COMPETITIVENESS FACTORS IN THE INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISES IN THE NORTH-EAST VOIVODESHIPS IN POLAND

The research problem was the connection about the problematics of competitiveness factors with the planned action of innovation within the managing of the enterprise. In such research area the purpose of the study was to identify and evaluate the competitiveness factors used in innovative companies while taking into consideration companies’ ownership of long-term plan of action connected with managing the innovations. To achieve this objective, the following research methods were used: analysis of national and foreign literature resources, survey measurement (observation technique), direct and indirect interview, research tool: questionnaire. The results were analysed with statistical methods such as arithmetic mean, test of Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-square test (χ2), and measure of association including Cramér’s V coefficient were applied. Based on research results and mentioned statistical tools, it was stated that having of long-term plan of action connected with innovations statistical significant affected on the evaluated competitiveness factors (innovativeness, quality, marketing and logistics activities) except the price. It was confirmed in such wat the first research hypothesis. The research also showed a relationship between competing using innovativeness and having an action plan related to innovations, however, this relationship was not statistically significant. As a result, the research hypothesis can be neither rejected nor confirmed. In practical terms, the conducted research points out the competitiveness factors which are suggested to use by the innovative enterprises in order to improve their competitiveness against competitiveness and in surroundings of knowledge based economy, as well the digital economy. Results of the research indicate at the same time, the necessity of development of long-term plan of action connected with innovations, which provides bigger possibilities in range of usage of competitiveness instruments on the market by enterprises.

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Competitiveness factors in the innovative enterprises

Proceedings of 6th International Scientific Conference Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Economics Engineering ‘2019 ◽

10.3846/cibmee.2019.055 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Kamil Decyk

Keyword(s):

Innovation Management ◽

Action Plan ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Research Problem ◽

Chi Square ◽

Strategic Plans ◽

Study Results ◽

Contingency Coefficient ◽

Chi Square Test

The research problem was to determine the relationship between having an action plan related to innovations by innovative enterprises and the type and degree of these enterprises’ use of competitiveness factors. The objective of the research was to identify and assess competitiveness factors in innovative enterprises taking into consideration their strategic plans related to innovation management. For achieving this objective, the following research methods were used: analysis of national and foreign literature resources, survey measurement (observation technique), direct and indirect interview, research tool: questionnaire. The results were analyzed with statistical methods such as arithmetic mean, Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-square test (χ2), and measures of the association including Pearson's contingency coefficient and Cramér’s V coefficient were applied. The analysis of the results showed that the assessment of competitiveness factors such as innovativeness, quality, marketing and logistics activities differed with statistical significance depending on whether the firm had a long-term action plan related to innovations. The research also showed a relationship between competing using innovativeness and having an action plan related to innovations. However, this relationship was not statistically significant. As a result, the research hypothesis can be neither rejected nor confirmed. The conducted research proves that it is worth for innovative enterprises to develop long-term action plans related to innovations. Such enterprises boast a higher degree of utilization of competitiveness factors, which in effect may determine their strength and competitive position. It is also needed to mention that presented in the study results are only a part of the bigger one, concerning the level of innovative activity of innovative enterprises. At the same time, the research material presented in this article does not have a statistical character and cannot be the basis for the formulation of general conclusions. However, it may be the point of reference in in-depth research on these issues

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Social Responsibility Practice Diagnosis applied to the Universidad del Valle- Northern Facility. Period 2014-2015

Cuadernos de Administración ◽

10.25100/10.25100/cdea.2018v34n62.6128 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (62) ◽

pp. 66-81

Author(s):

Adriana M. Moreno Moreno ◽

Eduar Fernando Aguirre González

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Action Plan ◽

Research Problem ◽

Socially Responsible ◽

Strategic Development ◽

Strategic Issues ◽

The North ◽

The Social ◽

The University ◽

Social Management

Social Responsibility is a concept that has been approached from different perspectives by theoreticians and institutions. Initially, this was limited exclusively to companies, however, the creation of the Social Capital, Ethics and Development Initiative by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sought to make educational institutions aware that, like any other organization, they are responsible for the externalities they generate in their environment and their stakeholders. This research approaches the concept of University Social Responsibility (USR) from the scheme proposed by the IDB, which proposes four axes of action for Universities’ CR: Responsible Campus, Professional and Citizen Training, Social Management of Knowledge and Social Participation. The Universidad del Valle has a strategic plan entitled “Universidad del Valle’s Strategic Development Plan” and Regionalization attached thereto. It has also developed its action plan and in the five strategic issues raised herein, its socially responsible approach is clearly identifiable. The North Cauca Facility wherein this study is being developed, even though it does not have a University Social Responsibility Management Model, has attempted to align its practices with its strategic affairs that broadly conform to the four axes proposed by the IDB. This research addresses a relevant and current issue inasmuch as it proposes to develop a diagnosis on the relationship between the four axes of Social Responsibility proposed by the IDB and the practice of Social Responsibility applied at the Universidad del Valle, North Cauca Facility, for the period 2014-2015. In order to answer the research problem, a qualitative, exploratory and descriptive type of study is used, given that the work was based on the documentary information available at the University, while the interviews with the directors of the Institution are used as a tool for oral history. The research method used is the case study, which allows to address a unit of analysis in depth, in this case the USR within the Universidad del Valle, North Cauca Facility.

