In 2007 Poland and Ukraine were awarded by UEFA to co-host the 2012 European Football Championships. This first "mega-event" to take place in the transition countries is commonly intended to yield large and lasting economic bebefits to the host cities. This point of view is rarely shared by...

The chapter concentrates on the positive development dynamics of "industrial districts" based on the network of Small an Medium-Sized firms in Poland.The crux of the matter is to establish whether or not industrial districts constitute a model for the regenaration of local and regional economies...

Coraz czesciej rozwój gospodarczy nie jest pojmowany jedynie jako rezultat wymiany handlowej, lecz jako wypadkowa złożonego zbioru relacji między jednostkami zgrupowanymi na danej przestrzeni geograficznej mającej pewną kulturę i historię. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie kilku uwag i...

In this study we provide an empirical evidence on sport inactivity as an important risk factor for several chronic diseases, accounting for a significant part of related economic burden of disease. Applying cost-of-illness methodology to cost data for a sample of noncommunicable diseases in...

In this paper, we apply a Voronoi diagram to map the existing design of oncological care in Poland. First, we correlate the actual organization of care with epidemiological data on cancer survival rate and morbidity. On this basis, we build a proxy for localized demand for oncological care. As a...

In this paper, we apply a Voronoi diagram to map the existing design of oncological care in Poland. First, we correlate the actual organization of care with epidemiological data on cancer survival rate and morbidity. On this basis, we build a proxy for localized demand for oncological care. As a...

Economic spatial patterns in Poland indicate a decline in the growth of traditionally industrial regions and, at the same time, an increase in growth and job creation in regions, specifically border regions, showing dynamism in small- and medium-sized firms. Two processes are fundamentally...