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The Use of Analytic Hierarchy Process to Analyse International Corporations’ Operating Environment

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Gawlik R.
Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
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2012
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issue 891
19-30
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The paper analyses the main determinants of International Corporations’ behaviours using the Analytic Hierarchy Process method. The study focuses primarily on describing the business environment of international companies. Following H. Deresky’s concept of the open systems model, it has been divided into three groups – the operating environment, the host-country environment and the global environment. The following section is a presentation of T. L. Saaty’s analytic hierarchy process method. In the following chapter the author proposes the application of AHP method for decision making in the turbulent environment international corporations operate in. The basic assumption of the paper is that correctly identifying relevant groups of environmental factors allows for better decision making by choosing appropriate solutions from a set of alternatives. The analytic hierarchy process is a useful tool for ranking the relevance of particular elements of hierarchical problems. At the same time it helps managers choose the correct problem solving path, leading to better management in complex environments.
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Geopolitics and the Development of Internationally Oriented Companies

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Gawlik R.
Horyzonty Polityki
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2015
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vol. 6
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issue 17
35-48
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The increasing complexity of management in the global environment creates a need for a deeper understanding of the nature of relations between geopolitical occurrences and the development of Internationally Oriented Companies. Therefore, following a literature review, a conceptual model, including the determinants of development of Internationally Oriented Companies and the geopolitical processes, is proposed. The main research hypothesis states that Internationally Oriented Companies not only profit from their environmental opportunities, but also shape their operating environments in order to gain influence over the foreign policy-making of states. The paper provides its positive verification. The role of weak signals in the early identification of such behaviours is mentioned. A conclusive postulate of transcribing the elaborated model into a computer application for geopolitical decision-making for managers has been formulated.
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Perception of Quality of Life and its Components among Russian Students – Implications for Academic Teaching

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Gawlik R., Titarenko R., Titov S.
Horyzonty Polityki
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2015
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vol. 6
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issue 16
127-150
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The paper has 3 objectives: (i) identify QoL determinants of Russian Students; (ii) assess their relevance for decision-making when choosing life strategies; (iii) recognize their implications for academic teaching. The research sample were students from two Russian Universities. The study employed: literature analysis;exploratory research (direct individual in-depth interviews, survey based on a self-administered, web-based questionnaire with single-answer, limited choice qualitative & quantitative questions and gradings based on the Likert-type scale); explanatory research (informal moderated group discussions). The research findings show the relatively high significance of finance, career,stability, family, free time and other non-material QoL determinants. Research analysis reveals an inconsistency between respondents’ expectationsand their work-life balance, which imposes a question about decision-makingcriteria at an early stage of career planning and the role of tertiary educationin this process. Implications & Recommendations: (i) multicriteri decision-making processes, such as career planning, should comprise worklife balance; therefore both material and non-material QoL determinants should be incorporated into the analysis; (ii) as the role of Universities, beside educating, is also to guide and shape characters, Academia seems to be the right place for this task; (iii) therefore Universities should promote conscious lecturers as assistants to the process of identification of individual QoL determinants by their students. Contribution & Value Added: the research provides a fresh and improved perspective on quality of life and its determinants; it includes non-material QoL components and therefore brings qualitative determinants into economic research; it will provide data future comparisons; it comes from a research network linking European and Russian tertiary education institutions and University lecturers with intercultural teaching experience.
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