http://hdl.handle.net/11320/16462 2026-06-01T16:25:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/16673 Tytuł: The Silesian Sanation on the Great Economic Crisis of the 1930s Autorzy: Zagóra-Jonszta, Urszula Abstrakt: Goal – the article analyzes the anti-crisis policy of the Silesian Sanation. In this challenging period for the economy, the Silesian provincial authorities had to counteract the crisis’s adverse effects and defend themselves against attacks from the opposition, mainly the Silesian Christian Democrats and socialists, who criticized their actions. Research methodology – source analysis, comparative, and description methods were used. This investigation is based on pre-and post-war studies on the discussed topic. Score/results – during the crisis years, the Silesian authorities extended the public works system and triggered the Polonization of the Silesian industry. Contrary to the central government, the active involvement of the state in economic life was accepted by the Silesian Sanation. The state was taking over indebted German enterprises because of the weakness of the Polish private capital. Originality/value – the article is based on source materials, i.e., Prints and Transcripts of the Silesian Parliament, materials from the National Christian Labor Union congresses, and the Sanation press. The Silesian Sanation stance towards interventionism was stated, which is often forgotten when writing about the government’s attitude (as a representative of the total authorities) to the state’s role in the economy. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/16672 Tytuł: Smart Cities of the Central and Eastern Europe Autorzy: Prystrom, Joanna; Wierzbicka, Katarzyna Abstrakt: Goal – the aim of this article is to discuss the essence of smart cities as one of the effects of public sector innovation. More specifically, the attention will be focused on the Central and Eastern European area, analyzing smart cities and their achievements in this region. Research methodology – the article contains review of the literature, an analysis of innovation and smart cities measures and indicators, on the basis of international rankings and good practices. Score/results – the presented statistical data and good practises indicate that the innovativeness of the public sector and a scale of smart cities is growing. Innovations play a key role in creating development and the ability to adapt to constantly changing operating conditions. The implementation of the smart cities concept can be boldly described as an effect of the innovation of the private sector. It is thanks to this type of activities that cities are able to meet the constantly changing expectations of residents, but also of potential investors. It is important to point that smart cities mean both economic and technological development, care for residents, but also sustainable development, i.e., despite striving for continuous technological development, care for the natural environment. Historical facts and belonging to the Eastern Bloc prevented countries from Central and Eastern Europe from achieving such a state of affairs. However, it is comforting to note that despite this developmental backwardness, these economies are actively trying to follow the path of innovation leaders, climbing up the innovation and smart city rankings. Originality/value – the review of the literature on the subject and the conducted analysis have highlighted serious problems with measuring innovation in the public sector and in smart cities. Moreover, the focus was on the somewhat forgotten part of the Central and Eastern Europe, which, despite its developmental backwardness, turned out to be aware of the power of innovation and the implementation of the smart city concept, which it continues to do in small or large steps. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/16671 Tytuł: Platform Work as a Source of Satisfaction – Its Merits and Demerits in the Opinion of Poles Autorzy: Ostoj, Izabela Abstrakt: Goal – the article aims to identify the characteristics of platform work (PW) as a potential source of satisfaction, based on the opinions of adult Poles. It draws on the approaches to job satisfaction derived from neoclassical economics and psychological concepts of work. Research methodology – the characteristics of PW were compiled through the review of extant literature. The opinions were collected in a diagnostic survey using an online questionnaire filled and returned by a representative sample of 3165 Poles. The survey identified a group declaring to have the knowledge of platform-mediated work opportunities, which ultimately contained 2099 respondents. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this was the first survey in Poland on the perception of the characteristics of work mediated through digital platforms conducted on such a large scale. Score/results – the study showed that major benefits of PW relate to contractor autonomy and concern the freedom of choice when and how long to work. The most frequently identified demerit, on the other hand, concerns work remuneration and it is the instability of income. Originality/value – the originality of the study stems from the quantitative representation of the opinions concerning the characteristics of platform-mediated work, divided into merits and demerits classified under three categories: labour income, contractor autonomy, and working conditions. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/16667 Tytuł: Rational and Cooperative Strategies in an Arms Race. Conclusions from Empirical Research Autorzy: Korkus, Adrian Abstrakt: Goal – this article describes a proposed model of arms race game and the results of its application in an experiment measuring the inclination of human players to participate in a non-productive competition such as an arms race. Research methodology – methods in this research include: designing a game of an arms race based on a prisoner’s dilemma and one dollar auction, theoretical analysis of strategies to determine the best rational strategy for the player, conducting the experiment in various conditions and comparison between theoretical and empirical results. Score/results – the analysis of various strategies showed that the most rational strategy is the minimum expenditure on armaments to allow effective defense against an adversary. The empirical results showed that players spent significantly higher amounts on armaments than theoretical predictions would have assumed, and 15 out of 26 games did not end close to Nash Equilibrum, which showed that the participants did not play according to rational calculation. The ability to communicate effectively resulted in players being more cooperative. In addition, those who said they played computer games performed better than the others, and finance and accounting students were more likely to choose strategies based on competition. The research supports the thesis that people are inclined to compete even when the competition brings them losses. Originality/value – the proposed game of an arms race is a new model, that can be used to simulate an arms race and to measure rationality of human players. The conducted experiments also provide evidence about human behavior regarding choosing cooperation or competition. 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z