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The article studies concepts of “company competitiveness”, “strategic sustainability of a company”, and analyses their interrelation. Relevant issues of supporting competitiveness of printing companies have been found out by signs of micro-, meso-, and macro level. Basic ways of coping with the found out problems are defined. It has been established that under conditions of competition growth at the printed product market maximization of strategic sustainability of the company is becoming a critical factor of its ...

The purpose of this paper is to identify consumers' preferences for Geographical Indication wines from the Mini? M?derat vineyard, wines that are traditionally in the area and at the same time are also km 0, favoring a sustainable development of the area. Two wine centers, Mini? and M?derat, although they are close, shows important differences. Mini? climatic conditions and soil conditions favor the production of quality red wines, and at M?derat, located further north, the climate is less generous and soils more ...

Hard coal in Poland is a fuel used mainly for the production of electricity. For this reason coal is essential to ensure the country's energy and social security. Currently there are 80 000 workers employed in the Polish mines (as of 31.12.2016) who maintain their families, drive the economy and pay taxes. The annual cost incurred by the state in connection with the functioning of only one unemployed person is approx. 2100 EURO taking into account only the health insurance costs, opportunity costs [1]. Mining is t...

The purpose of the study is to develop methodological bases for diagnosing promising labor markets to forecast the staffing needs for the high-tech and innovative sectors of the regional economy. The complexity of the task is in the need to identify intellectual and human resources for promising commodity and labor markets, which currently do not have business customers. Existing methods for assessing the staffing needs cannot fully consider the changes in the strategic priorities for the regional development. As ...

The protection of life, health and property of individuals is now in the center of public interest. Without distinction, whether private or public sector secures the providing of such protection. Private security services plays an important role in protection of persons and property. The subject of protection is not only persons and property, but also sensitive information, which are relevant for the state interest or business entities. Based on research, private security service are not systematically selecting e...

Customer orientation is essential for long term success competing between sports organizations in this dynamic business world. Customer performance might be essential providing competitive advantage of sport’s organization. Accordingly customer orientation in strategy might create value for the customers and increase customers' loyalty. Customers’ of sport’s organization might behave differently according to the type of sport and even gender of sport’s team. In this case customers’ (fans’) performance of women’s v...

A good leader might be the difference between success and failure in the contemporary ever changing business environment. Leadership is crucial to employee motivation, employee satisfaction, productivity and overall business performance. It includes a variety of elements and success techniques, although personal characteristics should not be underestimated. A complex connection of interpersonal relations and communications is created in any leader-follower situation. Although several theoretical approaches have be...

The paper aims to choose the marketing metrics to measure the performance of the corporate client relationship management and to estimate the relationship marketing efficiency in the industrial market. The choice of client metrics was made according to the corporate targets for the development of industrial organization, availability of statistical data and the company’s needs for information in order to manage relationship with the customers. It was tested and approved in the real case of industrial enterprises. ...

An important prerequisite for improving business performance is the high efficiency of internal processes, including the purchasing process. In order to increase the performance efficiency of industry enterprises as the suppliers, it is necessary to know and understand not only the course of the purchasing process in the companies of direct customers, but also their way of evaluating the performance of the suppliers, the actual purchasing process and its position in the business performance evaluation system. The ...

Background: Strong competition, financial crisis, bankruptcy of contractors, all these factors affect negatively the financial situation of enterprises. Large international corporations with multiple divisions are less affected by their customers or suppliers. In the case of small and medium-sized enterprises the downfall of one customer is very important for their financial situation. Therefore, one of the possibilities that influences positively on the safety and financial condition of enterprises is the activit...

Activity-based costing as a management method has been a very much discussed topic in the field of allocation of logistics costs in recent years. Activity-based costing is a kind of method that can accurately calculate costs. This method has been imported to solve problems that logistics service providers come across. The paper aims to present an innovative management approach to logistics cost calculation for warehousing for a chosen logistics service provider. It is based on research of world literature, in-dept...

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between paternalism, delegation collective organizational engagement and performance. The performance concept in this study consists of individual and organizational performance. Using quantitative analysis methods a study is conducted on the North Marmara Region of Turkey with a sample of 175 employees in different sectors. The result of the study show that there is a positive correlation between paternalism, delegation, collective organizational engagement,...

