@article {4472, title = {Contributing to territorial cohesion by EU cohesion policy financial instrument? The JESSICA implementation in Poland}, journal = {European Planning Studies}, volume = {33}, year = {2025}, month = {09/2025}, pages = {1023}, abstract = {The paper examines the territorial distribution of the JESSICA funding support (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas), a financial engineering instrument of EU Cohesion Policy among Polish cities. It addresses an existing gap in the literature and provides an analysis of a spatial distribution of repayable assistance, which is absent in CP studies. The study i) provides a comprehensive overview of the spatial distribution of the JESSICA funding across cities within particular regions, focusing on smaller cities regarded as secondary territorial cohesion cities (ScTCC) that should play an important role in territorialized development policy; (ii) assesses to what extent the JESSICA projects in SCTCC fit in with spatial-functional arrangements laid down in the regional spatial management plans; (iii) determines factors of the attractiveness of ScTCC as the JESSICA beneficiaries. Results confirm that ScTCC have enough capacities to implement revolving instrument projects, outperformed the capital cities in implementing the JESSICA projects, and are important but under-researched and under-represented actors of the urban and cohesion policy.}, keywords = {cohesion policy, financial engineering instruments, JESSICA initiative, Poland, secondary territorial cohesion cities (ScTCC), territorial cohesion}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2025.2550988}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09654313.2025.2550988?src=exp-la}, author = {Musia{\l}kowska, Ida and Piotr Idczak} } @inbook {4446, title = {Conclusions. Navigating the Landscape of Collective Sustainable Consumption}, booktitle = {Collective Sustainable Consumption. The Case of Poland}, year = {2024}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, edition = {Anna Horodecka, Alina Szypulewska-Porczy{\'n}ska }, address = {Londyn, Nowy Jork}, keywords = {collective consumption, Fair Trade, responsible consuption, sustainability, sustainable development}, doi = {10.4324/9781003413844-15}, url = {https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003413844-15}, author = {Anna Horodecka and Marta Gryb{\'s}-Kabocik and Aleksandra Burgiel-Szewc and Tadeusz Makulski and Ewa Radomska and Tomasz Szewc and Alina Szypulewska-Porczy{\'n}ska and Magdalena {\'S}liwi{\'n}ska and Liudmyla Vozna and Agnieszka Ziomek and Jacek Zra{\l}ek and Jolanta Zra{\l}ek} } @article {4340, title = {The competitive factors of German enterprises in Poland}, journal = {Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny}, volume = {83}, year = {2021}, pages = {287-299 }, abstract = {

The purpose of this paper is to answer the following research question: which factors relating
to the international competitiveness of German enterprises are most important for the Polish
market? Then, in a broader context: which competitiveness factors play a key role in helping
enterprises from the highest developed countries conquer the market of a relatively less developed country? On the basis of a literature review, a research gap is identified, indicating there is
a shortage of studies that clearly identify a group of factors that influence a company{\textquoteright}s success on
the foreign market. The gap is filled with the empirical qualitative research and the conclusions
regarding the key competitiveness factors and their effective combination. Competitive strategies
and factors key for their implementation are identified, presenting the factors responsible for the
growth of German enterprises on the international market (Poland) and achieving market success. The set of enterprises{\textquoteright} competitiveness factors is established and the hierarchy those factors
is presented. Although the qualitative research based on thirteen companies is not representative, the leading German enterprises provide a valuable lesson on how to successfully conquer
a foreign market. The key competitiveness factors responsible for such success in the context of
strategic goals, competition strategies, and modern methods of competition are presented and
discussed. The findings are very useful for real enterprises in internationalizing situations, where
the management has to determine the competitive strategy which should lead to foreign growth
and in consequence success on the international market. The study indicates what to focus on
when entering the foreign market and which factors have a direct impact on the growth on the
foreign market. The paper is a result of empirical research on competitiveness and provides valuable information about the set of ranked competitive factors that have a direct influence on success in a foreign market.

