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The Competitiveness of Polish Firms and the European Union Enlargement
No full textThis paper has two aims. The first one is to present a three-dimensional concept of the competitiveness of an enterprise. The concept of firm competitiveness discussed in the paper covers three dimensions: competitive position of an enterprise, competitive potential of an enterprise, competitive strategy of an enterprise. Each of the above-mentioned dimensions was subject to operationalisation sets of variables describing particular dimensions of firm competitiveness were suggested. The second aim of the paper is to present the results of empirical studies on the competitiveness of Polish firms in comparison with European Union firms in the light of Poland´s anticipated entry into the EU. The research is based on the concept of firm competitiveness developed in the first part of the paper. The studies, carried out in the year 2000, included 68 firms of the manufacturing industry registered in Poland. The results obtained indicate that, according to managers from the 68 enterprises, there is a significant competitive gap between the Polish firms and their rivals from the EU. This gap concerns all the three dimensions of firm competitiveness: competitive position, competitive potential and competitive strategy. (original abstract
Evaluations of Market Orientations in Companies : contemporary methodological dilemmas and challenges
Full text linkThe author´s goal in writing this article was to present an overview of possible approaches to and methods for evaluating a company´s market orientation. In formulating his conclusions, the author drew upon, among other things, the findings of the International Research Group, whose research and methodological objectives include developing methods for diagnosing companies in terms of their market orientations. (fragment of text
Self-organisation in Urban Systems Undergoing Transformation
Full text linkThe theory of self-organisation is an efficient tool for reconstructing the dynamics and evolution of urban and regional systems. It allows the adoption of realistic assumptions concerning socio-economic and spatial conditions of the operation and development of multi-component systems, and offers flexible methods that can be employed to derive from these assumptions a mechanism of the transformation of the macrostructures of such systems. The mechanism includes: nonlinearity, instability and disequilibrium, self- -reinforcement, interaction with the surroundings, and the formation of new (dissipative) structures capable of performing new functions. The author has participated in a research project on spatial self-organisation from an early stage of its development. In the present article, he gives a survey of selected conceptions of self-organisation and achievements in the application of this theory. He also presents the results of an empirical study of the economy of the city of Poznañ. The study focused on the question of the stability/instability of the principal domains of the city.s economic life in order to find out if there were mechanisms permitting the economy to regain stability and a new equilibrium after the profound structural changes brought about by the systemic transformation. (original abstract