https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155591 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:24:25 GMT 2026-04-04T13:24:25Z https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155679 Possibilities for student organizational learning in university’s curriculum Jucevičienė, Palmira; Leščinskij, Robert The current paper is aimed at investigating the possibilities of the university curriculum for student organizational learning. The authors have analysed scholarly literature for the purpose of investigating the concepts of the formal and hidden curriculum. The paper also contains deep insights into learning objectives and outcomes as well as the study process and study model for developing organizational learning skills. With reference to the formal and hidden curriculum analysis method, the article discusses Top 10 Bachelor’s degree Business and Management programmes (QS World University Rankings) offered at universities in Europe. According to the specified parameters, the possibilities of developing organizational learning skills are explored. The carried out analysis and the interpretation of the obtained data reveal that the formal curricula designed by universities still pay insufficient attention to the development of organizational learning skills that should be treated as horizontal skills required for work at contemporary organizations. The paper also notes that all examined universities have fairly good opportunities to implement the hidden curriculum of organizational learning. The opportunities should increase if the formal and hidden curriculum emphasizing the development of organizational learning should be integrated. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155679 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155678 Contemporary role of SMEs in employment in manufacturing and service industries Mavlutova, Inese; Lesinskis, Kristaps; Olevskis, Grigorijs Analysis made in the article allows to conclude that the SME sector of high-tech manufacturing industries plays growing role in solving the problems of employment in developed countries. However, the major problem is that it is capable for only partial compensation of the loss of jobs in labour intensive sectors of the economy. Accumulation of knowledge of the population in industrialized countries together with high levels of computer literacy contributes to the revitalization of business services sellers that are mainly small sized businesses. In the era of fast growing technology industries, in particular related to IT sector, the role of SMEs in economy is increasing as they are main players in start -up communities and IT industries in general. Thus they can growingly contribute to the employment and labour market. The authors proceed from the assumption that service sector, and business services in particular, to a certain extent are capable of absorbing of workforce. This article argues that employment in the service sector in the developed economies is still largely focused on traditional sectors of activity. The purpose of the paper is to investigate latest trends of SMEs role in employment in the developed countries and the role of service sector in stabilizing labour market. Theoretical approaches, statistical data and policy analysis are used to research contemporary labour market trends. Knowledge - intensive services that are important from the point of view of economic dynamics, only start to concur positions in the developed countries. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155678 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155677 Alternative securities markets as financing sources for SMEs – selected aspects of AIM and NC Małecka, Joanna Small and medium-sized enterprises are the foundation for the development of each contemporary national economy. Their number affects macroeconomic indices of economies and directly translates into the labour market created by SMEs. This article aims to investigate the key conditionings behind the macroeconomic significance and legal factors of the financial market operation in Poland and the UK, with particular emphasis on the stock exchange as the fundamental element of the capital market. Both AIM and NewConnect are platforms dedicated to SMEs, which have been allowed easier access to this capital market segment by minimising mandatory legal conditions. This study analyses the number of listed companies and their capitalisation values in 1999–2015, covering: the rules of the financial market operation, with a special focus on the legal bases of the stock market operation in the economies investigated; legal conditions for the development of this economic segment; and a detailed analysis of the number of participants and capitalisation values achieved on the Warsaw and London Stock Exchanges, in particular AIM and NewConnect. This paper builds on source data from various annual reports and stock exchange publications drawn up and made available by stock exchanges and financial supervisors. The attempt to compare the indices and capacities of the WSE and the NC with the biggest European player is motivated by the fact that the Warsaw Stock Exchange is classified as the largest and most dynamically growing stock exchange in Central and Eastern Europe. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155677 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155676 Income inequality and food security in the light of the experience of the OECD countries Grzelak, Aleksander The main aim of this article is evaluate the relationships between income inequality and food security in the light of the experiences of the OECD countries. Understanding the problems of inequality of income and food security is one of the main challenge for economic and social development of the contemporary world. In the part of empirical studies one has used a data from the selected OECD countries by prism of the Gini coefficient of income distribution and relative poverty. In turn, food security is presented from the perspective of the global index of food security (Global Food Security Index), which was developed at the request of DuPont by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In the case of empirical verification one has used regression analysis and cluster (agglomeration) for typing of the studied countries. Time scope of analysis refers to the period 2010–2015. It was stated that there is a considerable variation in the level of food security, and especially income inequality between countries. This is a consequence of both the differences in the level of economic development, as well as the model of functioning of the economy. A relationships between income inequality and food security are complex and ambiguous. A clearer regularities can be seen in the case of income inequality and food security in the dimension related to the economic affordability of food price. This is due to the fact that issues related to food security are mainly connected with low level of income. In turn, the cluster analysis made it possible to distinguish three groups of countries with different characteristics in terms of income inequality and food security. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/155676 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z