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W artykule zaprezentowano rozważania dotyczące roli dopasowania strategicznego w kontekście konkurencyjności firm z sektora MSP. Z uwagi na znaczenie otoczenia, zwłaszcza w przypadku występowania sytuacji kryzysowej (okres pandemiczny), podjęto badania dotyczące jego moderującej roli w zależności pomiędzy dopasowaniem strategicznym a konkurencyjnością. Badania przeprowadzono wśród 422 firm z sektora MSP (rodzinnych i nierodzinnych). Analiza wyników badań empirycznych została przeprowadzona z wykorzystaniem statystyk opisowych oraz modeli regresji. Otrzymane wyniki wskazują na występowanie zależności pomiędzy dopasowaniem strategicznym a konkurencyjnością (mierzoną skutecznością strategiczną i wynikami finansowymi) oraz na umiarkowaną rolę otoczenia jako moderatora tejże relacji.

Motivation: The majority of problems in the health care system originate in the limited financial resources, but the efficiency of the system is also — indirectly — affected by the management of these resources, which is sometimes not as effective as it might be. These problems become particularly apparent in the Polish public health care, undergoing constant reforms. This brings into focus the issue relating to restructuring processes, which are determined by relevant legal regulations and the competences of people in charge, who need to maintain the consistency of implementation. Aim: The article aims to analyse legal and economic determinants in the restructuring of health care entities in Poland, with particular emphasis on the possible application of restructuring proceedings to these entities. Further, it identifies key success factors for restructuring processes from the perspective of management. The following legal acts were included in the analysis: the Act of 15 May 2015 the Restructuring Law, the Act of 15 April 2011 on medical activity, the Act of 23 April 1964 the Civil Code, the Act of 28 February 2003 the Bankruptcy Law. The review of good management practices in the research area was presented. Results: Based on the analysis, recommendations concerning the implementation of restructuring processes in health care entities were formulated. The benefits stemming from the application of restructuring proceedings to health care entities were discussed. The key elements of the restructuring plan, accompanied with practical guidelines, were presented.

Motivation: The concept of competitiveness is used to define the ratio of enterprises to competitors and results from many internal features and the ability to deal with an external environment. However, comparing main elements of company competitiveness to each other does not give detailed position in the market sector, which is the main area of competition. Therefore it is necessary to look for a different method of companies comparison in the field of their competitiveness. Aim: The purpose of this paper is to present a assessment method of company competitiveness based on the Company Competitiveness Profile in a market sector. The Company Competitive Profile consists of different variables of a competitive potential, a strategy of competition and a competitive advantage. This method is verified based on results of the Company Competitiveness Barometer conducted in 2021 in 177 Polish companies in the Silesian Region. The Company Competitiveness Barometer is an online research tool for assessing company competitiveness which has been used by the authors since 2012. Results: The questionnaire used in the Company Competitiveness Barometer contains 48 questions. 45 of them are related to the characteristics of the company that are affecting its competitiveness, and 3 questions are metric questions. The questionnaire can be found on http://sensorium24.com. There were 2 hypotheses which were verified in the paper: H1: The configuration of the components of the Company Competitiveness Profile is different in different sectors of the economy. H2: Each company can be characterized in a sector by its individual Company Competitive Profile. The papers presents verification of two hypothesis which concern the Company Competitive Profiles and their use in assessment of company competitiveness in an economic sector. This is also an added value and an original contribution to company research methodology.

The paper aims to recognize whether family firms that introduce the creative ideas of their employees are more innovative than the other family firms, i.e. if they introduce more products, processes, marketing, and organizational innovations. Moreover, it explores the relationship between the innovation of family businesses and their involvement in activities that stimulate innovative thinking by building a trusting workplace climate, driving employees’ development, and supporting team integration. The study is based on the primary research which was conducted in Poland on a sample of 353 family firms. The statistical analysis of the research results shows that family firms that implement the creative solutions of their employees introduce significantly more product innovations than other family businesses. However, there are no differences between these two groups of family firms regarding organizational, process, and marketing innovations. Our analysis also revealed that: (i) supporting employee development is an independent factor influencing the product, process and organizational innovation of family businesses; and that (ii) building team integration by the company is an independent factor that impacts process innovation.

Przedsiębiorstwa rodzinne od wielu lat stanowią nośny obszar badawczy w naukach o zarządzaniu, a ich charakterystyki poddawane są konsekwentnie rozmaitym dociekaniom teoretycznym i praktycznym. Rodzinność, rozumiana jako unikalna wiązka zasobów odzwierciedlająca stopień zintegrowania rodziny, przedsiębiorstwa i zarządzania, stanowi istotny wyróżnik charakteryzujący przedsiębiorstwa rodzinne. Mając na uwadze relatywnie niski poziom innowacyjności krajowych przedsiębiorstw, sformułowano cel główny, którym jest odpowiedź na pytanie o związki rodzinności z poziomem innowacyjności firm rodzinnych. Aby zrealizować tak postawione zamierzenie badawcze, w 2017 roku przeprowadzono badania empiryczne na próbie 200 krajowych przedsiębiorstw rodzinnych. Analizy wykazały, że rodzinność jest powiązana z nakładami ponoszonymi na innowacje oraz z wynikami aktywności innowacyjnej mierzonymi liczbą wdrożeń.

