The 10 most-cited articles in Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu, 2020

This study provides the first critical and systematic investigation of the literature on Means-End Chain theory after the ground-breaking book “Understanding Consumer Decision Making: The Means-End Approach to Marketing and Advertising Strategy” by Olson and Reynolds (2001). The sample of 157 articles published in the Science Direct, Emerald, and Wiley databases was investigated. The period covers scientific literature published from 2001 to 2018. The paper shows the main theoretical concepts, methodological approaches, research problems, and findings. The results of the literature review demonstrate that the Means-End Chain theory is an evolving area of research and is gaining importance in academia and management. Some important gaps in the knowledge of theoretical and methodological levels were identified, and the most important directions for further studies were proposed

The aim of this paper is to present the benefits of using HR analytics in enterprises. The research sample included 44 practitioners employed in HR departments of Silesian enterprises. In the study a questionnaire was used where 88.6% of people surveyed indicated the benefits of using HR in the area of recruitment, and 83.6% of respondents believe that analytics affects efficiency through the better planning and utilizing of the workforce, and also positively impacts the company’s organizational culture. Employees from large companies demonstrate knowledge of HR analytics to a greater extent than those employed in the SME sector

The purpose of the article is to specify the interdependencies between the absorption of EU funds and the changes in socio-economic development.The research was conducted on subregional level in three stages.At the first stage, the level of development of 380 districts in Poland was specified.At the second stage, the differentiation in EU fund absorption in those districts was shown.At the third stage, the interdependencies between the size of the absorption and the changes in the level of development in the arrangement of factors of the said development based on the analysis of regression was specified.

Sustainable supply chain management has been an issue in both literature and business practice since the 1990s. Both the development phases and the definition range (including the complexity and number of individual processes) have been subject to changes and modifications over the years. The multitude of definitions and theoretical scope is a barrier to the implementation of the concept in economic practice. The aim of this paper is to show how it has evaluated the concept and thematic scope in theoretical point of view and in relation to its practical implementation. The research was carried out using content analysis methods, as well as selected case studies. The most important findings include: a presentation and change in the understanding and application of SSCM; bibliometric analysis with an interpretation of the state, volume and scope of SC research; directions and trends in research including the identification of research gaps that may be a basis for further research

The main aim of this paper is to assess the impact of internal and external determinants for the sustainable development of industrial enterprises in Poland in the period from 2010 to 2019.The sustainable development of enterprises means the development in economic, social and ecological spheres.Its level depends on a number of external factors, which, for the needs of the study, have been identified with the quantitative socio-economic development of the country, and internal factors, which have been limited to assessing the financial situation.The first part of this paper presents the basic theoretical issues related to sustainable development and its determinants.The second, main part presents the results of the study, which show that both internal and external factors affect the sustainable development of enterprises.In the vast majority of cases, macroeconomic factors have a greater impact.Keywords: sustainable development of the enterprises, determinants of the development.Streszczenie: Podstawowym celem artykułu jest ocena wpływu determinant wewnętrznych i zewnętrznych na…

The aim of this study was to identify the factors, determinants and barriers in the development of slow cities in Poland, with special attention paid to those connected with specific features of the slow city model and membership in the Cittaslow network. The research subject was the factors and determinants of the development of member cities of the Polish National Cittaslow Network. All analyses and conclusions were mainly based on a critical examination of the literature. An identification of determinants and factors involved in the development of slow cities in Poland was made, including the division of them into local, regional, national, international and global categories. Attention was drawn to the determinants of implementing the slow city model connected with the contemporary paradigm of the development of cities, which should be considered in the management of slow cities in Poland.

The main purpose of the paper is to assess the effectiveness of the eight-factor Beneish model in detecting manipulations in the financial statements of public companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The research sample consists of 27 enterprises that were sanctioned at least once by the PFSA for irregularities in compliance with the IAS/ IFRS principles in the period 2006-2018. Empirical analysis proved that in the selected group of enterprises, the original version of the Beneish model is characterized by a relatively low degree of usefulness, thus it should be considered as an average tool supporting the work of auditors, statutory auditors and stock exchange investors, and at the same time a starting point for the further search for instruments to detect accounting violations, developed and adapted to conditions of the Polish capital market

The article presents the results of the introduction of the provisions suggested by the European Union's legislative authorities with regard to transport market regulation, referred to as the Mobility Package. The business of enterprises is based on planning, both in the short and long term, business decisions are made in advance, and internal and external factors taken into consideration. To emphasize the importance of the issues discussed, it is worth noting that the regulations under study constituted the first such in-depth change of the market since Poland joined the European Union. An earlier analysis of the solutions suggested allows enterprises to get ready for the upcoming changes and to take appropriate decisions to minimize their effects, if any. Consequently, the purpose of this paper was to attempt to assess the impact of the Mobility Package on the Polish road transport industry. To study this goal it was necessary to gather and analyse extensive research material originating from official statistical data, industry reports and scientific publications of domestic and…

The constant influx of people to cities is associated with the increase in the transport needs of urban residents.The consequences of these phenomena are the challenges posed to local governments in shaping urban mobility towards sharing transport means.The article discusses the development of shared mobility in Poland based on the example of a city bike system.The undertaken considerations are presented on the basis of the results of secondary research against the background of changes in the attitudes of the transport behaviour of residents consisting in the growing interest in the use of alternative methods of mobility.The aim of the paper is to indicate the factors influencing the development of shared mobility in Poland with particular emphasis on the city bike system.In order to achieve this goal, the desk research method was used, taking into account the available literature and results of secondary research on shared mobility and bike sharing services in Poland.The territory of Poland was used as the research area.

The aim of the article is to present the issues of choosing the optimal procedure for the linear ordering of objects and assessing the correctness of the selected methods of the linear ordering. The goal was achieved by creating linear ordering of objects using various methods for normalizing the value of diagnostic features. An aggregate measure based on various properties of the synthetic feature was used to select the optimal ordering, among others, the compatibility of the mapping, the correlation of the synthetic line variable with diagnostic variables, the rank correlation of the synthetic variable with diagnostic variables and the variability of the synthetic variable. The study was conducted based on the example of data concerning 28 European Union countries according to the level of socio-economic development in the context of sustainable development concerning society, economy and the environment. The linear ordering of countries using the quotient transformation with an arithmetic mean turned out to be the most correct ordering