Cooperative banks, similarly to other credit institutions, obtain financial resources from entities with finance surplus and satisfy the needs of those entities, which suffer from financial deficits. In comparison to commercial institutions, it is the large and stable deposit base, which is...

One of the basic needs of the people is good health that is central to human happiness and well-being. The aim of the study was to investigate the health status of older adults (persons aged 50 years or higher) from Poland and to identify the factors affecting their health among sociodemographic...

Professional burnout has been a growing problem not only for employees but also for their organizations, affecting the organizational costs as well as employee health and well-being. This chapter is based on the job demands-resources model of burnout which consists of two dimensions: exhaustion,...

Empirical papers on association between physical activity (PA) and professional burnout (PB) and work-related hazards (WRH) in a population of different working adults are still limited. The aim of this chapter is to characterize the level of habitual physical activity of academics working at...

Literature studies confirm that family-owned enterprises do pay attention to their stakeholders. This chapter explores the phenomenon of project risk culture in micro- and small businesses, which are owned by families. Special attention has been directed to the relationship between project risk...

The aim of the study is to assess the role of English-language capabilities in leveraging career of a scholar whose first language is other than English and who faces challenges connected with contemporary expectations towards European scholars concerning publishing in top-tier English-language...

This chapter focuses on forms of control used by small businesses in contracts with different advisors that supply business advice. The use of legal agreement and personal trust are compared in the chapter. The analysis is carried out using the results of a study of 400 small companies operating...

Small businesses, aware of the development trends prevailing in the market and the competition, have begun to use increasingly often the Web and its tools as a place of their business activity and to extend the scope of their activity through virtual reality. The small business sector can...

Looking for new ways to access new technologies, trying to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emission, or simply searching a new place on the changing market, SMEs access energy efficiency clusters to be more environmentally friendly and to find new business opportunities. The main aim of this...

A Great Transformation from fossil-based unsustainability to post-fossil sustainable development is on the horizon. This article provides an introduction to the research and debate on the sustainability transformation, with a special focus on the spatial dimension. Examples of current approaches...