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Volunteering in the front line of the Ukrainian refugee crisis. A brief report from Poland
PublikacjaThis study aims to analyse the experiences and motivations of volunteers who supported Ukrainian refugees who fled to Poland. Our study was conducted among 196 volunteers in Poznan, Poland who answered questions regarding their experiences with voluntary service during the current refugee crisis and the reasons they became involved in volunteer efforts.We found that although the Polish state had no prior experience in welcoming...
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Volunteering in the front line of the Ukrainian refugee crisis: A brief report from Poland
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TQM tools in crisis management
PublikacjaThe current article is concerned with basic aspects connected with improvement of crisis management activities employed by economic operators. The work presents the crisis management model with its fundamental phases and identifies TQM tools that might be applied in all of these phases. The analysis included in the work has been supported with research conducted on companies located in northern Poland
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Economic crisis in Croatia
PublikacjaCroatia is becoming the 28th member of the European Union on July 1st, 2013. Croatia has gone a long way from a socialistic republic to an independent country recognized as one of the economic tigers of the Western Balkans in the first decade of the 21st century. Croatia has been hit by a global crisis which turned out to be a huge external shock for the region of the Western Balkans. Although it does not enter the economy through...
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Knowledge Management for Managing Crisis in Tourism: Theoretical insights
PublikacjaCOVID-19 has caused an unprecedented crisis affecting the entire tourism industry. Accommodation, food, and travel sectors have been affected by the decreased number of visitors, which had a ripple effect on the financial situation of the whole industry. The purpose of this work is a better understanding of the role of knowledge management in terms of mitigating the crisis in the tourism sector, as well as a development of the...
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The Crisis of Marketing Communication in the Era of Social Media
PublikacjaThe articles examines the widely discussed in literature the problem of marketing communication crisis resulting from the changes of the environment. These changes generate both new problems and also new solutions, e.g. social media. The practicioners are pursuing both effective and efficient solutions, in relation to the difficulties encountered while achieving market objectives via traditional methods and channels. In accordance...
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Neurodiversity and remote work in times of crisis: lessons for HR
PublikacjaPurpose The rich qualitative study builds on 11 semi-structured interviews with nine neurodivergent employees and two business professionals supportive of neurodiversity to understand the lived experiences of dealing with crisis in a remote working environment. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of the reported research is to understand how neurominorities experience remote working in the times of crisis and what the implications...
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Managing knowledge in a tourism crisis: case study from Poland
PublikacjaPurpose: This study deals with a tourism organisation from Poland, which experienced not only the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the close war situation in Ukraine which caused a significant decrease in tourist traffic and revenues. Since, based on the literature, knowledge management can be useful for crisis management, this study aims to explore the role and usefulness of KM during crisis situations in tourism. Methodology: Qualitative...
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Methods of Artificial Intelligence for Prediction and Prevention Crisis Situations in Banking Systems
PublikacjaIn this paper, a support vector machine has been studied due to prediction of bank crisis. To prevent outcomes of crisis situations, artificial neural networks have been characterized as applied to stock market investments, as well as to test the credibility of the bank's customers. Finally, some numerical experiments have been presented.
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Possible uses of crisis situation aiding system in virtual world simulation
PublikacjaMany of the real world crisis situations like spreading fire, hostile units attack, flood, and etc. are commonly used in computer games where a simulation of extensive virtual world is crucial. This paper presents some ideas for possible uses of existing crisis situation aiding system in such environments. Moreover it shows how this kind of system can be taught during subsequent games with a large number of players.
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Possible uses of crisis situation aiding system in virtual world simulation
PublikacjaMany of the real world crisis situations like spreading fire, hostile units attack, flood, and etc. are commonly used in computer games where a simulation of extensive virtual world is crucial. This paper presents some ideas for possible uses of existing crisis situation aiding system in such environments. Moreover, it shows how this kind of system can be taught during subsequent games with a large number of players. As an example...
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International trade and containerization - certain trends after the financial crisis of 2007-2008
PublikacjaThe following article presents the situation on international trade and the global maritime container transport market after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. In the first part the author focuses on describing the specifics of containerization in global trade. The following parts include characteristic of container terminal operators and shipping lines. Finally, significant changes in the global container handling market after...
