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The main purpose of the paper is to present a proposal to measure the relationships between Goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and one of the areas considered in the green growth concept: environmental production efficiency. Both of these areas illustrate the relationship between the natural environment and the economy, emphasizing transformations in the field of energy use. Selected taxonomic methods, TOPSIS, and multicriteria taxonomy, were applied to study the relationships between the two areas. The results of the EU countries classification showed a variety of countries’ development pathways within a single economic community. Despite continued attempts to equalize the development levels between European Union countries in many strategic areas, they remain highly diversified. That is also true for the areas analyzed in the paper, which is a disturbing situation, indicating that both strategies might not correlate in all respects. Further research into the relationships linking the remaining dimensions of both strategies is required.
Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk. Environmental Production Efficiency in the European Union Countries as a Tool for the Implementation of Goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda. Energies 2021, 14, 4593 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk. Environmental Production Efficiency in the European Union Countries as a Tool for the Implementation of Goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda. Energies. 2021; 14 (15):4593.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk. 2021. "Environmental Production Efficiency in the European Union Countries as a Tool for the Implementation of Goal 7 of the 2030 Agenda." Energies 14, no. 15: 4593.
The e-commerce market in cities is currently one of the fastest-growing markets. By observing the current changes taking place in it, we have a unique opportunity to learn about its potential development directions in the future with great acceleration. Some of the recent changes caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have a chance to affect this market's development in the coming years permanently. The paper's primary purpose is to identify relationships between factors that could significantly impact sustainable e-commerce development in cities, mainly including environmental issues, on the example of the European Union Countries. For this purpose, five groups of factors (criteria), based on literature, were selected: e-commerce drivers (Internet and mobile access, macroeconomic conditions and social aspects in the country), criteria describing the e-commerce market in cities, and criteria that assess the impact of the development of the e-commerce market in cities on the environment were assessed. According to the authors' proposal, the relationships between these groups of factors were verified, taking into account the network model of connections. For this purpose, the multi-criteria decision-making method with the use of the PROMETHEE technique has been applied. The research results presented in the paper confirmed that the relations between the analyzed groups of criteria are complex. In most countries, high positions in the rankings containing criteria describing the so-called drivers of the e-commerce market also translate into high places in the order describing this market's development. At the same time, those countries where the e-commerce activity in cities is high present lower environmental conditions.
Katarzyna Cheba; Maja Kiba-Janiak; Anna Baraniecka; Tomasz Kołakowski. Impact of external factors on e-commerce market in cities and its implications on environment. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 72, 103032 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Cheba, Maja Kiba-Janiak, Anna Baraniecka, Tomasz Kołakowski. Impact of external factors on e-commerce market in cities and its implications on environment. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 72 ():103032.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Cheba; Maja Kiba-Janiak; Anna Baraniecka; Tomasz Kołakowski. 2021. "Impact of external factors on e-commerce market in cities and its implications on environment." Sustainable Cities and Society 72, no. : 103032.
This paper presents a novel approach to assessing a maturity level in terms of formulation and implementation of sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. Proposed by the authors model also enables evaluating the state of the local government (city administration) in terms of the results of undertaken actions. The tool was applied for selected European and Australian cities that function in different cultural, administrative, and environmental conditions. The conducted study showed that the developed model could be utilized by local authorities operating in various environments. Besides the fact that the model enables the assessment of the maturity level in terms of formulation and implementation of a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategy, it also gives a possibility of in-depth analysis of the city in terms of various criteria and comparison of it to other cities. The study showed that the size of the city and its administrative structure does not significantly impact the level of maturity. This study shows that those cities that have achieved the best results in terms of safety and environmental degradation by implementing the most passenger and freight transport measures closely and permanently cooperate with stakeholders and have integrated transport strategies (including passenger and freight transport).
Maja Kiba-Janiak; Russell Thompson; Katarzyna Cheba. An assessment tool of the formulation and implementation a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. An example of selected European and Australian cities. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 71, 102966 .
