Rudolf Sivák - University as a Factor of Economic Growth
Abstract/Abstrakt: The paper deals with the role played by universities in the period of the contemporary crisis. In order to understand a complex nature of universities’ potential to act as factors of economic growth renewal, the author reflects how in the course of history societal expectations relating universities have been evolving. The universities’ potential of dealing with the present crisis is defined in terms of six dimensions. The author states the current crisis period is a suitable time for universities to declare their offer concerning their potentials in this area. An active role of universities in the building of innovation infrastructure in regions is an essential condition for the recovery of dynamics of social and economic development in regions.
Keywords: academic revolution, factors of economic growth, higher education institution, knowledge-based economy, education and research, renewal of economic growth, university mission
JEL: E 32, I 2
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József Berács - KNOWLEDGE EXPORT IN HIGHER EDUCATION A Hierarchic Approach
Abstract/Abstrakt: The purpose of the paper is to lay the possible methodological foundations for the quantification of higher education export, and more specifically of the export of knowledge. In the introductory part of the paper the author emphasizes the need for basic and applied research that provides reliable data and information relating not only to foreign students in higher education but also to the export performance and capacity of the sector and its institutions. The author sees this issue as a topic of greater interest to economic policymakers and university managements. The core of the paper is the author’s holistic model of knowledge export constructed from the bottom up, which consists from hierarchic horizontal and vertical levels. Theoretical and practical tasks involved in further development of this model are discussed in the Summary. The author concludes that to answer the questions concerning comparative advantages in this field, not only the product but the entire functioning of the higher education market requires analysis from the economic, management, business, marketing, and other aspects.
Keywords: categories of publications, exchange students, export capacity of higher education, higher education, knowledge export, model of knowledge export, ranking of universities, research results, scientific research, teacher mobility, student mobility
JEL: A2, A22, A23
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Jolanta Mazur - TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION INTERNATIONALISATION
Abstract/Abstrakt: The author deals with higher education internationalisation as a worldwide process, which is connected with the development of knowledge-based economy. The purpose of the paper is to point out the major attributes of universities’ internationalization process and their changes, to identify the trends in flows of higher education services exports and imports and describe the formats and international policy focus of the chosen countries as to the process in question. The paper was based mostly on the numerous journal and Internet publications of international higher education experts, reports and international organizations’ statistics. In separate subchapters the author analyses specific aspects of this process, e.g. the flow of mobile foreign students to specific countries, legal framework for HEI internationalisation, or fields of study chosen by mobile students. These variables are used in the ranking of host countries. Despite obvious benefits of HEI internationalisation, the author warns that copying other countries’ systems, and other universities’ measures and fully implementing them in a completely different environment may prove ineffective and inefficient. On the other hand, the best method of reaching the goals of HEI is in monitoring the environment, analyzing the benchmarks, understanding trends and challenges, and then determining the right strategy.
Keywords: education market, higher education, higher education institution (HEI), internationalisation, globalisation, international student factor, knowledgebased economy, mobile students, regression analysis, North America, Latin America, Poland, Slovakia
JEL: I 2
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Milan Šikula - crisis and post-crisis adjustment aND new chalenges for the economic science
Abstract/Abstrakt: The author claims that to overcome real causes and the true nature of the current crisis, approaches of financial analysts do not suffice; what is needed is the approach based on political economy, identifying historical roots of causal relations. An unbiased identification of the causes of the contemporary crisis necessitates an internally stratified and multi-aspect approach, reflecting mutual interdependence of layers, driving forces and interests of agents. This is an irreplaceable pre-requisite of choosing such means and methods of crisis and post-crisis adjustment processes, which are inevitable for real overcoming of global systemic character of the crisis. The outline of the context reflects a breakthrough nature of the period, which creates new challenges also for social sciences and requires changes in paradigms and principal methodological innovations. It is also the aim of this paper to contribute to their development.
