The article is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of institutional systems of EU countries in terms of their relevance to the requirements of global knowledge-based economy. The main aim of the article is to evaluate the progress obtained by New Member States in the years 2000-2010. The...

The article is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of institutional systems of European Union countries in terms of their relevance to the requirements of the global knowledge-based economy. The theoretical analysis is based on the framework of new institutional economics with special...

The key challenge for medium- and long-term policy in European Union countries is to use the potential of knowledge-based economy (KBE), which is a condition for maintaining high total factor productivity in Europe. For this reason, the relationship between quality of institutional system and...

EU policy guidelines point out that improvement of quality of human capital (QHC) should be treated as an important factor supporting convergence process. Thus, the aim of the research is the identification of the variables that determine changes in QHC. It is assumed that QHC should be...

The abilities of countries to take advantage of global technological progress is currently the main growth determinant. It is especially important in the case of developed economies and the countries that concentrate on closing a development gap. As a result, there is a scientific need to make...

Successful policies and programs leading to improvement of quality of human capital in the context of knowledge-based economy are currently considered as the basic condition for keeping global competitiveness of the European economy. It has been pointed as one of the most important aims of...

The main purpose of the research is to examine the progress achieved by European countries in the field of implementing the concept of sustainable development and to point the group of countries that can be considered as leaders in that sphere. The research is based on the Eurostat data and it...

The subject of the research is a technological potential of European Economies at macroeconomic level. The main aim of the article is to assess relative position and eventual progress in that sphere obtained by Central European economies that joined the European Union after the year 2004....

The article is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of institutional systems of EU countries in terms of their relevance to the requirements of global knowledge-based economy. The main aim of the article is to evaluate the progress obtained by New Member States in the years 2000-2010. The...