Edward Stawasz

Prof. Dr. Edward Stawasz

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Academic Career Length

16Years (2011-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2016 in Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review
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KŁKatarzyna Łobacz
Katarzyna Łobacz
PGPaweł Głodek
Paweł Głodek
ESEdward Stawasz
Edward Stawasz
PNPiotr Niedzielski
Piotr Niedzielski
Utilisation of Business Advice in Small Innovative Firms: the Role of Trust and Tacit Knowledge

1 January 2019 in Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
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Edward Stawasz
Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation

1 January 2023 in Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation
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Wojciech Grabowski
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Edward Stawasz
PURPOSE: This paper proposes a triangular relationship between business consulting, knowledge absorptive capacity, and innovativeness. The role of knowledge absorptive capacity in stimulating the impact of business consulting on innovativeness is studied. METHODOLOGY: An empirical study is conducted using the CATI method, and it is based on data concerning 382 Polish micro and small enterprises. Qualitative variables reflecting using business consulting, knowledge absorptive capacity and innovativeness are defined. The multivariate discrete choice model taking into account relationships among these constructs, is proposed and its parameters are estimated. FINDINGS: The results of the empirical research indicate that business consulting in Poland and similar countries may help firms implement innovative solutions. Knowledge absorptive capacity stimulates innovativeness and has a positive impact on the relationship between using business consulting and improvement in innovativeness. Though the frequency of using business consulting is an important factor in improving innovativeness, cooperation between a consultant and a manager matters more. IMPLICATIONS: Results of the empirical research indicate that cooperation between a consultant and a manager may help reduce differences of opinion and internal conflicts. A higher propensity to cooperate may significantly improve the functioning of an enterprise. Business consulting has an indirect and direct effect on innovativeness. It has a positive impact on knowledge absorptive capacity, while better knowledge stimulates innovativeness. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: An original triangular model of the relationship between business consulting, knowledge absorptive capacity, and innovativeness is proposed. Advanced econometric methods are used in order to find complex relationships between using business consulting, knowledge absorptive capacity, and improvement in innovativeness. Moreover, results of the estimation of the parameters of the econometric model provide interesting recommendations for policies supporting the development of business consulting in the Polish economy.

1 January 2018
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ESEdward Stawasz
Edward Stawasz
PGPaweł Głodek
Paweł Głodek
KŁKatarzyna Łobacz
Katarzyna Łobacz
PNPiotr Niedzielski
Piotr Niedzielski
Dla małych przedsiębiorstw doradztwo biznesowe to jedno ze źródeł wiedzy zewnętrznej ułatwiającej prowadzenie działalności. Jest szczególnie istotne dla firm innowacyjnych, które wykorzystują nowe informacje do poszukiwania okazji rynkowych oraz wprowadzają nowe rozwiązania w swoich produktach, procesach czy modelach biznesowych. W prezentowanej monografii poddano gruntownej analizie szereg czynników wiążących doradztwo biznesowe z konkurencyjnością małych firm innowacyjnych. Wnioski z badań jakościowych i ilościowych wskazują na istotne powiązanie doradztwa biznesowego z konkurencyjnością firm. Na szczególną uwagę zasługuje sformułowany model opisujący pośrednią rolę oddziaływania doradztwa na działalność firmy. Publikacja jest adresowana do przedstawicieli świata nauki, którzy zajmują się szeroko rozumianym zarządzaniem małą firmą. Stanowi też wartościowy materiał dla studentów przedmiotów biznesowych i ekonomicznych oraz praktyków z sektora doradztwa biznesowego.

