This study introduces a team re-shuffle as a tool to enhance team learning, knowledge transfer, team communication and understanding of roles and interdependence of team members and their influence on the level of team performance. Team re-shuffle is a selfdirected group based teaching method...

As a consequence of Poland’s accession to the structures of the European Union and the resulting idea to create the European Higher Education Area, the issues related to the university graduates’ competences acquired during their education have become particularly vital. One of the decisions...

In the modern economy mutual cooperation is more beneficial for each organization than continuous competition. Currently, newer forms of cooperation and coopetition (cooperative competition) are being fashioned. One of these forms is inter-organizational relations, which will be discussed in...

The Paper broaches the issue of analyzing a potential relation between the emphasis on virtual web-based processes in an institution of higher education and the paradigm of internationalization. I do so by comparing three German universities, a campus-based university, a mostly paper-based...

International trade economists almost unambiguously claim that engagement in export enables a firm to increase its productivity. They are convinced that there is a two-way relationship between productivity and exports – not only the most productive firms self-select into export markets but...

Learning is commonly defined as a process combining cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences and experiences for acquiring or enhancing changes in one's knowledge, skills, values, and world views. It comprises the way in which information is absorbed, processed, and retained. This...

Contemporary enterprises functioning in a turbulent environment have to continuously adapt to new challenges. Thus it is necessary to adequately identify and analyze the signals coming from the environment, taking into account their influence on the current and future situation of the company as...

An online survey was conducted between December 2010 and January 2011 amongst managers of small and medium enterprises. The database consisted of 35 000 people and they received the test 4 times. Those who replied got a free personalized evaluation of 2–3 pages. 850 tests were filled out and...

The intent of this research is to discover global supply chain issues in the context of cultural differences around the world. In specific, the relationships between American and Chinese corporations are examined in detail in order to demonstrate the concept. In the past decades, numerous United...