Businesses today simply cannot ignore corporate sustainability. It has key roles to play in long-term corporate success of an organization as well as value -inspired market services in the society. It is equally important that companies recognize the benefits of sustainability right from the very top or managerial level of the organization keep an annual record of progress made in this regard, and report as well as maintain a local engagement of stakeholders in their environment of operations. The aim of the artic...

Adequate administration of the bank requires management not only to know well the financial status of the institution, but also to plan and control the operational processes and to take managerial decisions about the efficient allocation and utilization of the available resources. New requirements are set up aimed at provisioning of information in the bank management system, but also new challenges arise in relation to the accounting and information process for budget planning, accountability and control in order ...

The digital world has become an integral part of life for the majority of the world's socially active population. Topicality of the research could be substantiated by numerous researches [1], [2], [3] clearly stated the extreme importance of enterprise’ powerful brand in a digital era for raising the competitiveness of a company and customer satisfaction. This trend requires every entrepreneur to pay considerable attention to the strategy of building the robust digital brand identifying social interests and focus ...

With more than 3500 plant species with therapeutic properties, the flora of Romania holds the key for an environment opened to new scientific studies [1] that can lead to innovations in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic sector. The benefits of Romania's geographical position in the growth of many plants species used in medicine, pharmacy and cosmetology, will also be discussed. Some of the top plant species like sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), romanian paeonia (Paeonia Peregrina), yellow poppy (Papaver alpinum...

The influence of small and medium enterprises on the economy of various countries of the world is considered. The study examined the dynamics of small and medium-sized business development in Russia and foreign countries, criteria for classifying small and medium-sized businesses. The dynamics of development of small and medium-sized enterprises in foreign countries and in Russia is analyzed. The impact of small and medium-sized businesses on various sectors of the economy is estimated. The problems faced by small...

Currently, companies are confronted with the need to respond to technological and economic changes. Companies are aware of this fact and have started a number of change projects. Internal communication plays a key role, affects attitudes and employees performance and therefore the performance of the entire organisation. The aim of the paper is to describe the state of internal communication in enterprises in the Czech Republic. An online structured questionnaire was the tool for query. Questions were divided into ...

Health is a fundamental individual and social value. Nowadays the market approach to health is developing as well from the rise of economic pressures and the gradual introduction of terminology and conceptual management into society. We can therefore analyze health management concepts and divide them into different functional areas, among which health marketing can also be distinguished. Currently, non-public medical institutions in Poland are increasingly competing at the level of basic care with public medical i...

Background. Competitive advantages are one of the main elements of successful activity in the global market. This is relevant for the economy of any country, which in modern conditions is involved in the globalization of the world economy. World economic relations between different countries provide opportunities that can be used with varying degrees of economic success. Modern Russian entrepreneurial structures are actively trying to integrate into the world economy. This is very difficult, because all the produc...

The purpose of the research was to identify and analyse organisational solutions of strategic controlling, in particular incorporation of strategic controllers in the organisational structure, as well as controlling responsibility centres (especially in the context of the contingency theory). The results of the research were related in particular to the manpower of the controllers team, the range of responsibility and the decision-making powers delegated to strategic controllers, as well as the factors influencing...

In the modern world, it is very important to pay special and significant importance to the process of corporate and social responsibility (CSR). Socially responsible activity brings a new look at the social direction of the business and it brings benefits to organizations, both directly and indirectly, which provides a long-term competitive advantage. The business entities have competed by several tools, mainly from the point of view of product´s quality, services, customers, etc. But the time is running and the c...

Negative transition in the football game mainly refers to the first reaction of a player or a group of players in order to retrieve the ball or to remove the danger of delaying the opponents’ attack and achieving a rapid defence organization. Obviously, this can be achieved in various ways, which will depend on the individual and group characteristics of the players. A coach will have to find the means that will best suit his team, he will try to remove the habits of the team that does not match his players. Our w...

There is a specific group of information processes performed in an organisation which are particularly linked with information acquisition, processing and rendering. And even though numerous highly advanced IT solutions are commonly available, handling of such processes often involves a considerable share of manual activities. In order to support them, one can use tools developed in spreadsheets by following the author’s signature concept referred to as “Microtools Based on the Relational Data Model”. The article ...

The individuality of the manager, his personal disposition (psychological, social, physical, professional), his / her abilities, skills and knowledge is decisive for the particular person's deployment in a real crisis situation. The manager has to manage not only routine but is also responsible for managing the situation endangering the lives of people, causing extensive material damage and, eventually, rehabilitation of affected organizations. In such situations it is necessary to replace managerial management (l...

