Innovations and Emerging Technologies for the Prosperity and Quality of Life

Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn

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Runiewicz-Wardyn, Małgorzata. Innovations and Emerging Technologies for the Prosperity and Quality of Life. Red. . Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2016, 312 s. ISBN 978-83-01-18682-1

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ISBN/ISSN:

978-83-01-18682-1

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Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

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2016

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312

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Preface8
Introduction12
Chapter I Innovations and Technological Advances – Drivers and Challenges Related to the 21st Century14
Lech W. Zacher Innovations for Socially Creating a Sustainable Future (conditions, necessary transformations, probable results)16
Janusz E. Dmochowski Poland, 21st Century Technologies: Challenges and Solutions for the Global Society34
Joanna Żyra, Viktor Shevchuk ICT, Innovations, Regional Growth and Wages in Poland51
Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn Innovations and Emerging Technologies as Drivers and Challenges of Economic Growth in the EU70
Chapter II Entrepreneurship and Corporate R&D as Drivers of Innovations88
Hermann Simon Hidden Champions as Drivers of Innovations90
Pietro Moncada-Paterno-Castello, Nicola Grassano Innovation Without Corporate R&D? An Analysis of the Italian Case and Implications for Policy99
Chapter III Sustainable Development: Facing Major Environmental Challenges of Poland and the EU118
Tomasz Winnicki Separation Processes in Solving Strategic Environmental Problems120
Christopher George Gruszczynski EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Legislation Impact on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)137
Chapter IV The Role of Culture and Social Capital in Promoting Innovations and Competitive Advantages in High-Tech Industries160
Zbigniew Bochniarz, Katherine Faoro The Role of Social Capital in Cluster and Regions’ Performance: Comparing Aerospace Cases from Poland and USA162
Philip Kurz, Dirk Nicolas Wagner Innovative and Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition – An Analytical Approach Using the Example of Poland181
Chapter V Improving Quality of Life through Improved Public Services and Corporate Governance: The Case of Poland200
Marta Postula The Innovative Tax Return System in Poland to Benefit Both the Taxpayers and Economy202
Barbara Kos, Joanna Kos-Łabędowicz The Application of ICT in Urban Transport222
Jerzy T. Skrzypek The Economic Organization Platform with Cloud Computing Architecture as a Tool of Corporate Governance239
Chapter VI The Ageing of the Population: Technology Solutions to Demographic Challenges in Poland254
Maria Zrałek The Elderly in the World of Modern Information and Communication Technologies256
Aldona Frączkiewicz-Wronka, Sabina Ostrowska The Development of Health Security of Elderly Citizens through the Application of Information and Communication Technologies267
Chapter VII Biotechnology Market in Poland: Selected Overview288
Barbara Kozierkiewicz The Market for Clinical Research in Poland290
List of contributors308

CHAPTERI.INNOVATIONSANDTECHNOLOGICALADVANCES…

4lScience,technology,innovations:contextsofcitizens’engagement

Sustainabilityisamulti-ﬁeld,multi-activity,transborder,andcomplextaskthatrequires

continuousstreamsofinnovations:scientiﬁc,technological,economic,social,ecological,

culturalandsoforth.Discoveriesandinventionsareabasisofanewknowledgeand

innovations.Inotherwords-thisissciencewhichisamainsourceoftechnologicalpro-

gress,socialandeconomicreforms,andotherimprovements.Innovativeactivitydoesnot

dependsolelyonR&Dexpenditures,governmentpolicies,andbusinessstrategies(not

tomentionmarketdemandfornewsolutionsandnewtechnologies).Flowsofinnovations

arearesultofscience-societyrelations.Theserelationsarenotoriouslyunderchanging

boundaryconditions.Generally,itisexpectedthatinnovationsareafoundationforfuture

prosperity.Atatimeofeconomiccrisisasnowexperienced,innovativeactivityisper-

ceivedasameanstogetoutofthecrisis(seeReport:ScienceinSociety,2013).Onecan

explicitlyaddonemore“responsibility”ofscienceandtechnology:innovationsshouldbe

sustainability-oriented.

DiscoursearoundscienceandtechnologyintheEUredeﬁnedtheprogrammelineofR

&DFrameworkProgramme7fromScienceandSocietytoScienceinSociety.Thistrans-

formationemphasizestheintegrationofbothtechno-scientiﬁcandsocietaldevelopment.

InnovationsarepraisedwithanewlabeloftheEUstrategy:“InnovationUnion2020”.

Onthenationalandsectoriallevelsinnovationcreationandapplicationstrategiesshould

becontextualized.Societyisinvolvedinitsvalues,attitudes,customs,fears,behaviours,

consciousness,andimagination.Allthisgives,ordoesnotgive,innovationaperformative

power,andalsoitsembeddedness.Moreandmoretechnologicalartefactsproducednot

onlychangeoursurroundings,whicharebecomingincreasinglyartiﬁcial.Thistransforms

societiesandmenthemselves.Thetechnologicalworldproduces,thankstooursocialand

individualexperiences,atechnologicalage(Williams,2014:466).Technologybecomes

overwhelming,pervasive,andinﬂuential.Itisusedinvirtuallyallhumanactivities,requir-

inganddeterminingmanypeople’sbehavioursandplayingadominantrolefortechno-

logicalcreativityandtechnology-drivengoals.Itisafundamental“redirectionofhuman

energiesanddesirestowardinquiryintoandmanipulationofthematerialworldforallsorts

ofutilitarianandnonutilitarianpurposes”(Williams,2014:466).Itisgoodforinnovative-

nesstohavesuchapositivegrounding.However,thebigdiferencesandgapsbetween

individualsandsocietiesshouldnotbeforgotten.Buttosomeextent,theinnovativeness

maybeimitatedandinduced,whilethepresentnetworkingmakesitpossibletotransfer

knowledge,technology,andskillsworldwide.

Inaperspectiveofsustainability,withitsgenerationalconcern,reﬂexivityisanimpor-

tantattitude.Sustainabilityis,infact,aboutthefutureandaboutthelong-termconse-

quencesofthepresentgeneration’sbehaviour(modesofproduction,consumption,life-

styles,etc.).Accordingtoevolutionistsonlymaturesocietieshavebeguntothinkabout

theconsequencesoftheirchoicesandtheirimpacts.Moreover,notallhumanactionsare

deliberated,planned,andrational.Purposiveactionsmaynotberationalaswell.Rational

behaviourmaybe,forexample,reactive,adaptive,proactive,andcreative.Ineachcase

adiferenttypeofinnovationisneededandwouldbeproper.Butinnovationsareeven

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