During the years 2000-2018, the number of enterprises conducting research and development activity in Poland was increasing systematically, thus the expenditures on research and development were increasing as well. The impact of R&D activity on the level of innovation of both enterprises and...

This work highlights and compares some of the more recent studies and information regarding SMEs in Poland and the UK. In particular it focuses on the SME relationship with innovation, which can be a key concept in addressing questions of competitive advantage and increasing economic output....

We employ a North-South endogenous growth model with two factors of production in which the North invents new pro ducts and the South imitates. We use this model to explore the impact of stronger IPRs on interregional as well as intraregional distribution of welfare. We find that the overall...

This paper develops a Cournot model to study how environmental regulatory policies affect the international competitiveness of firms. The tradable baseline-and-credit emission permit is employed as the primary means of environmental regulation. It provides a theoretical support for the...