I explore the relationship in partnering strategy [exploration – based on weak ties vs. exploitation – based on strong ties], national culture and and firms’ organizational model in the context of global ICT Industry. In the highly uncertain global environment, partnering is the one of the...

This paper presents issues related to industrial marketing. Specifications of belt conveyors required for the proper belt selection for particular market segments have been collected. Several ways of promotions applied by different belt manufacturers has been presented and results of their...

Estimates of the length of the conveyor belts or conveyors in some industries have already been published, e.g. [1,4]. The data contained therein, however, are fragmented and outdated. The first comprehensive marketing analysis of conveyor belts’ market in Poland were carried out in Master...

In the paper factors of economic growth according to Solow have been discussed. The role of technology as the determinant of this growth has been underlined. An attention has been focused on disastrous situation of scientific research in Poland due to very low financing from budget and industry...

What determines how trade in a commodity is divided between privately negotiated transactions via "middle men" (dealer/brokers) in a telephone or "dealer market" versus transactions via "market makers" (specialists) at publicly observable bid/ask prices? To address this question, we extend...

In this chapter, the affinities between Value Analysis (VA) and contemporary management methodologies and tools are presented. This comparative study has been started by presentation of VA genesis and Function Analysis System Technique (FAST) as the main root of functional analysis. The...

The research objective of the paper is a proposition of updated version of Informational Processes Value Analysis, called by the author IPVA-2. The structure of the paper consists of following points. At the beginning three examples of applying original version of Informational Processes Value...

This book consists of a selection of unique case studies of Polish companies in various sectors. The cases, presenting both real business dilemmas and personal perspectives, are the result of extensive in-company research and advisory projects. They reconstruct the circumstances and constraints...

Different structures of lignite mines and power stations, which have appeared on the Polish market as a result of its transformation and the privatisation, were discussed. The attention is focused on the fact that the practice is overtaking the theory because there is lack of models of...

For the hypothetical deposit with parameters similar to KWB “Konin” S.A. conditions; lignite prices and proposed divisions are calculated and results were discussed under the angle of the fairness (equity) of the division and the possibility of their approval by both sides. A sensitivity...