempt to determine basic quantities for introducing a family planning program which will be aiming at a replacement level. In order to do that census year 2002 was taken as an example for calculation. Total fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman was considered as necessary level, and that means Serbia needs 105.000 newborns each year. In accordance with that level a set of five age specific fertility rates (ASFR) were established in order to find appropriate model of reproductive behavior for Serbia. The sets are established in the following manner: multiplying ASFR by quotient between necessary and real number of newborns, by the data from the last year when fertility was large enough to provide for replacement level (with mortality level from 2002), by linear interpolation between two ASFR models, and by Brass fertility polynomial. All five different models of age specific fertility rates suggest that there is no ideal distribution of ASFR. Also, parity progression from zero to first, from first to second, and from second to third child is determined. The main reason for below replacement level in Serbia is small parity progression from second to third child. So, rearing the third child should be the most stimulated in every family planning program, as long as every second women have them by the end of her reproductive life span.

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Level (Quality) of Corporate Governance in Adriatic Seaports

Author(s): Jelena Stjepčević / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Institutions and institutional structures always determine the development (social and economic), and therefore the level (quality) of microeconomic institutions, including that of corporate governance. The subject of this research is the level (quality) of corporate governance (as a dependent variable in the given model) in relatively undeveloped Adriatic seaports. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of institutional framework in regulating corporate governance and to verify the hypothesis on a significant dependency of the dependent variable from the selectively chosen independent variables of a dominant institutional character. Field survey methods and multiple linear regression analysis are used in this paper. It is concluded that the offered research has verified the initial hypothesis.

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Odporność sieci dystrybucji na zakłócenia

Author(s): Marzena Kramarz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 8.1/2017

Distribution networks are a complex system. The complexity of the distribution network is depending on: numbers of cooperating links, different forms of cooperation, proximity, as well as of location of the material decoupling points and in consequence scope of activities fulfilled by distribution companies. The complexity of the distribution network increases the risk of disruptions in material flows. Showing variants of improving the resilience of the distribution network is a purpose of the article. Researches were conducted in the distribution network of smelting products. Field research were carried in three types of the organization: service centre, logistic enterprise, wholesale company.

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REZYLIENCJA EKONOMICZNA I HYBRYDYZACJA OŚRODKÓW METROPOLITALNYCH UNII EUROPEJSKIEJ

Author(s): Adam Drobniak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 517/2018

The surveyed problem refers to the issue of evaluation of cities’ economic resilience. Thus, the aim is to determine the level of economic resilience of metropolitan centers of the EU together with an attempt to organize the examined urban centers into groups with a similar level of resilience. Preliminary results of research indicate a significant diversification of the level of resilience, which makes it difficult to assess this category and provides a basis for explaining the observed trends in terms of hybridization. At the theoretical and methodological level, the article is based on a review of the achievements in the field of resilience and the use of quantitative analysis methods to assess the level of resilience, including: GDP dynamics, average GDP values. In terms of grouping methods, the Euclidean distance technique and the x-mean method were used. At empirical level the paper presents the results of research on the economic resilience of all EU metropolitan centers

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FRANCHISING: R&D ANALYSIS IN BRAZIL AND POLAND

Author(s): Debora Lacs Sichel,Joyce Natividade da Costa / Language(s): English Issue: 515/2018

The economic development is a consequence of the innovation procedure. This paper is about the innovation procedure in Brazil and in Poland. Both nations were redemocratized in the end of the 20th century. The similarities of both countries do not reflect the development of IP since Brazil has got difficulties as a consequence of its economic crisis. This crisis did not allow the establishment of R&D centres. The paper also analyses the Polish integration in the European Union and how it has enabled the establishment of R&D centres through the franchising.

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EWOLUCJA IDEI SPÓŁDZIELCZOŚCI W SEKTORZE BANKÓW SPÓŁDZIELCZYCH W POLSCE

Author(s): Mateusz Rolski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 509/2018

Credit cooperatives have been established in the Polish lands since the midnineteenth century. From the very beginning these specific enterprises were focused on a man and their physical and social needs. Therefore, co-operative banks were set up for economic and moral raising of poorer social strata – members of cooperatives. Over the years the idea of co-operation in Polish co-operative banking sector has evolved depending on current economic and political situation. In the period of the Polish People’s Republic the original model of co-operative banking sector was deformed by some kind of apropriation of the co-operation by socialism. After the Polish economic transformation co-operative banks lost their co-operative character and became similar to ordinary universal banks.

