In the paper has been presented that the ethics of business is rather the branch of praxiology than ethics. Ethics of business is needed, for it help to conduct the undertakings tended to economic objectives, highlight their sense in perspective of the values accepted in society, help to marshal economic undertakings in system of values subsumend to necessities of social ender. Actually is needed the ethics of business comprised in territory of ethics. In perspective of ethics of business independent from economic values transpire the doubts concerning the axiology of modern economy.

The article presents one aspect of globalisation, namely capital concentration processes in the world and in Poland. Three different ways of the concentration are characterised: mergers, take over and strategic alliances, as well as the ways of enterprises consolidation in our country are presented.

This paper presents different methods of income demand elasticity coefficient evaluation and also verification of these methods. It was showed, that the best statistical adaptation for research of income influence for demand measure by expenditure have the function with asymptote. The next substantial verification, and also intuitive feeling related to consumer behaviours showed, that the best imitate of food expenditures evolution got in the case of Working model (hyperbolic and logarithmic).

The paper presents models of inflation constructed with index method and Fourier analysis. Both methods make possible to present its periodic character. For each method two types models were made – additive and multiplicative. The comparison based on root average square error ex post for years 1991–2002, and root average square error for January and February 2003. The calculations show distinct prevalence of multiplicative models to additive. In the article there were presented various inflation definitions.

The aim of the paper is to present functioning and development conditionals of small enterprises, run by women in rural areas. Research done in 2003 shows that there have become hardly any changes into better situation since 1997. Conditions for rural enterprise development have got worse especially. The main problems have still been high rates of taxes and social insurance. There have been also difficulties with getting bank credits.

The aim of this article is to determine changes in registered non-agriculture commercial activity of farmers in Podkarpacie region. There were also described farmers intentions regarding future non-agricultural business. Conducted reaserches proved that some changes applied by the farmers after starting non-agricultural activities resulted in development of the business. Most of the farmers had a passive attitude regarding future business, aiming only to maitain the achived level of business development.

The multifunctional development of the rural areas is connected with the increased number of the functions outside agriculture, where the essential role belongs to infrastructural outfit. Underdeveloped infrastructure is one of the railing in the development of those areas, therefore the article present development of enterprises on the rural areas.

The aim of the paper was to show, on the example of kujawsko-pomorski region, the influence of the land transfer on improvement of the agrarian structure. The research shows that transformation of state owned farms by The Agricultural Property Agency of the State Treasury (APA) contributed to increase of the private ownership. The increase concerned family farms. Their owners bought land from APA and on this way they enlarged their own farms. Moreover, a big number of large area farms strengthen their position on the free market.

The aim of this elaboration is to present an opinion of cooperative banks presidents regarding to conditions of farms crediting in dispersed agriculture areas. According to the opinion there were determined some factors, that stimulate and limit the development of banks financial activities and creating of crediting strategies. In the article there were also determined some activities that banks are ready to undertake to strengthen their market position and to get new clients. The scale and character of planned activities point at degree in which banks are inclined to react to opportunities and threats.

This article presents the potato breeding and seeding companies, what illustrates the premises of the market strategy’s conception of seed industry in Poland. The strategy of those companies should include the following major elements:

• concentration of their potential,
• adequate seeding policy,
• development of distribution network,
• searching for new markets, also for constant ties with purchasers,
• introduction marketing orientation,
• activity on potato market,

Outlined directions of business activity may prove useful in Polish seeding industry and also in other Middle-East European countries, which face problems of strengthening their market positions.

This paper presents methodic and results of the research relating influence of selected natural and economic factors on labour input and machine work at tillage of potato and sugar beet. The research was carried out between 1993–1997 on the basis of statistical data collected in 120 peasant’s farms situated in low-lying parts of Lower Silesia. As the method were introduced models of multiple regression describing variability of inputs.

The aim of this article was presentation young consumers’ behaviour on non-alcoholic beverages market, basing on the results of a questionnaire research. The data included in the paper concern frequency, conditions and circumstances of different kinds of non-alcoholic beverages consumption and young people preferences as far as a taste, brand and packages of particular beverages are concerned.

Farmers are the weakest element of agribusiness system. This is mostly due to the fact that many agricultural markets are characterized by a large number of small volume producers selling to a small number of large buyers. The necessity of overcoming costs and marketing barrears leads individual producers to use integration as a way to increase their bargaining position. The analyze of marketing activities of PROFISAD Ltd (fruit producers’ group) proves that producers’ groups are able to perform much more marketing functions than individual farmers.

The article analyses the poverty issue and its influence on unemployment level in Poland after the year 1989 till now. Author describes poverty reasons and its results especially on the rural areas. Possibility of the quick transformation of the Polish agriculture, which is connected with working force release and liquidation the issue of unemployment (both registered and hidden), is rather improbable. Solving the unemployment problem on the rural areas will depend on government policy, efficiency of macroeconomic regulations and local activities.