Competitiveness of the Polish economy compared with the Romanian one

Generally, competitiveness of the economy defines importance of the national economy in the world market. It is a very complex notion assessed by various institutions using different indicators which actually reflect only selected aspects, such as prospects for economic development, technological progress, quality of public institutions, quality of the national business environment, quality of business legislation, level of prices as well as technical infrastructure.competitiveness, performance, development, ranking.

Kultura procesów zakupowych w innowacyjnych przedsiębiorstwach produkcyjnych: Perspektywa rozwoju w czasach pandemii

The issue of purchasing processes has been analyzed and studied by scientists for several years, and especially the time of the pandemic has shown that activities in the area of procurement require more analysis and focus on creating new values or developing a culture of these processes in organizations. The COVID-19 pandemic caused the business world to undermine the reliability of the supply chain and showed that purchasing processes can be unstable. Purchasing functions faced demand-supply imbalances, which often lead to inventory issues, uncertain supply reliability, and high-risk relationships with various stakeholders, particularly suppliers and customers. Opaque supply chains and new realities require flexibility, a certain culture and maturity in sourcing functions to stay in business and succeed as a business in the new era. In order to build effective capabilities in purchasing processes and be able to flexibly respond to the challenges of the business environment, as well as meet the needs of stakeholders, enterprises must protect themselves with new norms, values and principles in this area. The article, in the theoretical part, describes the term of purchasing processes, presents elements that can be considered as the basis for building a culture of purchasing processes in innovative production enterprises. The research part describes the research methodology and the results of the conducted surveys as well as the conclusions resulting from the research. The research was conducted on a group of 36 managers who deal with this area in innovative production companies listed on the NewConnect market in Poland. The analysis of the literature and the results of the research showed that the prospects for the development of the purchasing process culture are significantly high. Especially this aspect has become quite important during the pandemic and companies are increasingly including these activities in key business processes.Problematyka procesów zakupowych jest analizowana i badana przez naukowców od kilkunastu lat, a szczególnie czas pandemii pokazał, iż działania w obszarze zaopatrzenia wymagają większej analizy oraz skupienia się na tworzeniu nowych wartości czy wypracowania kultury tych procesów w organizacjach. Pandemia COVID-19 spowodowała, że świat biznesu podważył niezawodność łańcucha dostaw i pokazał, że procesy zakupowe mogą być niestabilne. Funkcje zakupów stoją w obliczu nierównowagi popytu do podaży, co często prowadzi do problemów z zapasami, niepewnej niezawodności dostaw, a także wysokiego ryzyka w relacjach do różnych interesariuszy, szczególnie dostawców i klientów. Nieprzejrzyste łańcuchy dostaw oraz nowa rzeczywistość wymagają elastyczności czy tworzenia pewnej kultury i dojrzałości w funkcjach pozyskiwania zaopatrzenia, aby utrzymać działalność i odnosić sukcesy jako przedsiębiorstwo w nowej przyszłości. Aby zbudować efektywne zdolności w procesach zakupowych oraz mieć możliwość elastycznego reagowania na wyzwania otoczenia biznesowego, a także zaspokajania potrzeb interesariuszy, przedsiębiorstwa muszą zabezpieczać się nowymi normami, wartościami i zasadami w tym obszarze. W artykule w części teoretycznej opisano termin procesów zakupowych, przedstawiono elementy, które można uznać za podstawę budowania kultury procesów zakupowych w innowacyjnych przedsiębiorstwach produkcyjnych. W części badawczej opisano metodykę badań oraz wyniki przeprowadzonych ankiet oraz wnioski wynikające z badań. Badania zostały przeprowadzone na grupie 36 menedżerów, którzy zajmują się tym obszarem w innowacyjnych przedsiębiorstwach produkcyjnych, notowanych na rynku NewConnect w Polsce. Analiza literatury oraz wyniki badań wskazały, iż perspektywy rozwoju kultury procesów zakupowych są istotnie duże, szczególnie aspekt ten stał się dość ważny w okresie pandemii. Przedsiębiorstwa coraz częściej wpisują te działania w kluczowe procesy biznesowe

Model budowania zaangażowania interesariuszy w funkcjonowanie organizacji – zaufanie a ryzyko

