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INTERNAL DETERMINANTS OF FIRMS’ INNOVATIVENESS
PublicationThis article presents an analysis of the determinants of a firm’s innovativeness deriving from its internal potential and characteristics. The analysis is based on research carried out on 1355 firms that applied for public subsidies from the Innovative Economy Operational Program in 2014. The methods applied are logit regression, comparative analysis and literature review. The analysis is structured ac- cording to Bielski’s model...
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Gendered entrepreneurship and its impact on firm innovativeness - a literature review.
PublicationEntrepreneurs gain a lot of attention in recent decades. Even if a precise definition of entrepreneur and entrepreneurship remains problematic, it is clear that there is a strong link between entrepreneurship and innovativeness, as well as between entrepreneur and innovation. In the current era of globalisation, the importance of innovations is as great as never before. And so is the importance of innovativeness determinants. Investigating...
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Knowledge Management Critical Success Factors and the Innovativeness of KIBS Companies
PublicationThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of two critical success factors for knowledge management (i.e. leadership and support by the management, motivational practices) on the innovativeness of knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) companies in the SMEs sector. A sample of 400 companies (KIBS SMEs) located in the Pomeranian District in Poland was selected. The questionnaire was designed to measure knowledge...
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Different sources of market information and product innovativeness
PublicationThe purpose of this study is to identify whether the gathering of market information from different sources – i.e. from customers, competitors and other entities – is related to product innovativeness. The relationships proposed so far have not been empirically investigated but they can have important theoretical and practical implications for product innovation. To achieve the purpose of the paper data concerning 287 new products...
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Transformational leadership for researcher’s innovativeness in the context of tacit knowledge and change adaptability
PublicationThis study explores how a learning culture supported by transformational leadership influences tacit knowledge sharing and change adaptability in higher education and how these relations impact this sector’s internal and external innovativeness. The empirical model was tested on a sample of 368 Polish scientific staff using the structural equation modeling (SEM) method. Then results were expanded by applying OLS regression using...
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Role of research and development in internationalization of high-tech firms: Empirical results from Poland
PublicationThe article focuses on the significance of research and development (R&D) in driving the internationalization of Polish high-tech firms. R&D is essential for businesses to remain competitive and adapt their products to the specific requirements of different markets. The study aims to investigate the relationship between R&D and the internationalization process of high-tech firms based in Poland, with a focus on the innovation context....
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Leadership, culture, intellectual capital and knowledge processes for organizational innovativeness across industries: the case of Poland
PublicationPurpose – This study aims to present the overview of intellectual capital creation micro-mechanisms concerning formal and informal knowledge processes. The organizational culture, transformational leadership and innovativeness are also included in the investigation as ascendants and consequences of the focal relation of intellectual capital and knowledge processes. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a sample of 1,418 Polish...
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Determinants of innovativeness of the “new” European union countries between 2004 and 2016 – comparative analysis
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The role of the human factor in the companies' innovativeness
PublicationInnovation is one of the factors enabling the development of both individual companies and entire economies. While previously the possibilities offered by technology were focused on, including information and communication technology (ICT), recently the potential of human resources has been gaining more and more attention. This capital — often underestimated — can in the right conditions and with a conducive organizational culture...
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Determinants of the Internationalization of Family Firms - a Structural Eqquation Modeling Analysis
PublicationCurrently, international behaviors of family businesses (FBs) attract a growing interest of researchers. In an increasingly competitive environment, numerous FBs are forced to expand into foreign markets in search for ways to survive or grow. The article is both theoretical and empirical. In the theoretical part it presents theoretical concepts of FBs internationalization, especially determinants for their going international....
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The analysis of firms’ involvement in internationalisation and determinants of its intensity – an analysis for developing and post-transition economies
PublicationThe study presents the empirical analysis of firms’ involvement in different forms of internationalisation: export, indirect export, import, indirect import and finally simultaneous exporting and importing. The analysis is based on firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (March 2017 release). The empirical part is divided into two stages. Firstly account is taken of firms’ heterogeneity and then a Melitz type analysis...
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Tacit knowledge influence on intellectual capital and innovativeness in the healthcare sector: A cross-country study of Poland and the US
PublicationThis study provides empirical proof that whole organizational innovativeness is rooted in tacit knowledge due to its potency of human capital creation and, that a learning culture composed of a learning climate and mistakes acceptance component fosters human capital development. The main practical implication is that if the IC components are externally rather than internally determined in the particular organization embedded in...
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Innovativeness assessment of the SME sector in the Pomeranian region
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TECHNOLOGICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN SCIENTIFIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND COMPANIES AS A CONDITION OF THE GROWTH OF INNOVATIVENESS AND COMPETITIVENESS OF POLISH ECONOMY
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Organizational innovativeness and coopetition: a study of video game developers
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A multi‐industry and cross‐country comparison of technology contribution to formal and informal knowledge sharing processes for innovativeness
PublicationThe study explores the impact of organizational information technology (IT) competency on knowledge sharing, both explicit and tacit, in the context of innovativeness of products and processes. Knowledge sharing is then assessed in terms of tacit-to-explicit conversion and the impact of both types of knowledge on organizational innovation. Both process (internal) and product/service (external) innovation are included. As an extension,...
