Konkursy orkiestr dętych w Polsce jako ekspresja ruchu społeczno-muzycznego

This paper deals with the issue of brass bands’ contests in Poland and is analysed using both the diachronic and systematic approaches. The sources for this inquiry are the international literature relating to the working class contest phenomena and the outcome of my ethnomusicological field research conducted in 2001–2005 in the Mazovia region (Central Poland). I briefly examine the history of contests of brass bands in Poland since the interwar period. The systematic part deals with different aspects of contesting, which include motivations of musicians, organisers’ assumptions, performed repertoire, as well as evaluation criteria. I explore the structure of brass band contest and its roles in bands’ development. The national, multileveled format of musical contest, is described in relation to the fireman band movement, which was being animated by the Main Board of Voluntary Fire Brigades – a non-musical organisation, and corresponds with the well-researched phenomenon of brass band movement in Great Britain.Artykuł dotyczy konkursów orkiestr dętych w Polsce i stanowi analizę z wykorzystaniem metod diachronicznych i systematycznych. Źródłem dla tego badania jest międzynarodowa literatura poświęcona zjawiskom związanych z konkursami orkiestr dętych oraz wyniki moich badań terenowych w dziedzinie etnomuzykologii przeprowadzonych w latach 2001–2005 na Mazowszu (Polska Centralna). Krótko omawiam historię konkursów orkiestr dętych w Polsce od okresu międzywojennego. Część systematyzująca dotyczy różnych aspektów konkursu, w tym motywacji muzyków, założeń organizatorów, wykonywanego repertuaru, a także kryteriów oceny. Opisuję strukturę konkursu i jego rolę w rozwoju zespołów. Ogólnokrajowy, wielopoziomowy format konkursu muzycznego zaprezentowany jest w odniesieniu do ruchu strażackich orkiestr dętych, który jest animowany przez Zarząd Główny Ochotniczych Straży Pożarnych – organizacjęniemuzyczną, i odpowiada w pewnym stopniu dobrze zbadanemu ruchowi orkiestr dętych w Wielkiej Brytanii

Globalization and Country-Specific Service Links

The Jones-Kierzkowski model of global fragmentation of production draws attention to the cost and efficiency of “service links” connecting “production blocks” in different countries. Country-specific service links include transport and telecommunications infrastructure and the overall business climate. Mobile factors of production, most prominently foreign direct investment (FDI), can shop around for countries with the most functional and inexpensive service links along with low labor costs. Those countries with favorable business climates and well-functioning service links are able to attract FDI and other mobile inputs, and participate in international production networks. We provide evidence that successful exporters of manufactures, notably in East Asia, have relatively favorable service links. A cross-section analysis of manufactured exports and of FDI in manufacturing confirms the importance of service link infrastructure.Conflicting claims, Division rules, Operators, Minimal rights, Maximal claims, Duality, Convexity.

Globalization and Country-Specific Service Links

The Jones-Kierzkowski model of global fragmentation of production draws attention to the cost and efficiency of “service links” connecting “production blocks” in different countries. Country-specific service links include transport and telecommunications infrastructure and the overall business climate. Mobile factors of production, most prominently foreign direct investment (FDI), can shop around for countries with the most functional and inexpensive service links along with low labor costs. Those countries with favorable business climates and well-functioning service links are able to attract FDI and other mobile inputs, and participate in international production networks. We provide evidence that successful exporters of manufactures, notably in East Asia, have relatively favorable service links. A crosssection analysis of manufactured exports and of FDI in manufacturing confirms the importance of service link infrastructure.

On a Class of Production Functions

In this paper, the author pays close attention to the production process where at the microeconomic level it seems plausible to assume that at the time when a piece of equipment is installed in the firm, there is no or very little room for variations in the factor proportions. However, what seems more reasonable is that at the micro economic level, for any specific type of equipment one may not only assume that the elasticity of substitution is zero or very near zero at the time when the equipment is installed, but that the elasticity of substitution would be greater the longer the period of time has elapsed. This is to say that it is more reasonable to assume that the elasticity of substitution is a variable over time. And the rest of the paper talks about this same concept and uses graphs and diagrams to aid understanding of the user.