The role of endogenous factors of rural areas development has been discussed. The concept of cultural heritage, especially its spiritual and material character, has been referred to. The startup role of regions’ social capital and its use in the transition process has been underlined. The need...

An attempt to analyse the marketing chain for the pig meat from a pig farm through meat processing to the market with the background of new market conditions in the EU-27 countries has been made. Components mentioned above and, especially, their stage of development have been discussed in a...

Some conditions for changes in an enterprises in the knowledge-based economy were presented. A huge difference between the IUS 2011 indicator in the Polish and the EU-27 economies was shown. The author also underlined the role of human capital as the stimulating factor of changes. The special...

The aim of the paper was an attempt to show the essential terms of measurement of intellectual capital in agricultural farms. The meaning of this capital as a unique resource of enterprises, which distinguishes the enterprise from the others in a competitive market is discussed. Possible...

Selected problems of human capital in agriculture were presented. The quality of this capital and problems of its measurement have been also discussed. The role of human capital as a primary factor and a substance of intellectual capital was shown. Some typical features of human capital in...