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State Interventionism in Tax System - Example of Action in a COVID-19 Crisis
PublikacjaThe following article presents and classifies changes in tax systems of selected countries as well as counts them as the response to the emergence of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Such actions were undertaken the context of state interventionism in the tax system. In order to achieve the objective of presenting the state interventionism in the context of tax rates, an analysis of the literature on the phenomenon described,...
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Economic Crisis in Croatia
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Anti-crisis activities and export performance in the Covid-19 pandemic: The case of Polish exporters
PublikacjaThe article aims to investigate the impact of anti-crisis activities undertaken by the Polish exporting firms on their export sales during the Covid-19 pandemic. We used a quantitative research design. We conducted the survey on the sample of 161 manufacturing Polish exporting firms between April 21 and June 25, 2021. To verify the assumed relationships, we used the probit regression model. The main novelty is a firm-level analysis...
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How can systems thinking help us in the COVID‐19 crisis?
PublikacjaThe COVID-19 pandemic outbreak remains one of the most influential events in the global economy over the recent years. While being primarily public health related, it has a tremendous impact on many other aspects, including business management. Many businesses were forced to introduce rapid changes to their business models in order to survive. The aim of this paper is to show the complexity and interrelations of changes triggered...
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Is it too late now to say we’re sorry? Examining anxiety contagion and crisis communication strategies using machine learning
PublikacjaIn this paper, we explore the role of perceived emotions and crisis communication strategies via organizational computer-mediated communication in predicting public anxiety, the default crisis emotion. We use a machine-learning approach to detect and predict anxiety scores in organizational crisis announcements on social media and the public’s responses to these posts. We also control for emotional and language tones in organizational...
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Boiling crisis - danger or a must?
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono zjawisko kryzysu wrzenia w przepływie. W głównej mierze skupiono się na zjawisku dryout'u podczas przepływu pierścieniowego. W pracy przedstawiono teoretyczny model wysychania filmu cieczowego na ściance wraz z jego modyfikacją w oparciu o model dwurównaniowy zaprezentowany przez Sedlera i Mikielewicza (1981). Model ten opiera się na bilansie cieczy w rdzeniu przepływu i w filmie cieczowym, gdzie głównym...
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Tax Policy Tools of Selected European Countries as a Mechanism for Counteracting the Effects of the Crisis Caused by the COVID-19 Disease Pandemic
PublikacjaCrises play an important role in a economics life. They are common and it is impossible to omit them. This following study investigates the concept of ‘crisis’ in the context of economic situation. This text describes the most important financial crises that took place in the past. After that authors passes on a detailed analysis of the actual corona-crisis and the way that it affects the economy globally. The main goal of this...
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Polish Academic Libraries in the Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Crisis Management and Communication within the Organisation
PublikacjaThe developing SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, which was announced in March 2020, has had a significant impact on the activities of universities and their academic libraries. The article aims to present the activities of academic libraries at the time of introducing restrictions on their activities and closing for several months to users and reformulating the services they provide, on the example of the Library of the Gdańsk University...
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Assessment of port facilities security in crisis management
PublikacjaZ punktu widzenia transportu międzynarodowego oraz przemysłowego charakteru systemu portowego, bezpieczeństwo obiektów portowych stanowi ważny element zarówno w zarządzaniu strategicznym portów morskich, jak również element ogólnej koncepcji zarządzania kryzysowego w ujęciu lokalnym, regionalnym, krajowym i międzynarodowym. W celu zapewnienia bezpieczeństwa portów morskich, muszą być prowadzone działania w celu przygotowania administracji...
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Digital Innovations for Sustainable Development in the Time of Crisis
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CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLANS IN CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY HAZARDS
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The trajectories of the financial crisis of companies at risk of bankruptcy
PublikacjaThis article concerns the assessment of the trajectory of the collapse of enterprises in Central Europe. The author has developed a model of a Kohonen artificial neural network. This model was used to determine 6 different classes of risk and was allowed to graphically determine the 5- to 10-year trajectory of going bankrupt. The study used data on 140 companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. This population was divided into...
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ESG investing during the Covid-19 crisis. Evidence from Central European Stock Exchanges
PublikacjaAs COVID-19 turned into a global pandemic, world markets gradually began to recover after initial dynamic declines. Restrictions, and their subsequent loosening, were, and are, not without significance for the financial markets. These particular circumstances provide a unique opportunity to contribute to the literature by focusing on the potential resilience of ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing in an era of crisis....
