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The research potential of the Collegium of Business Administration

Characteristics of the Collegium’s research activities

Characteristics of the Collegium’s research activities


The Collegium of Business Administration is a leading and, at the same time, unique scientific and research unit in Poland, dealing with various theoretical and practical aspects of businesses and their environment. The research is interdisciplinary, being conducted from the perspective of economics, management sciences and finance, as well as management of businesses and strategies for their development in the modern market economy.
The main research area for the staff of the Collegium of Business Administration is the enterprise, functioning under the conditions of technological change and sustainable development requirements.
The research focuses on such aspects as:
1.    The enterprise versus the challenges of Economy 4.0
2.    An enterprise in the platform ecosystem
3.    Sustainable business management
4.    Business development in the green economy
Most of the research results have application value.
Research at the Collegium is carried out within the framework of (a) the research subsidy granted by the Ministry of Higher Education for the maintenance of the research potential of staff, within the Collegium’s call for proposal (under internal regulations) and (b) received grants (e.g. from the National Science Centre or the EU). 
 

 


RESEARCH CARRIED OUT FROM 2022 TO 2024

Research tasks carried out from 2022 to 2024:

  • “Smart business – smart regions – smart society: towards a new paradigm,” under the academic supervision of prof. Hanna Godlewska-Majkowska;
  • “Metaverse as an environment for the implementation of sustainable development strategies – opportunities, threats and challenges,” under the academic supervision of dr hab. Rafał Kasprzak, prof. SGH;
  • “The enterprise in the circular economy: an organisational, institutional and technological approach,” under the academic supervision of dr hab. Katarzyna Nowicka, prof. SGH;
  • “The quality of ESG management versus crisis resilience. Enterprises – financial institutions – local government units,” under the academic supervision of dr hab. Barbara Ocicka, prof. SGH;
  • “The tax system in sustainable development economics – institutional and organisational approaches,” under the academic supervision of dr hab. Aleksander Werner, prof. SGH – project funded from the research subsidy only in 2022.
     

Research tasks carried out in 2024 – microprojects:

  1. “Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) – the unrecognised consequences of regulatory arbitrage,” dr hab. Agata Adamska, prof. SGH, dr Andrzej Sołdek;
  2. “Research on the impact of smart cities on urban living conditions,” dr hab. Paweł Bartoszczuk, prof. SGH;
  3. “Economic and legal and tax conditions for the development of Industry 4.0. in Poland with particular reference to the robotisation allowance,” mgr Jan M. Janiszewski, dr Magdalena Janiszewska;
  4. “The impact of customer engagement in CSR activities on behavioural intentions in the hotel industry in Poland,” dr hab. Maria Johann, prof. SGH, Sanjoy Ghose, Professor of Marketing, Sheldon B. Lubar College of Business University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Ahmed Bostani;
  5. “Family and non-family businesses in the digital economy,” prof. Jan Klimek, dr hab. Jacek Lipiec, prof. SGH, dr Marek Laszuk;
  6. “Export as a cause or effect of the home country’s gross fixed capital formation and outward foreign direct investments of the G20, EU and OECD countries,” dr Marcin Koltuniak;
  7. “Directions of development of quasi-state-owned enterprises – the perspective of M&A processes. Part II,” dr Joanna Korpus;
  8. “The practice of intellectual property management in large companies in Poland,” dr Kamil M. Kraj;
  9. “Artificial intelligence and business innovation,” dr hab. Stanisław Łobejko, prof. SGH;
  10. “Securing tenure and access to agricultural land for climate change action in developing countries,” dr Iwona Łuczyk, prof. Stanisław Kowalczyk;
  11. “Sustainable development – assumptions and reality,” dr hab. Jerzy W. Pietrewicz, prof. SGH;
  12. “FSOE (Foreign State-Owned Enterprises) in the European space – implications for economic policy,” dr hab. M. Poniatowska-Jaksch, prof. SGH, dr hab. T. Pakulska, prof. SGH;
  13. “Strategies to reduce the scale of energy poverty in selected European countries in the age of energy transition,” dr hab. Katarzyna Sobiech-Grabka, prof. SGH, dr hab. inż. Anna Stankowska, prof. SGH;
  14. “Artificial Intelligence in Management. Competition versus regulation,” prof. Włodzimierz Szpringer;
  15. “Climate risk in investment decisions,” dr Jolanta Turek;
  16. “The functioning of real property development companies in the residential real property market versus the achievement of sustainable development goals,” dr Joanna Waszczuk;
  17. “Regional sustainability of agriculture and rural areas,” dr Yuliia Zolotnytska, prof. Stanisław Kowalczyk;
  18. “Intellectual capital and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland,” dr Michał Zubek.
     

