Yuriy Bilan
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Publications - 27
MANAGING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR EX-COMBATANTS: EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH КРІ METHODOLOGY
Publication Name: Polish Journal of Management Studies
Publication Date: 2025-06-25
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
Page Range: 248-263
Description:
The management of the ex-combatants’ social protection is analysed using the KPI methodology. For this analysis, five blocks of indicators are adapted: “input” – funding allocated to ex-combatants’ social protection; “output” – ex-combatants’ participation in social programs; “activity” – funding per recipient and final performance of social protection; “mechanism” – administrative efforts required to achieve the intended outcomes; “control” – effectiveness of ex-combatants’ social protection compared to other population groups. The methodology has been tested in Ukraine using a system of 28 indicators available in 2020-2023. The lowest efficiency is typical for input indicators, mainly support programs funding (0.153 in 2022), the highest values were observed for activities indicators (ranging from 0,609 to 0.871). However, the essential distance from maximum level of 1.0 is obvious for all indicators. This approach allows for identifying existing gaps and opportunities to improve public management of ex-combatants’ social protection.
Open Access: Yes
Evaluating the effectiveness of public finance used for social protection of internally displaced persons
Publication Name: Public and Municipal Finance
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Page Range: 23-40
Description:
The increasing number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in wartime Ukraine leads to growing problems in social protection funding. Under these circumstances, the evaluation of the effectiveness of public finance use is of increasing importance. The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of public finance for internally displaced persons’ social protection, adapting the KPI methodology for analysis on the national level. The effectiveness is considered following the OECD approach as the extent to which the intervention achieved its objectives and results. At macrolevel of research, the integral indicator was developed based on indicators of input (financing of social protection programs), output (involvement of IDPs in social programs), activity (funding per recipient and multiplicative effect in GDP growth), mechanism (administrative costs for achieving results), and control (effectiveness of IDPs’ social protection compared to other demographic groups). Thirty indicators in total were used (e.g., budgetary funding allocated for housing assistance; budget expenditures on staff salaries of the authorities responsible for certain programs; coverage rate of unemployed IDPs receiving vocational training). The essential distance from the maximum level of expected results (1.0) allows concluding the low effectiveness in this area of public finance use: from 0.330 in 2020 to 0.668 in 2023. Gaps are evident in each direction, especially in input performance (the highest value did not exceed 0.370). The best results were achieved in housing funding and employment governance. The proposed approach is useful for analyzing gaps and identifying opportunities to improve the management of other social programs.
Open Access: Yes
Energy security challenges in Europe: the importance of renewable energy innovations for economic viability after Russia Ukraine war
Publication Name: Environment Development and Sustainability
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: Unknown
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
Europe's energy security is a very relevant and debatable topic today, especially since the Russia Ukraine conflict energy security is becoming a challenge for Europe. Many countries in the European Union do not have sufficient fossil energy resources and are dependent on neighboring, energy-rich countries. Such dependence on other countries in the EU is useless and even dangerous, both economically and politically or in terms of energy security. The EU faces serious energy security challenges due to its high dependence on external energy exporters. Countries that export energy resources can manipulate them and exert both economic and political pressure. The main problem is how to assess the energy transformation opportunities while strengthening energy security. Currently, there is a lack of research that would propose solutions to increase energy security on a national scale. Renewable energy solutions would allow achieving these goals, thus creating synergy with economic benefits. During the study, energy business representatives were interviewed in order to understand market trends and attitudes. When processing the data using the factor analysis method, results were obtained that reveal a clear connection between renewable energy and energy security. Research shows that geopolitical security becomes an important aspect when the volume of renewable energy deployment increases.
Open Access: Yes
The Impact of “Neoliberal Culture” on Economic Development in the SEE Countries
Publication Name: Montenegrin Journal of Economics
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Page Range: 221-232
Description:
The subject of the paper is to point out the influence of the so-called "neoliberal culture" on economic development in the SEE countries and to explain the relationship between "neoliberal culture" and alternative institutions. In order to understand the topics covered by the research, the nature of the relationship between culture and institutions, as well as the relationship between culture and economic development, are additionally explained. The goal of the research is to ascertain the negative impact of the so-called "neoliberal culture" in SEE countries. It is based on the hypothesis that, with its hybrid and pseudo characteristics, it favored the formation and strengthening of alternative institutions, that is, a long-term socio-economic crisis. In addition to the usual methods of social and economic sciences, the descriptive method and the creation of logical images and schemes were mainly used in the work. In conclusion, the initial hypothesis was verified.
