From the Editor

Małgorzata Marchewka

Welcome

Dear “e-mentor” readers,

I am pleased to share with you the latest collection of papers, which brings us closer to the redefined scope of our journal: higher education in management and economics.

Readers primarily interested in business education trends can learn about the need for practical financial education at European universities. A study conducted in Romania, Poland and Spain reveals that students' financial literacy is influenced by socio-demographic factors, their academic background and work-related factors. The readers can also gain insight into the changes in the education process to raise interest in creativity and innovations in IT.

Inspiration can also be found in Sweden, particularly in the discussion regarding the potential adaptation of the Swedish model of surrogate student entrepreneurship in Poland. This issue covers other topics related to education, such as case studies as a research strategy in comparative education, maintaining a work-life balance among school teachers, and gifted students' communication with teachers.

The last two articles discuss new trends in management and economics. The first focuses on assessing the conditions for the development of the financial technology (FinTech) sector in selected countries. The second focuses on leveraging information and communication technology (ICT) for knowledge-driven agripreneurial innovations and advancing sustainable development goals in rural economies.

I hope you will enjoy exploring this issue. At the same time, I would like to cordially invite you to contribute to "e-mentor" and to support our efforts to internationalise the journal. Following an analysis of the results of the project financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) completed in Oct 2024 (RCN/SP/0361/2021/1), we have decided to publish all articles in English only. Please be advised that from the beginning of 2025, there will be no further calls for manuscripts prepared in Polish. Furthermore, our goal is to make "e-mentor” a journal that serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of research and ideas related to teaching and learning in management and economics higher education. We aim to provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and insights on the use of technology in education, including e-learning, forms and methods of education, the verification of learning effects, and the integration of new trends in management and economics into higher education.

"E-mentor" is an open-access journal available free of charge, both online and in printed form. All scientific papers are peer-reviewed and we provide free proofreading of papers accepted for publication. Every article gets an individual DOI registered in Crossref, and the journal is indexed in several global databases, including Web of Science ESCI and EBSCO. There is no publishing fee for the authors. Further details are available online at http://www.e-mentor.edu.pl/eng/page/8/Info_for_Authors. Should you have any questions concerning publications in "e-mentor", please contact the editorial team at redakcja@e-mentor.edu.pl.

Małgorzata Marchewka
Editor