The fundamental question that attempts to be answered in this article is following: To what extend supporting and subsidizing of the development of social economy and social innovation by the European Union and European governments is needed and justified? Zasadnicze pytanie, na które podjęto...

W artykule przedstawiono możliwości aplikacji jakościowej metodologii badawczej w obszarze Nauki Ekonomii. Przyjęto założenie o konieczności włączenia do analiz ekonomicznych czynników o charakterze jakościowym. Zawarto postulat o potrzebie poszerzenia metodologii ekonomicznej o...

The following paper discusses types of scientific postulative claims and their role in today’s mainstream economics. In the core part of the article the author shows how the fundamental theoretic axioms (especially those regarding underlying principles of human economic behavior) may lead to...

The paper discusses the concept of an economic man in economics and management. The concept of “homo oeconomicus” assumes the full rational behaviour of a deciding man and was applied in classical and neoclassical theories. Based on resent findings of the neuronal, cognitive and behavioural...

The paper is devoted to a critical analysis of a number of key theories by Gary S. Becker. It is commonly believed that his main accomplishment lies in the extension of the scope of an economic analysis to include numerous traditionally considered as non-economic phenomena. This extension,...

Gregory Bateson is one of the most singular authors in communicational thought. He was himself a kind of outsider, placed in a novel unknown field, in a concern to outstand thought barriers. There is the possibility of grounding a more consistent idea on communication outstanding sociological...