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How can Systems Thinking Help Us Handling the COVID-19 Crisis?
PublikacjaPurpose: COVID-19 pandemic outbreak remains one of the most influential events in the global economy over the recent years. While being primarily public health-related, it has a tremendous impact on many other aspects, such as public transport, education, and business management. Many businesses were forced to introduce rapid changes to their business models in order to survive. The aim of this paper is to show the complexity and...
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Stock Exchanges Indices and Abnormal Returns in the Crisis Condition
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Wielojęzyczna Finlandia. Mniejszości narodowe i ich języki we współczesnej Finlandii [Multilingual Finland. National minorities and their languages in contemporary Finland]
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Economic Crisis, Trust and Socio-Economic Aspects of Sustainable Development
PublikacjaW artykule podjęto tematykę relacji pomiędzy kryzysem ekonomicznym i kryzysem zaufania. Omówiono elementy kreujące i destruktywne w procesie budowy zaufania w gospodarce. Przedstawiono konsekwencje wynikające z zachowań uczestników procesów ekonomicznych oraz relacje zachodzące pomiędzy statusem materialnym inwestorów, a akceptowaniem przez nich wyższego poziomu ryzyka i spadkiem zaufania do systemu ekonomicznego. Wskazano istotność...
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Forest clear-cuts as additional habitat for breeding farmland birds in crisis
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Poland’s polar policy in the face of the Arctic Council 2022 cooperation crisis
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Intercomparison on measurements of PCBs in pork fat during the Belgian PCB-crisis
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono wyniki porównania międzylaboratoryjnego oznaczania PCB w tłuszczu wieprzowym. Porównanie międzylaboratoryjne przeprowadzono w związku z tzw. "belgijskim kryzysem PCB" w latach 1999-2000. W porównaniu uczestniczyło 31 laboratoriów. Materiałem do badań były wyprodukowane w Instytucie Metod i Pomiarów Odniesienia (IRMM) w Geel - Belgia, trzy materiały odniesienia zawierające PCB w tłuszczu wieprzowym (suma PCB...
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Managing Unemployment under COVID-19 Conditions (States of Emergency or Crisis)
PublikacjaRising unemployment is one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries. This, in turn, has forcedpolicymakers to respond immediately with policy tools to minimize unemployment. The purpose of our study is to contribute toempirical knowledge by looking at activities of 40 local government units to counteract unemployment in the cross-border regionon the Polish side. In doing this, our study contributes to the...
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PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE POLISH VERSION OF THE GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7-ITEM SCALE (GAD-7) IN A NON-CLINICAL SAMPLE OF EMPLOYEES DURING PANDEMIC CRISIS
PublikacjaObjectives: The COVID-19 outbreak is an example of a crisis that triggered an increase in generalized anxiety disorder. The study aims to validate the Polish version of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) by Spitzer et al. among a non-clinical sample of employees and examine the invariance depending on the gender and age of working adults. Material and Methods: For assessing factor structure of the Polish version...
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Restrictions of access to services and a decrease in their quality under crisis conditions – study results
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The (Un)Real City by Magdalena Abakanowicz: Guidelines for Cities in Times of Planetary Crisis
PublikacjaThree decades have passed since Magdalena Abakanowicz presented her concept of Bois de Nanterre — Arboreal Architecture, in response to a call for a broader reflection on approaches to urban landscaping and a reinterpretation of the meaning and evolution of the Grand Axis in Paris. This paper analyses the work presented by the artist from an urban planning perspective. It shows how the rich and multi-layered metaphor for the 21st-century...
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The need for additional mental health support for women in the postpartum period in the times of epidemic crisis
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Does Mass Culture Mean a Crisis of Values? Dwight Macdonald's Position and the Issue of Its Topicality
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Fluvial ecology disasters: the impact of the Gliwice Canal on the ecological crisis in the Oder River basin, Poland (2022)
PublikacjaIn August 2022, the Oder River experienced an ecological disaster, resulting in the extinction of hundreds of aquatic organ- isms. Mass fsh deaths also occurred during that time in the Gliwice Canal, located in southern Poland, which connects to the upper section of the Oder River. The aim of the article was to assess the impact of the waters from the Gliwice Canal on the water quality changes in the Oder River, as expressed by...