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Wpływ drogi S14 na rozwój terenów leżących w jej obszarze oddziaływania

Author(s): Remigiusz Kozłowski,Angelika Pietruszka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4.3/2017

In recent years, several thousand kilometers of expressways and highways have been commissioned in Poland. In order for them to fulfill their functions, they must be included in the communication system through road nodes and other elements of the transport infrastructure. Only thanks to a good combination they can lead to specific benefits such as generating development impulses for the economy, fulfilling the function of city bypasses, increasing road safety in urban areas. This article tackles this issue in the Łódź agglomeration and the route that will be the cause of these potential benefits is the S14 expressway. The aim of the article is to conduct research on the impact of the S14 route on the possibility of an increase in the number of passengers at the Władysław Reymont Airport in Łódź and investors in the Łódź Special Economic Zone. The aim is also to examine the impact of S14 on the development of investments in the area of impact of the studied road and increase the number of inhabitants of selected cities of the Łódź agglomeration. The empirical research used in this work was financed from the Student Research Grants awarded by the Rector of the University of Lodz in 2017.

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Zarządzanie projektem w układach sieciowych – podejście ewolucyjne

Author(s): Aneta Pachura / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4.3/2017

The article presents the project management issues in networked environment. The organization in the network was the basis for analysis of the project management evolution. The theoretical considerations allowed to distinguish three stages of evolution: project management „inside” the organization, „interorganization” project management and „ephemeral” project management. Then, the stages were characterized by five cognitive categories (genesis, structure, resources, flows and knowledge management).

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Zasady zarządzania jakością jako czynnik wzmacniania wizerunku jednostki terytorialnej

Author(s): Marcin Chrząścik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 116/2018

Effective and efficient management of a territorial unit becomes an indispensable element of the economic development of regions. The quality management system is a relatively simple tool for managing the office's work, understood as an entity providing specific services for a client-citizen, while the benefits of organizing the organization of work in the office are enormous. The perception of the brand of a given territorial unit by the environment is very important and translates into many benefits such as the number of investments or residents' satisfaction. The aim of this publication is to identify areas related to quality management systems and their impact on the image of a territorial unit. The article discusses the issue of effective management of the image of a territorial unit in the pro-quality aspect.

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Исторические этапы развития аудиторской деятельности через призму работы профессиональной организации аудиторов

Author(s): Olena Antoniuk / Language(s): Russian Issue: 116/2018

The key stages of the formation of audit activity in Ukraine since 1993 are considered. Based on the analysis of the main activities of the professional organization of auditors, the Audit Chamber of Ukraine, the periodization of the development of the audit activity as a whole is determined, taking into account the regulatory documents adopted for its regulation.

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Social innovation and competitiveness – a literature review of the theoretical work in the field

Author(s): Károly Balaton,Krisztina Varga / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Competitiveness has become a major topic of economic and business studies over the last 20 years. In the 1980s, the focus of the study on innovation and competitiveness was corporate-level analysis. Subsequently, the focus shifted towards examining the role of larger communities, as the innovation performance of the community is decisive. The identification and study of actors involved in the implementation of innovation is of utmost importance for successes, and creates the need for investigation at multiple levels. In addition to the company’s innovation capabilities, the innovation potential at regional and national level is also relevant. One of the features of successful companies is the complex interpretation of innovations (continuous and radical innovations simultaneously), which gives them a competitive advantage. Innovation is connected to the unique value, creating the competitive advantage that is decisive for competitiveness of an organization, region or even national economy. But there is the question: how can innovation be quantified in the development of competitiveness. In this paper we concentrate on social innovation and its connection to competitiveness at micro, mezo and macro level and the paper represents a literature review of the theoretical work in the field.

