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<sec><h3>Subject and purpose of work</h3>
<p>This paper analyzes the level of knowledge-based economy (KBE) in terms of sustainable development across the provinces (voivodships) of Poland in 2020. The underlying assumption of this study is that knowledge and skills are one of the fundamental preconditions for successfully implementing the concept of sustainable development.</p>
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<sec><h3>Materials and methods</h3>
<p>In order to calculate the rankings of Polish voivodships a synthetic indicator developed on the basis of the zeroed unitarization method was used.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>There are vast disproportions in the levels of KBE across the voivodeships of Poland. The most advanced KBE was identified in the Mazowieckie Voivodship, and the least developed KBE was found in the Lubuskie voivodship.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>The capacity to develop a knowledge-based economy is inextricably interrelated with the quality of the social capital, which is directly attributable to the levels of education. In order to offset the interregional disproportions spending on research and development needs to be increased and the investments in human capital (e.g. through career planning, training, improving the professional qualifications of employees, discretionary bonuses) and new technologies should be expanded.</p>
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Subject and purpose of work
This paper analyzes the level of knowledge-based economy (KBE) in terms of sustainable development across the provinces (voivodships) of Poland in 2020. The underlying assumption of this study is that knowledge and skills are one of the fundamental preconditions for successfully implementing the concept of sustainable development.

Materials and methods
In order to calculate the rankings of Polish voivodships a synthetic indicator developed on the basis of the zeroed unitarization method was used.

Results
There are vast disproportions in the levels of KBE across the voivodeships of Poland. The most advanced KBE was identified in the Mazowieckie Voivodship, and the least developed KBE was found in the Lubuskie voivodship.

Conclusions
The capacity to develop a knowledge-based economy is inextricably interrelated with the quality of the social capital, which is directly attributable to the levels of education. In order to offset the interregional disproportions spending on research and development needs to be increased and the investments in human capital (e.g. through career planning, training, improving the professional qualifications of employees, discretionary bonuses) and new technologies should be expanded.

Regional Discrepancies in the Level of Knowledge-Based Economy in Poland

Faculty of Economics, Department of Applications of Mathematics in Economics

West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin

Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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Subject and purpose of work
This paper analyzes the level of knowledge-based economy (KBE) in terms of sustainable development across the provinces...

Regional Discrepancies in the Level of Knowledge-Based Economy in Poland

Published Online: Mar 31, 2023

Page range: 1 - 17

Received: Dec 01, 2022

Accepted: Jan 01, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2023-0001

Keywords
knowledge-based economy, competitiveness, sustainable development, voivodeships of Poland, zero unitarization method

© 2023 Iwona Dorota Bąk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Regional Discrepancies in the Level of Knowledge-Based Economy in Poland

Published Online: Mar 31, 2023

Page range: 1 - 17

Received: Dec 01, 2022

Accepted: Jan 01, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2023-0001

Keywordsknowledge-based economy, competitiveness, sustainable development, voivodeships of Poland, zero unitarization method

© 2023 Iwona Dorota Bąk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
knowledge-based economy, competitiveness, sustainable development, voivodeships of Poland, zero unitarization method