Assuming the analogy between discounting of monetary rewards in time and in social space, it is hypothesized that: (1) the rate of social discounting is higher in the case of choices between monetary reward for oneself and other person than in the case of choices between monetary rewards for...

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 article discusses the phenomenon of selfish punishment and its impact on the evolution of altruistic behavior. The paper presents the basic theoretical models explaining the mechanism of selfish punishment. Discussion of the practical implications of this concept is enriched with numerous...

In the first part of article the theory of product lifecycle were presented. Then the main features of e-commerce which have the influence on lengthening the product lifecycle were analysed. In the next part of article the results of undertaken research about relationship between the age of...

Polish Abstract: Celem pracy jest przedstawienie ogólnych kierunków zmian kultury konsumenckiej z uwzględnieniem jej wybranych związków z kapitałem ludzkim. W pracy przybliżono istotę kapitału ludzkiego w powiązaniu z kulturą konsumencką i konsumpcją, wybrane tendencje zmian kultury...

Different structures of lignite mines and power stations, which have appeared on the Polish market as a result of its transformation and the privatisation, were discussed. The attention is focused on the fact that the practice is overtaking the theory because there is lack of models of...

For methods of the profit division in the bilateral monopoly of the mine and the power station sug-gested in the first part of this paper the formulae for lignite price and shares in the joint profit of the mine and the power station are calculated. The proposed profit division contain: the...

For the hypothetical deposit with parameters similar to KWB “Konin” S.A. conditions; lignite prices and proposed divisions are calculated and results were discussed under the angle of the fairness (equity) of the division and the possibility of their approval by both sides. A sensitivity...

The application of Nash bargaining solution to profit division in negotiation between opencast lignite mine and power plant has been discussed. Different proposals of status quo point usage and ways of its determination for profit sharing both in strategic and tactical/operational negotiation...

This paper further develops the standard modelling of information exchange between firms in the presence of demand uncertainty which applies to firms in new industries and insecure regions or markets. We replace the normal distribution of the random variables, commonly used because of its...