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Production and consumption of goods in highly developed countries is growing exponentially. Producers, in order to increase their sales, have to apply practices that, as a consequence, violate the stability of social-environmental-economic relations. An example of a phenomenon that has recently gained momentum in many…

The increased use of renewable raw materials - the "resources of tomorrow" - is undisputed as an essential strategy for sustainable management. Particularly in the construction sector, synergies between optimal functionality and the avoidance of environmental and disposal problems can be realized through the intelligent…

Product design in the 21st century requires that a number of aspects be taken into consideration. Maximizing the added value for the customer, as described by Porter, is becoming increasingly difficult due to globalization and ever-increasing product personalization. One of the aspects that certainly has…

In the article is presented a need of identification of logistics jobs’ occupational hazards and assessment of them. Based on Classification of Occupations and Skill Specializations (KZiS) data sheets and occupation cards developed by the Central Institute for Labor Protection in Poland were selected occupations…

The article describes the main approaches to the disclosure of the humanization concept in the context of management and organization theory. The fact is that the human-oriented approach in business is a part of such significant global trends as the knowledge economy development, corporate social…

The aim of the article is to verify the processes of monitoring and control of programme implementation and to indicate methods, techniques and tools increasing the effectiveness of this process. The research was carried out using an expert interview on a sample of 21 managers…

Innovation development of national economy could be realized due to development innovation technology transfer mechanisms. The main indicators of these processes in Russian economy calls for comments. The authors of the article highlight a high priority of improving technology transfer efficiency which has a great…

This study explores the criteria of evaluating performance in an oil and gas industry, the aim is to examine assessment of performance appraisal criteria, while the objectives was to determine the validity of the appraisal system and to also know if it could bring about…

In recent years, soft commodities have been subject to increasing speculative price fluctuations driven by the futures markets. The aim of the article was to assess the relationship between soft commodity futures market and soft commodity prices. The increase in volatility of benchmarks and the…

In today's marketing, consumer awareness has become a central goal of optimally conducting the activities of all organizations. The current marketing is oriented towards a direction that presupposes the access of the organizations to the opinions of the consumers and the knowledge of some ways…