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From resilience to hybridization of development – Reflections on the Central European regions (CER)

Author(s): Adam Drobniak / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Linking businesses with new technologies leads to unbalanced growth due to the different types and usefulness of location advantages. Building, in such conditions, the ability to territorial resilience, is striving to achieve functional diversity, creating solutions that have flexibility in relation to changing needs. The increase in density of functions can be likened to hybrid or patchwork transformations in space. The attempts to develop such issues in the context of resilience were divided into the following problems: (I) What is the hybridization of development as a result of building resilience of regions? (II) How are economic development processes evolving, creating a hybrid character of change? (III) How does the hybridization, as an effect of regional resilience capacity building, manifest itself in the CER? Thus the main aim of the paper focuses on defining the concept of hybridization in the context of resilience capacity building in the CER.

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Territorial capital and regional development: An analysis of two Hungarian districts

Author(s): Gergely Kabai / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Lake Balaton is the second most popular tourist destination in Hungary, after the capital. This resort area has strong territorial capital, but there are regional differences in economic performance. This study examines the social and economic differences between two small districts (Keszthely and Fonyód) of this recreation area. The research is based on territorial statistical data and a questionnaire survey taken by the respective mayors and local entrepreneurs. The results of data analysis show Keszthely is a more developed and Fonyód is a less developed district in several respects, and the results of the survey reveal the social background of this as there are differences in three measurement dimensions of social capital (relationships, trust, territorial attachment).

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Unequal development in R&D field in CEE countries

Author(s): Stefana Varvari / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Research and development (R&D) is widely known as a key factor in promoting economic growth and competitiveness. In this context, the authors aim at exploring the differences and changes in the field of R&D in twenty countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). An overall image of these countries in what concerns their R&D indicators and competitiveness at international level and their participation in European Framework Programmes (FPs) is offered. The analysis shows that there are significant differences among the selected countries in CEE in all analysed aspects, with countries outside the EU registering lower performance than the EU members. Thus, the authors present the capacity of the CEE countries to innovate and underline the role of the policymakers in developing sustainable policies on research and development, encouraging investments in R&D field in order to strengthen the performance in research and innovation, and eventually stimulate economic growth.

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Zaskarżalność czynności podejmowanych w związku z uchwalaniem dokumentów planistycznych

Author(s): Sylwester Jaśkiewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 115/2017

The article's objective is to analyze the appealability options with respect to the zoning documentation enactment process at the local level. The first part of the article discusses the appealability of provisions of the spatial development conditions and directions study, including when the provisions do not reflect the local zoning plans. In the second part, the article focuses on the appealability of the local zoning plans.

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Editorial: Social Entrepreneurship in the Global Context

Author(s): Rossella Canestrino,Marek Ćwiklicki,Pierpaolo Magliocca / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Editorial: Social Entrepreneurship in the Global Context

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Ocena standardu komunalnego budownictwa mieszkaniowego w małym mieście na przykładzie Twardogóry i Chocianowa

Author(s): Milena Stetter / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018

The condition of multi-family housing development depends on the town’s policy regarding the shaping of the communal resources. This is noticeable compared to the availability and technical standards of buildings. The author analyzes the directions of spatial development of the municipality and compares it with detailed evaluation of multi-family housing development in selected small towns up to 10.000 inhabitants: Chocianów and Twardogóra (located in the Lower Silesian Voivodship) – towns presenting the idea of maintaining large housing stock and thus controlling the development of housing. The article presents one of the stages of the research project – a detailed inventory of municipal property and analysis of planning documents in two small towns with a similar housing policy, population size, without the infl uence of the metropolitan city – which aims to create an optimal model of municipal housing development in the downtown of small towns up to 10,000 inhabitants in the Lower Silesian Voivodship.

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Author(s): Mirela-Oana Pintea,Sorin Adrian Achim,Marius Dan Gavriletea / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

The main objective of our paper is to develop a set of indicators to measure the performance of an urban public transportation system considering the important role of such a system in the economy of cities. Local passenger transport activity is an existing activity with a larger surface ensuring the moving of residents within the city while having implications for tourism by providing connections to all sights of the town. The performance of such a company should be evaluated through well selected indicators in coordination with the particularities of urban public transportation and the objectives of such a company. In this study we start by highlighting the importance of performance measurement, than we present the particularities of an urban transportation system and at the end we propose a set of indicators from key result indicators to key performance indicators specific for this domain of activity.

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