scholarly journals Analysis of Knowledge-based Economy Development in Poland in the Light of Strategic Documents

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Edyta Dworak
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Scientific Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
Analysis Of Knowledge

After the European Union summit in spring 2005, the member countries were obliged to implement the Lisbon Strategy on the national level and to prepare national strategies to fulfil its goals. Due to this, the goals and tasks of building knowledge-based economy were entered into the strategic documents and operational programs included in the National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013 (NSRF), prepared by successive governments after 2005. However, it needs to be mentioned that also scientific institutions (e.g. the Polish Academy of Sciences, PAN) introduced various strategic documents in which issues of knowledge-based economy and its role in the social and economic development of Poland were included. However, a study of a holistic knowledgebased economy was not made. The aim of article is to present and assess the most important documents referring to the strategy of knowledge–based economy development in Poland.

scholarly journals Modern Approach To Organizational Resources Based On The Example Of The Elbląg Furniture Cluster

Equilibrium ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Rafał Kućmański
Keyword(s):  
The European Union ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
New Type ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
Competitive Economy

The Lisbon Strategy, which is implementing a new type of economic policy, is intended to change the economy of the European Union into a knowledge-based economy which will be the most competitive economy in the world. This should lead to sustainable economic growth by, among other things, providing a bigger number of better jobs and greater social cohesion. The issues of the development of competitiveness and innovativeness in European regions, which have their roots in the Lisbon Strategy and have transformed into the Regional Innovation Strategies, have become increasingly popular and significant. One of the tools facilitating this development is undoubtedly the cluster. The purpose of the present article is to outline new approaches to the world economy. It also presents an innovative dimension of co-operation as well as various forms of organizing contemporary entrepreneurship.

scholarly journals The European Union Innovation Performance in View of the Lisbon Strategy

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 79-96
Author(s):  
Witold Kasperkiewicz ◽  
Andrzej Kacprzyk
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Economic Distance ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Eu

The Lisbon Strategy was accepted by the European Council in March 2000 during the Lisbon summit. The Strategy is European Union’s answer to many challenges resulting from the economic globalization and the dynamic development of information technologies. The importance of these challenges is paramount. Hence, it has turned out that new strategies based on the principle of balanced development which would modernize the European economy are indispensable. Even though in the last decade of the 20th century integration process of Union’s economies underwent considerable intensification, they still could not outweigh the American economy in the technological race. As a result European economies became less competitive in comparison with the American counterpart. The rise in innovativeness of the EU economies plays a key role in the implementation of the major aims of the Lisbon Strategy. The ability to facilitate those innovations and to put them into practice have crucial importance for minimizing the economic distance between EU and US. The main aim of the paper is to present the innovativeness of European economies and Japan. The paper also evaluates the conditions and effects of the implementation of the strategic objectives of Lisbon Strategy. The paper is divided into four parts. First deals with the characteristics of the role of knowledge-based economy and innovativeness of the economic system in Lisbon Strategy. Second is devoted to the issue of innovativeness of the EU economies as compared to the US and Japan. Third presents evaluation of the Lisbon Strategy implementation. Fourth analyses the renewed Lisbon Strategy

scholarly journals Implementation of the Lisbon Strategy Targets at the Regional Level in the EU and Slovenia

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Aristovnik ◽  
Andrej Pungartnik
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Monitoring Method ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
The Eu

In 2000, the European Union set itself a target in the Lisbon Strategy to become the most dynamic, competitive and knowledge-based economy in the world in ten years, whereas during the mid-term review, which was held five years later, it redefined its two main objectives: creation of new and better jobs and achievement of stronger, lasting economic growth. This paper aims to study the current situation in the European Union and Slovenia regarding the implementation of the targets of the renewed Lisbon Strategy. The analysis focuses on establishing at what stage the EU is in the attainment of its goals and how successfully it has implemented the strategy at the regional level of the EU Member States. The basic tools in the analysis included the time-distance monitoring method and a presentation of the time lead or lag in the implementation of the selected Lisbon Strategy targets at the NUTS 2 regional level of the enlarged EU and Slovenia.

From Social Capital to Social Production Implications for Individuals, Organisations and Nations

2011 ◽  
pp. 379-385
Author(s):  
Margaret Tan
Keyword(s):  
National Level ◽  
Social Production ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Space ◽  
Organizational Ability ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Competitive Actions

In recent years, the advancing and sophisticated interconnectivity of the fast-evolving interactive digital technologies have dramatically created a new space that is both virtual as well as physical, that is both conceptual as well as real. This new collaborative space known as the ‘co-space’ provides a new paradigm shift to the economic and social ecology of information and knowledge creation. For instance, various social networking tools and technologies that enable individuals and the communities to express, communicate, and interact to share their creative works and knowledge in the new ‘co-space’ can facilitate profound networks of relationships that not only constitute a valuable conduit for the conduct of social affairs but also the social production of intellectual capital. In other words, as social production becomes a critical contributor in the knowledge-based economy, it is important to recognize that the key to today’s innovations may be developing the organizational ability to harness such social production efforts so as to use them in the formulation of competitive actions at the individual, organizational as well as national level.

The Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship (ACE) Initiative

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 443-454
Author(s):  
Maébh Coleman ◽  
Angela Hamouda ◽  
Kathryn Cormican
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
New Venture ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Lisbon Strategy ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The World

According to the GEM Ireland Report (2009), those who have exposure to entrepreneurship education in Ireland have an increased propensity to start a new venture. The importance of entrepreneurial skills was picked up by the European Union which, in its Lisbon Strategy of March 2000, declared its objective of transforming Europe into the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010, and indicated that it considered entrepreneurship to be one of the ‘new basic skills’ for this knowledge-based economy. This paper examines how Irish HEIs can improve their provision of entrepreneurship education to promote positive economic growth. In particular, the authors explore the approach, process and research of the Accelerating Campus Entrepreneurship Initiative, which is a collaborative project involving five Irish HEIs aiming to produce entrepreneurial graduates in Ireland.

scholarly journals The Discursive Construction of Innovation Policy in Peripheralising Estonia

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-91
Author(s):  
Sebastian Schulz
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Innovation Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
Policy Solutions

An innovation-driven agenda in regional development policy has emerged in the European Union against the backdrop of peripheralisation, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. Using a discursive analytical framework, the article investigates the ways in which peripheralisation is manifested through language, practices and power-rationalities in Estonian innovation policy discourse. The analysis is footed on key strategic policy documents and semistructured expert interviews. Findings suggest that Estonian innovation policy’s main narrative of the ‘knowledge-based economy’ accepts growing disparities on sub-national level in order to overcome peripherality at European scale and narrows the range of policy solutions perceived as suitable.

scholarly journals Hungary’s employment policy from the point of view joining the European Union

2009 ◽  
pp. 189-197
Author(s):  
Andrea Szabó
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Eu

What is a place of work? Is it a commitment to work, or continuous pressure under work, or hunting for income? This article is a brief review about the main milestones of the employment history of the European Union and Hungary. In 1989, the Social Charta about the social principles of employee was issued. In 1997 the employment policy became the part of the acquis communautaire. Finally, in 1998, the EuropeanEmployment Strategy was developed, which contains the community employment guidelines. In the year of millennium, the new long term concept of the EU, the Lisbon Strategy was approved. In this document the EU was targeted as the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the World till 2010. The Tens joint to the EU in 2004, and a bit later it became clear, that the EU is light-armed against some of the world economy challenges. As a consequence, many objectives of the Strategy could not be reached. Recently member states of the EU have to develop the national action plan for employment year by year. The hungarian plans were developed as well, but the wrong labour market’s parameters haven’t been changed since 2004.

Adult Learners in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 618-626
Author(s):  
Maria R. Correia ◽  
Anabela Sarmento
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
European Council ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
And Training

The development and promotion of the strategic goal of the European Union (EU) to become a competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy and society (Lisbon European Council, 2000) can only be achieved with relevant technological infrastructures together with people equipped with necessary skills and competencies (European Commission, 2002). This must be supported by a well-structured initial education, constantly updated by a continuous lifelong learning programme, so that people can face the challenges of a series of new jobs, maybe separated by spells of short-term contracts or even unemployment. This continuous education programme should be available to all citizens regardless of their age and social or economic status. In a knowledge-based society, education and training are among the highest priorities because they are central to the creation and transmission of knowledge and are a determining factor for societal innovation. It is also recognized that human resources are the main assets for every organization and country (Lisbon European Council).

Adult Learners in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Ana Maria R. Correia ◽  
Anabela Sarmento
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
European Council ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Determining Factor ◽  
And Training

The development and promotion of the strategic goal of the European Union (EU) to become a competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy and society (Lisbon European Council, 2000) can only be achieved with relevant technological infrastructures together with people equipped with necessary skills and competencies (European Commission, 2002). This must be supported by a well-structured initial education, constantly updated by a continuous lifelong learning programme, so that people can face the challenges of a series of new jobs, maybe separated by spells of short-term contracts or even unemployment. This continuous education programme should be available to all citizens regardless of their age and social or economic status. In a knowledge-based society, education and training are among the highest priorities because they are central to the creation and transmission of knowledge and are a determining factor for societal innovation. It is also recognized that human resources are the main assets for every organization and country (Lisbon European Council).

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document