INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL CREATIVITY

Marzenna CHROMIŃSKA-OLSZANKO

Innovations - Risk

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012

Abstract Innovation is a special tool for entrepreneurs, which helps to creates new opportunities for beginning a new enterprise or providing a new service. In Polish companies there are many possibilities of the introduction of innovation, based on the innovative industry operational programme (Program Operacyjny [...] Read more.

PARTICIPATION OF NEW EMERGING STATES IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT AS A MEANS OF MANIFESTING THEIR GEOPOLITICAL SUBJECTIVITY

Michał Marcin KOBIERECKI

World Economy – Geopolitics

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012

Abstract The purpose of this article is to analyze participation in international sport as a means of achieving political goals. The research is focused on new emerging states that have been gaining independence after World War II, mostly in Asia and Africa. Their leaders’ ambition was to play an important role [...] Read more.

SOME ASPECTS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE WORLD ECONOMY (2008-2010)

Mirosław GEISE

World Economy – Geopolitics

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012

Abstract The article describes the structural changes in the global economy in the period of rapid economic fluctuations 2008-2010. In this short time, East Asia, especially China, strengthened their competitive positions internationally. The key international corporations clearly changed their position in the [...] Read more.

SELF–FULFILLING PROPHECY – DEFINITION, IDENTIFICATION AND CHALLENGES

Grzegorz MALINOWSKI

Thinking of the Future

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-4 (72-75) 2012,  Publication date: 20 October 2012

Abstract Self – fulfilling prophecy is a well known phenomenon for economists. It is usually defined through a popular example known as a “run on banks". However, it is very hard to find any elaboration, where this subject is being studied precisely. An underlying purpose of this article is to fill this gap [...] Read more.

"ROUND TABLE" - A POSITIVE INTERPRETATION OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION, AS PERCEIVED BY THE POLISH POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT

Bartosz JUSZCZYSZYN

Varia – Interpretations Retro

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (70-71) 2011,  Publication date: 17 October 2011

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to present the attitude of the polish political elite towards the effects of the Round Table Agreement. Widely recognized as a trigger of the democratic transformation in Poland, the Round Table Agreement is still one of the most controversial issues in public debate [...] Read more.

COLLECTING CRUMBS OF REMEMBRANCES. ABOUT ITALIAN CHILDHOOD BY ROBERTO SALVADORI

Aleksandra RZEPKOWSKA

Varia – Interpretations Retro

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (70-71) 2011,  Publication date: 17 October 2011

Abstract The article aims to analyze a book entitled Italian childhood (in original language: Un’infanza italiana). Its author – Roberto Salvadori is a respected Italian publicist, essayist and publisher. He is married to Polish essayist and publisher – Barbara Toruńczyk and has lived in Poland for many [...] Read more.

THE HAITI LEGEND REVISITED: EARTHQUAKE, DEVIL’S PACT, POLONE NWA, HOAX, AND ONLINE COMMENTS

Violetta KRAWCZYK-WASILEWSKA

Global Problems – Some Narratives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (70-71) 2011,  Publication date: 17 October 2011

Abstract The article deals with post-earthquake e-folklore of a global character. The author’s study is mainly based on Internet sources. After the catastrophe, there remained an old legend about a Haitian – Satanic pact and "God’s wrath" (cited by a CBN televangelist) on the one hand. On the other hand, the [...] Read more.

TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD GEOPOLITICAL SYSTEM DURING AND AFTER THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION

Paweł DZIECIŃSKI

Global Problems – Some Narratives

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (70-71) 2011,  Publication date: 17 October 2011

Abstract The forming, existence and fall of the Soviet Union had a great impact upon the world geopolitical order. Lenin’s revolution eliminated the great world power situated in the middle of the world geopolitical order. Because German military power disappeared too and the USA declared its neutrality, Great [...] Read more.

TRANS-, POST - / -HUMANISM, -HUMAN

Ewa M. WALEWSKA

Human Life – Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (70-71) 2011,  Publication date: 17 October 2011

Abstract The human desire to gain new abilities is as old as our species itself. To acquire extraordinary abilities, superhuman strength, indestructible and impervious to diseases body, to eliminate suffering and ageing, finally to become immortal are the humans` oldest dreams. Nowadays these dreams become true [...] Read more.

TRANSFORMATION OF A MODERN DANCE

Magdalena MIKRUT

Human Life – Transformations of Culture

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 3-4 (70-71) 2011,  Publication date: 17 October 2011

Abstract Modern dance is an perpetual revolution. It emphasizes the improvisation and combination of various elements derived from classical ballet, acrobatics and gymnastics. Basic instrument of the dancer is his body. Among the modern dance precursors one can list names such as: Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman [...] Read more.