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Usage of Information and Communication Technology in Micro Enterprises in the Last Decade

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Žnidaršič A., Werber B.

Organizacija

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2012

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vol. 45

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issue 2

87-96

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The paper presents the comparison of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage in Slovenian micro enterprises, using data derived from two studies carried out in years 1999 and 2009. Data for the studies were collected via structured interviews with owners or top managers of micro enterprises. We compared hardware and software equipment, business properties, characteristics of the interviewees and their impact on the successful use of ICT. The results show considerable changes in the ICT equipment, but that does not reflect in a better use of software compared to a decade ago. Key factors of successful use of ICT remain the same. The investment in ICT depends on owners' decisions and the most important factors are the owners' formal education and their skills and knowledge in ICT field. It was indicated that in recent years the investment of education in ICT field for both groups, owners and employees, was considerable lowered.

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Paradigmatický dualismus ve výzkumu v multikulturní výchově

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Hladík J.

Pedagogická orientace (Journal of the Czech Pedagogical Society)

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2009

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issue 4

38-50

EN

Basic concepts of research on multicultural education in the USA are described in this article. These concepts can be used as instruments for the description of the situation in this research area in the the Czech pedagogical background. Domestic research on multicultural education lacks clear aims, contents and methods. Definition of these attributes is not possible without formulation of basic approach to research on multicultural education. In the paper, two possible basic approaches are described, based on these approaches we can do research on multicultural education. Deterministic and indeterministic approaches are based on ideological concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Two paradigms from USA: assimilation and pluralism, can be inspirational for Czech research community.

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Princip vstřícnosti v antropologickém výzkumu

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Drcmánková K.

Studia Ethnologica Pragensia

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2015

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issue 2

40-50

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This paper aims to implement key concepts (naturalized epistemology, principle of charity), which have been developed as a part of the philosophy of language (D. Davidson, W. V. O. Quine), into the methodology of cultural anthropology based on interpretative approach research regarding social actors / examining body. The first part will be focused on explanation of thought experiments radical interpretation in a frame of analytic philosophy of language discussion. The purpose of a second part will be to deal with transfer of previously discussed knowledge into the methodology of cultural anthropology. Using the examples from ethnographical research, the violation of the principle of charity will be demonstrated as well as negative consequences of flawed methodological approach in interpretation of verbal and conative behavior of social actors.

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Konferencja naukowa doktorantów i studentów Instytutu Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych UPH

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SIEBIESZUK D.

Historia i Świat

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2015

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issue 4

475-486

EN

On 21 November 2014 the Conference of PhD and students of the Institute of History and International Relations UPH took place in Siedlce. The conference was organized very well and 21 students and doctorals attended to it. Participants presented the results of their historical research. Hopefully, the conference will be held next academic year.

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O sexuálnych behaviorálnych atribútoch u osôb s mentálnym postihnutím a osôb bez mentálneho postihnutia: empirická sonda

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Lištiak Mandzáková S., Marková D.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

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2015

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issue 3(18)

157-171

EN

In the paper we present partial results of comprehensive research, which focused on attitudinal and behavioral attributes sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities and their socio-cultural and ethical contexts. We analyze include only those items of us compiled questionnaire sexuality and sex education, which concerned the assessment of selected sexual behavioral attributes of students with intellectual disabilities and assessing differences in sexual behavioral attributes of students with intellectual disabilities and students without intellectual disabilities by teachers of special primary schools. Conclusions tracing sexual behavioral attributes show that for students with intellectual disabilities in special schools present some sexual behavioral attributes at the level of premature sexuality, hypersexuality and coital sexual practices.

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Journeying into Academia via Immersion into Qualitative Research: Professor Shaffir as a Master Guide

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Etoroma E. E.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2020

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vol. 16

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issue 2

52-60

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The choice of a work career is one of the most important events in a person’s life course and typically involves secondary socialization and identification with role models. This paper is concerned with the crucial role of my PhD dissertation supervisor at McMaster University, Dr. Billy Shaffir, in my choice of an academic career. I highlight and celebrate how, through the guidance of Dr. Shaffir, I experienced “immersive socialization” into field research and happily converted from an intended business career to an academic career.