Research tasks carried out in 2023 – microprojects:

  1. “The process of value creation and internationalisation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs),” dr hab. Dorota Ciesielska-Maciągowska, prof. SGH;
  2. “Identification of barriers to the implementation of digital twin technology in companies in Poland,” mgr Jan M. Janiszewski;
  3. “The use of tax credits in the innovative activity of Polish entrepreneurs,” mgr Jan M. Janiszewski;
  4. “Relationships between CSR, customer satisfaction and loyalty in the tourism market,” dr hab. Maria Johann, prof. SGH;
  5. “The time changing roles of the gross fixed capital formation and outward foreign direct investments of the G20, EU and OECD countries and their key determinants as a cause or effect of the home country’s economic growth and development,” dr Marcin Kołtuniak;
  6. “Directions of development of quasi-state-owned enterprises – the perspective of M&A processes,” dr Joanna Korpus;
  7. “The state and prospects of food security in the world and in Poland,” prof. dr hab. Stanisław Kowalczyk;
  8. “Research and development of leading transnational corporations from 2016 to 2022 in the light of R&D expenditures and selected patent statistics,” dr Kamil M. Kraj;
  9. “Supply chain management under uncertainty,” dr inż. Łukasz Marzantowicz;
  10. “Exploring modern methods to increase the effectiveness of entrepreneurial competence development in the context of the digital economy,” dr Tomasz Pilewicz;
  11. “Local energy communities based on RES as an important element of distributed energy generation – the idea, determinants of development, current state, postulated institutional and legal changes,” dr hab. Katarzyna Sobiech-Grabka, prof. SGH;
  12. “Poland and selected Eurozone countries versus the development challenges of 2020–2022,” dr hab. Jerzy W. Pietrewicz, prof. SGH;
  13. “The circular e-commerce model in the light of the circular economy assumptions,” dr Aneta Pluta-Zaremba;
  14. “Companies switching stock exchanges versus creating their value. Rates of return versus levels of risk,” dr Dorota Podedworna-Tarnowska;
  15. “Foreign expansion of Polish ‘quasi’ state-owned enterprises (SOEs),” dr hab. Małgorzata Poniatowska-Jaksch, prof. SGH, dr hab. Teresa Pakulska, prof. SGH;
  16. “Institutional determinants of the development of quasi-state owned enterprises in selected Central and Eastern European countries,” dr Mariusz Sagan;
  17. “Metaverse – new challenges for business management,” prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Szpringer;
  18. “Sustainability reporting by healthcare providers,” mgr Zuzanna Świerc;
  19. “Climate risk in investment decisions,” dr Jolanta Turek;
  20. “Sustainable human capital management – a cross-cultural perspective,” dr hab. Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, prof. SGH.

Research tasks carried out in 2022 – microprojects:

  1. “Foreign expansion of Polish enterprises and changes in external conditions caused by the armed conflict in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic,” dr hab. Dorota Ciesielska-Maciągowska, prof. SGH;
  2. “Social responsibility of tourism enterprises during the COVID-19 pandemic,” dr hab. Maria Johann, prof. SGH;
  3. “Incentive system and employee engagement and well-being under conditions of technological change and sustainability requirements – a qualitative study,” dr Hanna Kinowska;
  4. “The state and prospects of food security in the world and in Poland,” prof. dr hab. Stanisław Kowalczyk;
  5. “Developmental opportunities and asymmetries of the new digital economy,” dr hab. Stanisław Łobejko, prof. SGH;
  6. “The impact of the ETS (Emissions Trading Systems) model on the efficiency of corporate energy transition,” dr hab. Zbigniew Krysiak, prof. SGH;
  7. “Digital well-being – managers’ digital balance when working remotely and in a hybrid system,” dr Katarzyna Mikołajczyk;
  8. “Environmental Kuznets Curve through energy security lenses: the European Union perspective,” dr Maciej Mróz;
  9. “Adaptation of enterprises in Poland to the requirements of sustainable development,” dr hab. Jerzy Pietrewicz, prof. SGH;
  10. “Companies switching stock exchanges versus creating their value,” dr Dorota Podedworna-Tarnowska;
  11. “Platforms in international business,” dr hab. Małgorzata Poniatowska-Jaksch, prof. SGH;
  12. “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related technological changes on the structure of the labour market in Poland,” dr Małgorzata Skrzek-Lubasińska;
  13. “Supporting urban electromobility at the housing community level: a business model for an electric vehicle charging station with solar panels for a housing community,” dr hab. Katarzyna Sobiech-Grabka, prof. SGH;
  14. “Data-driven economy – competition versus regulation,” prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Szpringer;
  15. “Digital twins and the functioning of a company in a turbulent environment,” dr Anna Zarzycka;
  16. “Intellectual capital and the technological development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Poland,” dr Michał Zubek.
     
