At the international scientific conference EMB 2023, which took place in the Spa Nový Smokovec in the High Tatras on 28th – 29th September 2023, members of the Department of Finance, Accounting and Mathematical Methods, professor Ing. Dana Kiseľáková, PhD., associate professor Ing. Beáta Šofranková, PhD., associate professor Ing. Jarmila Horváthová, PhD. and associate professor Ing. Martina Mokrišová, PhD. presented interim results within the grant APVV-20-0338 “Driving forces of economic growth and survival of firms in the sixth K-wave”.