The aim of this paper is to examine interorganisational co-operation in view of the theory of organisational entrepreneurship. The fundamental question behind the paper is whether collaboration could be perceived as entrepreneurial behaviour and, furthermore, whether opportunities could be pursued through collaboration and creating new alliances. Such a thesis is confronted with competitive aggressiveness that is proposed as one of dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation. The concepts of collaborative entrepreneurship is described. Indications to include collaboration into the entrepreneurial theory are suggested, and some ideas of conceptualisation and operationalisation are discussed.
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Celem artykułu jest analiza współpracy międzyorganizacyjnej w świetle teorii przedsiębiorczości organizacyjnej. Podstawowe pytanie, na które staramy się odpowiedzieć w artykule brzmi: czy współpraca może być postrzegana jako zachowanie przedsiębiorcze, a w dalszej kolejności, czy można podążać za sposobnościami poprzez współpracę i tworzenie aliasów. Wyrażająca to teza jest konfrontowana z konkurencyjną agresywnością jako jednym z wymiarów orientacji przedsiębiorczej. Omówiona została koncepcja przedsiębiorczości bazującej na współpracy oraz przedstawiona propozycja włączenia współpracy do teorii przedsiębiorczości i poddane zostały dyskusji odnoszące się do tego zalecenia dotyczące konceptualizacji i operacjonalizacji.
The aim of this paper is to specify the multiplier effects that are induced in the national economy in reference to the construction of Hyperloop lines in Poland using tunnel and trestle technology. In particular, we calculate the added value and employment growth for several industries that will contribute to the construction process. We use an input-output analysis that enables us to take the detailed structure of inter-industry linkages in Poland into account. According to our results, constructing a Hyperloop infrastructure in Poland would have the greatest stimulating impact on several sectors of the Polish economy, including crude oil and natural gas, metal ores, other mining products, building objects and construction work, products from other non-metallic raw materials, finished metal products, land and pipeline transport, and wholesale trade. However, this impact will be affected by the choice of construction technology (tunnel versus trestle). In addition, our calculations relate to particular routes of the potential Hyperloop network. This study contributes to the body of literature on transport infrastructures and public investments as well as Hyperloop technology development. Additionally, it contributes to the econometric methodology by employing an input-output analysis for forecasting the multiplier effects of constructing a Hyperloop system. This study has practical implications for the decision-making process on Hyperloop network development in the future.
The aim of this paper is to examine the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of SMEs in the Malopolska region of Poland. Our specific aim is to confirm the relationship between selected company characteristics (the level of technological development and stage of organizational development) and entrepreneurial orientation. A survey was conducted in a group of 95 SMEs that form hightech and low-tech industries in the Malopolska region. Our findings suggest that enterprises representing the high-tech industry exhibit higher EO than those from the low-tech industry. The findings display an imbalance in EO dimensions in both groups of enterprises, showing that innovativeness plays the most important role in enterprises from high-tech industries. The results suggest an inverse monotonic relationship between EO and a company’s age, but they do not confirm any relationship between the EO and a company’s size. Our results contribute to the theory of entrepreneurship by identifying the dependence of EO on industry type (lowtech versus high-tech) and company age.
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