RESEARCH CARRIED OUT FROM 2019 TO 2021 

Thematic Group 1 – “Sustainable development – micro- and macroeconomic interdependencies,” head of the Thematic Group – dr hab. Roman Sobiecki, prof. SGH

  • Research Task 1 under Thematic Group 1 – “Sustainable development under globalisation. Transforming the model into reality,” headed by dr hab. Jerzy W. Pietrewicz, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 2 within Thematic Group 1 – “Ownership and accessibility in the optics of sustainable development,” headed by dr hab. Małgorzata Poniatowska-Jaksch, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 3 within Thematic Group 1 – “Pro-environmental innovations – mechanisms of formation and determinants of their implementation in Polish enterprises,” headed by prof. dr hab. Krystyna Poznańska;
  • Research Task 4 within Thematic Group 1 – “Regulatory role of law contributing to the fulfilment of sustainable development requirements by enterprises,” headed by dr hab. Aleksander Werner, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 5 within Thematic Group 1 – “Structure and dynamics of the energy market as determinants of sustainable development,” headed by dr hab. Dorota Niedziółka, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 6 within Thematic Group 1 – “Pro-environment approach to value chain creation,” headed by dr inż. Łukasz Marzantowicz;
     

Thematic Group 2 – “Social dimension of sustainable development,” head of the Thematic Group – dr hab. Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, prof. SGH

  • Research Task 1 within Thematic Group 2 – “Human capital management in the conditions of sustainable development,” headed by dr hab. Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 2 within Thematic Group 2 – “Corporate social responsibility in the 21st century,” headed by dr hab. Magdalena Mikołajek-Gocejna, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 3 within Thematic Group 2 – “Family businesses and their role in creating sustainable development,” headed by prof. dr hab. Jan Klimek;
  • Research Task 4 within Thematic Group 2 – “Social, environmental and sustainability reporting in courts,” headed by dr hab. Sylwia Morawska, prof. SGH;

 

Thematic Group 3 – “Financial and investment-related conditions for the sustainable development of businesses,” head of the Thematic Group – dr hab. Gabriel Główka, prof. SGH
 

  • Research Task 1 within Thematic Group 3 – “Investments and sustainable development,” headed by dr hab. Andrzej Fierla, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 2 within Thematic Group 3 – “The risk of neglecting sustainability requirements in business operations,” headed by dr hab. Waldemar Rogowski, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 3 within Thematic Group 3 – “The role of management accounting in sustainability reporting,” headed by dr hab. Monika Raulinajtys-Grzybek, prof. SGH;
  • Research Task 4 within Thematic Group 3 – “Restructuring and bankruptcy of enterprises versus sustainability requirements,” headed by dr hab. Paweł Dec, prof. SGH;

 

Thematic Group 4 – “Spatial aspects of sustainable development,” head of the Thematic Group – prof. dr hab. Hanna Godlewska-Majkowska
 

  • Research Task 1 within Thematic Group 4 – “Smart specialisations of the regions versus sustainability requirements,” headed by prof. dr hab. Hanna Godlewska-Majkowska;
  • Research Task 2 within Thematic Group 4 – “Cities acting for sustainable development,” headed by dr hab. Katarzyna Sobiech-Grabka;
     

Research tasks carried out by the doctoral students at the Collegium

 

  • “Shaping consumer behaviour through shared mobility strategies,” headed by mgr Grzegorz Młynarski;
  • “Relational goods as a form of social capital built using family-friendly solutions in Polish private enterprises,” headed by mgr Marcin Kawko;
  • “The use of mentoring in successor education in family businesses,” headed by mgr Barbara Rychta;
  • “C-suite remuneration based on the example of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2015–2019,” headed by mgr Katarzyna Dembowska;

 

Dissemination of research results
 

  • Kwartalnik Nauk o Przedsiębiorstwie (Business Administration Quarterly) – Editor-in-Chief: dr hab. Dorota Ciesielska-Maciągowska, prof. SGH;
  • Edukacja Ekonomistów i Menedżerów (Education of Economists and Managers) – Editor-in-Chief: dr hab. Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek, prof. SGH;
     

 

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