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Fieldanddesksourcesofinformationwereusedinthemonograph.There-
sourcesofPolishandforeignsubjectliterature,massstatisticsandresearchre-
portsfromtheyears2008-2013wereanalyzedintermsofcontent.Duetouna-
vailabilityofinternationaldataitwasnotalwayspossibletokeeptheregime.On
theotherhand,theyear2014wasconsidered,whereitwasonlypossible.
Theanalysisofdesksourcesofinformationallowedtodescribethestate
andfunctioningofserviceinEuropeaneconomiesanddiagnosethedetermi-
nantsofservicefunctioninginEurope.Theconstraintswithvalidity,avail-
ability,comparabilityofdeskinformationdidnotallowtofullydiagnosethe
functioningofservicesectorinEurope.
Thecollectedsourcematerialwassubjecttoquantitative-qualitativeanaly-
siswiththeuseofindicators,adequatetobeused.Thefieldresearchwascon-
ductedin2014viaatechniqueofsurveydistributed(amongtheresidentsof
Belgium,Finland,France,Germany,Poland,Romania,SlovakiaandHungary)
aswellasthemethodoftheexperts`opinions(amongrepresentativesofscience
andbusinesspractice).Non-randomized,deliberatesamplewasusedinthere-
search.Incaseofquantitativestudiesthesewerethecustomersofservicefacili-
ties,incaseofqualitativestudiestheexpertswhoseknowledgeandexperience
aswellasskillsallowtopredictbothintheshort-andlong-termtimehorizon.
Thecontentofthemonographisdividedintothreechapters.Servicesasre-
searchsubject,sourceapproachesofstudyingservicesaswellasthemethodolo-
gyofconductedresearchinEuropewerecharacterizedinthefirstchapter,which
isofatheoretical-empiricalnature.
Thesecondchapterdemonstratestheresultsofthedeskresearch.Infor-
mationonthedemographic-economicfeaturesofEuropeansocietieswasinclud-
edinit,aswellasservicesectorinEuropeancountrieswascharacterized.The
functioningoftheserviceenterprisesinEuropewasalsopresented.
Theresultsoffieldresearchwerepresentedinchapterthree.Thefirstpart
containstheresearchresultsconductedamongtheresidentsofselected
Europeancountriesconcerningselectedaspectsofthefunctioningofservice
facilities.Theempiricalmaterialdidnotallowtocomparetheresultsamongthe
studiedcountries,thatiswhyitwaspresentedintheformofseparatecasestudies.
Thesecondpartcontainstheprojectionofexpertsrelatedtothedirectionof
servicedevelopmentinEurope.
Thecollectedmaterialdoesnotexhausttheproblematicityofservicesector
inEurope,butitmayconstitutetheopportunitytodiscusstheproblemsofthe
contemporaryservicesectorinapost-industrialsociety.
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