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Total Quality Management Impact on Lithuanian Companies’ Performance Efficiency

Author(s): Skirmantė Buklytė,Juozas Ruževičius / Language(s): English Issue: 55/2010

This article reviews the newest empirical research of total quality management (TQM) impact on Lithuanian companies’ performance efficiency. The study is based on systematic research model, which explicitly investigates positive TQM impact on four main dimensions of company performance efficiency. Straipsnyje apibendrinami naujausio šalyje atlikto tyrimo, nagrinėjančio visuotinės kokybės vadybos (VKV) tendencijas, rezultatai ir pateikti siūlymai, kokių priemonių reiktų imtis VKV diegimo šalyje aprėpčiai ir naudai didinti. Tyrimas atliktas pritaikius integruotą tyrimo modelį, kuriame atsispindi kompleksinio VKV poveikio įmonių veiklos efektyvumui kryptys.

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Suvokto atlygio už darbą teisingumo prielaidos viešajame ir privačiajame sektoriuje

Author(s): Jurgita Lazauskaitė Zabielskė / Language(s): Lithuanian Issue: 55/2010

Straipsnyje nagrinėjama atlygio už darbą suvokto teisingumo problematika. Pristatomas tyrimas, nagrinėjantis darbo užmokesčio ir papildomo atlygio suvokto teisingumo ir pasitenkinimo jais prielaidas viešojo ir privačiojo sektoriaus organizacijose. Aptariami tyrimo ribotumai ir praktinės rezultatų pritaikymo galimybės. The paper analyses the problem of perceived justice in compensation decisions. The study is aimed at exploring the antecedents of perceived justice of pay and benefits and satisfaction with them in private and public sector organizations. Limitations of the study together with practical implications are discussed.

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The Possibilities of Applying the Common Assessment Framework Model in Service Quality Improvement

Author(s): Marek Bugdol,Marek Jarzębiński / Language(s): English Issue: 55/2010

The article aims at presenting cause and effect relations between the particular criteria of the CAF (Common Assessment Framework) model based on research carried out in Polish public administration institutions. The identification of relations between the particular criteria of the CAF model enables the identification of the key criteria, i.e. those on which the effective process of quality improvement and TQM implementation depend. Indicating the CAF model’s usefulness is especially important for those organizations which have already implemented quality management systems and are now looking for other possibilities of service quality improvement. Straipsnyje, remiantis Lenkijos viešojo administravimo institucijose atliktu tyrimu, atskleidžiami priežasties ir pasekmės ryšiai tarp tam tikrų Bendrosios Vertinimo Sistemos (BVS) modelio kriterijų. Ryšių tarp atskirų BVS modelio kriterijų išryškinimas leidžia identifikuoti pagrindinius kriterijus, t.y. tuos, nuo kurių priklauso kokybės tobulinimas ir Visuotinės kokybės vadybos įgyvendinimas. BVS modelio naudingumo išryškinimas ypatingai svarbus toms organizacijoms, kurios jau yra įsidiegusios kokybės vadybos sistemas ir ieško naujų paslaugų kokybės gerinimo galimybių.

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An important unification of the Continent Transfrontier cooperation in Europe

Author(s): Alex Rovt,Serhii Ustych / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2011

This paper analyses the geopolitical situation in the new eastern border of the European Union. Justifies the analysis of concepts and management of cross-border cooperation (CBC), modelling and monitoring system. Study the function of CBC and its development, relationship communication barriers. Results of the analysis based on the assumption that cross-border cooperation is avant-garde form of relations between East and West Europe.

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DIGGING AMONG THE ROOTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Author(s): Alin Croitoru / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2013

Without claiming to be an exhaustive exposition of two of the most important perspectives in the field of entrepreneurship studies, this paper points out some key distinctions between the Austrian Economics and Schumpeterian perspectives on the process of entrepreneurship. It employs a comparative approach and addresses point by point the nature of entrepreneurial opportunities, the sources of uncertainty in the initialization of entrepreneurial action, the process of competition and its role in the market as well as the relationship between entrepreneurship and knowledge. The article examines the importance attributed by these two perspectives to the socio-economic environment in which entrepreneurial activity arises, instead of focusing directly on their exclusively economic aspects.

