Innovations and Emerging Technologies for the Prosperity and Quality of Life

Preface 7 Introduction 11 Chapter I Innovations and Technological Advances – Drivers and Challenges Related to the 21st Century 13 Lech W. Zacher Innovations for Socially Creating a Sustainable Future (conditions, necessary transformations, probable results) 15 Janusz E. Dmochowski Poland, 21st Century Technologies: Challenges and Solutions for the Global Society 33 Joanna Żyra, Viktor Shevchuk ICT, Innovations, Regional Growth and Wages in Poland 50 Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn Innovations and Emerging Technologies as Drivers and Challenges of Economic Growth in the EU 69 Chapter II Entrepreneurship and Corporate R&D as Drivers of Innovations 87 Hermann Simon Hidden Champions as Drivers of Innovations 89 Pietro Moncada-Paterno-Castello, Nicola Grassano Innovation Without Corporate R&D? An Analysis of the Italian Case and Implications for Policy 98 Chapter III Sustainable Development: Facing Major Environmental Challenges of Poland and the EU 117 Tomasz Winnicki Separation Processes in Solving Strategic Environmental Problems 119 Christopher George Gruszczynski EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Legislation Impact on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) 136 Chapter IV The Role of Culture and Social Capital in Promoting Innovations and Competitive Advantages in High-Tech Industries 159 Zbigniew Bochniarz, Katherine Faoro The Role of Social Capital in Cluster and Regions’ Performance: Comparing Aerospace Cases from Poland and USA 161 Philip Kurz, Dirk Nicolas Wagner Innovative and Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition – An Analytical Approach Using the Example of Poland 180 Chapter V Improving Quality of Life through Improved Public Services and Corporate Governance: The Case of Poland 199 Marta Postula The Innovative Tax Return System in Poland to Benefit Both the Taxpayers and Economy 201 Barbara Kos, Joanna Kos-Łabędowicz The Application of ICT in Urban Transport 221 Jerzy T. Skrzypek The Economic Organization Platform with Cloud Computing Architecture as a Tool of Corporate Governance 238 Chapter VI The Ageing of the Population: Technology Solutions to Demographic Challenges in Poland 253 Maria Zrałek The Elderly in the World of Modern Information and Communication Technologies 255 Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Sabina Ostrowska The Development of Health Security of Elderly Citizens through the Application of Information and Communication Technologies 266 Chapter VII Biotechnology Market in Poland: Selected Overview 287 Barbara Kozierkiewicz The Market for Clinical Research in Poland 289 List of contributors 307