AMA StyleMaja Kiba-Janiak, Russell Thompson, Katarzyna Cheba. An assessment tool of the formulation and implementation a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. An example of selected European and Australian cities. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 71 ():102966.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaja Kiba-Janiak; Russell Thompson; Katarzyna Cheba. 2021. "An assessment tool of the formulation and implementation a sustainable integrated passenger and freight transport strategies. An example of selected European and Australian cities." Sustainable Cities and Society 71, no. : 102966.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to fill the research and cognitive gap by comparative analyzing of the cluster supply chain (CSC) and supply chains not belonging to the clusters to examine the relational embeddedness as the differentiator of supply chains operating in the clusters. Design/methodology/approach The conceptual model was tested with data collected from 475 industrial companies cooperating with their partners within supply chains, including 135 CSC. To identify the livraisons between different indicators, the correspondence analysis was applied. Findings The division of enterprises participating in this study into groups allows for the determination of relatively clear boundaries between enterprises belonging to the cluster and those that do not declare such affiliation. The obtained results confirmed that the relational embeddedness is the differentiator of the CSC collaboration. Research limitations/implications The main limitations are referred to as the static character of the data. Practical implications The paper contains implications for cluster facilitators, as well as for cluster policy decision makers, to better design support for cluster organizations. Originality/value This research is a contribution to the literature on inter-organizational structures, such as clusters and supply chains, and in particular, contributes to the creation of the scientific ground of SCS theory. The research allowed to better understand the nature of collaboration taking into consideration the fact of the relational embeddedness of the companies operating within supply chains located in clusters. It proves the existence of a new type of inter-organizational form that is CSC.
Marzena Frankowska; Katarzyna Cheba. The relational embeddedness as the differentiator of the cluster supply chain collaboration – a multidimensional comparative analysis. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 2021, ahead-of-p, 1 .
AMA StyleMarzena Frankowska, Katarzyna Cheba. The relational embeddedness as the differentiator of the cluster supply chain collaboration – a multidimensional comparative analysis. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal. 2021; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarzena Frankowska; Katarzyna Cheba. 2021. "The relational embeddedness as the differentiator of the cluster supply chain collaboration – a multidimensional comparative analysis." Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.
This research provides a comprehensive review of corporate sustainability literature in various application areas. The chapter also highlights the gaps in clearly explaining the scope for it extending and incorporating the term of corporate sustainability into other research areas. The main advantage of this study is that it provides an insight into the state of the art of corporate sustainability in various application areas and future development and research directions. In addition to the literature review in this area, the chapter also presents numerous examples of the understanding of corporate sustainability by various business organizations. The chapter analyses nearly 200 different publications in this field available in the Web of Science database. In addition to quantitative analyses, in-depth qualitative research was also carried out.
Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. Corporate Sustainability. Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics 2021, 26 -43.
AMA StyleIwona Bąk, Katarzyna Cheba. Corporate Sustainability. Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics. 2021; ():26-43.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. 2021. "Corporate Sustainability." Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics , no. : 26-43.
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund reported that the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires an escalation of development finance. The report Scaling Finance for the Sustainable Development Goals highlighted the urgency of the efforts to realize SDGs in encouraging financial innovation to move quickly. Even if the role of finance in achieving SDGs is unquestionable, few scientific studies have addressed these issues. We tried to fill the existing research gap. In this study, we examined the link between sustainable finance and SDGs based on European Union countries belonging to the OECD. We present a new and the original research approach. We assumed that the sustainable finance model plays a fundamental role in implementing SDGs (all SDGs were analysed except for SDG 6 and SDG14, due to lack of statistics were not analysed) and ensuring that social and environmental sustainability are reflected in SDGs. The results of this study show that the more sustainable the finance model, the better the achievement of SDGs in the group of analysed countries. We found a strong link between sustainable finance model and social sustainability (SDG1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 16); environmental sustainability (SDG11, 12, 13, 15) and economic sustainability (SDG8, 9, 17).
