The global economic and financial crisis (2008-2009) showed that growing sectoral imbalances (for example, too much housing investment) and financial risks (for instance,excessively leveraged financial institutions, excess household indebtedness, excess maturity mismatches in the banking system,...

The smart specialisation is a new EU's concept towards the regions. It assumes upgrading of innovation and competitivess basing on endogenic potential, in particular, in already existing branches of economy. Smart specialisations should, by definition concentrate economic resources on chosen...

The paper deals with the problem of municipalities’ fiscal distress and its diagnosis. The study examines the key financial indicators of Polish municipalities located in the West Pomeranian Region and uses them to build an aggregate measurement to identify the level of these municipalities’...