Waldemar Tarczynski, University of Szczecin — Poland and Mirosława Gazinska, University of Szczecin — , The Socio-Economic Condition of Poland in Relation to EU Member States

Malgorzata Latuszynska, University of Szczecin — Poland and Mariusz Borawski, Technical University of Szczecin — Poland, Using Complex Abstract Objects in Simulation Models

Jennifer Foo, Stetson University — USA and Dorota Witkowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences — Poland, Achieving Banking Efficiency after Two Decades in Transition Countries

Joanna Gorka, Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń — Poland, Forecasting Value-at-Risk with a Family Sign RCA Models

Kesra Nermend, University of Szczecin — Poland, Construction of Taxonomic Measures: Application of Quartiles for Outliers