Magdalena Ziolo; Iwona Bak; Katarzyna Cheba. THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: DOES IT WORK? Technological and Economic Development of Economy 2020, 27, 45 -70.
AMA StyleMagdalena Ziolo, Iwona Bak, Katarzyna Cheba. THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: DOES IT WORK? Technological and Economic Development of Economy. 2020; 27 (1):45-70.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagdalena Ziolo; Iwona Bak; Katarzyna Cheba. 2020. "THE ROLE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: DOES IT WORK?" Technological and Economic Development of Economy 27, no. 1: 45-70.
The main purpose of the paper is to assess the level of EU countries’ ability to compete in a sustainable manner and to compare these results with achievements in the area of sustainable competitive position. In the paper, the definition of the new economic category – sustainable competitiveness and its main components: sustainable competitive capacity and sustainable competitive position, as well as these new terms’ measurement proposal were presented. The study is also an attempt to the exploration of relationship existing between those categories. For this purpose, the selected statistical methods were applied. The taxonomic measure of development as well as the correlation coefficients, were used to measure the multilevel relationship between those considered areas. Until now, those categories were presented only in the context of examining the countries’ ability to compete sustainably. However, the aspects of sustainable competitive position have been completely ignored. That’s why it should be emphasized that this kind of investigation is a novelty in the area of sustainable competitiveness. The research results confirmed the existence of relationship between the various areas that consist to the holistic concept of sustainable competitiveness. These relationships are not always strong though and this is the crucial fact for further research in this area.
Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska. SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS AS A NEW ECONOMIC CATEGORY – DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT ASSESSMENT. Technological and Economic Development of Economy 2020, 26, 1399 -1421.
AMA StyleKatarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk, Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska. SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS AS A NEW ECONOMIC CATEGORY – DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT ASSESSMENT. Technological and Economic Development of Economy. 2020; 26 (6):1399-1421.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska. 2020. "SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVENESS AS A NEW ECONOMIC CATEGORY – DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT ASSESSMENT." Technological and Economic Development of Economy 26, no. 6: 1399-1421.
The literature on the subject indicates that green growth is a direct result of implementing a sustainable development strategy. According to this assumption, countries that include sustainable development goals in their strategic documents should also achieve results in the area of green growth or the green economy. The monitoring of green growth should be based on indicators that make it possible to distinguish the green economy from the traditional one by taking into account, inter alia, indicators covering: green products, services, investments, and public procurement as well as green jobs in the green sectors of the economy. OECD proposes to use for this purpose indicators divided into four main groups: environmental and resource productivity, natural asset base, the environmental dimension of the quality of life and economic opportunities and policy responses. The aim of the work is to examine the relationships between sustainable development and green economy, especially in the area of their measurement and to determine the relationship between the results achieved by the EU countries in this area. The result of the research is the assessment of the results obtained by the EU countries in each of the analyzed areas using a taxonomic development measure based on the Weber median and the identification of relation between the results.
Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk. Sustainable Development and Green Economy in the European Union Countries—Statistical Analysis. Data Science 2020, 163 -185.
AMA StyleKatarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk. Sustainable Development and Green Economy in the European Union Countries—Statistical Analysis. Data Science. 2020; ():163-185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk. 2020. "Sustainable Development and Green Economy in the European Union Countries—Statistical Analysis." Data Science , no. : 163-185.
The main purpose of the study is to present a new approach to comparing EU regions according to their level of innovation. For many years, different organizations have published reports related to the innovation level of EU countries and regions. Usually, taxonomic methods are used to measure development in this area. The main disadvantage of this approach is that it offers an assessment of EU innovation level based only on the mean, while the main goal of this kind of analysis should include an assessment of results compatibility obtained in different areas constituting a composite measure. For this purpose, a different procedure based on the multi-criteria taxonomic method is proposed. In this method, the innovation level of every object (in the paper, EU regions) is assessed using results obtained in every group of indicators taken into account for this purpose. This means that EU regions can be divided into groups according their level of innovation in all considered areas, not only according to their mean value of development. This is the basic advantage of this type of analysis. An added value of the considerations presented in the paper is the possibility of obtaining supplementary information about the internal structure of the innovation of socio-economic objects. It should be emphasized that such analysis is a new approach to this kind of assessment. The results are especially relevant to associations such as the European Union, in which internal cohesion is one of its strategic developmental goals.
Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Angelika Kędzierska-Szczepaniak; Krzysztof Szczepaniak; Giuseppe Ioppolo. Innovation level and local development of EU regions. A new assessment approach. Land Use Policy 2020, 99, 104837 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk, Angelika Kędzierska-Szczepaniak, Krzysztof Szczepaniak, Giuseppe Ioppolo. Innovation level and local development of EU regions. A new assessment approach. Land Use Policy. 2020; 99 ():104837.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Angelika Kędzierska-Szczepaniak; Krzysztof Szczepaniak; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2020. "Innovation level and local development of EU regions. A new assessment approach." Land Use Policy 99, no. : 104837.
Iwona Bak; Katarzyna Cheba; Irena Lacka. Sustainable Development and Innovations- How They Work Together? EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES JOURNAL 2020, XXIII, 93 -113.
AMA StyleIwona Bak, Katarzyna Cheba, Irena Lacka. Sustainable Development and Innovations- How They Work Together? EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES JOURNAL. 2020; XXIII (3):93-113.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIwona Bak; Katarzyna Cheba; Irena Lacka. 2020. "Sustainable Development and Innovations- How They Work Together?" EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES JOURNAL XXIII, no. 3: 93-113.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk is relevant for the public and private financial sectors and it has an impact on financial performance in both sectors. The aim of this study was to diagnose the impact of ESG risk on public and private financial systems and to determine the sector-specific significance of ESG risk attitudes. Fuzzy cognitive maps were used to diagnose ESG risk in the Polish public and private financial systems. Eight independent experts were asked to evaluate a total of 62 factors, of which 21 were environmental related, 25 were social related, and 16 were governance related. The results of the study revealed that the number of ESG factors and the sustainability pillar they represented differed between the financial systems. As a result, different ESG risk attitudes were observed in public and private financial systems due to the sector-specific influence. The public financial system was found to be more responsive to environmental factors, while the private sector is more likely to take into account factors representing social sustainability. These findings have practical importance and should be considered when designing ESG risk policy and management systems in public and private financial systems.
Magdalena Ziolo; Anna Spoz; Iwona Bak; Katarzyna Cheba; Beata Zofia Filipiak. Environmental, Social and Governance Risk in Public and Private Financial Systems. Proceedings of the 2020 2nd International Conference on Management Science and Industrial Engineering 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleMagdalena Ziolo, Anna Spoz, Iwona Bak, Katarzyna Cheba, Beata Zofia Filipiak. Environmental, Social and Governance Risk in Public and Private Financial Systems. Proceedings of the 2020 2nd International Conference on Management Science and Industrial Engineering. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagdalena Ziolo; Anna Spoz; Iwona Bak; Katarzyna Cheba; Beata Zofia Filipiak. 2020. "Environmental, Social and Governance Risk in Public and Private Financial Systems." Proceedings of the 2020 2nd International Conference on Management Science and Industrial Engineering , no. : 1.
The main purpose of the paper is the identification of internal and external factors prompting selected Polish R&D departments to be active in innovation, R&D and user-driven innovation. To study the relation between selected determinants, econometric models were applied. The results of the adopted research procedure confirmed that it is important to invest in innovation activity but especially to have at least an R&D strategy in enterprise. The use of user-driven innovation concept is mostly unconsciously but still cooperation with users is an important factor in achieving the high level of innovation. Because of that, according to authors, the more advance research procedure to analyze the further determinants of innovation activity in R&D department in Poland should be applied.
Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Joanna Wiśniewska. Innovation, R&D and User-driven Innovation Activity in R&D Departments in Poland. The Multi-Criteria Analysis. Procedia Computer Science 2020, 176, 2705 -2713.