Open Access: Yes
Quality at the Core: A Multifaceted Analysis of Higher Education’s Impact on the Knowledge Economy
Publication Name: Journal of the Knowledge Economy
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: Unknown
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
In a globalized, knowledge-driven economy, the quality of higher education is a pivotal contributor to socio-economic advancement, yet its assessment remains complex due to its inherent subjectivity and multifaceted nature. This study presents an innovative methodological approach for evaluating the quality of higher education within the knowledge economy framework, utilizing the context-input-process-output (CIPO) model, exploratory factor analysis, and stochastic frontier analysis. The input indicators include financial resources (government spending per student, direct public funding for a student, share of capital/current expenditures, compensation to the teaching/nonteaching staff), human resources (student–teacher ratio, share of enrollment in higher education, number of teachers), and expected duration of higher education. The output indicators include the general level of graduation from first-degree programs and level of education, at least completed short-cycle higher education. Indicators of economic (GDP per capita) and social (employment rate and Gini index) development of the country were chosen as context parameters. Conducting a comparative analysis across 36 European countries from 2001 to 2017 available data, the authors identified integrated factors for input and output parameters, as well as context parameters characterizing the quality of higher education. Then we categorize national higher education systems into five distinct quality levels: very low, low, satisfactory, high, and very high. This classification enables us to dissect and understand the challenges faced by countries at the lower end of the quality spectrum and propose strategic solutions informed by the best practices of the leading nations. Our findings offer critical insights into optimizing higher education quality to enhance competitive advantages for educational institutions, improve employment prospects and living standards for students, secure a more qualified workforce for employers, and spur economic growth and productivity at the national level. This comprehensive assessment underscores the role of quality education as a cornerstone of the knowledge economy, driving innovation, economic development, and societal progress.
Open Access: Yes
Modeling the Efficiency of Resource Consumption Management in Construction Under Sustainability Policy: Enriching the DSEM-ARIMA Model
Publication Name: Sustainability Switzerland
Publication Date: 2024-12-01
Volume: 16
Issue: 24
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
The aim of this research is to study the influence of factors affecting the efficiency of resource consumption under the sustainability policy based on using the DSEM-ARIMA (Dyadic Structural Equation Modeling based on the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) model. The study is performed using the Thailand experience. The research findings indicate that continuous economic growth aligns with the country’s objectives, directly contributing to continuous social growth. This aligns with the country’s efficient planning. It demonstrates that the management aligns with the goal of achieving Thailand 5.0. Furthermore, considering the environmental aspect, it is found that economic and social growth directly impacts the ecological aspect due to the significant influence of resource consumption in the construction. The resource consumption in construction shows a growth rate increase of 264.59% (2043/2024), reaching 401.05 ktoe (2043), which exceeds the carrying capacity limit set at 250.25 ktoe, resulting in significant long-term environmental degradation. Additionally, considering the political aspect, it is found to have the greatest influence on the environment, exacerbating environmental damage beyond current levels. Therefore, the DSEM-ARIMA model establishes a new scenario policy, indicating that resource consumption in construction leads to environmental degradation reduced to 215.45 ktoe (2043), which does not exceed the carrying capacity. Thus, if this model is utilized, it can serve as a vital tool in formulating policies to steer the country’s growth toward Thailand 5.0 effectively.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/su162410945
Role of energy natural resource productivity and environmental taxation in controlling environmental pollution: Policy-based analysis for regions
Publication Name: Geological Journal
Publication Date: 2024-11-01
Volume: 59
Issue: 11
Page Range: 3068-3079
Description:
The present study explores the impact of energy natural resource productivity and environmental tax on environmental sustainability in six major CO2 -emitting economies: the Euro Area, China, South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, from 1997 to 2019. This analysis aims to reveal novel findings and implications for different energy natural resource productivity types and environmental regulations. We employed data regarding leading national and regional CO2 emitters from 1997 to 2020 to conduct an empirical analysis using the panel non-linear auto-regressive distributed lag (NARDL) and panel quantile ARDL (QARDL) methods. The results show that energy natural resource productivity and environmental tax are crucial components in reducing CO2 emissions by controlling for innovation technology and renewable energy consumption. The main findings demonstrate that the impact is stronger in the presence of increased energy natural resource productivity and vice versa. These findings have novel implications for sustainable development and carbon neutrality.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1002/gj.5047
