The marginal morality (die Grenzen der Moral) as an ethical challenge and as the knowledge on how to gain competitive advantage [PDF]
The aim of this article is to scrutinize the relationship between the moral attitude of an entrepreneur and his or her possibility to gain competitive advantage. This declaration leads to the following question: does the everyday practice confirm or deny
Rotengruber, Przemysław
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The Defence of the Long Walls of Thrace (Μακρά Τείχη τῆς Θρᾴκης) under Justinian the Great (527–565 A.D.) [PDF]
The paper discusses the question of the defence of the Long Walls of Thrace (Μακρά Τείχη τῆς Θρᾴκης) or the Anastasian Wall (Αναστάσειο Τείχος) under Justinian the Great (527–565 A.D.).
Wiewiorowski, Jacek
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Geo-questionnaire in urban planning – preliminary results of the experimental application in Poland [PDF]
Changes in the attitude of local authorities towards the public participation in the decision making processes have prompted development of new methods of such involvement.
Brudka, Cezary +6 more
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ABSTRACT Platform companies like Uber and Airbnb are depicted as agile policy entrepreneurs who can navigate the boundaries of regulatory frameworks and manipulate regulations to their advantage; however, recent empirical studies suggest that their capacity to influence policy depends on the particular political and institutional context.
Eliska Drapalova, Kai Wegrich
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THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF LOWER SILESIANS WITHIN THE MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY OF BORNE SULINOWO [PDF]
In the context of multiculturalism, the processes of seeking and creating of collective identity of the local community are quite specifi c. In these processes, it is the collective memory that plays a major role as a deciding and organizing factor of ...
Moniak, Andrzej
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On any topic? Topics of publications of investigative journalism and journalistic intervention in the local press (on the examples of Poland and the USA) [PDF]
The author raises an interesting subject, hitherto unexplored comprehensively in American and Polish media studies, namely, the problem o f topics o f investigative journalism and journalistic intervention at the level o f local newspaper publishers.
Adamczyk, Wojciech
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Wave Propagation in Non‐Uniform Media by Linear Expansion of the Refraction Law
ABSTRACT The propagation of mechanical waves in an unbounded, non‐uniform medium can be described by using curvilinear coordinates centered at the source position. The Frenet coordinate system, with origin on a point riding a wave, is used as a basis for the curvilinear coordinates.
Alessandro Bassetti, Oskar Bschorr
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Seeing 'REDD'?: Forests, Climate Change Mitigation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [PDF]
Examines proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and their failure to protect indigenous peoples' rights or to address forest governance problems.
Tom Griffiths
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Hotels in Łódź City Space [PDF]
The article is an attempt to describe the current development level of the hotel base in Łódź – the third largest city in Poland. The analysis deals with both historical and spatial aspects.
Włodarczyk, Bogdan
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Numerical and Analytical Study of Elastic Parameters in Linearized Micropolar Elasticity
ABSTRACT The effect of elastic parameters in the linearized theory of micropolar elasticity on observable deformation is analyzed analytically and numerically. Specifically, a shear deformation boundary value problem is studied to explore the physical implications of a micropolar formulation. Our new analytical solution for the two‐dimensional shearing
Lucca Schek, Wolfgang H. Müller
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