Agnieszka Bem is an Associate Professor in the Department of Corporate and Public Finance at Wroc¿aw University of Economics and Business, Poland. Her research interest includes public finance, risk management in public sector, fundamental analysis, international finance, health economics, public finance, financial management in healthcare institutions.

Erika Jáki is an Associate Professor in the Institute for the Development of Enterprises at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Her research interests include behavioural corporate finance, venture capital and business planning, and internal audit at government owned investment companies.

Täána Hajdíková is an Assistant Professor in the ManagementDepartment at the University of Economics in Jind¿ich¿v Hradec, Prague, Czech Republic. Her main research interest lies in the evaluation of financial performance of primarily non-profit organizations.

Explores sustainable finance in the transition to a green economy

Provides an analysis of the current issues in corporate and public finance

Offers case studies from Polish and Central European markets

when historical data with a desired interval have limited size.- 4. Is the situation of Polish public hospitals healthy? Indebtedness analysis.- 5. Insurance business cycles in liability insurance - the case of the Polish market.- 6. Quantitative easing and green bonds - should a central bank be involved in fostering transition towards low-carbon economy?.- 7. Sustainable Investments as Real Options.- 8. Procuring Socially Responsible Services Within Sustainability-driven Thessaloniki.- 9. Factors Affecting Bankruptcy Depending on the Size of the Company.- 10. Technology-oriented startups in the intersection of Industry 4.0, venture capital financingand business scaling.- 11. Key competencies of startup teams sought-after by investors.- 12. Trends and recommendations of the municipal spending policy in the context of social assistance benefits. Initial analysis.- 13. Sustainable Business Models in Healthcare: A scoping review of the quality and quantity of literature.- 14. Inequality in the distribution of specialist doctors. Evidence from Poland.- 15. Investment in the Polish real estate market - housing "beta" coefficient.- 16. The competitiveness of regions in Poland in 2009-2016.- 17. Drivers of Market Cartelisation on the Example of Bid-Rigging - Case Study.- 18. How do Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors impact on public finance performance? Risk, efficiency and public financial system perspectives.- 19. Capital asset prices in V4 countries.- 20. Innovative public procurement - An analysis of surveys conducted among contractors in Poland and the UK.