Latest Communications of International Proceedings articles

22
Dec
2020

On the Impact of Information Flows on The Modern Formation of Competition and Foreign Economic Policy

Economic Development - Global Perspectives on Investment, Security, and Growth: 36ECO 2020
The article considers the role of information technologies in the international economy and international relations’ evolution. The article describes the place of the information space in the multinational companies and developed countries’ global competitiveness formation. Information is presented as an important resource that affects the…
22
Dec
2020

European Consumers’ Attitude towards Insects as an Alternative Source of Protein. The Case of Poland

Innovation in Marketing Strategies, Customer Engagement and Satisfaction: 36MKT 2020
Edible insects are generally high in protein and can be considered as meat substitutes. Nevertheless, in European countries edible insects’ consumption is actually very low mainly due to food neophobia. The purpose of this paper was to explore the readiness of people to consume insects…
22
Dec
2020

New Transformations and Challenges for Human Resource Management in the Public Sector

Employee Relations and Strategic Human Resource Management: 36HR 2020
The main idea of public management is that management methods in the private sector are superior to those in the public sector and can be borrowed. The public sector is considered less innovative, overly bureaucratic, rigid, expensive and too centralized. Increasing the performance of human…
22
Dec
2020

Evaluating Founders of Start-Up Companies When Business Angels Decide on Investment

Economic Development - Global Perspectives on Investment, Security, and Growth: 36ECO 2020
Business angels’ investments are an important funding source of start-up companies at the earlier stages of development. Analysing the existing scientific literature in terms of the investment criteria applied by business angels made it possible to identify more than 200 various criteria.  Within the framework…
21
Dec
2020

Does Production Specialization Have an Impact on the Financial Efficiency of Very Small Farms?

Economic Development - Global Perspectives on Investment, Security, and Growth: 36ECO 2020
The main goal of the research was to answer the question whether the type of production affects the financial efficiency of very small farms. The subjective scope covered very small farms in Poland. The basic source of data were statistics collected as part of the…
21
Dec
2020

PL9A Logistic Planning Method in Supply Chain Management

Logistics, Supply Chains, and Transport Systems: 36LOGMGT 2020
Are managers sentenced to carry out logistical planning processes using a spreadsheet? Is Industry 4.0 a distant vision of the future or maybe a reality? The article presents the implemented and proven in practice method of Logistics Planning 9A (PL9A), a process-integrated and computer-aided methodology…
21
Dec
2020

The Age of Exploited Persons in Romania – Is There A Difference by Sex, Type of Residency, Type of Exploitation, Relationship with The Recruiter or Country of Destination?

Economic Development - Global Perspectives on Investment, Security, and Growth: 36ECO 2020
This study focuses on the findings revealed for the age of exploited persons in Romania, specifically through analysing differences by demographic characteristics in relation to the human trafficking phenomenon. The dataset that is modelled and analysed in this study originates from the National Agency against…
21
Dec
2020

National Culture as a Moderator in Organizational Research

Strategy, Innovation, and Organizational Effectiveness: 36MGT 2020
National culture is a master variable that defines ways in which societies function and differ one from another. Organizations competing on the global market need to take national culture into account when organizing their daily operations. There exists a significant body of literature that deals…
21
Dec
2020

Soil-saving Agricultural Technologies and State Support for Socially vulnerable segments of the Population in preventing Poverty

Economic Development - Global Perspectives on Investment, Security, and Growth: 36ECO 2020
The article deals with a problem of high political and social significance: providing environmentally friendly food to socially vulnerable categories of the population. This category includes pregnant and nursing women, children, school children, clients of social institutions, and segments of the population whose real incomes…
21
Dec
2020

The Concept of the Method for Forecasting the Life Cycle Costs of Technical Objects Supporting the Process of Making Purchasing Decisions

Economic Development - Global Perspectives on Investment, Security, and Growth: 36ECO 2020
The level of exploitation costs to be covered by the user of a technical object depends, to a great extent, on the accuracy of the investment decisions made. The selection of the optimal investment decision (i.e. the purchase of a technical object) in terms of…