Enhancing Competitiveness through Virtualisation

• Authors: Marta Najda-Janoszka

Title variants

PL

Zwiększanie konkurencyjności poprzez wirtualizację

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article presents a thorough analysis of the concept of virtual organisation, allowing an examination of the virtualisation process to be carried out in a comprehensive manner while also taking into account its complexity and multidimensionality. The methodology for measuring the level of organisational virtualness has been effectively applied to a wide range of businesses, both large and small, representing the traditional and high-technology sectors. Statistical analysis confirmed that virtualisation has a positive impact on a company’s competitiveness. The results and conclusions of the examination provide a new perspective for the scientific exploration of virtual organisation, and form a starting point for future studies in this area of research.

Keywords

EN

VIRTUALISATION PROCESS; COMPETITIVENESS; VIRTUAL ORGANISATION

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
• Journal: Argumenta Oeconomica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 79-95

Contributors

author

Marta Najda-Janoszka

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Katedra Zarządzania w Turystyce, ul. prof. Stanisława Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Kraków, Poland

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