}, keywords = {competitive factors, competitiveness, czynniki konkurencyjno{\'s}ci, enterprise strategy, internacjonalizacja, internationalization, konkurencyjno{\'s}{\'c}, strategic management, strategie przedsi{\k e}biorstw, zarz{\k a}dzanie strategiczne}, doi = {DOI:10.14746/rpeis.2021.83.3.19 }, author = {Rafa{\l} {\'S}liwi{\'n}ski and Magdalena {\'S}liwi{\'n}ska} } @inbook {4342, title = {Covid-19 disruption of European agri-food markets: The case of Poland}, booktitle = {Towards the {\quotedblbase}new normal{\textquotedblright} after COVID-19 {\textendash} a post-transition economy perspective}, year = {2021}, pages = {177-185}, publisher = {Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu - PUEP}, organization = {Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu - PUEP}, edition = {I}, address = {Pozna{\'n}}, keywords = {agricultural sector, consequences of the pandemic, Covid-19, new normal, nowa normalno{\'s}{\'c}, pandemia, pandemic, sektor rolno-spo{\.z}ywczy, skutki pandemii}, issn = {ISBN 978-83-8211-060-9}, author = {Magdalena {\'S}liwi{\'n}ska and Rafa{\l} {\'S}liwi{\'n}ski} } @article {4159, title = {The Capacity of JESSICA Projects to Repay Loans Based on Own Revenues. }, journal = {Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review}, volume = {7}, year = {2019}, month = {06/2019}, pages = {141-157}, abstract = { Abstract Objective: Objectives of the article are the following: to identify 1) similarity/ dissimilarity in Polish regions with regard to the implementation of JESSICA projects in terms of the size of JESSICA loans/ projects and the legal form of beneficiaries, 2) what factors have the biggest impact on the project capacities to generate revenues. Research Design \& Methods: The authors used the logistic regression to build a model showing the association of the variables analysed on the dependent variable. In addition, to point out a relative importance from all possible orderings of explanatory variables and to show the most important one(s), ANOVA method was applied. Findings: Not all the projects co-financed under the JESSICA initiative bring revenues from their main operations. The legal form of a beneficiary plays an important role. Both projects implemented by companies and projects of a relatively high value increase the probability of generating revenues. Location of the project (capital city/ non-capital city of the region) is not significant with regard to capacities to generate revenues. Implications \& Recommendations: JESSICA projects characterised with a high value and implemented by entities having the company status involve private capital and consequently generate capital backflows. They contribute to leverage effects and thereby raise the role of JESSICA as a powerful instrument aimed at rendering existing market failures. It seems that the results of the study might help to design the use of JESSICA resources in the current and the future EU financial perspective. Contribution \& Value Added: The article sheds more light on a still under-researched area of the use of financial instruments in the EU Cohesion Policy. The analysis provides pioneering results and points out the vital issues for future research. }, keywords = {JESSICA; Poland; regeneration; revenue-generating projects; Cohesion Policy}, issn = { 2353-8821 }, doi = {https://doi.org/10.15678/EBER.2019.070208}, url = {https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/513}, author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak} } @inbook {4037, title = {Civic Engagement in Local Politics in Central Europe}, booktitle = {The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government}, year = {2019}, pages = {344-360}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, edition = {Richard Kerley, Joyce Liddle, Pamela T. Dunning}, chapter = {23}, address = {London}, abstract = {Civic engagement and civil society participation in political decision-making is important for efficient and sustainable public policies. However, this behaviour is difficult to achieve and maintain in countries such as post-socialist societies that have passive social attitudes and low levels of general trust. This chapter describes the development and current character of local political systems, decentralisation and civic engagement in four countries in Central Europe: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. It concentrates on civil society, direct and indirect forms of political participation, the development of civil-society organisation advocacy and citizen opinions about their likelihood of influencing policy. It highlights the low general trust and social capital, passive attitudes, and low voter turnout in these countries compared to other countries in Europe. These features are a legacy of the communist past and are attributable to the negative socioeconomic consequences of the transition process and disillusionment about democratic development. As a result, the development of civil participation in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has been slower than in other parts of Europe.}, isbn = {9781315306261}, issn = {9781138234727}, doi = {10.4324/9781315306278}, url = {https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315306278/chapters/10.4324/9781315306278-23}, author = {Potluka, Oto and Kalman, Judit and Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Piotr Idczak} } @article {4009, title = {The capacity of ecosystem services in small water retention measures}, journal = {Economics and Environment}, volume = {62}, year = {2017}, pages = {37-49}, chapter = {37}, abstract = {This study identifies and analyses ecosystem services (ES) in the context of their applicability for drought and flood prevention measures undertaken within the framework of small water retention. The results illustrate that ES classified as regulation and maintenance are the most significant because they, one the one hand, contribute the most to improving the flood retention capacity of river catchment areas, whilst on the other hand they provide desirable values that people derive from nature. Furthermore, we also find that the small retention reservoir is a solution which assures both the best weather hazard prevention as well as the greatest number of benefits.}, keywords = {AHP, ecosystem services, river catchment, small water retention}, issn = {0867-8898}, url = {http://www.ekonomiaisrodowisko.pl/uploads/ei\%C5\%9B\%2062\%202017/03_mrozik.pdf}, author = {Karol Mrozik and Piotr Idczak} } @article {4010, title = {Ch{\l}onno{\'s}{\'c} demograficzna jako kategoria wykorzystywana w procesie planowania zr{\'o}wnowa{\.z}onej polityki przestrzennej gminy}, journal = {Studia i Prace WNEiZ US}, volume = {47}, year = {2017}, pages = {55-66}, chapter = {55}, abstract = {