Malta's low carbon transition towards sustainability
Publication Name: Sustainable Development
Publication Date: 2024-10-01
Volume: 32
Issue: 5
Page Range: 5120-5128
Description:
The transition to low-carbon energy and energy independence of a country play an important role in the sustainable development of its energy sector. Another important issue of sustainable energy development is the cost competitiveness in the generation process; with new renewable energy technologies, a sustainable energy transition to carbon-neutral society is possible. In this article, we present a view of sustainable energy transformation based on a case study of Malta. We have created a simulation of a Maltese electricity system with projected growth and dominance of photovoltaic energy in the electricity market. The study results suggest that a system with a high penetration of photovoltaics has significant advantage over a conventional system using fossil fuels. In particular, in the simulated Maltese system, the total annual cost of energy was reduced threefold, the CO2 emissions were reduced by 40%, and the energy independence of Malta increased by 60%. In the end, the article gives a recommendation for further research into the Maltese energy system.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1002/sd.2967
Interplay between economic progress, carbon emissions and energy prices on green energy adoption: Evidence from USA and Germany in context of sustainability
Publication Name: Renewable Energy
Publication Date: 2024-10-01
Volume: 232
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
In contemporary times, where most academic research mainly focuses on the factors of economic and environmental sustainability and emissions reduction. Yet, very little attention has been paid to the identification of the factors of renewable energy, which requires appropriate policy-level attention. Consequently, this research investigated two developed economies, i.e., Germany and the USA, from 1991 to 2021 where, the objective of the study includes using novel and robust empirical methods to test the causal relationship between renewable energy and CO2 emissions, economic growth, technological innovations and oil prices. Using the normality and unit root estimators, this study observed that non-normal data distribution, yet all the variables are stationary. Using time-series and panel cointegration tests, the results validate the cointegration between economic growth, oil prices, carbon emission, technological innovation, and renewable energy adoption in the United States whereas Germany does not show cointegration between the variables. This study employ ‘s the Morlet-Wavelet approaches and key findings show that all these variables have a significant role in improving renewable energy adoption in both the region. Furthermore, results show a unidirectional and bidirectional causal association between the variables via the panel-stacked Granger causality test. This study recommends effective policy ramifications concerning improved investment in technological innovation, improved low-carbon production, and diverting economic growth to renewable energy transition. Use of improved new time-series method of wavelet coherence show the key contribution in this paper with new evidence of time frequency analysis on how external variables affect renewable energy consumption in developed countries of US and Germany. The objective includes understanding the effects of CO2 emissions, economic growth, technological innovations and oil prices on renewable energy which would give evidence to policy makers and environmentalists on how developed countries should improve clean energy adoption.
Open Access: Yes
Linking gold prices, fossil fuel costs and energy consumption to assess progress towards sustainable development goals in newly industrialized countries
Publication Name: Geoscience Frontiers
Publication Date: 2024-05-01
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
The continuous rise in global environmental challenges has led to urgency toward establishing a secure framework to achieve sustainable development goals. This study establishes a novel theoretical framework to analyze the role of energy prices, energy consumption, gold prices and economic growth on environmental degradation in newly industrialized economies. To realize sustainable development goals and foster environmental defence, this study utilizes CS-ARDL as the main econometric approach to investigate the asymmetric association between environmental degradation and relevant factors. We also use AMG, CS-DL, Driscoll-Kray and FGLS to enhance the robustness of our findings. Our econometric approach reveals that energy resource prices and renewable energy consumption reduce environmental degradation, while gold prices and fossil energy consumption elevate environmental pollutants. We also confirm the existence of the EKC hypothesis. The findings of our extensive analysis paved the way for a well-designed environmental policy for NIC economies should focus on renewable energy consumption, green investments, and structural changes.