1 January 2017 in Journal of East European Management Studies
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Wojciech Grabowski
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Im vorliegenden Artikel wird die Rolle von wirtschaftlicher Beratung bei der Verwaltung von Kleinstunternehmen im Rahmen der Vergrößerung des Wissens von Managern und der Erstellung von Managementstrategien für Unternehmen dargestellt. Diskutiert wird die Rolle von Unternehmensmerkmalen und der Eigenschaften der das Management leitenden Personen sowie die Nutzung von Beratungsdienstleistungen als Faktoren zur Reduzierung von Wissenslücken. Die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie unter Verwendung von Daten zu polnischen Kleinstunternehmen bestätigen die Hypothese von der Existenz eines positiven Zusammenhangs zwischen der Tatsache der Inanspruchnahme von Beratungsdiensten und dem Wissensniveau der Manager sowie vom Einfluss vorteilhaften Wissenstransfers auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Besitzes einer Strategie. Es stellt sich zudem heraus, dass ein hohes Maß an Wissen beim Management eine Voraussetzung für den effizienten Einsatz von Beratungsdienstleistungen und die Schaffung einer entwicklungsorientierten Ausrichtung in Kleinstunternehmen ist. The paper presents the role of business consulting in the management of micro-enterprises in the context of creating knowledge and formulating a development strategy. It discusses the importance of determinants and the impact of business consulting as a factor in reducing the knowledge gap. The results of research conducted in 406 Polish micro-enterprises confirm the hypothesis of the existence of positive correlations between business consulting and knowledge along with development strategies, as well as between knowledge and strategy. It was also noted that advanced knowledge on the part of managers is a condition for the efficient use of business consulting and the development of a developmental orientation of micro-enterprises. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird die Rolle von wirtschaftlicher Beratung bei der Verwaltung von Kleinstunternehmen im Rahmen der Vergrößerung des Wissens von Managern und der Erstellung von Managementstrategien für Unternehmen dargestellt. Diskutiert wird die Rolle von Unternehmensmerkmalen und der Eigenschaften der das Management leitenden Personen sowie die Nutzung von Beratungsdienstleistungen als Faktoren zur Reduzierung von Wissenslücken. Die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie unter Verwendung von Daten zu polnischen Kleinstunternehmen bestätigen die Hypothese von der Existenz eines positiven Zusammenhangs zwischen der Tatsache der Inanspruchnahme von Beratungsdiensten und dem Wissensniveau der Manager sowie vom Einfluss vorteilhaften Wissenstransfers auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Besitzes einer Strategie. Es stellt sich zudem heraus, dass ein hohes Maß an Wissen beim Management eine Voraussetzung für den effizienten Einsatz von Beratungsdienstleistungen und die Schaffung einer entwicklungsorientierten Ausrichtung in Kleinstunternehmen ist. The paper presents the role of business consulting in the management of micro-enterprises in the context of creating knowledge and formulating a development strategy. It discusses the importance of determinants and the impact of business consulting as a factor in reducing the knowledge gap. The results of research conducted in 406 Polish micro-enterprises confirm the hypothesis of the existence of positive correlations between business consulting and knowledge along with development strategies, as well as between knowledge and strategy. It was also noted that advanced knowledge on the part of managers is a condition for the efficient use of business consulting and the development of a developmental orientation of micro-enterprises. The Journal of East European Management Studies aims to promote dialogue and cooperation among scholars seeking to examine,explore and explain the behaviour and practices of management within the transforming societies of Central and Eastern Europe. The theoretical interests of the journal are organisational and management change, Central and East European societies (including those on the fringes of Europe) undergoing processes of transition or transformation, and scientific issues of business, management and organisation that arise in such contexts. The JEEMS aims to attract social scientific contributions from scholars of any nation and region, but particularly wishes to encourageauthors from those countries directly experiencing transformational change. Its potential readership is international, comprising academicsand practitioners with an involvement or interest in the management of change in transforming societies in Central and Eastern Europe.

23 February 2011 in Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
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Edward Stawasz
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Paweł Głodek
The presented paper treats about the ability of creating new jobs by innovative SMEs in Poland in the age of a deep transformation of the Polish economy. The authors try to verify the concept of B. A. Kirchoff about the relationship between innovation and enterprise growth. Some sector and market conditions of functioning of innovative SMEs are also analyzed in the paper. A study among 81 Polish SMEs from Lodz region confirms that there is an independence between enterprise innovation and its ability to create jobs. On one side, among analyzed enterprises about 14% was highly innovative fast growing. On the other side, low innovative and slowly growing made a high percentage. The research pointed an important factor of the ability of job creation - sector and market conditions, management problems (lack of experience, problems with gathering the initial capital) and poor public support. The shadow economy has a positive impact on growth rather than on innovation. However, it does not have a positive influence on expansion, innovation and new jobs creation undertaken simultaneously, which is the most desirable activities of the enterprise.