Contents Preface
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter I Innovations and Technological Advances – Drivers and Challenges Related to the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lech W. Zacher Innovations for Socially Creating a Sustainable Future (conditions, necessary transformations, probable results) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janusz E. Dmochowski Poland, 21st Century Technologies: Challenges and Solutions for the Global Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joanna Żyra, Viktor Shevchuk ICT, Innovations, Regional Growth and Wages in Poland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn Innovations and Emerging Technologies as Drivers and Challenges of Economic Growth in the EU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter II Entrepreneurship and Corporate R&D as Drivers of Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hermann Simon Hidden Champions as Drivers of Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pietro Moncada-Paterno-Castello, Nicola Grassano Innovation Without Corporate R&D? An Analysis of the Italian Case and Implications for Policy . .
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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
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