The research topic is formulated with the anticipation that the managers and chief executives will recognize that the salary is not the only one motivating factor at the workplace to ensure the employee’s well-being. There are so many examples when the employees leave well paid jobs and good positions. One of the research tasks is to find out how a person feels at his/her workplace. If the level of well-being at the workplace is high, a higher degree of motivation is achieved. There is a range of factors influenci...

The global market for green products is growing dynamically. In Poland, the number of green producers is increasing, while the number of purchasers of green products is not high. The ecological awareness of Polish consumers is still low. This affects consumer behavior on the green market. The basic motive for buying green products is health, not the environment. Altruistic motives play the secondary role. Green products, especially organic food, are associated with health and safety. In addition, high prices and s...

Social enterprise is increasingly perceived as a viable solution to real problems due to its nature of an integration of socially favorable activities among communities. At the same time, it helps developing social innovations in the internationalizing European Union. Due to the need to self-finance the displayed model integrates economic, social, and environmental aspects to insure the well-being, interaction, and integration of diverse cultures within its local community while competing with the local network of...

Manufacturing Execution Systems to support production management at the operational level are focused to the input, monitoring and evaluation of the manufacturing process. The functions of these systems are capable of collecting a large amount of data and their fast processing. It means to respond quickly to events that occur during manufacturing process. MES systems also allow rapid evaluation of key performance indicators that are linked to production efficiency. Their evaluation is based on collected data. Syst...

The paper deals with investigating thorough analysis that reveals the impact of digitalisation as the development of new communication platforms are changing consumer's purchasing behaviour in the online environment. The main aim of our research to identify the dynamics of consumer preferences in relation to the communication platforms of digital equipment for purchase in the online environment. To fulfil the aim of the research we are in the period 02.21.2016 - 03.06.2016 conducted a questionnaire survey located ...

Using Big Data in organizations, regardless of their size and specific, offers significant opportunities for growing the business performance. Through the study conducted, we intend to explore the perception of managers on the use of Big Data for business development. The data collected through a questionnaire applied to 1,152 managers, from companies of different sizes and from different fields, were the basis for the creation of a database subsequently processed with appropriate software, the Statistical Package...

The following article gives a picture of the history and current state of the entertainment gaming industry, which is rapidly developing and changing in these few years. Compares features of gaming devices and consoles, methods of distribution of its products to consumers and describes the modern selling models such as microtransactions. The article deals about current sales and marketing models used in this industry. It also focuses on the big problem in the gaming industry which is piracy. In the analytical part...

Active competition for good employees can currently be observed among employers because the most frequently mentioned topical issues in the labour market in Latvia are associated with ageing of the society, emigration of working-age population. The shortage of qualified labour due to the demographic processes and also the high levels of competition in the labour market in the transportation sector, the high levels of personnel turnover and the low levels of responses to the announced vacancies from potential emplo...

The aim of the research is to estimate the size and saturation of the labor market with companies, which have progressive human resource services in their management structure. The main hypothesis of the research is that the HR service development rate is determined by the dynamics and the speed of change in the management sphere of the company. The development level of the HR services is higher at stable companies, functioning at the market during the phase of active formation of the labor management theory and p...

The paper aimed to discover several ways to modify the benchmarking method in order to increase its usage rate in Romanian enterprises. This increase would generate economic benefits for companies and for the entire society. Therefore, we have briefly presented in introduction several features of the modern benchmarking method retrieved in the specialty literature. Then we have developed a research in two fields: the academic environment and the industrial one. On one hand, we have collected the opinions of the ac...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze cultivated surfaces and obtained production in Romanian West Region of Development performing after that a SWOT analyze of this sector. Romanian West Region has two areas of major importance in Romania's vineyard production, namely Minis-M?derat and Reca? vineyards, which have a quality recognition through Denominated Origin and Geographically Indication, but also a considerable amount production for export. It is observed that even if the surfaces are not representative the...

The entrepreneurial intention issue is considered nowadays as an important source of corporate sector growth and competitive advantage of enterprises. The strengthening of intentions towards entrepreneurship should be developed by educational system, achieving the strongest intensity at higher education level. Identification of factors influencing the entrepreneurial intention among students could lead to improvements in education system to be more entrepreneurial oriented. The main aim of the paper is to identify...

The article considers the features of production development in the conditions of the sixth technological order and the related needs in changing the level of education and training of human resources. Particular attention is paid to the training of management personnel, which will determine the efficiency and effectiveness of new production structures. It emphasizes the need to reassess the profile of the competencies of management specialists. In the mandatory managerial skill set one should assign skills that d...