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Consumer preferences for coffee brands available on the Polish market

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Wróblewski Ł., Mokrysz S.

Forum Scientiae Oeconomia

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2018

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issue Volume 6 (2018) Issue No. 2: Economic Growth, Innovations and Lobbying

75-90

EN

The article addresses the issue of consumer preferences for brands of coffee in Poland (for ground coffee, instant coffee, coffee beans and instant cappuccino). The main source of the study is the results of primary research conducted using a structured interview (CAPI – Computer Assisted Personal Interview) on a nationwide sample of 800 coffee consumers. The results of the research which have been included in the article indicate, among others, ongoing changes in the preferences of Polish consumers regarding their choice of coffee brands. The results show that brands offered by small, local manufacturers are of little significance on a national level in terms of brand awareness, consumption, and consequently sales. Branded products offered by large corporations such as Jacobs, Nescafe, Lavazza and Tchibo play a major role in the coffee market in Poland.

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Perennial Philology and the Ideal of the White Overall

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Bernardes J. A. C.

Human and Social Studies

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2015

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vol. 4

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issue 3

55-72

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Joining the university context in the middle of the 19th century, Philology served as a comprehensive basis for what nowadays is meant by literary and linguistic studies. Depending on the specialization tendency that would settle down in the academic context (with regard to either the formative offer or the foundation of various research fields), each of these areas followed separate or even divergent paths, losing, to a great extent, the contact with its initial basis. Despite this state of affairs, Philology has displayed a strong capacity of resistance, maintaining its traditional dimension active or going through metamorphoses that resulted from the incorporation of new technologies, as well as from the epistemological adjustment that enabled it to overcome its first positivist stages. Trying to find a new place inside the general framework of Social Sciences and Humanities, literary studies need to recover its order and credibility, two factors that the new face of Philology can inspire. The present study aims at reconstructing the most recent trajectory undergone by this field of research and education, by identifying a space of reconnection that already seems to be adequate and beneficial.

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The Scientific and Cultural Background of the Innovation Development in Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Russia and Hungary

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Jurkovičová L., Miroslava S., Volodimir K.

Studia Commercialia Bratislavensia

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2013

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vol. 6

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issue 22

209-223

EN

This article is devoted to the results of the analysis of scientific background in the field of development and research. The purpose of this paper is to assess the employment and financing research and development sphere in Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine and Russia, which allows to determine the prospects of sectors that include research and development and to explain ways to enhance their effectiveness. The analysis if statistic information allows estimating the level of science support in Ukraine and determining the possible benefits for competitiveness of the national economy.

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„Media Invasion“ Against Islam In The Context Of The Slovak Republic

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Tkáčová H., Al-Absiová E., Al-Absi M., Pavlíková M.

Media Literacy and Academic Research

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2021

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vol. 4

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issue 1

165-179

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The research of the stereotyping of Muslims and its consequences in the context of the Slovak Republic is highly topical and necessary. The complexity of this research is influenced by the fact that in Slovakia we do not yet have a proven research tradition in this field and there is also a lack of empirical research that would deal with this issue. A so-called mixed research strategy consisting of a combination of qualitative and quantitative research was used for our research purposes. In the qualitative part, we used the method of group interviews, through which we identify the most important sources of information from which respondents learn the most about Islam and topics that reflect the most about Islam in the media. In the quantitative part, an evaluation of the media presentation of Islam is carried out by means of a questionnaire, which is carried out in a research group of 110 respondents. The aim is to obtain, describe and analyse the image of Islam in contemporary media; it is exclusively a research of the media-mediated experience of respondents with Islam. The interpretation of the research puts the findings into a broader context of the issue, presents the most significant examples and consequences of the stereotyping of Muslims in the media and suggests perspectives for the greater inclusion of Muslims despite their cultural or religious differences from the majority population. The research was conducted between the months of April and September 2019.

