On a global basis, product managers are recognizing the importance of knowledge as a means of gaining or sustaining product success on market. Knowledge management becomes an essential process in product management. A product management that joins all needed market, economic and technical skills...

Knowledge economy imposes new demands and imperatives. To achieve a sustainable competitive advantage today means to achieve primacy in knowledge. Therefore it is not surprising that the move towards knowledge-based competitive advantage has become an imperative, not only for individuals, but...

The concept of „knowledge economy“ is based on the view that knowledge and information are at the center of economic growth and development. In today´s ever changing world knowledge has become a key factor for sustainable economic development and competitve advantage. This article looks at...

Today the implementation of lean management principles is spreading from the pure manufacturing facilities into additional supporting areas, without which also manufacturing system cannot function well. One such area is the knowledge management, important for acquiring and disseminating...

Private equity industry has been evolving over recent years and its importance has significantly risen and in spite of the economic recession and debt crisis period it offers an alternative for investors and new further opportunities for the entrepreneurs struggling to finance their business...

Mission statements usually define the scope of company’s operations, and also address other issues like company philosophy, concern for customers, corporate values, markets, concern for survival, growth, profitability, and others. The paper aims to explore the contents of mission statements in...

Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of nations and firms. In this paper we examine whether innovation performed by small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) from Lublin Voivodeship enhances their exporting potential. This study...

There can be noticed a growing pressure on universities to become learning organizations. In order to become flexible and adaptable, universities have to seek for innovations, new fields of studies, new methods of building relationships with students and knowledge transfer. One way to achieve...

The aim of this paper is to describe and to reflect on the experience of the authors in setting up a new model of learning environment in management education in a University in Brazil, which was initially called Management Practice Laboratory (MPL). The MPL environment was conceived as a...

The challenge for companies is to create a useful employee performance appraisal regarding the successful management of employees. Motivated and engaged employees are after all a company’s most valuable asset. In recognition of this, the paper deals with the employee appraisal method based on...