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Methodological Assumptions for Creating a Model of Business Performance

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Business Challenges in the Changing Economic Landscape - Vol. 2

Part of the book series: Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics ((EBES,volume 2/2))

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Abstract

Each national economy has got its own characteristics and uniqueness which influence the shape and way of operating of businesses. It is of main importance to understand what kind of powers and notions are lying under the running enterprises in specific country. The article contains the assumptions for creating a model of national business performance which consists of four dimensions: culture, structure, strategy and integration. Each dimension is defined and described in the context for further studying of companies in real business world. The model is to be used for establishing the program of research of Polish companies searching the basic traits which are distinguish and exclusive for Polish style of running a successful business. The model can be developed and multiplied in order to conduct comparable research and discover other national styles of business management.

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  1. 1.

    Styles of perception and thinking are largely the result of social and cultural factors, adopted style of education, including training in business subjects.

  2. 2.

    This refers to some general level of environment associated with socioeconomic, legal and cultural characteristic, in which the companies operate.

  3. 3.

    The phenomenon of synergy occurs when at least two areas or business processes complement each other giving a combined effect greater than the sum of the effects of each of them individually.

  4. 4.

    The cost of development is understood as the cost of the necessary changes in the management of the organization, related to the choice of a particular strategic method.

  5. 5.

    This is one of the conditions mentioned on the occasion of system look at the functioning of organizations, e.g. (Bielski 1999; Koźmiński and Obłój 1989; Koźmiński and Zawiślak 1982).

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Czapla, T.P., Malarski, M.J. (2016). Methodological Assumptions for Creating a Model of Business Performance. In: Bilgin, M., Danis, H., Demir, E., Can, U. (eds) Business Challenges in the Changing Economic Landscape - Vol. 2. Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics, vol 2/2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22593-7_7

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