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In memory of Vera Antonovna Martynenko (1936-2018)

Vegetation of Russia ◽

10.31111/vegrus/2018.32.149 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 149-154

Keyword(s):

Vascular Plants ◽

Ussr Academy ◽

Vascular Plant ◽

Plant Cover ◽

Komi Republic ◽

Great Contribution ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Natural Flora

Vera Antonovna Martynenko (17.02.1936–06.01.2018) — famous specialist in the field of studying vascular plant flora and vegetation of the Far North, the Honored worker of the Komi Republic (2006), The Komi Republic State Scientific Award winner (2000). She was born in the town Likhoslavl of the Kalinin (Tver) region. In 1959, Vera Antonovna graduated from the faculty of soil and biology of the Leningrad State University and then moved to the Komi Branch of USSR Academy of Science (Syktyvkar). From 1969 to 1973 she passed correspondence postgraduate courses of the Komi Branch of USSR Academy of Science. In 1974, she received the degree of candidate of biology (PhD) by the theme «Comparative analysis of the boreal flora at the Northeast European USSR» in the Botanical Institute (St. Petersburg). In 1996, Vera Antonovna received the degree of doctor of biology in the Institute of plant and animal ecology (Ekaterinburg) «Flora of the northern and mid subzones of the taiga of the European North-East». The study and conservation of species and coenotical diversity of the plant world, namely the vascular plants flora of the Komi Republic and revealing its transformation under the anthropogenic influence, was in the field of V. A. Martynenko’ scientific interests. She made great contribution to the study of the Komi Republic meadow flora and the pool of medicinal plants. She performed inventorying and mapping the meadows of several agricultural enterprises of the Republic, revealed the species composition and places for harvesting medicinal plants and studied their productivity in the natural flora of the boreal zone. The results of her long-term studies were used for making the NPA system and the Red Book of the Komi Republic (1998 and 2009). Vera Antonovna participated in the research of the influence of placer gold mining and oil development on the natural ecosystems of the North, and developed the method of long-term monitoring of plant cover. Results of these works are of high practical value. V. A. Martynenko is an author and coauthor of more than 130 scientific publications. The most important jnes are «Flora of Northeast European USSR» (1974, 1976, and 1977), «Floristic composition of fodder lands of the Northeast Europe» (1989), «The forests of the Komi Republic» (1999), «Forestry of forest resources of the Komi Republic» (2000), «The list of flora of the Yugyd va national park» (2003), «The guide for vascular plants of the Syktyvkar and its vicinities» (2005), «Vascular plants of the Komi Republic» (2008), and «Resources of the natural flora of the Komi Republic» (2014). She also was an author of «Encyclopedia of the Komi Republic» (1997, 1999, and 2000), «Historical and cultural atlas of the Komi Republic» (1997), «Atlas of the Komi Republic» (2001, 2011). V. A. Martynenko made a great contribution to the development of the botanical investigations in the North. Since 1982, during more than 10 years, she was the head of the Department of the Institute of Biology. Three Ph. D. theses have been completed under her leadership. Many years, she worked actively in the Dissertation Council of the Institute of biology Komi Scientific Centre UrB RAS. The death of Vera Antonovna Martynenko is a heavy and irretrievable loss for the staff of the Institute of Biology. The memory of Vera Antonovna will live in her numerous scientific works, the hearts of students and colleagues.

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“The way things get done around here…” Exploring spatial biographies, social policy and governance in the North East of England

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ◽

10.1108/ijssp-04-2016-0048 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 37 (11-12) ◽

pp. 655-666 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jon Warren

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Empirical Work ◽

Social Progress ◽

Local Conditions ◽

Content Type ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Policy Interventions ◽

Health Related

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that the application of social policy in the North East of England is often characterised by tension and conflict. The agencies and professionals charged with implementation of Westminster driven policies constantly seek to deploy their knowledge of local conditions in order to make them both practical and palatable. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the region via established literature from history, geography, sociology and social policy. The paper gives illustrations via empirical work which has evaluated initiatives to improve the health of long term health-related benefit recipients and to sustain individuals in employment in the region. Findings Central to the paper’s argument is the notion of “biographies of place”. The core of this idea is that places have biographies in the same way as individuals and possess specific identities. These biographies have been shaped by the intersections between environment, history, culture and economic and social policy. The paper identifies the region’s economic development, subsequent decline and the alliance of labour politics and industrial employers around a common consensus that sought economic prosperity and social progress via a vision of “modernisation” as a key component of this biography. Originality/value The paper argues that an appreciation of these spatial biographies can result in innovative and more effective social policy interventions with the potential to address issues that affect entire localities.