Open Access: Yes
Social integration of internally displaced persons in Ukraine: Problems and challenges for governing local communities
Publication Name: Problems and Perspectives in Management
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Volume: 22
Issue: 1
Page Range: 728-740
Description:
This study aims to evaluate social integration and obstacles for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in local communities for further improvement of governing local communities regarding the integration of IDPs in new surroundings. The expert sample included 38 representatives of relevant authorities, scientists, NGOs, and volunteer organizations from 11 Ukrainian regions. The survey was conducted using the online questionnaire method via Google Forms. The results show the low participation of IDPs in most political and civil activities in new communities. The level of social integration according to these criteria is, respectively, 3.0 and 3.2 points out of 6 possible. At the same time, the level of economic integration (3.7 points) and integration into cultural and sports initiatives (3.6 points) are comparatively high, which are a feature illustrating the readiness to be involved in some kinds of activities in a new community. A significant result is also the fact that according to most signs of social integration, in the evaluations of experts, there are assessments of the activity of IDPs at a level that exceeds the activity of residents (6 points). Such results indicate the existence of a resource for developing communities due to the use of the potential of IDPs. This is especially characteristic of activities in counteraction to russian aggression, involvement in grant and project activities, search for opportunities for legal income, and support of social justice principles in labor relations.
Open Access: Yes
Ukrainian students on the global map of academic migration
Publication Name: Problems and Perspectives in Management
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Page Range: 558-575
Description:
Considering the loss of talented youth in Ukraine caused by migration, there is a growing need to investigate how to attract and retain students. The study aims to identify the peculiarities of Ukrainian student migration against the background of global patterns of academic migration, focusing on factors of countries' attractiveness for the students. The typology of countries by the level of inbound and outbound academic migration is developed based on variation analysis. The correlation analysis is used to identify the factors that influence countries' attractiveness to students. The analysis of educational policies of the most attractive countries for Ukrainian students is fulfilled using the contextual analysis of legislative norms on academic mobility. In the global dimension, the variation of both inbound and outbound academic mobility is closely related to a country's economic level, measured by GNI per capita. However, the correlation analysis did not confirm the higher migration attractiveness of countries with a high level of economic development (correlation with GNI per capita is -0.147). The impact of employment and social and economic resilience of an economy was relatively significant, with the correlation coefficients of 0.426 and 0.371. The analysis of educational policies of host countries showed the active use of language integration tools, the combined use of financial mechanisms, and the involvement of universities in career development. Implementation of the best practices of educational management in Ukraine is critical for restoring demographic and intellectual capital.
Open Access: Yes
VARIANCE AND DEVIATIONS IN THE BUDGETS OF REGIONAL ENTERPRISES AS AN ELEMENT OF RISK MEASUREMENT IN THE PROBABILISTIC MODEL
Publication Name: Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Volume: 27
Issue: 3
Page Range: 120-139
Description:
The aim of this article is to develop models that can measure probabilistic budget volatility risk in a manner that is not dependent on the type of cost or financing unit. Budgets are essential tools in facilitating the management process of any organization, while budget control helps optimize resource allocation and enhance operational efficiency. Using the methodology of budget deviation analysis can significantly improve the management of organizational units. However, the authors identify a research gap in terms of both methodology and application when it comes to analyzing the risk of budget variances. To address this, the authors develop models based on the theory of extreme values. The models can determine the deviation level for a specific probability level and estimate the limit level of deviation for assumed probabilities. These models can be used to holistically evaluate the level of budget implementation in the enterprise, compare the quality of budget implementation overtime and across units, and identify materiality limits of budget variances. To validate the models, empirical data from the budget control system of a major European city university was used. Empirical distributions obtained from the data were used to determine budget variances that indicate the level of deviation for a given probability level.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: DOI not available
MANAGING A VETERAN BUSINESS: TOPICALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL ADAPTATION OF COMBATANTS
Publication Name: Polish Journal of Management Studies
Publication Date: 2023-12-22
Volume: 28
Issue: 1
Page Range: 295-310
Description:
The topicality of veteran-owned business management for the post-war support of Ukrainian combatants in light of their actual and dissatisfied needs is studied. We employ the expert method with a sample of 33 representatives of the national and regional authorities, scientists, NGOs specialising in the field, volunteering organisations representing the communities from 8 Ukrainian regions with the largest number of combatants. Thus, we have ranged the needs of combatants and concluded that the need to launch (or revive) own business is one of the really urgent ones. The entrepreneurial intentions of veterans are derived from social factors rather than financial reasons. Besides, they are related to unsatisfied needs in employment. It is revealed that veteran-owned business management in Ukraine should cover the development of social responsibility regarding veterans as the most influential mechanism.
