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This paper gives an overview of the current state and application of the circular economy model, showing how governments of developed countries incorporate the principles of the circular economy model and how they shape the modern urban environment and transform the waste management system. The…

Based on the Cobb-Douglas production function, the contribution rate of higher education to economic growth in the provinces of the Silk Road Economic Belt in the past 16 years is comprehensively calculated using Dennison's growth factor analysis method. The results show that the contribution rate…

The study discusses the problems of regional specialization in rural areas. Paper provides a framework to assess the consistency of the smart specialisation approach with existing local resources and conducts an empirical analysis based on a sample of rural regions in Visegrad countries. Presented research…

The authors focus on the issue of accidents in the electricity system and especially on ways to solve such an accident in the current conditions in the territory of the Slovak Republic. The authors strive not only to acquaint the reader about the functioning and…

Nowadays a modern private lending instrument - a commercial peer-to-peer network for peer-to-peer lending is rapidly growing. Peer-to-peer lending is a form of lending where the borrowers can be natural and legal persons and the creditor can be anyone. The use of Internet peer-to-peer lending…

The research problem was formulated as a question: are demand-supply shocks affecting the opening up of a negative or positive output gap? The hypothesis was formulated: demand-supply shocks have a significant impact on the opening up and deepening of the negative output gap, thereby causing…

This study examines the indirect influence of the cultural values of uncertainty avoidance, short-term orientation, and individualism on a country's risk-taking levels using the risk-takers national-centric and cultural theories in 50 countries. The authors used secondary data from several sources to test their hypotheses using…

Industry 4.0 promises to be the future of competitiveness for companies all around the world. While start-ups focus on this area and big companies try to implement smart principles in production, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are waiting for their time to come. This article…

The rapid development of blockchain technologies over recent years has formed a basis for numerous services that emulate and facilitate already existing functions of financial intermediaries, including money transfers, payments and currency exchange. This paper analyses development of staking, being a derivative of technical developments…

Koszalin University of Technology, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Department of Finance, Poland