AMA StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna Cheba, Joanna Wiśniewska. Innovation, R&D and User-driven Innovation Activity in R&D Departments in Poland. The Multi-Criteria Analysis. Procedia Computer Science. 2020; 176 ():2705-2713.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Joanna Wiśniewska. 2020. "Innovation, R&D and User-driven Innovation Activity in R&D Departments in Poland. The Multi-Criteria Analysis." Procedia Computer Science 176, no. : 2705-2713.
Magdalena Zioło; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba; Anna Spoz. Sustainable business models of enterprises - actual and declared activities for ensuring corporate sustainability. Procedia Computer Science 2020, 176, 1497 -1506.
AMA StyleMagdalena Zioło, Iwona Bąk, Katarzyna Cheba, Anna Spoz. Sustainable business models of enterprises - actual and declared activities for ensuring corporate sustainability. Procedia Computer Science. 2020; 176 ():1497-1506.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagdalena Zioło; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba; Anna Spoz. 2020. "Sustainable business models of enterprises - actual and declared activities for ensuring corporate sustainability." Procedia Computer Science 176, no. : 1497-1506.
The main purpose of this article is the presentation of the relationships of coopetition among the internal stakeholders of a cluster that could contribute to the development of tourism in its area of operation. This analysis is based on the case study of the Historical Tourism Cluster, which operates on the Polish-German border. This article is theoretical and conceptual in nature. In it, the following research methods have been used: a critical analysis of the literature, logical inference, and observation. Currently, clusters are considered to be among the organizations with promising perspectives for development. The EU has decided to support transnational clusters in its latest strategy (after 2020). In this case, the specialization of the cluster (historical tourism) could be an obstacle. However, this article indicates how the cluster described here could make use of the existing development opportunities.
Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. Coopetition as a New Form of Managing the Tourist Offer on the Polish-German Border. Zarządzanie w Kulturze 2020, 21, 205 -218.
AMA StyleIwona Bąk, Katarzyna Cheba. Coopetition as a New Form of Managing the Tourist Offer on the Polish-German Border. Zarządzanie w Kulturze. 2020; 21 (3):205-218.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. 2020. "Coopetition as a New Form of Managing the Tourist Offer on the Polish-German Border." Zarządzanie w Kulturze 21, no. 3: 205-218.
The main purpose of the paper is evaluating the effectiveness of strategies applied by transnational corporations on the markets worldwide on the basis of the set of indicators proposed by the author. The added value of the presented analysis is also the proposed approach to establishing the ranking of the transnational corporations using the relative taxonomy method in the dynamics perspective. The results of the study may be used as an alternative to the rankings developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development under the World Investment Report ranking published to date.
Katarzyna Cheba. The applications of dynamic relative taxonomy methods to assess the effectiveness of transnational corporations' strategies. European J. of International Management 2020, 14, 924 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Cheba. The applications of dynamic relative taxonomy methods to assess the effectiveness of transnational corporations' strategies. European J. of International Management. 2020; 14 (5):924.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Cheba. 2020. "The applications of dynamic relative taxonomy methods to assess the effectiveness of transnational corporations' strategies." European J. of International Management 14, no. 5: 924.
Finance and financial markets are the engine of sustainability. Financial institutions are one of the main channels influencing entrepreneurs. By determining the conditions of access to financial services, the financial market affects the decisions and attitudes of entrepreneurs, including their business models. The purpose of this article is to diagnose whether (and to what extent) banks affect the decisions and business models of enterprises. The research material is based on data obtained by survey, supplemented by in-depth interviews with 60 Polish enterprises operating in ESG-sensitive sectors. The study uses correspondence analysis, a method of multivariate analysis. The results of the study indicate that financial institutions have an impact on enterprises that have a business model and such enterprises declare their will to co-operate with the bank and to implement the ESG risk reduction measures recommended by the banks. On the other hand, enterprises that do not have developed business models do not succumb to the bank’s influence and co-operation with the bank is limited to a minimum; usually considering only account keeping and monetary settlements related to it.