Proces planowania przestrzennego w gminach powinien odbywa{\'c} si{\k e} z pe{\l}nym poszanowaniem zasady rozwoju zr{\'o}wnowa{\.z}onego. Na obszarach b{\k e}d{\k a}cych pod silnym oddzia{\l}ywaniem procesu suburbanizacji proces ten cz{\k e}sto przyjmuje charakter spontaniczny i prowadzi do decyzji, kt{\'o}re skutkuj{\k a} nadpoda{\.z}{\k a} grunt{\'o}w przeznaczonych na inwestycje w stosunku do racjonalnych potrzeb. Analizuj{\k a}c przyk{\l}ad planowania przestrzennego w gminie Dopiewo z wykorzystaniem demograficznych wska{\'z}nik{\'o}w oceny zagospodarowania przestrzeni, potwierdzono powy{\.z}sze twierdzenie i wykazano, {\.z}e planowanie przestrzenne w niedostatecznym stopniu uwzgl{\k e}dnia zasady rozwoju zr{\'o}wnowa{\.z}onego i trwa{\l}ego.

}, keywords = {ch{\l}onno{\'s}{\'c} demograficzna, gmina Dopiewo, planowanie przestrzenne, rozbie{\.z}no{\'s}{\'c} demograficzna, rozw{\'o}j zr{\'o}wnowa{\.z}ony, suburbanizacja}, issn = {2450-7733}, doi = {10.18276/sip.2017.47/2-05}, url = {https://wnus.edu.pl/sip/pl/issue/556/article/8743/}, author = {Piotr Idczak and Karol Mrozik} } @article {2509, title = {Cross-national policy transfer and learning in regional and urban policy. Regions Magazine, vol. 296, 2014}, year = {2014}, keywords = {cross-national, development, EU, policy learning, policy transfer, regional policy, urban policy, world}, isbn = {1367-3382}, url = {https://www.academia.edu/9593376/Cross-national_policy_transfer_and_learning_in_regional_and_urban_policy}, author = {Ida Musia{\l}kowska and Marcin Dabrowski and Laura Polverari} } @inbook {423, title = {Current economic integration tendencies in the MERCOSUR}, booktitle = {Europa Balcanica y los paises de la Cuenca del Mar Negro - MERCOSUR: Dinamicas e interacciones}, year = {2012}, pages = {101-114}, publisher = {CEISAL Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales de Am{\'e}rica Latina, MEGATREND Universidad}, organization = {CEISAL Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales de Am{\'e}rica Latina, MEGATREND Universidad}, edition = {Slobodan Pajovic, Maria de Monserrat Llairo}, address = {Belgrade, Serbia}, abstract = {

The chapter presents the current economic integration processes in the South American continent with special focus on the MERCOSUR and then refers the activities and relations in the process of supporting of regional integration in Latin America by the European Union - the organization that is the most advanced in terms of integration.

}, keywords = {economic integration, European Union, Mercosur}, isbn = {978-86-7747-459-1}, url = {https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v\&pid=sites\&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxkZWFsY2JlbGdyYWRvfGd4OjFlZDMzNDMwMGVjODMyZDc} }