The aim of this study was to present the specific elements of the model of building stakeholder engagement in the operation of a company and identify specific risk groups and proposals that mitigate the negative effects of business risk by building relations with stakeholders, not only on formalized principles defining the principles of cooperation, but above all on building trust in these relationships. The study adopts a synthetic approach to issues and trust in relations with stakeholders, as well as a process of identifiation and analysis of risk in the business operations of UniGlass Sp. z o.o., is presented. The study considers the implementation of the model of building the involvement of diversified stakeholders in business activities who bear the risk at many levels. As part of various forms of cooperation, enterprises are required to search for risk factors that constitute an opportunity or a threat to building relationships or cooperation based on trust with other entities.Celem opracowania było przedstawienie określonych elementów modelu budowania zaangażowania interesariuszy w działanie przedsiębiorstwa oraz zidentyfiowanie określonych grup ryzyka i propozycji działań ograniczających negatywne skutki ryzyka biznesowego poprzez oparcie relacji z interesariuszami nie tylko na sformalizowanych zasadach określających zasady współpracy, ale przede wszystkim na budowaniu zaufania w tych relacjach na określonym przykładzie. Badanie poprzedzono syntetycznym ujęciem problematyki i zaufania w relacjach z interesariuszami oraz przedstawiono proces identyfiacji i analizy ryzyka w działalności biznesowej fimy UniGlass Sp. z o.o. rozważania stanowią element szerszych badań nad implementacją modelu budowania zaangażowania zdywersyfiowanych interesariuszy w działalności biznesowej opatrzonej ponoszeniem ryzyka na wielu poziomach. W ramach różnorodnych form współpracy wymaga się od przedsiębiorstw wyszukiwania czynników ryzyka, które są szansą bądź zagrożeniem w budowaniu relacji lub we współpracy opartej na zaufaniu z innymi podmiotami

The Role of Social Media in the Enterprise’s Communication with Its Stakeholders

The aim of the article is to present the role of social media in the process of communication between the company and its stakeholders, with the use of new tools. ICT tools enable rich and unlimited communication of each organization with each stakeholder. From the point of view of enterprises, this leads to a dramatic reduction in transaction costs, an increase in the effectiveness of managing contacts with interest groups, as well as spatial development and range of operations. In order to minimize marketing and promotional costs, enterprises look for all possible communication tools to reach the largest group of recipients of their message. A prime example is the phenomenon of social media, or internet “creations” that allow users to create and exchange user-generated content in order to create “crowd wisdom” used by businesses. The considerations contained in the article are an element of research on the role of social media in communicating with its stakeholders. The article is both in theoretical and practical knowledge. The subjects of the research are medium and large enterprises from the high technology service sector in Poland.The aim of the article is to present the role of social media in the process of communication between the company and its stakeholders, with the use of new tools. ICT tools enable rich and unlimited communication of each organization with each stakeholder. From the point of view of enterprises, this leads to a dramatic reduction in transaction costs, an increase in the effectiveness of managing contacts with interest groups, as well as spatial development and range of operations. In order to minimize marketing and promotional costs, enterprises look for all possible communication tools to reach the largest group of recipients of their message. A prime example is the phenomenon of social media, or internet “creations” that allow users to create and exchange user-generated content in order to create “crowd wisdom” used by businesses. The considerations contained in the article are an element of research on the role of social media in communicating with its stakeholders. The article is both in theoretical and practical knowledge. The subjects of the research are medium and large enterprises from the high technology service sector in Poland

Effectiveness in development management of the region

This publication focuses on the attempt to determine the effectiveness of regional development management activities on the example of the Bucharest Ilfov Region in Romania. In recent years, the EU's operational programmes have supported the development of many countries such as Poland and Romania. However, the main problem in the development of regions is very often the effectiveness of the use of EU funds and the efficient and effective way of management by intermediaries and beneficiaries themselves. The aim of this article is to present examples of solutions for effectiveness in development management of the region in relation to the EU 2020 Strateg

