The Japanese are the world?s largest individual consumers of luxury brands and form the second largest market for luxury goods after the US. The Japanese were the driving force behind the exponential growth of the European luxury industry and the resulting ?democratization of luxury?. This...

Today, innovativeness has an important function for both the public sector and the private sector. At the focal point of innovativeness are individuals whose innovative behaviors are influenced by various factors. Locus of control is one of those factors too. In this context, while examining the...

Knowledge is seen in our day as the main driving force behind productivity,performance and economic growth, shifting the focus to information, technology andlearning and their role in economic performance. The growing codification of knowledgeand its transmission through communications and...

Organizational theory has construed complexity as an objective characteristic of either the structure or the behaviour of an organization. We argue that to further our understanding it should be understood in terms of human cognition of a structure or behavior. This cognitive twist is...

This study is designed to study the relationship between the performance evaluation system and its impact on job satisfaction of employees. A questionnaire is designed for this purpose and the study is conducted to the employees of Pakistan International Airline Corporation. For this purpose the...

Niniejszy tekst poświęcono koncepcji wartości publicznej (public value), która, sądząc po bardzo małej liczbie publikacji w krajowej literaturze, jest ideą słabo znaną w Polsce. Tymczasem w świecie, głównie w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki, Wielkiej Brytanii, Australii i Nowej...

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development on country’s scientific ranking as measured by H-index. Moreover, this study applies ICT development sub-indices including ICT Use, ICT Access and ICT skill to find the distinct effect...

The purpose of this paper is to review the current knowledge on brain-/mind-based learning, by drawing on the recent advances in cognitive science (particularly neuroscience) that have changed traditional education practices. The findings and theories that have influenced current understanding...

Most often, profitability is attached to the performance concept, which, on an organizational level, is evaluated in connection with the reaching of strategic objectives and gaining expected results. That is why, assignment of strategic objectives and management of economic performance find...

The management’s task is to make decisions, which ensure continued viability of the organization and control the implementation of those decisions. Where accounting (management) enters? It is part of the total information, available to management. It is important to recognize the partial role...