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Electronics and telecommunications in Poland, issues and perspectives: Part III. Innovativeness, applications, economy, development scenarios, politics
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Supporting local entrepreneurship by creating innovativeness incubators - example of Gdansk
PublicationW pracy przedstawiona koncepcję budowy inkubatora przedsiębiorczości i innowacyjności w Gdańsku, zawierającą zarówno strukturę właścicielską, uwarunkowania prowadzenia działalności przez inkubator, jak i koncepcję jego organizacji i funkcjonowania, wstępną analizę finansową oraz charakterystykę klientów inkubatora. W koncepcji tej podkreślono znaczenie społeczne przedsięwzięcia i powiązania priorytetów społecznych z prowadzonym...
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Knowledge Management Critical Success Factors and the Innovativeness of KIBS Companies
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Tax support mechanisms for research and development projects in EU countries
Open Research DataOne of the important areas requiring special support from the state are activities in pro-innovative investments. Tax incentives allocated to research and development are used by practically all European Union countries. Their aim is to persuade entities conducting business activity to invest in the so-called new technologies - defined as the area of...
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Socioemotional Wealth (SEW) of Family Firms and CEO Behavioral Biases in the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
PublicationAgreed upon by the UN member states, Agenda 2030 assumes joint action for long- term sustainable development. These actions are focused on the implementation of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), where actions are assumed to lead to the suppression of negative externalities of human activity. It is stressed that the objectives of sustainable development can only be achieved through deep institutional changes in most dimensions...
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Anna Zielińska-Jurek prof. dr hab. inż.
People2018 DSc in technical sciences in the field of chemical technology Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, Title: “Functionalized titanium(IV) oxide as a photocatalyst for environmental purification” 2011 Ph. D. in technical sciences in the field of chemical technology Chemical Faculty, Gdansk University of Technology, Title of the dissertation:...
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Innovativeness and Competitiveness of the New European Union States in Variable Economic Situation between 2006 and 2013
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Determinants And Barriers In The Development Of The Entrepreneurial Orientation In The Polish Higher Education Institutions
PublicationThe main aim of the paper is to present the results of the research project on the entrepreneurship in the Polish higher education institutions. The project was funded by the Polish National Science Centre and its main aim was to identify the factors that enable, enhance, limit or disable the entrepreneurial potential in higher education institutions. The paper gives an overview of the identified determinants that foster the entrepreneurial...
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Determinants of franchising operation development
PublicationRozdział w monografii opisujący uwarunkowania decydujące o rozwoju działalności franchisingowej na terenie danego kraju. Analiza prowadzona jest w odniesieniu do ogólnej sytuacji gospodarczej, sytuacji na rynku pracy, problematyki prawnej, promocji i edukacji franchisingowej oraz indywidualizmu ekonomicznego.
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state aid for research, development and innovation ( R+D+I)
Open Research DataThe dataset encompasses a choice of important legal acts, a list of selected Polish bibliography, some important individual EC decisions issued on the topic of state aid for research, development, and innovation during the budgetary periods 2007-2013 and 2014-2020. Thanks to that the reader gets the possibility to acquire basic knowledge on the abovementioned...
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Academic entrepreneurship - determinants of development and differences
PublicationRozdział w monografii dotyczy charakterystyki przedsiębiorczości akademickiej i różnych form. Porównano przedsiębiorczość akademicką na poziomie międzynarodowym i krajowym. Przedstawiono również i porównano cechy charakterystyczne środowiska akademickiego i środowiska biznesu.
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Julita Wasilczuk dr hab.
PeopleBorn on 5th of April, 1965 in Gdansk. In 1987-1991 studied the economics of transport, at the University of Gdansk. At 1993 she started to work at the Faculty of Management and Economics. In 1997 received a PhD at the faculty, in 2006 habilitation at the Faculty of Management, University of Gdansk. Since 2009 Associate Professor at Gdansk University of Technology. In 2010-2012 Associate Professor of Humanistic High School at Gdansk. The...
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A Preliminary Analysis of the Relationship between Economic Growth and Selected Innovativeness Indicators on the Example of Four European Union Countries
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Main Outlines of Lightning Research Development in Poland
PublicationThe paper deals with the historical development of lightning protection research, lightning protection ideas and investigations in Poland. The main achievements of lightning research performed at the technical universities in Gdansk, Warsaw and Rzeszow have been characterized. Exemplary main achievements related to natural lightning observations and measurements as well to those performed in laboratory scale tests have been shortly...
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Knowledge-Based Management as the Key Success Factor for Research and Development Organizations
PublicationA key to achieving success in project organizations lies in exemplary management of processes within those organizations, while the ongoing projects are mainly characterized by their uniqueness. The situation is no different in commercial research and development organizations (R&D) where accuracy and repeatability of elementary processes guarantees efficient and productive realization of all enterprises. R&D organizations are...