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‘Who Else If Not We’. Medical Students’ Perception and Experiences with Volunteering during the COVID-19 Crisis in Poznan, Poland
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AUGMENTATION OF THE CRITICAL HEAT FLUX IN WATER-Al2O3, WATER-TiO2 AND WATER-Cu NANOFLUIDS
PublikacjaThe main aim of the proposed study is therefore recognition of the phenomena accompanying nucleate boiling crisis of selected nanofluids during boiling on horizontal tubes of various outside diameters. Of particular interest is impact of contact angle and tube diameter on the value of critical heat flux. The results obtained should give more light on the nature of nucleate boiling crisis and will serve as a basis for future theoretical...
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Diamond investments – Is the market free from multiple price bubbles?
PublikacjaThe following study aims to investigate whether multiple price bubbles, in which the quoted market price of diamonds significantly deviates from their fundamental value, exist in the diamond market. It was conducted using ADF, SADF and GSADF tests, with the latter found to be an optimal form of evaluating the analysed issue. The presented results support the conclusion that the diamond market is not free from periods defined as...
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Economic Situation in Balkan Countries in the First Decade of 21st Century
PublikacjaThe recent economic crisis affected most of the countries in the world to a greater or lesser extent, including small economies sector. Small economies are a distinctive group of countries distinguished by particular qualities. They are dependent on trade exchange or international investment stream, and both their aggregate demand and supply, and price level depend on the development of the big economies dynamics. This is the reason...
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Knowledge management and disaster management in tourism industry
PublikacjaPurpose – This conceptual paper aims to present the results of the literature analysis devoted to the application of knowledge management and its processes in the situation of a crisis caused by a natural disaster. On the basis of the analysed papers, the theoretical model linking knowledge management and crisis management for the tourism industry has been proposed. Findings - The proposed theoretical model presents the role of...
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Improving the regulation of the derivatives market as an objective prerequisite for sustainable development of the global financial system
PublikacjaThe development of financial markets is characterized by the emergence of new financial instruments, in particular derivatives, the risk level analysis of which is complicated. Counterparties are not always fully aware of and do not adequately assess the potential risks of derivatives, which may lead to large financial losses and sometimes bankruptcies. The purpose of the study is to generalize approaches to regulating derivative...
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Redevelopment of Russian closed towns: The Example of Zato "Zvezdniy"
PublikacjaThe current economic crisis is having a strong impact on socio-economic processes in the development of Russian cities. The impact of the crisis is particularly strong on city territory where the activity of core industrial enterprises, military units or similar institutions has been stopped. In such cases, the situation is directly related to the functioning of military units or one industrial enterprise responsible for the formation...
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Poverty and social exclusion in the transition Baltic States during the implementation of the European Union Lisbon Strategy - comparative analysis
PublikacjaThe problem of poverty and social exclusion in the Baltic States generates serious social, economic and political consequences. The scope of the analysis includes primarily the scale and structure of poverty and social exclusion in the Baltic Region in the years 2004-2010 in the context of the Lisbon Strategy of the European Union. The results show that during the transition and implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, the problem...
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Knowledge Risks in the COVID-19 Pandemic
PublikacjaThis conceptual paper aims to identify, present, and analyse potential knowledge risks organizations face in external and dynamic crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Until only recently, many researchers and practitioners have perceived knowledge primarily as something positive. This view has changed recently with a growing number of studies highlighting risks related to knowledge. The on-going COVID-19 pandemic can be seen as an...
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Public Finance in Poland in a COVID Fog: A Look Through the Lens of Fiscal Transparency and Accountability
PublikacjaAbstract. Goal– The aim of the article is to identify dysfunctional phenomena (implementation of specific mechanisms/solutions and actions taken), generating increased opacity and limit the responsibility/accountability of public f inance in Poland, exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis. Methods– descriptive analysis, comparative analysis and financial analysis methods were used. Results– fiscal transparency and accountability in...
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Security Mechanisms in the Comcute System
PublikacjaThe aim of this paper is pointing out the basic security problems and mechanisms in the Comcute system - maintenance system of large computing power in the face of critical crisis. Moreover security mechanism and tools useful to apply in laboratory model as well as target version of the Comcute system are presented.