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Baltic and North Sea Rivalry
Jan DaraszEstonia was urged to reinforce regional cooperation in offshore power generation and stimulate Baltic wind power cooperation as the North Sea wind power forges ahead.
Industry 4.0 could bring Poland additional USD4.8bn
Marek PielachAccording to Siemens’ experts, the digital industrial revolution could bring a total of USD4.8bn to the Polish economy. And this figure only takes into account the four key industries that have been examined: machinery,...
The society should agree on reducing inequality
Marek PielachThere is a need for a new social contract that will include people working on flexible contracts, as well as the former middle class, says Hans Timmer, World Bank Chief Economist for the Europe and Central Asia Region.
The economy of the future is leasing, not owning
Magdalena KrukowskaNatural resources are being depleted, we are not able to deal with the waste, the closed circuit is therefore the only survival scenario, says Brendan Burns from the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels.
Low wages don’t matter in modern manufacturing
Marek PielachMillions of people moving from the countryside to urban factories as a recipe for the economic no longer works. Products that provide a decent margin are manufactured by workers in developed countries, and some of them will...
Crowdfunding gets attention in the CSE countries
Vedran ObućinaCrowdfunding has an exponential growth in the Adriatic region. In the last five years, startups, companies, associations, and individuals organised more than 2200 group financing campaigns, with some USD9m collected money.
Polish GDP grows thanks to 3 million creative employees
Marek PielachThe concept of the creative class assumes that a strong correlation exists between the number of employees using knowledge and skills to solve problems or create new quality and economic growth, says Associate Professor,...
A smart industry development policy can be pursued
Sebastian StodolakThe EU as an economy is lagging behind because its competitiveness is falling, for example compared with China, believes Stefano da Empoli, the head of the Institute for Competitiveness in Rome.
Polish startups light the way
Jo HarperThe Venture Capital market in Poland is the strongest in Central and Southeast Europe with over 50 active VCs and thousands of angel investors. It attracts founders of similar culture from countries from the former Soviet...
Polish companies do not fully use the capacity of the internet
Krzysztof BieńPoles more and more buy online but Polish entrepreneurs are much worse at using the internet. Only one out of eight companies is able to sell online. In terms of social media use, Polish enterprises lag behind the rest of...