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Kompetencje menedżerskie a konkurencyjność małych innowacyjnych firm rodzinnych
Managerial Competencies and Competitiveness of Small Innovative Family Businesses

Author(s): Edward Stawasz
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: small innovative family businesses; managerial competencies; competitiveness of firms

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the issue of the relationship between managerial competencies of the management and competitiveness of small innovative family businesses in Poland. Determinants and selected characteristics of the studied companies’a ctivities are presented (the scale of activity and the age of the companies, the market,the industry, the experience and knowledge of their managers, the level of corporate governance and competitiveness of the companies). The study of 283 small Polish family businesses supports the hypothesis of the existence of a significant positive relationship between managerial competencies and competitiveness of these companies (this relationship among the surveyed companies was observed in approx. 60% of the sample).

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 6.2
  • Page Range: 197-210
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish