The impact of regional demographics on Higher Education Policy. An example from Silesia, Poland

2021

Abstract The determinants of higher education policy have their sources in various spheres, such as economic, social, educational, national policy, administrative, and demographic. Problems for the development of higher education also stem from these spheres. One of them is the challenging demographic situation that is a significant element of developing higher education in southern Poland (particuarly in the Silesia region). Given this context, this article aims to indicate the policies of the universities in the region which respond to the existing demographic threats. This relationship is to confront student opinions regarding their vision for their education and future career within the…

2017

The concept of integrated profit offers a theoretical framework for a holistic analysis of contract goals between agricultural producers’ groups and agri-food sector. The theoretical background applied in this paper is the contract theory. The primary purpose being the identification of vertical coordination forms between producers’ organizations and agri-food sector. Consequently, the specific goal was to recognize price mechanisms in contracts and their analysis in the context of the integrated profit (only in the field of coordination). The research focused on contracts signed in 2014 between groups operating on poultry market and their first buyers. The survey (collection of primary dat…

NON-PRICE IN CENTIVES IN FARMING CONTRACTS. EVIDENCE OF CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS’ GROUPS AND THEIR FIRST BUYERS IN POLAND

2018

The primary purpose of the paper is to identify non-price incentives provided by farming contracts. They aim at motivating agents to conduct their actions according to contractors’ interests. Therefore their application of these inducements might minimise the issue of moral hazard during its validity, i.e. as the production progresses. The author carried out her empirical research based on the survey among producers’ groups operating in the poultry market, while the particular emphasis was placed on farming contracts signed in 2014. The obtained results allow for identification of non-price incentives which are supposed to help monitor and tackle the problem of moral hazard with hidden acti…