Robert Kudłak

Adaptation of enterprises to the requirements of sustainable development in the light of new institutional economics

Purpose – This article seeks to explain the mechanism of adapting enterprises to the requirements of sustainable development. It aims to base this analysis on the concept of new institutional economics.Design/methodology/approach – The theoretical basis of new institutional economics is used to understand and explain the behaviour of enterprises in relation to the natural environment.Findings – The article finds that new institutional economics, compared to rather formalised and abstract mainstream economics, may be quite successfully used in answering why economic entities undertake actions for environmental protection.Practical implications – New institutional economics may be used as a tool for understanding e.g. why some instruments aiming at environmental protection are more effective and efficient than other instruments. It may provide useful knowledge about the institutional environment while creating new environmental protection instruments. More empirical studies on a greater number of enterprise...

Urban regeneration in Poland’s non-core regions

ABSTRACT After many years of efforts aimed at reaching a cohesive and inclusive socio-economic development, Poland keeps witnessing some significant disparities in the distribution of wealth. Moreover, these disparities intensified in the course of the post-socialist transition and they have not been diminished by the regional policy of the EU. In this light, urban regeneration appears as an important, emerging sphere of public intervention intended to support the less developed regions. The objective of this study is twofold: first, to characterize the place of urban regeneration in the Polish strategic planning system, and second, to carry out an in-depth analysis of planning strategies and practices of urban regeneration at the regional level and conclude with recommendations for planning. The latter is achieved by examining the Polish experience with urban regeneration practices in the 1999–2015 period using Wielkopolska region as a case study. In order to reach this objective: (a) all strategic documents related to urban regeneration have been collected and analysed, (b) a survey has been conducted in 100 cities and towns of the region and finally (c) 50 interviews have been carried out with various stakeholders involved in the urban regeneration process. The article concludes with recommendations for planning and further urban regeneration projects aiming to alleviate the development disparities between core and non-core regions.

Czasoprzestrzenna analiza rynku nowych samochodów osobowych w Polsce

The purpose of the article is to offer a spatial and temporal analysis of the market for new cars in Poland using different methodological approaches and tools. It covers: –general characteristics of the car market in Poland in its spatial and temporal dimensions; –identification of the socio-economic conditions that affect the demand of individual consumers for new cars and their spatial differences; and –distinguishing different types of the car demand variability in its spatial and temporal dimensions, as well as forecasting the future demand. Based on a literature review, the potential socio-economic conditions that might affect the car demand have been identified, and subsequently their role in the Polish circumstances has been defined with the use of econometric modelling. The model of multiple regression showed that the demand for new cars was stimulated by incomes of potential consumers and by a net in-migration, and depressed by the level of unemployment together with prices of complementary goods (especially petrol prices). Further analysis with geographically weighted regression (GWR) models revealed general spatial trends in the way that the identified conditions affected the demand for cars. Finally, the use of harmonic analysis allowed for the forecasting of the future car demand at the level of individual territorial units (poviats). The latter were categorised into four types according to their car demand variability.The purpose of the article is to offer a spatial and temporal analysis of the market for new cars in Poland using different methodological approaches and tools. It covers: –general characteristics of the car market in Poland in its spatial and temporal dimensions; –identification of the socio-economic conditions that affect the demand of individual consumers for new cars and their spatial differences; and –distinguishing different types of the car demand variability in its spatial and temporal dimensions, as well as forecasting the future demand. Based on a literature review, the potential socio-economic conditions that might affect the car demand have been identified, and subsequently their role in the Polish circumstances has been defined with the use of econometric modelling. The model of multiple regression showed that the demand for new cars was stimulated by incomes of potential consumers and by a net in-migration, and depressed by the level of unemployment together with prices of complementary goods (especially petrol prices). Further analysis with geographically weighted regression (GWR) models revealed general spatial trends in the way that the identified conditions affected the demand for cars. Finally, the use of harmonic analysis allowed for the forecasting of the future car demand at the level of individual territorial units (poviats). The latter were categorised into four types according to their car demand variability.