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PROMOTING THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN EUROPE

Author(s): Florin Sebastian Duma / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2014

The economic crisis in Europe has not really come to an end yet and it seems that we still have some painful road ahead. How can we deal with this difficult recovery and how can we boost the economic development among the countries in Europe in a sustainable way? One answer is stimulating the entrepreneurship. We believe that the best way to stimulate entrepreneurship is promoting entrepreneurship education in the schools and universities all across Europe

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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ROMANIA

Author(s): Veronica Maria Mateescu / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2014

At the European level, there is a great interest in social entrepreneurship and social economy, which are correlated with a more efficient market competition, with the encouraging of solidarity and cohesion, with a high degree of flexibility and innovation that allows a rapid adaptation to the changing social and economic context. The issue of social entrepreneurship became more and more important as the financial and economic crisis evolved and brought to surface the necessity to foster not only economic development but also social inclusion. In Romania, social entrepreneurship is in its emerging phase, the non-profit sector being the major actor in this area. Through an exploratory research based on secondary sources, we aimed to identify the perspectives and the main initiatives and practices in social entrepreneurship area in Romania. The analysis focuses on the non-profit and for-profit sector, the academic area and the institutional and legislative framework

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SME's INTERNATIONALIZATION-DRIVERS AND BARRIERS: THE CASE OF THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY

Author(s): Mircea Maniu,Monica Ioana Burcă-Voicu / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2014

This paper attempts to investigate the role of the internationalization process of the SME's in shaping the domestic economic environment in this peculiar framework. It does this by contextualizing the processes of internationalization, and alos the prospects of internalization, for the case of the Romanian economy. Furthermore, we analyze the most important facts available and relevan for the topic and concentrate on the blueprints of the Romanian SME's system. All these preliminary steps converge toward our capital target, namely to identify, reveal and describe in detail the features of the main drivers and barriers that are characteristic of the present day economic life of the Romanian SME's, as observed within an accelerated internationalization process

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EXPLORING THE PREVENTION MEASURES FOR PREMATURATY NEGATIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL EXIT

Author(s): Matthijs H.M. Hammer / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2014

In the last decade, directed from the European Union, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education became a main topic on both, political and strategic managerial agenda's. Despite the enormous effort and money invested, the failure rate of starting entrepreneurs seems to be stable. Next to an increase of starting entrepreneurs, more young people are faced with the trauma of entrepreneurial failure. This paper wants to explore the causes of a negative entrepreneurial and the possibilities to prevent from this.

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ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES OF STUDENTS AT OBUDA UNIVERSITY

Author(s): Kornelia Lazanyi / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2014

The economic contribution of SME's in the EU is ever increasing; however the efficiency of Hungarian SME's is below average. According to international researches, the causes are rooted in qualitative factors such as lack or deficiency of innovation or networking ability and the motivation to become an entrepreneur. It has long been well known that entrepreneurship is the gale of creative destruction, a phenomenon which through entrepreneurial spirit (Unternehmengeist) fosters innovation and along with the evolution of markets and economies (Schumpeter 1934). Since entrepreneurialism is a midset which embodies creativity, opportunity exploitation, risk and ambiguity tolerance and an affinity for innovation, it is of common interest to promote entrepreneurial skills among citizens, especially young adults. What is more, the entrepreneurial skills area not only necessary for people, who intend to work for, or start their own SMEs, but inevitably for everyone, in each and every sector or level of employment since intrapreneurship-entrepreneurial attitude and behaviour of employees is also highly appreciated. The present paper endeavours to explore the dimensions of the entrpreneurial skill-set (or the lack of it) among students of Obuda University's Keleti Faculty of Business and Management, and investigate whether female or male students are fit to become entrepreneurs

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Procedura wspomagania procesów decyzyjnych na szczeblu władz regionalnych w obszarze zaawansowanych technologii, z przykładem zastosowania w województ

Author(s): Rozalia Sitkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The aim of the article was to describe the supporting procedures of the decision processes for regional authorities in the area of advanced technologies. In particular, components of elaborated procedure were analysed, namely determining the position of a region, the identification of changes directions in a region, distance and development tendencies, the recognition of regional specialization in the area of advanced technologies and strengths and weaknesses of innovativeness. The investigation of innovativeness was done with the use of multidimensional comparative analysis and the tool for the evaluation support in the dynamic system. The discussion ends with the presentation of results of analysis with particular consideration of the Mazovian region.

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Metodyka badań subiektywnej jakości życia – wybrane inicjatywy

Author(s): Marta Kusterka-Jefmańska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The quality of life as a complex and multifaceted category comprises the subject of research of many scientific disciplines. The very concept of quality of life and attempts to quantify it are different, depending on the research methods and measurement tools relevant to the discipline. The category of the quality of life is also a practical dimension − it constitutes the object of the interest in the individual scale – of every human, as well as in the collective scale − local, regional, etc. The main purpose of this paper is to characterize selected initiatives of the methodology of the research on the subjective quality of life at different levels of management. The article also presents the research on the subjective quality of life being carried out in the Saxon-Polish border area. The feature that distinguishes this research from others conducted at local and regional levels is an attempt to answer the question about the impact of the position of individual frontier town on the quality of life of the population.

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Kreowanie i rozwój kapitału intelektualnego w łódzkiej sferze nauki

Author(s): Małgorzata Golińska-Pieszyńska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

Intellectual capital is the subject of debates for theorists and practitioners. Ambiguity in the description of intellectual capital requires the independent organization of the problem. Therefore the typology of intellectual capital was reviewed in a synthetic way in the field of science taking into consideration the key stream of research on intellectual capital in enterprises, which “Report of Konrad” belongs to. Furthermore, this reality is different from science reality. The science perception of intellectual capital is conditioned by knowledge advancement. This article is an attempt to describe intellectual capital in the field of science in the light of research in Lodz and Lodz region.