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Northeast India

Christianity in South and Central Asia ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474439824.003.0014 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 156-167

Author(s):

Kaholi Zhimomi

Keyword(s):

Identity Politics ◽

Regional Identity ◽

Northeast India ◽

Way Of Life ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Indigenous Groups ◽

The Social ◽

Military Violence

The north-east has a distinct regional identity, as the land of seven sisters, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim; and yet, has been absorbed into the social, cultural and political scheme of the secular nation since independence. The identity politics resulted in dissatisfaction on the part of the indigenous people, which generated long-term military violence in Northeast India. Today, disempowerment among indigenous groups is enormous. For early missionaries, conversion to Christianity also entailed adoption of the Western way of life. Most of the missionaries in Northeast India were American or Welsh among the Protestants and German, Spanish or Italian among the Catholics. Despite exploitation by colonialists that attempted to replace indigenous customs, revivals paved the way for renaissance for those customs. Today, Christianity is the major religion in the states of Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya, with significant growth of indigenous leaders, both secular and religious. Furthermore, there is a rapid growth of educated young tribals who are qualified administrators, educators, academicians, politicians and theologians. With the effects of globalization and modernisation, Christianity must not be assumed to be an agent of acculturation but an agent that helped in the metamorphosis of indigenous norms into authentic tradition.

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Prey switching by killer whales in the north-east Atlantic: observational evidence and experimental insights

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315413001707 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 94 (6) ◽

pp. 1357-1365 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Dag Vongraven ◽

Anna Bisther

Keyword(s):

Killer Whale ◽

Large Population ◽

Tooth Wear ◽

Killer Whales ◽

Prey Switching ◽

Photo Identification ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Spawning Stock

Studies in the Pacific have identified distinct killer whale ecotypes that are either specialized mammal- or fish-eaters. The different types have developed hunting strategies that would suggest specialization could be more advantageous than generalism. However, it has been suggested, based on long-term dietary markers of tooth wear and stable isotope values, that lineages in the North Atlantic are generalist, but with individual variation in the proportion of prey types consumed. Here, we present the results of ten years of observational and photo-identification data of a population of killer whales that follows the Norwegian spring-spawning stock of Atlantic herring. Although the whales were predominantly observed while feeding upon herring, one pod of herring-eating whales was also observed interacting with seals. This supports the hypothesis based on the long-term markers, of a degree of specialization, with a small number of groups persistently feeding upon mammals, but switching between herring and seals. We further investigated this prey switching by conducting playbacks of herring-eating killer whale sounds to harbour seals at haul-out sites on the herring spawning grounds. We recorded changes in behaviour consistent with an anti-predator response, suggesting the seals perceived the herring-eating killer whales as a potential predatory threat and had not habituated to their calls. This could be due to the risk of herring-eating killer whales switching to mammalian prey, or the difficulty of discriminating between killer whale pods due to the large population size and number of killer whale call dialects in this population, or a combination of both.

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Relapse of Low-Grade Gastric MALT Lymphoma After Helicobacter Pylori Eradication: True Relapse or Persistence? Long-Term Post-Treatment Follow-Up of a Multicenter Trial in the North-East of Italy and Evaluation of the Diagnostic Protocol’s Adequacy

Gastrointestinal Lymphoma - Recent Results in Cancer Research ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-57054-4_15 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 116-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 42

Author(s):

A. Savio ◽

M. Valli ◽

G. Zamboni ◽

P. Capelli ◽

A. Scarpa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Helicobacter Pylori ◽

Malt Lymphoma ◽

Multicenter Trial ◽

Gastric Malt Lymphoma ◽

Low Grade ◽

Helicobacter Pylori Eradication ◽

North East ◽

The North

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Facies Development of Carbonate Rock and System Tract Influence Based on Fullbore Formation Microimager (FMI) and Well Log Analysis on Carbonate Reservoir Tuban Formation, North East Java Basin

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20187302021 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 02021

Author(s):

Fahrudin ◽

Eka Sainyakit ◽

Ahmad Syauqi Hidayatillah ◽

Purnaning Tuwuh Triwigati ◽

Muhajir

Keyword(s):

Carbonate Rocks ◽

Carbonate Rock ◽

Gamma Ray ◽

Research Area ◽

Carbonate Reservoir ◽

Log Analysis ◽

Reef Facies ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

System Tract

The North East Java Basin is known to be one of the basins that consist of Miocene carbonate rocks, like the reef carbonate of Tuban Formation. It has the potential hydrocarbons that can be explored. Therefore, the FMI log analysis is very important to identify carbonate rocks of Tuban Formation to know facies and characteristics of that carbonate rocks. The method used descriptive and analysis process of FMI and Gamma Ray log to determine facies of the carbonate rock and the system tract. Based on the result of FMI log analysis, there are variations lithofasies include mudstone, wackestone, packstone, grainstone, floatstone, rudstone and claystone. A collection of rock associations can interpret the reef facies. It involves back reef facies, reef core facies, and fore reef facies. The changes of lithofasies and reef facies are caused by sea level fluctuations and subsidence resulting in the system tract. The system tracts generated in the research area include transgressive and highstand system tract.

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