Magdalena Zioło; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba; Anna Spoz. The relationship between banks and company business models - sustainability context. Procedia Computer Science 2020, 176, 1507 -1516.
AMA StyleMagdalena Zioło, Iwona Bąk, Katarzyna Cheba, Anna Spoz. The relationship between banks and company business models - sustainability context. Procedia Computer Science. 2020; 176 ():1507-1516.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagdalena Zioło; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba; Anna Spoz. 2020. "The relationship between banks and company business models - sustainability context." Procedia Computer Science 176, no. : 1507-1516.
The main purpose of this chapter is to identify the existing relations between the selected areas of sustainable development but carried out on the basis of the indicators describing the macroeconomic dimension of this development from the OECD countries' perspective. The theoretical basis for analyses is the concept of shared value, for the first time presented by Porter and Kramer in 2011. In this chapter, this proposition was applied to the studies carried out on the country level. For this purpose, the multidimensional statistical analysis was applied. The results of the study confirmed that on the current level of development, even in the case of the most developed countries, it is very difficult to find the shared space with the same level of development between these areas. In the same time, it is very important direction of further research and decisions undertaken on the macroeconomic level.
Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk. The Concept of Shared Value in the Theory of Sustainable Finance. Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 21 -42.
AMA StyleKatarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk. The Concept of Shared Value in the Theory of Sustainable Finance. Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():21-42.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk. 2020. "The Concept of Shared Value in the Theory of Sustainable Finance." Handbook of Research on Novel Practices and Current Successes in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 21-42.
For many years different scientists have published the results of research related to the usage of UDI (user-driven innovation) concept and its impact on innovation activity of enterprises. None of them, however, concerned the relationship between various determinants for developing the R&D (Research and Development) sphere. It is the reason why the main purpose of the study is to present the empirical evidence in finding the determinants for usage of “user-driven innovation” concept (UDI). The work focuses on using this concept in R&D departments, which are very often responsible for introducing this kind of innovation in a firm’s practice. The use of the UDI concept in R&D in the enterprise will be influenced by various factors which, in the literature, are divided into external, independent of the enterprise; and internal, which can be a result of adopted strategies, action plans and/or operating standards. The implementation of UDI in enterprises gives a number of benefits resulting from interaction with the environment, but also encounters barriers and internal problems that need to be neutralized. It is why, in this paper, the internal factors will be considered. To present the relationship between the selected variables, the correspondence analysis which constitutes one of the methods for multidimensional statistical analysis, was applied. The results presented in the paper allowed to formulate several important conclusions about the potential level of implementation of UDI concept in R&D departments in Poland. Firstly, it should be noted that in Poland, the UDI concept is still seen as new. This is why there are no scientific publications on this topic, as well as a lack of system solutions and strategic documents encouraging entrepreneurs to conduct research and development activity based on contacts with users. That is why authors have made some recommendations regarding the promotion of activities related to the use of UDI in research and development processes. Our research supplements the current knowledge in the field of internal conditions affecting the implementation of the UDI concept in enterprises which are starting to implement this concept.
Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Giuseppe Ioppolo. User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations. Sustainability 2019, 12, 171 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska, Katarzyna Cheba, Iwona Bąk, Giuseppe Ioppolo. User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations. Sustainability. 2019; 12 (1):171.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska; Katarzyna Cheba; Iwona Bąk; Giuseppe Ioppolo. 2019. "User-Driven Innovation in Poland: Determinants and Recommendations." Sustainability 12, no. 1: 171.