RISK FACTORS IN CREATING VALUE INNOVATION IN THE ORGANIZATION

Purpose: Risk is a category more often taken into account in the planning processes in organizations. Risk is combined with activities of the organization in the fields of innovation and value management. One of the concepts for the development of the organization in terms of the variable environment is value innovation, which focuses on raising value for stakeholders, among others, by reducing costs and creating new factors carrying value (e.g. by innovation provided to the market). The aim of the article is an indication of how risk factors (both opportunities and threats factors) can determine the implementation and development of the concept of value innovation in the organization. Considerations apply to the example of UniGlass Poland company.Methodology: In the article, there are used the methods of analysis, synthesis and deduction, as well as a critical literature analysis and the so-called typical case study.Findings: Identification and risk analysis is a key step in implementation of the value innovation concept. Implementing risk into this concept gives an ability to continuously monitor the status of the organization and changes in the value chains. The risk factors, and in particular the opportunities factors, also provide the ability to see the potential values for stakeholders, as well as play a role of the starting point for estimating the value of activities related to the creation of these new values.Research limitation: The article presents only selected and most important aspects of implementation of the value innovation concept, and also contains an analysis of only a single case study (UniGlass Poland company) – therefore, specification more general conclusions and identification of universal mechanisms is not very convenient in the article.Originality: The article presents an innovative attempt to integrate two important categories in contemporary management sciences: risk and value innovation

”Eye tracking” the method and psychology of consumer behaviour on the market

Niniejsza publikacja przedstawia rolę, jaką odgrywa nowoczesna metoda „Eye tracking” w psychologii zachowań konsumenta na rynku. Metoda ta jest szczególnie wykorzystywana w medycynie i psychologii. W ostatnich latach znalazła ona również szerokie zastosowanie w naukach ekonomicznych, szczególnie w marketingu.This publication presents the role which the modern method called "Eye tracking" plays in the psychology of consumer behaviour on the market. This method is particularly used in medicine and psychology. In recent years, it has been also widely used in economic sciences, especially in marketing

Czynniki wpływające na rozwój rynku telefonii komórkowej w Polsce - część 2

Poland as well other countries In Europe very quickly joined to the worldwide megatrends and enabled the development of mobile telephony. Polish telecommunication market is one of the largest in central Europe, however on account of different factors it has characterized low penetration rate for many years in comparison to other European countries. The second part of the article about the mobile telephony market focuses on the description of submarkets being parts of the telecommunication market as a wholePolska, jak i inne kraje w Europie szybko dołączyła do światowych megatrendów i umożliwiła rozwój telefonii komórkowej. Polski rynek usług telekomunikacyjnych jest największy w Europie Środkowej, jednakże ze względu na różne czynniki przez wiele lat cechował się niską penetracją rynku w porównaniu do innych krajów europejskich. Druga część artykułu o rynku telefonii komórkowej koncentruje się na scharakteryzowaniu subrynków będących częścią składową rynku telekomunikacyjneg

The customer service and building safe relationships between the enterprise and suppliers in VUCA times

PURPOSE: The aim of the article is to present the role of the customer service and building safe relationships between the enterprise and suppliers in VUCA times.DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: The research methods employed in this study were both qualitative and quantitative. The data for analysis was collected through a diagnostic survey method, utilizing a questionnaire technique. Specifically, the Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) method was utilized to obtain opinions from respondents via telephonic communication. The survey data was collected during November to December 2021, while interviews of innovative enterprises were conducted during May and June 2022. The study not only used empirical research methods but also theoretical research methods, including the analytical-synthetic method to critically analyze literature on the subject. Abstraction was used to select the necessary elements for analysis. Survey data was compared with recommendations on building safe relationships between enterprises and suppliers by innovative economic units in Poland. The conclusions were formulated through generalization and inference.FINDINGS: The considerations contained in the article are the part of a broader research on the role of the customer service and building safe relationships between the enterprise and suppliers in VUCA times. It should be seen that incorporating quality suppliers into business can greatly enhance customer service and operational efficiency. Establishing secure and favorable relationships with suppliers can also lead to valuable business partnerships, providing fresh insights and opening new avenues for growth.PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: As the business world remains volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA), enterprises can seize a valuable opportunity through and building safe relationships with suppliers. By adopting this advanced approach to supplier management, organizations can foster robust, mutually beneficial relationships with all of their suppliers. Such a strategy is crucial for establishing genuine resilience and security in their supply chain.ORIGINALITY/VALUE: While articles on forging ties with suppliers abound, there remains a dearth of publications focused solely on building such relationships in innovative enterprises during volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times. This gap in knowledge is especially pronounced in the context of Poland's NewConnect market.peer-reviewe