PART I. POLAND'S ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS FROM 2010 TO 2016 Chapter 1. Comparative Assessment of Development Trends in 2010-2016: Poland and the European Union Ryszard Rapacki, Mariusz Próchniak Chapter 2. Income Convergence Between the CEE Region and Western Europę Mariusz Próchniak Chapter 3. Income Ineąuality and Poverty in Poland: The Impact of Total Remittances on Income Ineąuality Among Polish Households from 2008 to 2015 Patrycja Graca-Gelert Chapter 4. Poland's Competitive Advantages in Foreign Trade and the Country's Balance of Payments in 2010-2016 Mariusz-Jan Radio Chapter 5. The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Poland's Economic Competitiveness Tomasz M. Napiórkowski PART II. KEY FACTORS FOR POLAND'S ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS IN 2010-2016 Chapter 6. Key Economic Policy Developments in 2010-2016 and Challenges Ahead Adam Czerniak, Ryszard Rapacki Chapter 7. The Internationalization of Poland's Financial System from 2010 to 2016 Katarzyna Sum Chapter 8. Investment and Domestic Savings: Poland Compared with Other EU Countries Piotr Maszczyk Chapter 9. Changes in Humań Resources in Poland and Migration Trends from 2010 to 2016 Adam Karbowski Chapter 10. Science, Technology and Innovation as Factors of Competitiveness of the Polish Economy Marta Mackiewicz Chapter 11. Changes in Total Factor Productivity Mariusz Próchniak PART III. POLAND'S INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS Chapter 12. The Internationalization of Poland's National Innovation System 193 Marzenna Anna Weresa Chapter 13. The Financing of Innovative Polish Enterprises under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Program Compared with Other Member States 213 Małgorzata Stefania Lewandowska Chapter 14. Innovation, Cooperation and Internationalization: Research Results for Polish Industrial Enterprises Tomasz Gołębiowski, Małgorzata Stefania Lewandowska Chapter 15. The Internationalization of Polish Business Clusters Arkadiusz Michał Kowalski The Internationalization of the Polish Economy and Changes in Its Competitive Position 2010-2016 Marzenna Anna Weresa