The role of spatial planning and urban planning is essential in terms of guiding territorial cohesionS policies, which is at the heart of achieving a harmonious, sustainable development throughout the European union. Although, different approaches are being developed in the development of spatial plans and strategies across countries, they are designed to help unite government programs by identifying a wide range of government policies in the fields of the health, employment, education, transport, environment , ho...

Customer service staff have to communicate daily in different situations both verbally and non-verbally, by means of personal discussions, telephone calls, e-mails. It is often said the first impression is decisive and that is why good communication skills are considered the essential condition of success of customer service staff. If the customer service staff are not able to communicate correctly, the probability of their failure increases. Explicitness, briefness, precision, completeness and politeness can be c...

Growth models are considered to be interesting to economists. The article shows the analyses of the basic approaches to growth models. Under the conditions of economic uncertainty the theories that take into account non-leaner relationships between development factors are considered to be very powerful. Moreover the solutions to the development factors that form cyclical path and the model based on the use of cyclical nature of economic development can be also very helpful. For this purpose special attention is gi...

Nowadays, mainly due to socio-demographical processes, but also the need to stay competitive in the globalizing economy, diversity management is gaining more and more attention from enterprises. However, as research shows, it is still being implemented by only a few Polish organizations. The aim of the following paper was to examine the genesis of diversity management initiatives in Polish organizations, the main sources if this initiative, the motivation for implementing diversity management as well as the source...

Management develops strategic advantages in the area of economic activity through the implementation of the Total Quality Management (TQM) principles into each management system. The purpose of this paper is to redefine the quality management principles and to develop an individualized questionnaire to measure the management perceptions when principles are implemented. We have studied the application of management principles in small and medium–sized enterprises in two Romanian regions on the basis of four hypothe...

Graduate studies at universities are conducted not only in theoretical research but also in order to find solutions to the needs of the sector. With this study, it is aimed to investigate the studies made about career by content analysis method. This study aimed at investigating master and doctoral dissertations on human resources management published between 2000 and 2017 at Turkish universities by content analysis. Totally 113 dissertations are included in the analysis. The dissertations are examined according t...

Hi-tech entrepreneurship increasingly deals with the mental capabilities of in-tellectual workers as the major resource of the post-Fordist enterprise. These workers discover and use ? on their own account ? new properties of intellect-intensive re-sources, and in doing so they acquire features that are similar to entrepreneurial quali-ties. Relying on the theory of autopoiesis, the radical subjectivist strand in econom-ics, and the radical humanist criticism of post-Fordism; we studied the major conse-quences of ...

The relevance of the presented research is unquestionable in the context of the new challenges, initiated by the growing processes of globalization and spasmodic trends in the world economy development, facing Russian territories. These challenges determine the need for an innovation-oriented modernization of the management system for developing territories, taking into account the reality of cyclicality and the state of the fundamental resource base that can give impulses to positive socio-economic dynamics. The ...

Attaining and sustaining of competitive advantages requires making many decisions in many areas of a complicated company system from the management. One of the areas which can contribute to a company success, and thus its managers, are methods of continuous improvement. The choice of concrete methods depends also on benefits the methods can bring and also on how complicated and organisationally and financially demanding their implementation is. The article informs about the results of a quantitative survey which w...

The paper deals with the issue of employee training and development for sales managers. Training and development of sales managers is from the point of view of human resource management very important as it can directly affect the company's business results. Managing a team of salespersons is difficult and it requires a wide range of knowledge and competences such as team motivation, goal setting, evaluation of team’s success, effective communication, and more. In order to determine the current situation in the fi...

Practice of project management is continually changing in the contemporary business. Working with the small teams and often with the limited budgets, while facing frequent changes in the business requirements, project managers are under continuous pressure to deliver fast turnarounds. Following the demands of new trends in the business management, leaders in the R&D sector are optimizing and adopting different and new styles and strategies more effectively. Waterfall models are suitable for projects with very clea...

The existing territorial, sectoral and professional-qualitative imbalances in the supply and demand of labor resources in regional markets make it difficult to shape the intellectual potential of the region. The purpose of the study is to justify the parameters for monitoring of staffing needs for making management decisions to eliminate imbalances in supply and demand based on adjustments to long-term and short-term forecasts of the structure and composition of labor resources. The authors use newly developed met...