In our globalied word SMEs face challenges, opportunities but treats as well. The slogan Think global – Act local » highlights the importance of the innovation as a necessity driving force and requirement for survival and growth for a company. The paper provides the definition of the...

Supply chains operating in the turbulent and extreme economic conditions, are exposed to many challenges. Changes in financial markets and political turbulence, sociocultural, and finally the growing requirements of consumers become the cause of unexpected distortions. In turn, it promotes the...

During the past decades the relationship between consultant and client has changed significantly in Eastern Europe as well. Within traditional consulting the client and the consultant were not equal partners. The consultant, especially Western consultants, knew much more about the methods and...

This study examines the characteristics of controlling in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), also known as “German Mittelstand”. By the use of a concise explication of differences but also similarities between the characteristics in SMEs and large companies, a framework...

The modern human resource management (HRM) literature and the actual management practice both emphasize the strategic approach to company’s most important assets, its human resources. The human resource management activities are nowadays linked to company’s mission, vision and strategy, and...

The aim of the paper is to present the analysis and the assessment of the decisions taken in the area of parameterization of value flow in the field of the costs of support activities of the chemical company. In the first part of the paper the process of decision-making concerning the basic...

EU-level decision-making has been already analysed from a number of point of views. Nevertheless, social network analysis in the context of the EU’s legislative procedures as well as in the European Parliament is still limited. The objective of this paper is to analyse the relationships of the...

The fundamental focus of this paper is on theoretical and empirical analysis of selected aspects of functioning of rail traffic in European countries. The principal benefits and drawbacks of rail transport were emphasized. Analysis of rail transport concerned two stages. The first stage was used...

With this article we would like to represent how the existing eco-efficient technologies in construction industry could spread over the society and what are the constraints and difficulties of this process. The study focuses on some examples of buildings based on energy efficiency; above all the...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the economic development of a country. This study investigates the importance of the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector development. It analyses and determines the firm specific characteristics that affect SMEs’ access...