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Ocena wykorzystania dotacji unijnych na podnoszenie i aktualizację kwalifikacji zawodowych osób pracujących w województwie pomorskim

Author(s): Damian Gajda,Anna Golejewska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The aim of the article is to analyse possibilities to obtain and use the grants from the sub-measure 8.1.1 of Human Capital Operational Programme to improve the quality of human capital in Pomeranian region and to determine the effectiveness of financed projects. There are two groups of beneficiaries included in the analysis: applicants and final beneficiaries (firms and their employees). In the analysis we use the data from the Marshall Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The results of the analysis confirmed high quality of granted training and the need of co-financing, suggesting the necessity of better adjustment of its scope to the needs of final beneficiaries. The region benefits from the sub-measure 8.1.1 in two ways. Firstly, the grants contribute to the improvement of human capital quality, secondly, they financially support local training entities.

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Problematyka finansowania partnerstwa publiczno-prywatnego przez sektor bankowy w Polsce

Author(s): Małgorzata Okręglicka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The main aim of this paper is to indicate the main problems in financing public private partnership projects by banks in Poland. PPP projects require long term credits because of their specificity, especially due to high investment required at the building stage and a given asset’s long term capability of generating profits. Two basic barriers to financing PPP projects can be indicated in Poland. The first one is closely connected with the current economic crisis which results in the increase in the costs of obtaining capital and decreased willingness of banks to grant credits, especially credits with longer maturity. The second barrier refers to both the broadly understood abilities of the banks operating in the market and their motivation and readiness to finance PPP projects.

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Transgraniczne relacje współpracy i konkurencji podmiotów gospodarczych na pograniczu polsko-niemieckim

Author(s): Sylwia Dołzbłasz,Andrzej Raczyk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The aim of the study was to analyze relations of co-operation and relations of competition among firms functioning in the area of Polish-German borderland. The analysis was based on questionnaire survey conducted among 300 companies operating on the Polish side and 300 companies on the German side of the border. The research revealed that the predominant type of relationship among companies in the Polish-German borderland, in the opinion of entrepreneurs, was a collaboration. However, the observed real importance of transborder relations was generally low. Moreover, it can be stated that the vast majority of businesses was operating without taking into account the context of the border.

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Wpływ zmian koniunkturalnych na budżety metropolii w Polsce

Author(s): Iwona Maria Ładysz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

In every economy there are alternating periods of speeding up and slowing down the pace of economic growth. The crisis phenomena bring in tensions in public sector in every country. The financial difficulties which appeared in recent years in the global aspect affected the functioning of entities of territorial self-government in Poland. The purpose of this article is to analyze the strength of impact of business changes on the budget situation of 12 metropolises.

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Regionalne aspekty konkurencyjności w relacji miasto – wieś

Author(s): Jakub Hadyński / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

This paper discusses the measurement of competitiveness at a regional level. This study refers to regions belonging to the second level NUTS 2 in the European Union. The analysis was conducted using the synthetic indicator of competitiveness. Thus, 273 NUTS 2 regions were taken into consideration along with 32 typically rural regions identified in this study. The results of this study indicate significant regional diversification in the competitiveness in the EU. The dissimilarities exist at the level of countries, NUTS 2 regions, as well as at the EU’s typical rural regions. The regional level indicator is spatially correlated.

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Realizacja polityki rozwoju klastrów w wybranych regionach Polski

Author(s): Joanna Wyrwa,Alina Piątyszek-Pych / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The purpose of this article is to present cluster development policies in the voivodeships implementing programs to support clusters.. It is in the first part of this article that the nature of the cluster policy was explained; the objectives and the types of this policy as well as the selected tools and instruments for its implementation were presented. Subsequently, the measures were shown, which were taken within the scope of supporting bunches in the selected regions. In the first place, the records of the regional concept papers and of the Regional Strategy Papers referring to supporting clusters and next the assumptions, objectives and ways of the implementation of the programmes for supporting clusters were presented. It was in the later part of this article that the ways for the implementation of the programmes and conducted actions and initiatives were shown. At the end of the article the conclusions with reference to the earlier considerations as well as indicated cluster policies were presented.

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Zmiany własnościowe a dekapitalizacja wielorodzinnych zasobów mieszkaniowych

Author(s): Artur Myna / Language(s): Polish Issue: 333/2014

The hypothesis was verified that privatization of municipal, company and State Treasury dwelling stock, meant the deterioration of their structure in terms of period of construction and standards, and the mix of dwelling ownership in multifamily buildings was one of the conditions of their depreciation. The theory of social segregation was confirmed, deepening against those who lived in the old, depreciated dwelling stock.

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