Keywords: causes of global crisis, crisis adjustment, financial system, financialisation, global financial crisis, indebtedness, recession, superbubble, USA
JEL: B 2, E 44, G 15, 18
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Peter Staněk - New Paradigms of global economy
Abstract/Abstrakt: The paper deals with the causes of the current economic crisis (immense polarisation of wealth and poverty in the world, global change in consumption, virtualisation of the financial sector, etc.) in the context of significant changes that the author views as paradigms. The restoration of balance in the global economy is expected from mainly from China, India and some Latin American countries. In connection with the expansion of Chinese private firms on the world markets the author speaks about a kind of restoration of state-monopolistic capitalism. In the conclusion he points to the change in the overall structure of the competition in the world, which take place between separate regions rather than separate states.
Keywords: business cycle, causes of crisis, collapse of markets, crisis, global crisis, polarisation of wealth and poverty, unemployment, virtual assets, virtualisation, European Union, United States of America
JEL: E 3, G 1, G 15
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Claude Martin - ICTs. TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND ENTERPRISE IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
Abstract/Abstrakt: The paper deals with various aspects of partnership between universities and companies and also sources and causes of changes occurring in both of them. On the list of sources an important place is occupied by information and communication technologies (ICT), which have transformed the university’s relations with its partners and resulted in a radical change in our conception of management. The managerial system has turned to the “e-management”: a new decision-making process incorporating new concepts related to the Internet. Likewise relationships between universities and companies as vital players in the European Union have been affected by ICTs. The case of PGV Network is used to illustrate a cultural approach to dealing with these changes.
Keywords: information and communication technologies (ICT), Internet, centralisation, transversality, knowledge, management science, managerial skills, PGV Network, new technologies, transfer of knowledge management, university and company, Visegrad Group
JEL: A2, O33, 052
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Eva Kislingerová - The World of Economy and Finance after the Crisis
Abstract/Abstrakt: The paper analyses some aspects of the period generally called the crisis of 2008 to 2010 from the perspective of business administration, and the consequences the general economic depression had on Czech companies. By comparison with macroeconomic data, the paper sums up some strategic decisions of companies which could have substantially helped restructure the companies during the crisis.
Keywords: crisis, depression, machinery industry, equity, liabilities
JEL: G 30
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Ján Lisý - Súčasný stav a perspektívy rozvoja Národohospodárskej fakulty EU v Bratislave
Abstract/Abstrakt: The present development of the Faculty and its results achieved in complex accreditation clearly show that the Faculty of National Economy as part of the University of Economics in Bratislava is a top all-state education and scientific institution, which is the only and unique institution in terms of its macroeconomic profile. In terms of its structure and content of instruction it is comparable with faculties of similar type in EU countries. The Faculty of National Economy is the only economics faculty in Slovakia to have been awarded the Statute of the Centre of Excellence in Economics Research for dealing with the civilisation challenges in the 21th century related to knowledge economy and economic growth by the Ministry of Education, Slovak Republic.
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Jaroslav Kita - Obchodnovedné disciplíny NA OBCHODNEJ FAKULTE EU V BRATISLAVE – historický kontext, výzvy a perspektívy
Abstract/Abstrakt: The seventy years of the existence of the University of Economics in Bratislava is undoubtedly a significant anniversary of the University, but also that of the Faculty of Commerce, which is an educational and research institution holding a unique position in the system of education in Slovakia. The Faculty of Commerce as part of the University of Economics offers an all-round commercial studies. The Faculty of Commerce lays emphasis on the differentiation of individual study programmes taught at the Faculty, as well as on a specialised language education of teachers and students: economic courses are also taught by teachers who are foreign nationals as well as by experts from international and domestic firms. This enables the Faculty to be part of the European and global education area. By means of its accredited fields of study and study programmes the Faculty is involved in the convergent and reform processes compatible with European and global educational area.
