Department of Foreign Trade

Name of the unit:  Department of Foreign Trade
Head: Prof. dr hab. Stanisław Wydymus
Website: http://www.khz.uek.krakow.pl
Telephone:  +48 12 293 53 81
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Fax:  +48 12 293 50 37
Main research areas:

 International Relations, European Studies, Statistics & Econometrics

Description:

 International trade, numerical taxonomy methods in international analyses, international comparisons (convergence/divergence analysis), analysis of foreign markets and population living standards, international competitiveness, international flows of capital, EU trade policy, customs law, insurance in foreign trade, export credit insurance agencies, public institutions in foreign trade, export supporting policies, institutions promoting international economic cooperation, regulation in the area of export supporting instruments, EU structural policy, methods for the settlement and financing of international contracts, trade protectionism, trade policy instruments, trade conflicts, WTO activities, international trade in agricultural and food products, export marketing, globalization, international corporations, geographical conditions of world trade, global environmental problems, concept of sustainable development, EU’s and Poland’s environmental policy, impact of ecological instruments on the competitiveness of companies and regions, mathematical modelling, game theory, international financial markets, balance of payments equilibrium, exchange risk and hedging methods, Poland-Russia economic cooperation, significance of cultural differences in trade relations, public relations, e-marketing, country development trichotomy – division into core, semi-periphery and periphery countries and its implications, political economics, network analysis, complexity economics, European economic integration (an interdisciplinary approach), deepening vs widening of integration process, trade regionalism, EU foreign trade policy, international economic transactions, foreign trade transactions, international negotiations, foreign direct investment, international trade in services, fair trade, a company in international markets, corporate social responsibility (CSR)

* for research staff of Cracow University of Economics