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“Am I Going to Die?” Considering the Preparation for Research on an Example of Hospice Patients

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Kamińska W.

Qualitative Sociology Review

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2024

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vol. 20

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issue 1

82-98

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This article concerns the situations experienced by the researcher in one of the sensitive research groups-hospice patients. The article is based on the author’s experiences in three studies in Poland-94 in-depth interviews and observations in inpatient and home care hospices. Through the seven presented categories the author faced during the interviews, she analyzes the dilemmas of conducting qualitative research from a practical perspective. During studies, we learn about our preferences, sometimes defining ourselves on one of the sides-becoming a quantitative or qualitative researcher, thus deciding further scientific paths. Conducting qualitative research requires specific activities, including knowledge of the literature, selection of the proper method, and analysis of the research group (Silverman 2012). These principles turn out to be only the beginning of the process in which we intuitively, through trial and error, pave the way to deal with demanding situations, previously inexperienced emotions, coordination, and technical and ethical problems. Some studies require special preparation, particularly considering the specificity of certain research groups, such as hospice patients, who will face the dying process soon.

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Przedsiębiorczość rodzinna - wyniki i dalsze kierunki badań

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Mikoláš Z., Karpeta J.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2016

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vol. 278

21-29

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Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Prawa w Ostrawie i Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Zarządzania Publicznego w Bratysławie monografią zakończyły w 2015 r. drugi etap badań międzynarodowych Analiza rozwoju i stanu małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw na Słowacji i w Czechach. Biznes rodzinny, jak wykazały analizy praktyczne, ma więcej korzyści niż „biznes nie-rodzinny”. Oprócz korzyści ekonomicznych biznes rodzinny wpływa również na kultywowanie życia rodzinnego, utrzymując jednocześnie system wartości i styl życia z jednej strony oraz stabilizację gospodarczą z drugiej. Niniejszy artykuł opisuje wyniki badań przeprowadzonych w Republice Czeskiej i Republice Słowackiej, w oparciu o które sformułowano założenia badawcze do kolejnego etapu eksploracji funkcjonowania przedsiębiorczości rodzinnej w regionie Górnego Śląska, w Polsce i w Czechach.

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In 2015 Business School Ostrava and College of Economics and Management of Public Administration in Bratislava reached the second stage of the international research Analysis of the development and status of small and medium enterprises in Slovakia and the Czech Republic by issuing the monograph Family business, theory and examples from practice. Family business, as revealed by practical analysis, has more benefits than “non-family business”. In addition to the economic benefit family business also has an impact on the cultivation of family life, while keeping the value system and lifestyle on the one hand and stabilizing the business on the other. This paper describes the goals and expected results of the research of the family businesses in the region of Upper Silesia in Poland and the Czech Republic, which builds on previous research in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

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Kultura organizacyjna lean i jej wpływ na implementację nowych metod kontroli kosztów

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Burkat H.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2017

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vol. 341

35-44

PL

Implementacja szczupłej rachunkowości zarządczej jako nowej metody kontroli kosztów w warunkach zmiennego środowiska organizacyjnego stała się źródłem zainteresowania badaczy naukowych. Celem artykułu jest prezentacja i analiza czynników kultury organizacyjnej mogących przyczynić się w istotny sposób do spowolnienia zmian, jakie zostały narzucone ze względu na potrzebę poprawy procesu realizacji poprzez wdrożenie szczupłego zarządzania, w tym szczupłej rachunkowości zarządczej. W artykule przedstawione zostały założenia szczupłej rachunkowości i poziom adaptacji zmian zaprezentowanych na przykładzie badań praktycznych.

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Implementing lean accounting management as a new cost control method in a changing organizational environment has become a source of interest for researchers. The purpose of this article is to present and analyze organizational culture factors that can significantly contribute to slowing down the changes that have been imposed due to the need to improve the implementation process by implementing lean management and lean accounting. The article presents the assumptions of lean accounting and the adaptation level of the changes presented in the case study.

