Differences of Local Production Systems' Performance in the European Union and Beyond – Comparative Analyses http://hdl.handle.net/11089/19013 2026-04-05T18:02:24Z 2026-04-05T18:02:24Z Rzeńca, Agnieszka http://hdl.handle.net/11089/19168 2021-06-23T12:57:22Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Educational policy of universities and the needs of local production systems Rzeńca, Agnieszka Traditional mission of a university includes two elements: research and teaching by making reference to the state-of-the-art cognitive content. A third, new element of the mission is their direct public service. In recent years we have been stressing the role of higher education institutions in the shaping of social and economic reality, where active involvement in development processes of regions and countries are a challenge. The paper discusses educational policy of universities in the context of needs and expectations of the economy, especially of local production systems. Theoretical considerations are the point of departure for the presentation of the results of studies conducted under the Project “Policy and tools of creating human capital in the region” in higher education institutions in the Lodz Region. The market of educational services evolves dynamically and, as a result of overlapping external and internal conditions, the latest 20 years provoked revolutionary changes also in the universities in the Lodz Region. On the one hand, universities seek their own, individual development paths, diversify their educational offer to be competitive and, on the other hand, they start cooperating with one another and with the external world both in the area of education and research. That initiates or enhances economic cooperation and the development of network relations through, inter alia, developing and supporting territorial forms of cooperation, e.g., LPS, various types of economic collaboration, improved communication and integration between economic circles and educational institutions.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Przygodzki, Zbigniew http://hdl.handle.net/11089/19167 2018-02-01T11:21:01Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Public-social partnership for enhancing the value of human capital in local production systems. Lodz Region case study Przygodzki, Zbigniew Inter-sectoral cooperation is one the most important elements of contemporary, place-based policy. Deriving from the conditions of the environment, also the global one, local actors should join their forces by investing in the resources determining today’s’ development – knowledge and human capital – in the most effective way. However, internal national or regional conditions, very often do not allow for efficient adaptation of development mechanisms, even when they have been already tested in other places. By narrowing the area of analysis to the relationships between territorial self-government and non-governmental organisations, this paper is an attempt to answer the question on what scale, in the Polish conditions, public-social partnerships are being built and what is their scope. Analysis concerns the institutions involved in the investment in knowledge and human capital, operating in the region of Lodz.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Petríková, Katarína Borseková, Kamila Blam, Inna http://hdl.handle.net/11089/19166 2018-02-01T11:21:01Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Industrial symbiosis in European policy: overview of recent progress Petríková, Katarína; Borseková, Kamila; Blam, Inna The aim of the paper is to explain the cooperation and processes realized within the industrial networks based on the principles of industrial symbiosis in Denmark, Russia and Slovakia. The identified examples can be characterized as best practices in the field of industrial symbiosis that influences importantly the development of regions, where they are localized. Industrial symbiosis as a voluntary cooperation of enterprises with the aim to optimize production costs and improve the environment could influence positively the development of areas where the companies are operating. The paper includes three examples of ‘best practices’ from Denmark, Russia and Slovakia. The examples refer the wide range of benefits that this kind of cooperation brings.

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Mladenova, Galina http://hdl.handle.net/11089/19164 2018-02-01T11:21:01Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marketing strategy of apparel and textile cluster in southwest region of Bulgaria Mladenova, Galina This paper provides an analysis of marketing activities and marketing organization of the Southwest apparel and textile cluster in Bulgaria. The first section of the paper gives an overview of the organization and functioning of the cluster. The second section focuses on the cluster marketing, analyzing its success to date and identifying the challenges it faces going forward. The purpose of the research report is to present and to analyze the marketing strategy of “Inter Moda Trading Cluster” in the Southwest region of Bulgaria. The sources of data which have been used in the research process are: official trade publications, cluster’s publications (internet site, bulletins, brochures, newsletters etc.), internal documents, depth interviews that were carried out with cluster’s top managers and the Chair of the Commercial Chamber in the city of Kyustendil.

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