Open Access: Yes
Role of economic complexity and technological innovation for ecological footprint in newly industrialized countries: Does geothermal energy consumption matter?
Publication Name: Renewable Energy
Publication Date: 2023-11-01
Volume: 217
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
This research evaluates how energy (geothermal and coal), economic complexity, and technological innovation impact the ecological footprint in newly industrialized countries (NICs), considering the period 1990–2018. The authors employed economic complexity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint as significant considerations instead of standard environmental and economic parameters. The study used cross-sectional augmented distributed lag (CS-ARDL) and the pairwise Dumitrescu-Hurlin (DH) panel causality to consider the dynamic character of the correlation between the Environment and economic activities. The outcomes of the CS-ARDL showed that economic growth and coal energy intensify ecological footprint in both the long and short run. However, CS-ARDL results revealed that geothermal energy consumption, economic complexity, and technological innovation lessen the ecological footprint in NICs in the long and short run. Finally, the DH causality results revealed a unidirectional causality from geothermal, technological innovation, economic complexity, and coal energy use to ecological footprint. This demonstrates that all the exogenous variables have a predicted power on the ecological footprints in NICs. Based on these findings, policy measures to diversify products have the potential to tackle ecological problems.
Open Access: Yes
Energy Transition in Power, Heating and Transport Sectors, based on the Majority of RES and Energy Storage
Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica
Publication Date: 2023-01-01
Volume: 20
Issue: 10
Page Range: 217-231
Description:
The world is facing problems that are related to climate change and pollution, which are partially caused by the emission of toxic compounds and CO2, from the combustion of fossil fuels. The natural resource of fossil fuels, have been exploited for many years, such resources have also been depleted dramatically. The above-mentioned facts determine the need to conduct research that will demonstrate the technological and socio-economical possibilities of transforming energy systems and parts of transport systems from fossil fuels to renewable energy. This paper presents the idea of supplying a selected region, 100% with RES, accounting for costs and environmental efficiencies, for the entire energy system. Further, the analysis of the subject indicated a need to conduct research on correlations derived from integrating collective heating, transport systems with high V2G energy storage capacity and power systems, in order to optimize the functioning of the entire energy market. Furthermore, the above considerations suggest that there is a need to propose a new model for electrical systems, different than the one based on the classical concept of producer-recipient. This research was carried out through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative analysis applied agent-based modelling; A method supported by extensive qualitative research. The conducted research indicates that renewable energy systems demonstrate greater cost and environmental competitiveness, than conventional energy systems. Furthermore, it has been shown that the integration of collective heating and transport systems, with the energy system has a positive impact on the efficiency of the entire system, by reducing primary energy demand and decreasing carbon dioxide emissions. Finally, the conducted research revealed that the reduction of energy demand, has a positive effect on the transformation of a conventional energy system, into a RES system.
Open Access: Yes
Strategic management, scenario analysis and competitive advantage analysis: New opportunities for anti-money laundering system reform
Publication Name: E A M Ekonomie A Management
Publication Date: 2023-01-01
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Page Range: 140-157
Description:
The article identifies and mathematically substantiates vectors of reforming the financial monitoring system based on the synergistic approach in the cross-country context by developing scenarios by selecting internal and external factors that stimulate money laundering. The key external and internal factors of the money laundering process intensification are indicated. Competitive advantages of the anti-money laundering processes, the achievement of which is possible in terms of key external and internal factors for activation of money laundering process are formed. The relationship between the key internal and external factors of money laundering intensification and competitive advantages by building a binary characteristic matrix is formed. The synergy effect made by the mutual influence of simultaneously acting internal and external factors – a quantitative feature of the further strategy of the financial monitoring system reforming in terms of cross-country analysis is calculated. An economic-mathematical model for evaluating and interpreting strategy for improving the financial monitoring system in terms of cross-country context based on integer optimization is developed. In the article, there is calculation of the number of competitive advantages received by each observed country, without considering the possible synergy effect of mutual influence of simultaneously acting internal and external factors on each other. Moreover, there is quantitative assessment of the synergy effect made by the emergence of additional competitive advantages due to a certain combination of simultaneous influence made by external and internal factors of the money laundering intensification. The “ideal” situation of the possibility of gaining all possible competitive advantages in reforming the financial monitoring system in terms of cross-country context by overcoming internal and external factors stimulating the money laundering is studied. The results of the cross-country analysis form a basis for the further formalization of the limits for quantitative evaluation of the developed strategies through a uniform distribution.
Open Access: Yes
THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF TOURISM IN THE CONDITIONS OF MODERN CHALLENGES: METHODOLOGY, ASSESSMENT, PROSPECTS
Publication Name: Intellectual Economics
Publication Date: 2023-01-01
Volume: 17
Issue: 1
Page Range: 152-177
Description:
Purpose. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodological tool for assessing the level of tourism attractiveness in the country and to analyse the socio-economic consequences of the war for Ukrainian and international tourism on this basis. Design/methodology/approach. A method of integral assessment of the attractiveness of tourism at the macro level has been developed. The integral index includes 30 partial indicators describing the economic, political and legal, social, cultural and health, infrastructure and environmental pillars of the attractiveness of the country for tourists. The integral assessment of tourism attractiveness is conducted using the case of Ukraine and Poland in 2017-2022. Findings. According to the comparative analysis performed based on the integral index, the level of tourism development in Poland was significantly higher compared with Ukraine. The most obvious lag was evident in the political and legal, cultural and recreational, environmental and infrastructural components. The gaps in tourism development are increased by the influence of the war, where an especially harmful impact was felt in the social, economic and environmental spheres. Originality. The originality and advantages of our approach are in using the official statistical data available for the objective estimation of the holistic attractiveness of tourism in a country, as well as the possibility of comparing a certain country in terms of touristic attractiveness with any other country considering differences in the values of partial indicators. The gaps obtained in the values of partial indicators can be used by policymakers in strategies for tourism development.
Open Access: Yes
The Features of the Shadow Economy Impact’ on Biomass Energy Sector
Publication Name: Energies
Publication Date: 2022-04-01
Volume: 15
Issue: 8
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
The shadow economy is a significant factor in impoverishing the economies of countries and unequal operating and competitive conditions distort the market economy system, as opaque parallel activities impoverish socially responsible business units. The biomass energy sector faces this risk because the biomass supply chain is not yet fully secure and balanced. The study conducted by the authors showed that the manifestations of the shadow economy in the biomass energy sector are possible in the biomass production and transportation sub‐sectors. Lack of digitization and poor resource management can lead to the problem of misuse of resources, which has non‐transparent economic activities. The evaluation methodology developed by the authors allows to investigate the directions of shadow economy in the biomass energy sector and to measure the possible extent of such activities. The measurements were made in order to compare the official activities of enterprises with the factors attributable to the shadow economy. This is also due to the lack of innovation and digital solutions. The application of innovative solutions would help to reduce the size of the shadow economy, which would increase the income of regions and the state, and reduce the level of poverty.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/en15082932
Application of the Linear Programming Method in the Construction of a Mathematical Model of Optimization Distributed Energy
Publication Name: Energies
Publication Date: 2022-03-01
Volume: 15
Issue: 5
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
The Polish economy is facing a huge challenge regarding the future of energy in Poland. The current energy system is very inefficient, it consumes huge resources that, like countries with high energy efficiency, could be allocated to the development of low-carbon and renewable energy networks. At the moment, the Polish energy sector, related to the coal monoculture, lacks electricity and the entire transmission system is obsolete. The solution may be distributed energy, which can ultimately satisfy energy supplies in less urbanized areas and in rural areas, while guaranteeing the sustainable development of these areas. In order to take up the challenge of better understanding and explaining such a complex reality, it was decided that the research framework of this article will be distributed energy in the region. The aim of the article is to ensure energy security in the conditions of innovative, ecological and open to competition regional energy using local energy resources. Currently, it is believed that distributed energy can be an effective solution to the problem of conventional energy operation.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3390/en15051872
Impact of Information Communication Technology on labor productivity: A panel and cross-sectional analysis
Publication Name: Technology in Society
Publication Date: 2022-02-01
Volume: 68
Issue: Unknown
Page Range: Unknown
Description:
This article examines the contribution of information and communications technologies (ICT) to labor productivity using panel data approach. The study covers the period of 2000–2015 for a complete dataset of 98 countries as well for three selected groups: low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries. The findings imply that telephone subscription and broadband subscription have a significant impact on overall labor productivity as well as labor productivity of service sector. The ICT affects the labor productivity, so investing in Information Communication Technology is necessary to increase the labor productivity.
