Current volume of “Logistics Management” contains extremely valuable article in the area of strategic research programme. Prof. dr hab. inż. Adam Mazurkiewicz and mgr Ludmiła Łopacińska have presented evaluation of new technology solutions developed in strategic research programmes as one of the most important aspects ensuring competitiveness of modern knowledge based economies. Prof. dr hab. Łukasz Sułkowski has described the identity and demarcation of management in family of social sciences. Giving that volume of “Logistics Management” to the reader’s hands editors hope that it will be a source of valuable knowledge and inspiration for further research in the area of logistics and distribution.