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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

This paper aims to investigate how economic institutions affect the growth of selected post-soviet countries. The data collected for this research covers the period between 1993 and 2019. Four variables (Corruption control, Political Globalization, Human Development Index, Internet per user) under the head of economic…

Building trust in a product, brand or company is an essential part of building the right relationship between the company and consumers. One of the factors influencing the level of consumer confidence is two-way communication. Advertising as a communication tool attracting attention and evoking emotions…

Current research on monitoring the progress of the Circular Economy transition shows that despite the variety of methods, techniques and tools available, no coherent approach to assessing progress has been developed so far. It is not possible to capture the complexity and multiple dimensions of…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of primary (investors, consumers and employee) and secondary (environment, regulator that requires mandatory environmental disclosure under the Directive 2014/95/EU and standard setters) stakeholder groups on company’s environmental disclosure. Design/methodology/approach: The sample comprised 71 selected…

To implement Industry 4.0, organizations need to transform and adapt their resources to the new needs. The transformation demands a significant investment in the latest technology and the competencies of engineers who will manage it. The implementation of Industry 4. means, in most cases, automation…