Open Access: Yes
A New Strategic Marketing Management Model for the Specificities of E-Commerce in the Supply Chain
Publication Name: Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Publication Date: 2021-07-01
Volume: 16
Issue: 4
Page Range: 1136-1149
Description:
The study seeks to answer the question of what strategic directions and opportunities we have for business in the midst of the info-communication changes of our time. In this research, we compare the results of non-representative primary research (cluster analysis and discriminant analysis) with the factors and latest methods of e-commerce or even mobile commerce and traditional commerce and their main differences. Based on the four clusters examined, we develop a new strategic model for practice with suggestions which can be used by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and which they can incorporate directly into their business models. Starting point of our hypothesis was that in order to develop an effective and delivered communication, a market needs to be targeted and at least four different clusters should be formulated.
Open Access: Yes
Hungarian experiences of the transition from traditional work to telework1
Publication Name: Transformations in Business and Economics
Publication Date: 2021-01-01
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
Page Range: 168-182
Description:
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has radically transformed people’s daily lives since the spring of 2020. In addition to the direct health consequences of the virus, the epidemic has had a significant impact on the functioning of society, people’s lifestyles and has also had a fundamental impact on the world of work. The year 2020 marked a breakthrough in the spread of telework and “home office” work in Hungary, as this form of work was one of the necessary tools in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic in order to reduce the number of personal contacts. Both employers and the masses of employees were able to experience the pros and cons of this. This period can be therefore considered as the main challenge of teleworking and working from home, which is undoubtedly caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. The research aims to answer the question of the impact of telework on the daily lives of Hungarian workers. In international comparison, the proportion of teleworkers in Hungary was low before the pandemic. As a result, a great many have experienced a drastic transition from traditional work to teleworking. The given questionnaire survey also confirmed that a significant proportion of employees had difficulties with teleworking at the beginning of the transition. These difficulties were mainly due to the fact that they were not technically prepared and that their daily routine, which they had become accustomed to in their traditional work, had been changed.
Open Access: Yes
DOI: DOI not available
The impact of migration of highly skilled workers on the country’s competitiveness and economic growth
Publication Name: Montenegrin Journal of Economics
Publication Date: 2021-01-01
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Page Range: 7-19
Description:
The links between the migration of highly skilled workers and economic growth (in terms of GNI per capita) and the competitiveness of countries have been studied. The study is based on statistics from developed countries and using correlation-regression analysis and modelling, as well as cluster analysis using the package of processing and analysis of statistical information STATISTICA. The analysis found that the immigration of workers with higher education has a significant impact on strengthening the competitiveness and economic development of countries – this is confirmed by the impact of talent migration, which is assessed by the values of case studies (‘The Human Flight and Brain Drain’ sub-index Fragile States Index and ‘Brain gain’ sub-index’ in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index and ‘Highly educated workers’ sub-index in the OECD indicators of talent attractiveness). Their impact on macroeconomic indicators is higher compared to the links with social development indicators. Of course, this does not mean that such links should not be seen as important in public economic development management, as they illustrate the level of efficiency achieved in creating favourable conditions for realizing the potential of highly skilled workers, including pull-factors for their immigration. But in the macroeconomic management of a competitive economy, according to our research, actions aimed at attracting highly skilled migrants have the most significant and obvious impact. Other links can be taken into account and used in modelling for the development of institutional support for proactive migration policy for highly qualified workers.