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Michal Fendek - Fakulta hospodárskej informatiky EU v Bratislave – História a perspektívy
Abstract/Abstrakt: The Faculty of Economic Informatics of the University of Economics in Bratislava undoubtedly belongs to the most significant higher education institutions specializing in the education of qualified economists in Slovakia. Its predecessor, the Faculty of Management of the Higher School of Economics in Bratislava, was established in 1968 and the Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics in Bratislava was founded as its successor in the year 1991.
str./p. 249-258
Ľuboslav Szabo - Vývoj, súčasný stav a priority ďalšieho rozvoja Fakulty podnikového manažmentu Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave
Abstract/Abstrakt: The Higher School of Economic Sciences was renamed the Higher School of Economics as of the academic year 1953/54. One of its three faculties was also the Faculty of Manufacturing and Economics, a predecessor of the present Faculty of Business Management; since the year 1953 till today the Faculty went through various organisation changes and also changed its academic profile and name.
str./p. 259-270
Ľudmila Lipková - Úlohy a poslanie Fakulty medzinárodných vzťahov EU v Bratislave v systéme vysokého školstva v Slovenskej republike
Abstract/Abstrakt: The Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava is one of seven faculties of the University of Economics in Bratislava. It was established by the decree of the Rector of the University as of 17 January 2000. Only a few months ago – before the Faculty of Applied Languages was established – it had been the youngest and smallest faculty of the University. The Faculty is part of the education institutions in the Slovak Republic which prepare specialists in international relations. It was founded in response to new needs resulting from the changes related to the constitutional law and the origin of the sovereign Slovak Republic. During the years 2000-2005 the Faculty of International Relations provided education in the field of study “International Relations with focus on International Economic Relations”. Since the year 2005 the Faculty has been offering education in the accredited study programme “International Economic Relations – field of study “Economic Diplomacy”.
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Lívia Adamcová - MINULOSŤ, PRÍTOMNOSŤ A BUDÚCNOSŤ FAKULTY APLIKOVANÝCH JAZYKOV EU V BRATISLAVE
Abstract/Abstrakt: As early as in the first academic year 1940/41 seven foreign languages were taught at this University (German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Hungarian). The structure of language programme corresponded to the then situation: German was taught as a compulsory subject and apart from it two other languages were studied as compulsory subjects. The academic staff of the first language teaching unit at the then Higher School of Economics in Bratislava included not only instructors–native speakers of German, French and Italian languages, but also such renowned personalities of the Czechoslovak linguistics as Alexander Isačenko and Wiliam Schwanzer. Organisation of language teaching at the University as well as the content, structure, importance and also preferences of individual languages studied have been changing in the course of the University’s development.
str./p. 275-285
Michal Tkáč - Poslanie, stratégia a rozvoj Podnikovo-hospodárskej fakulty EU v Bratislave so sídlom v Košiciach
Abstract/Abstrakt: The Faculty of Business Economics, University of Economics in Bratislava with residence in Košice (hereinafter as FBE UE) was established as the fifth faculty at the University in the year 1992, within the transformation of the Higher School of Economics in Bratislava into the University of Economics in Bratislava. The present FBE UE provides education of university qualified economists and managers at all three levels of study in full-time and external study programmes. The instruction takes place in Košice and since the year 1994 also at the Faculty’s teaching unit at Michalovce.
str./p. 286-291
RECENZIE/REVIEWS
SIVÁK, Rudolf a kolektív: Slovník znalostnej ekonomiky. Bratislava: Sprint dva, 2011, 434 s., edícia Economics. ISBN 978-80-89393-45-9
JEL: Y 30
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BUČEK, M. – REHÁK, Š. – TVRDOŇ, J.: Regionálna ekonómia a politika. Bratislava: Iura Editon , 2010, 269 s.
JEL: Y 30
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Baláž, P. a kol.: Medzinárodné podnikanie: Na vlne globalizujúcej sa svetovej ekonomiky. 5. prepracované a doplnené vydanie. Bratislava: SPRINT dva, 2010. ISBN 978- 80-89393-18-3
JEL: Y 30
str./p. 293-294
VELICHOVÁ, Ľ.: Didaktika cvičnej firmy – teória a prax. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2010, 189 s., ISBN 978-80-225-3055-2.
JEL: Y 30
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Payne , R. K. – DeVol , P. – Smith , T. D.: Mosty z chudoby: stratégie pre profesionálov a komunity. Košice: Equilibria, s. r. o., 2010, 293 s.
JEL: Y 30
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