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Szoki makroekonomiczne w strefie EURO

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Borowiec J.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2015

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vol. 210

39-48

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The objective of this paper is to identify macroeconomic shocks in the euro area and to define their degree of similarity. The method of research is the analysis of time series of change in real GDP and deflator GDP. The study covers the period 1999-2013. The similarity of shocks is different in the euro area. Demand shocks were, in most ca-ses, symmetrical, while supply shocks - asymmetrical. Small open economies react more strongly to shocks. As a result of relatively high concordance of shocks, there are large differences in the response of real GDP and prices to shocks in the euro area.

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Recent Changes and Developments in State Aid for Research, Development and Innovation in the European Union

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Ambroziak A. A.

Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs

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2016

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vol. 4

73-94

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Competitiveness involves a variety of factors, however recently special attention has been paid to innovative solutions that have become crucial for the development of firms and economies. Due to the fact that there are many market failures identifi ed within research and development activities, many theorists, entrepreneurs and politicians accept granting R&D&I state aid to companies assuming that it should simultaneously contribute to the enhancement of innovation and, consequently, competitiveness of the EU economy. The paper is aimed at assessing the focus of state aid policy on research, development and innovation in the light of theory and practice (based on the recent experience). To this end we will analyse theoretical arguments for interventions supporting R&D activities, legal bases and criteria of admissibility for state aid for R&D&I, as well as, importance of R&D&I public aid in the EU Member States. The analysis of legal changes in conditions of admissibility of aid granted for research, development and innovation confirms that such aid belongs to the concept of improved economic competitiveness, also of the EU industry. However, like any government intervention, the aid should target only enterprises with real development potential and only when they are faced with market failures. As regards a position of state aid to R&D&I in public spending, remarkably, in the times of economic crisis more developed countries with higher GDP engaged more public budget resources into R&D&I activities.

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Lessons Learned from Applying Safety Culture Maturity Model in Thailand

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Vongvitayapirom B., Sachakamol P., Kropsu-Vehkapera H., Kess P.

International Journal of Synergy and Research

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2013

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vol. 2

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issue 1-2

EN

Purpose – The purpose of this paper it to provide practitioner and researcher lessons learned from applying a safety culture maturity model in the oil and gas industry in Thailand. It proposes a roadmap to improve safety culture maturity in an organizationDesign/methodology/approach – A safety culture maturity of 5 levels was chosen (Hudson’s model) to be applied in oil and gas company, and a questionnaire survey was conducted with 2,251 employees or 74% of the target group across the company. The results were used to develop a roadmap to improve the safety culture maturity of the company.Findings – Results from questionnaire survey showed a safety culture maturity level of the company is at 3.3, or calculative, with correlations among competency, work planning, worksite techniques, hazard reporting, responsibility and benchmarking elements. Using these findings, a roadmap was developed into 5 action plans to improve the safety culture maturity level for the company in the long term.Practical implications – This paper could serve practitioners as a guideline and a tool to understand and implement safety culture maturity concept in an organization. Originality/value - This paper also furnishes lesson learned for practitioners in the same and different industries on safety culture maturity implementation and assessment in organizations.

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Analiza procesu prywatyzacji w gospodarce Rosji w latach 1992-2011*

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Augustynowicz P.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2015

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vol. 210

9-19

EN

Establishment of the Russian state at the turn of 1991-1992 was associated with large political changes. Those changes can be described as revolutionary. Within the economic sphere, they meant the transformation of the centrally planned economy with a common property of the state to a market economy. It was assumed to follow the pro¬cess of degovernmentalization of economy as quickly as possible, primarily by means of privatization of state enterprises. This article will attempt to present the process of privatization of state property in Russia in the period 1992-2011. Analysis of this process will be based on a study of changes in the ownership structure of the economy, the structure of employment and the impact of privatization revenues to the state budget.

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Aristotle on Touch

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Bremer J.