Open Access: Yes
Bridging the divide: Addressing social tensions between internally displaced persons and host communities during wartime in Ukraine
Publication Name: Problems and Perspectives in Management
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Page Range: 645-657
Description:
Forced migration of Ukraine’s population, caused by the war initiated by the russian federation, is a subject of national governance in demographic processes. In a country at war – rapidly losing human potential due to casualties among military and civil populations, as well as forced relocations – the social relations between internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities are of critical importance. The aim of this paper is to assess the perceptions of IDPs in host communities and to identify factors contributing to potential social tension. The research is based on a nationally representative sociological survey conducted in June–July 2024 in Ukraine, involving 514 IDPs and 850 residents of host communities. The findings reveal that social tension is generally low, with most ratings no higher than 3 out of 5. Notably, one-third of host community residents and two-thirds of IDPs did not observe any tension in social interactions at all. IDPs tended to be more optimistic in their evaluations compared to host community members: their perception was significantly lower, with only 7.3% reporting high levels of strain (4-5 out of 5). In contrast, the host population’s evaluations were more critical, particularly among young people and residents of regional centers, who expressed the most negative views. Key factors contributing to tension included negative changes in the housing market (44.8% of host community respondents), increased pressure on healthcare institutions (29.3%), and greater demand for administrative services (26.2%). The results highlighted the need for regular monitoring, which should complement traditional social management practices.
Open Access: Yes
The Role of Leadership in Attracting Intellectual Migrants and Boosting Innovative Development of Countries
Publication Name: Contemporary Economics
Publication Date: 2025-09-25
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
Page Range: 339-354
Description:
The study aims to study the role of leadership in innovative development, including opportunities arising from the attractiveness of countries for intellectual migrants. The novelty of the research is in justifying the authors’ approach to assessing leadership development at the macroeconomic level and its use for defining the peculiarities of leadership development in the EU and assessing the links with of innovative development and attraction of countries for intellectual migrants. Considering leadership as an important feature of the macroeconomic environment for countries’ development, the correlation analysis was used to test hypotheses about the positive impact of leadership on (a) the attractiveness of countries for intellectual migrants; (b) the innovative development of countries. The resulting pairwise correlation coefficients for the EU show a strong relationship between the level of leadership and a country’s ability to attract (0.776) and retain talent (0.846), attract highly educated workers (0.757) and foreign entrepreneurs (0.780). A positive impact of leadership on innovative development is confirmed by the links with the overall value of the Global Innovation Index (0.825), the Growth of innovative companies (0.768) and the Entrepreneurial employee activity rate (0.599). The obtained findings prove the importance of leadership development as an important driver of talent attraction and the generation of innovative ideas.
Open Access: Yes
Migration of highly skilled workers as a driver of digital economy development
Publication Name: Knowledge and Performance Management
Publication Date: 2025-01-01
Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Page Range: 113-123
Description:
The migration of highly skilled workers and its impact on productivity, competitiveness, and innovative development is becoming an increasingly relevant area of scientific research in the context of rapid digitalization of the economy. In this regard, the article aims to explore the relationship between the migration of highly skilled workers and digital economy development (using the example of EU countries). The study was conducted using correlation analysis and parametric data analysis methods, based on EU countries’ statistics on the migration of highly skilled workers, macroeconomic digitalization indicators, and the adoption of digital technologies at the business level. The results confirm that highly skilled migrants positively affect aggregate indicators of economic digitalization: correlation coefficients with the Global Digitalization Index and the DiGiX Digital Index are 0.735 and 0.692, respectively, and are statistically significant. At the company level, a significant influence of highly skilled migrants on the use of specific digital technologies in EU companies was confirmed. In particular, there is a strong correlation between the “Foreign Highly Skilled Personnel” indicator from the IMD World Talent Ranking 2024 and digital intensity indicators (level of application of key business-related digital technologies), as well as business activity in using big data analytics technologies: the correlation coefficients are 0.770 and 0.689, respectively, and are statistically significant. The proposed approach to analyzing the relationship between highly skilled worker migration and the digital development outcomes of companies and host countries can be used to develop and adjust knowledge and human resource productivity management strategies at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels.
Open Access: Yes