Company competitiveness is still an important issue in management studies. It can be measured in several ways including competitive advantage and competitive positioning. The aim of the paper is to present the result of the annual research on company competitiveness conducted in Poland. The research question in this paper is: is there a relation between a certain type of competitive advantage and characteristics of a company competitive positioning? In the paper there is a description of the influence of competitive advantage on competitive positioning in six dimensions. Respondents in the research answered 45 questions in online survey at sensorium24.com (Company Competitiveness Barometer). 8 of the questions concerned the competitive advantage and 6 concerned the competitive positioning. There are a theoretical background of company competitiveness and phenomena which belongs to this general term – a competitive advantage and a competitive positioning, a methodology of research and results as well as conclusions.

Motivation: The health care sector in Poland is undergoing a continuous restructuring process that directly affects the functioning of treatment entities, especially hospitals. One of the key changes is the introduction of a system of basic hospital security of health care services. In this context, the question arises about the competitive management of a public hospital in Poland and the use of entrepreneurial management tools and the possible scope of these processes in the current external conditions. The aim of these efforts is to increase the efficiency of the health care sector, better tailor services to social needs, and improve the management of limited resources. Aim: The aim of the article is to assess the possibility of increasing public hospital competitiveness in Poland in the context of new regulations in the health care sector. These regulations concern the method of contracting health services, the rules for admission to their performance and flat-rate financing. The analysis will be carried out based on the analysis of legal acts and using the elements of the integrated enterprise competitiveness model by G. Glod and O. Flak. Results: Formulating recommendations for public hospital managers in the field of raising competitiveness and indicating the possibility of using appropriately adapted tools to assess the competitiveness in the private sector for entities operating in the public sector.

The process of globalization of the economy that has been made in recent years, requires a new perspective on the development of enterprises and a more professional management of these entities. Therefore, the concept of competitiveness has become particularly important for companies and at the same time also quite popular among entrepreneurs, managers and business organizations. The paper presents a variety of approaches to the competitiveness of enterprises in the current state of art, an integrated model of competitiveness of the company, verification the relationships between the elements of an integrated model of competitiveness of the company using a sample of 992 enterprise from Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Research background: A lot of companies in the market create a variety of situations in which they compete with one another. At the same time companies crave for the same pool of demand, and in fact the money held by the buyers. Attempts to define the notion of com-petitiveness of the company appear frequently in scientific publications and in the research conducted by various institutions in different countries. The concept of competitiveness is used to determine the ratio of enterprise characteristics to these of its competitors, resulting from many internal features and the ability to deal with an external environment. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this article is to present results of the Company Competitiveness Barometer, conducted in 2014, 2015 and 2016 on a group of more than 600 Polish companies. The Barometer is a theoretical basis for the integrated model of competi-tiveness designed by the authors of the article. The specific objectives of this article are: to provide an overview of the research methodology, to present the results of empirical studies of more than 600 Polish companies, to create an outline of the future direction of the research on competitiveness of enterprises by means of the Company Competitiveness Barometer. Methods: The questionnaire used in the Company Competitiveness Barometer is built of 48 questions. 45 of them are related to the characteristics of the company that are affecting its competitiveness, and 3 questions are metric questions. The questionnaire can be found on the www.sensorium24.com website. Findings & Value added: The research carried out from the point of view of the company’s employees, offer an opportunity to reflect and think about the competitiveness of their own organization and factors that are shaping it. The IT tool used makes it possible to compare own results with other companies participating in the survey.

W prezentowanym artykule dokonano powtórnej weryfikacji zintegrowanego modelu konkurencyjności przedsiębiorstwa, zaprezentowanego w poprzednich publikacjach autorów na podstawie badań przeprowadzonych w roku 2014 w ramach projektu Barometr Konkurencyjności Przedsiębiorstw. W oparciu o dane zgromadzone w ramach Barometru w roku 2013 autorzy w poprzedniej publikacji przedstawili wyniki oraz wnioski dotyczące korelacji pomiędzy potencjałem konkurencyjnym, strategią konkurencji i przewagą konkurencyjną. Został również szczegółowo opisany zintegrowany model konkurencyjności przedsiębiorstwa. W niniejszym artykule autorzy powtórnie weryfikują związki pomiędzy wyżej wymienionymi trzema elementami modelu oraz pomiędzy pozostałymi elementami, jakimi są pozycja konkurencyjna i platforma konkurencji.

Artykuł przedstawia autorskie podejście do badania konkurencyjności przedsiębiorstwa oraz jego empiryczną weryfikację na podstawie badań przeprowadzonych w roku 2013 za pomocą narzędzia badawczego jakim jest Barometr Konkurencyjności Przedsiębiorstw, zamieszczonego na witrynie www.konkurencyjniprzetrwaja.pl. Artykuł zawiera krótki opis zintegrowanego modelu konkurencyjności przedsiębiorstw oraz wyniki badań empirycznych, na podstawie których zweryfikowano postawione wyżej hipotezy badawcze. Po pierwsze, potencjał konkurencyjny przedsiębiorstwa istotnie wpływa na rodzaj stosowanej strategii konkurencji. Po drugie, stosowana strategia konkurencji istotnie wpływa na rodzaj przewagi konkurencyjnej przedsiębiorstwa.

Competitiveness is a concept that evaluates the entities participating in the competition in terms of the results, as well as the ability to achieve benefits in the future by a company. The company referred to as "competitive" is able to achieve from its economic activity relatively greater benefits than their competitors. In this article the authors present some results of the Company Competitiveness Barometer, conducted in 2014 on a group of 992 companies from Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Barometer is based on the Competitiveness Integrated Model.