Forum Philosophicum

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2011

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vol. 16

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issue 1

73-87

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According Aristotle's On the Soul, the first and most important form of sensation which we human beings share with other animals is a sense of touch. Without touch animals cannot exist. The first part of my article presents Aristotle's teaching about the internal connection between the soul and the sensory powers, especially as regards the sense of touch. The second part consists of a collection of the classical considerations about this subject. The third part then deals with the actuality of some Aristotle's thesis about touch with reference to current research in neurophysiology on kinesthesia and haptic perception.

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The Competitiveness and Balanced Scorecard of Health Care Companies

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Mavlutova I., Babauska S.

International Journal of Synergy and Research

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2013

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vol. 2

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issue 1-2

EN

Purpose - To do the research of competitiveness, balanced scorecard theoretical aspects, to indicate how balanced scorecard concept can increase competitiveness of private health care companies in Latvia.Design/methodology/approach - Research methodology includes the analysis of theoretical background and two survey data about private health care companies in Latvia.Findings - Globally recognized is the balanced scorecard concept. Latvian health care companies are not using in evaluation all of the main indicators influencing the company’s competitiveness and they do not group them into four perspectives of balanced scorecard for analyzing health care companies, as well as by evaluating the factors which are significant for patients in choosing the health care company. Price level, quality of health care services and the company’s images in Latvia are significant factors that can influence the health care company’s competitiveness not only in the local markets, but in global ones as well.Originality/value - The paper combines the research of competitiveness and balanced scorecard. Competition on value is crucial for health care companies, because they have to take into account the immaterial value - patient’s health.

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Research and development of innovative systems in BRICS countries

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Burnasov A., Ilyushkina M., Kovalev Y., Stepanov A.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2017

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vol. 323

5-23

EN

This article analyzes the research perspectives of innovative systems in BRICS countries and the typical features of their development. The current status and the peculiarities of the formation process of such systems are characterized in the article. The main innovation indicators in these countries and the factors influencing innovative development are represented in the article. The importance of TNCs in the transfer of new knowledge and technologies is also taken into consideration. Additionally, the article attempts to characterize the main directions of scientific-technological policy in BRICS countries.

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W artykule przeanalizowano perspektywy badawcze innowacyjnych systemów w krajach BRICS oraz typowe cechy ich rozwoju. Został opisany aktualny stan i osobliwości procesu formowania takich systemów, a także główne wskaźniki innowacji w tych krajach oraz czynniki wpływające na innowacyjny rozwój. Uwzględniono również znaczenie TNC w transferze nowej wiedzy i technologii. Ponadto artykuł próbuje scharakteryzować główne kierunki polityki naukowej oraz technologicznej w krajach BRICS.

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Usage of Information and Communication Technology in Micro Enterprises in the Last Decade

Paradigmatický dualismus ve výzkumu v multikulturní výchově

Princip vstřícnosti v antropologickém výzkumu

Konferencja naukowa doktorantów i studentów Instytutu Historii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych UPH

O sexuálnych behaviorálnych atribútoch u osôb s mentálnym postihnutím a osôb bez mentálneho postihnutia: empirická sonda

Journeying into Academia via Immersion into Qualitative Research: Professor Shaffir as a Master Guide

Consumer preferences for coffee brands available on the Polish market

Perennial Philology and the Ideal of the White Overall

The Scientific and Cultural Background of the Innovation Development in Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Russia and Hungary

„Media Invasion“ Against Islam In The Context Of The Slovak Republic

“Am I Going to Die?” Considering the Preparation for Research on an Example of Hospice Patients

Przedsiębiorczość rodzinna - wyniki i dalsze kierunki badań

Kultura organizacyjna lean i jej wpływ na implementację nowych metod kontroli kosztów

Szoki makroekonomiczne w strefie EURO

Recent Changes and Developments in State Aid for Research, Development and Innovation in the European Union

Lessons Learned from Applying Safety Culture Maturity Model in Thailand

Analiza procesu prywatyzacji w gospodarce Rosji w latach 1992-2011*

Aristotle on Touch

The Competitiveness and Balanced Scorecard of Health Care Companies

Research and development of innovative systems in BRICS countries