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The Impact of EU Funds on the Development of Business Environment Institutions – Research Results in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland
PublicationThe paper presents the main findings of the research conducted to assess the impact of EU funds on development of business environment infrastructure in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland, and – indirectly – on the growth of the innovation capacity of Pomeranian entrepreneurs. The research shows that support of ROP PV 2007-2013 contributed to the creation of multifunctional business infrastructure throughout the Pomorskie Voivodship,...
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Innovations in family firms: a study of owner-managers’ knowledge development
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Social Entrepreneurship Research – Challenges, Explanations and Suggestions for the Field Development
PublicationEmploying critical review and reflection on the key literature in the area of entrepreneurship and management studies in social entrepreneurship field, this paper aims to outline the current challenges this field is facing, while introducing related explanations and suggesting required changes. The current field of social entrepreneurship research is at its nascent stage, which is determined by ongoing definitional debates and...
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Research and Development at the Department of Energy and Industrial Apparatus of Gdansk University of Technology
PublicationIn the paper presented are the research and development activities at the Department of Energy and Industrial Apparatus of Gdansk University of Technology
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Research and development of hydraulic components
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Ryszard S. Romaniuk profesor
PeopleProfessor of Electronics, Computer and Communications Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; Eisenhower Fellow, Philadelphia, MA USA; SPIE Fellow, Bellingham, WA USA; Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications, Polish Academy of Sciences; Photonics Spectra Magazine, EAB Member;
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Determinants and effects of Poland’s road accidents in the context of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development – poviat level analysis for the years 2010-2019
PublicationThe objective of the research was to assess how selected factors influence road safety in Poland’s poviats. To that end, an analysis was conducted of road accident determinants and effects in the poviats in the years 2010-2019. The time horizon fits in with Goal 3.6. of Agenda 2030, which is to halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents by 2020. The article pres-ents the analysis results for the...
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THE DETERMINANTS OF ENTERPRISE PROFI TABILITY DURING REDUCED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
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Social Entrepreneurship Avenues for the Field Development through Research Paradigm Intersection Discussion
PublicationThe aim of this paper is to identify and provide key arguments for employing integrative approach in the choice of research paradigm for studying social entrepreneurship phenomenon. The fact that social entrepreneurship as a field of research is at its preliminary stage, serves as argument and gives freedom in the discussion of the choice of employing a research paradigm. The author does so through identifying commonalities and...
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Genetic determinants of plasma ACE and renin activity in young normotensive twins
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EuCARD2: enhanced accelerator research and development in Europe
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Structural determinants of imidazoacridinones facilitating antitumor activity are crucial for substrate recognition by ABCG2
PublicationW pracy zidentyfikowaliśmy elementy struktury chemicznej dla 23 pochodnych imidazoakrydonu odpowiedzialne za ich rozpoznawanie przez transporter typu ABC, białko ABCG2. za transport tych związków przez pompę ABCG2 odpowiedzialne jest grupa hydroksylowa w pozycjach R1, R2 i R3 chromoforu. Stwierdziliśmy także, że zwiększanie ilości grup metylenowych łańcucha bocznego imidazoakrydonów powodowało zmniejszenie aktywnego transportu...
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Research project BRIK: development of an innovative method for determining the precise trajectory of a railway vehicle
PublicationIn the paper the essential assumptions regarding a research project implemented by a consortium of Gdansk University of Technology and Gdynia Maritime University are presented. The project has been commissioned by National Center of Research and Development with cooperation with Polish Railways (PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A.). The project is focused in implementation of modern measurement techniques using Global Navigation Positioning...
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Aleksandra Parteka dr hab. inż.
PeopleAbout me: I am an associate professor and head of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology (GdanskTech, Poland). I got my MSc degree in Economics from Gdansk University of Technology (2003) and Universita’ Politecnica delle Marche (2005), as well as MA degree in Contemporary European Studies from Sussex University (2006, with distinction). I received my PhD in Economics...
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Efficiency of the research and development activities of technical universities in Poland
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EuCARD 2010: European coordination of accelerator research and development
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Efficiency of the research and development activities of technical universities in Poland
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Development and Research of the Text Messages Semantic Clustering Methodology
PublicationThe methodology of semantic clustering analysis of customer’s text-opinions collection is developed. The author's version of the mathematical models of formalization and practical realization of short textual messages semantic clustering procedure is proposed, based on the customer’s text-opinions collection Latent Semantic Analysis knowledge extracting method. An algorithm for semantic clustering of the text-opinions is developed,...
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S09-4 The development of the Physical Activity Environment Policy Index (PA-EPI): a tool for monitoring and benchmarking government policies and actions to improve physical activity
PublicationBackground Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a global issue for health. A multifaceted response, including government action, is essential to improve population levels of PA. The purpose of this study was to develop the ‘Physical Activity Environment Policy Index’ (PA-EPI) monitoring framework to assess government policies and actions for creating a healthy PA environment. Methods An iterative process was undertaken. This...