Environmental degradation is currently one of the biggest challenges for policy makers designing public policies. In particular, the emission of greenhouse gases as side effect of human activity is a significant problem. One of the methods and instruments used in the public sector to limit the progressing environmental degradation are environmental taxes. It is an element of fiscal policy used by countries around the world, including in the European Union, although it has no compulsory nature. So far, studies on the effectiveness of environmental taxes are not explicit. The effects of environmental taxes differ in EU countries, also environmental taxes systems are of different construction, and tax policies in this scope vary as well. This paper uses the taxonomic measure based on the Weber median to analyse the link between environmental taxes and environmental degradation. 23 EU countries belonging to OECD were analysed for 2016, on the basis of the Eurostat dataset. The study attempts to answer the question whether environmental taxes are an effective instrument for shaping environmental policy and whether they can become an important tool in the decision-making process at the government level. The paper assumes that the role of environmental taxes and their impact is different in developed and converging economies. The results prove a positive relationship between environmental taxes and environmental performance in the case of one indicator (Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption) for others a negative link is reported.
Magdalena Ziolo; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. Environmental taxes - how public policy makers can use them in the decision-making process? Procedia Computer Science 2019, 159, 2216 -2223.
AMA StyleMagdalena Ziolo, Iwona Bąk, Katarzyna Cheba. Environmental taxes - how public policy makers can use them in the decision-making process? Procedia Computer Science. 2019; 159 ():2216-2223.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagdalena Ziolo; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. 2019. "Environmental taxes - how public policy makers can use them in the decision-making process?" Procedia Computer Science 159, no. : 2216-2223.
A literature review showed that finance is a driver of sustainability. However, to achieve sustainability through finance, it is necessary to rebuild and adapt the financial system to the specifics of sustainable development. Modern financial systems can be described as one-dimensional, focusing on ensuring the economic security of transactions. Meanwhile, the growing role of risk related to non-financial factors means that the factors referred to as ESG (environmental, social, governance) become the main source threatening the stability of financial systems. Adaptation activities toward the design of so-called three-dimensional financial systems rely on incorporating ESG risk into the financial decisions of the financial institutions that make up the financial system. This is found, among other factors, in the risk assessment methodology. The general goal of the paper is to investigate which ESG criteria are incorporated into the decision-making process of financial institutions and to verify the level of sustainability of financial systems in selected OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries. The main research hypothesis assumes that incorporating ESG factors into the decision-making process of financial institutions makes financial systems more sustainable. A two-stage research procedure was used to achieve the research goal. In the first stage, to determine the ESG factors that affect the level of sustainability of financial systems and identify dependencies between ESG factors incorporated by financial institutions into the decision-making process, a fuzzy cognitive map (FCM) was used. The collective map elaborating on the basis of the opinions of experts participating in the study was built using the software FCMapper_bugfix_27.1.2016. In the second stage, based on multiple-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) using the PROMETHEE method (Preference Ranking Organization Method of Enrichment Evaluation), 23 OECD countries that respect the Equator Principles were ranked according to seven groups of criteria defined for financial system assessment (financial depth, development, vulnerability, soundness, fragility, stability, and sustainability), based on a literature review. The ranking confirmed the strong position of Scandinavian countries for assuring best sustainability practices in financial institutions and in the economy. The added value of this paper can be considered at two levels: theoretical and empirical. From the theoretical point of view, it should be noted that it is the first of this kind of analysis which prioritizes ESG factors in financial decisions and ranks financial systems according to fulfilling sustainability criteria. The original empirical approach based on the two-stage research procedure provided analysis of 62 factors, of which 21 represented the environmental scope, 25 the social scope, and 16 the governance scope, which is the main advantage of the empirical study presented in the paper.
Magdalena Ziolo; Beata Zofia Filipiak; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. How to Design More Sustainable Financial Systems: The Roles of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in the Decision-Making Process. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5604 .
AMA StyleMagdalena Ziolo, Beata Zofia Filipiak, Iwona Bąk, Katarzyna Cheba. How to Design More Sustainable Financial Systems: The Roles of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in the Decision-Making Process. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (20):5604.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMagdalena Ziolo; Beata Zofia Filipiak; Iwona Bąk; Katarzyna Cheba. 2019. "How to Design More Sustainable Financial Systems: The Roles of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors in the Decision-Making Process." Sustainability 11, no. 20: 5604.