Rafal Kusa

AGH University of Kraków · Faculty of Management

Greening constitutes a particular challenge for the hospitality industry. It can be manifested in hotels through waste management, the reduction of purchasing materials that cannot be recycled, the reduction of energy and water consumption, investments in alternative energy equipment (solar or wind energy), and the adoption of an environment-friend...

One of the most important issues related to the management of an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) network is the correct forecasting of the demand for cash. Typically, this demand, expressed as the value or number of ATM withdrawals, has some regularities that can be used to evaluate future values for these variables. However, forecasting becomes a c...

Purpose: This study aims to explore the role of digital technologies in tourism entrepreneurship. In particular, the main objective of this research is to examine the relationships among proactiveness, innovativeness, digitalization, and firm performance and growth in the hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach: The data for this investigation...

Recent economic and public health crises have posed important challenges to family businesses – particularly those in the hospitality sector. While sustaining a business, performance becomes critical; there is insufficient knowledge on the use of entrepreneurial behaviors in mitigating the impact of a crisis by family businesses. To help fill this...

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 in...

CONTRIBUTORS: Ilona Baumane-Vītoliņa; Reda Bernotaite; Madara Brenčeva; Tomas Brazinskas; Jolita Ceicyte-Pranskune ; Joanna Duda; Margarita Dunska; Kristina Grumadaitė; Rafał Kusa; Erkki K. Laitinen; Teija Laitinen; Jelena Luca; Ülle Pärl; Agnieszka Peszko; Marit Piirman; Marcin Suder; Tiina Viin. ABSTRACT: "Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Cris...

AVAILABLE AT: https://eber.uek.krakow.pl/index.php/eber/article/view/1425 Objective: The objective of this article is to identify strategies that can help small firms alleviate the negative impact of the Covid-19 crisis. We tested six strategies (namely, entrepreneurial, market penetration, market development, product development, diversification,...

TEKST DOSTĘPNY NA: https://ssl-kolegia.sgh.waw.pl/pl/KZiF/czasopisma/oik/numery/Documents/2022_1_190/marcin-suder-rafa%C5%82-kusa-rola-wybranych-strategii-w-ksztaltowaniu-wynikow.pdf // ABSTRAKT: Celem artykułu jest określenie wpływu strategii organizacji na wyniki małych przedsiębiorstw w różnych warunkach rynkowych. W szczególności analizie podda...

FULL TEXT IN POLISH AVAILABLE AT: https://ssl-kolegia.sgh.waw.pl/pl/KZiF/czasopisma/oik/numery/Documents/2022_1_190/marcin-suder-rafa%C5%82-kusa-rola-wybranych-strategii-w-ksztaltowaniu-wynikow.pdf // ABSTRACT: This study aims to identify the impact of organizational strategy on the performance of small firms under different market conditions. In p...

This study focuses on associations between inter-organizational relationships (i.e., competitive versus collaborative) along with the entrepreneurial orientation and performance of a firm. In particular, this study employs a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to identify combinations of factors (innovativeness, risk-taking, and proa...

This study aims to identify the combinations of the dimensions of entrepreneurial management that can facilitate the growth of a company under different conditions (including crises). The study focuses on the small and medium-sized enterprise sector and printing industry, and it is based on a sample of 150 enterprises that operate in Poland. An exa...

Digital solutions are implemented in all types of organizations, including public administration. The implementation of digital solutions requires the development of relevant skills and competences of employees. The aim of this chapter is to assess managerial practices related to the digital competences of employees of public organizations and thei...

FULL TEXT (including all chapters) IS AVAILABLE AT: https://winntbg.bg.agh.edu.pl/skrypty4/0590/ // CONTENTS // Iwona Skalna, Rafał Kusa: Preface // 1. Łukasz Skiba: Impact of Organizational Changes on Need to Manage Employee Engagement // 2. Magdalena Maciaszczyk, Agnieszka Rzepka, Damian Kocot: Organizational Culture in Polish Transport Compani...

Poland is dynamically changing its energy mix. As a result of this process, solar energy is increasing its share in energy production. The development of the solar energy market is determined by numerous factors. This paper aims to develop a roadmap for further development of the photovoltaic (PV) energy market in Poland. The scope of the research...

FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT: https://ramp.ase.ro/vol37/37-02.pdf ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is twofold. First, this study develops a model of an organization's digital maturity that is adjusted to public sector organization. Second, based on the proposed model, digital maturity of several types of public sector organizations is diagnosed. The prop...

All chapters available at: https://winntbg.bg.agh.edu.pl/skrypty4/0589/ Introduction (pp. 5-9) Rafał Kusa, Iwona Skalna; Chapter 1. Organizational Methodology in Process of Developing Organizational Restructuring Model on Example of Production Company (pp. 11-23) Henryk Dźwigoł; Chapter 2. Flexibility of Enterprises in Era of Industry 4.0 (pp. 25...

The aim of this paper is to identify the conditions (both technical and non-technical) that determine the development of vacuum tube high-speed train technology. We employ technological roadmapping as a method. With this method, we analyze the planned process of the development of vacuum tube high-speed train technology in Poland. We have identifie...

Entrepreneurs, opportunities, and entrepreneurial behaviors play an important role within the theory of entrepreneurship. However, we have limited knowledge about possible associations among these factors. Therefore, this study investigates these interactions. The study aims to identify the combinations of entrepreneurship dimensions, entrepreneur...

Objective: The aim of the paper is to examine relational capabilities of an organization in the context of entrepreneurial orientation and to identify potential interconnection between them. Research Design & Methods: The sample consists of 363 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) representing both service and manufacturing (high- and low tec...

FULL TEXT IS AVAILABLE AT: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/23/6443 . ABSTRACT: In the renewable energy source (RES) market, which is highly atomized, business events play an important role in supporting inter-organizational cooperation. The aim of this paper was to examine the impact of three characteristics of the events, namely, the location of...

Full text available here: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/21/5752 Abstract: Stable and sustainable economic development-including that of renewable energy resources (RES) requires institutional support of an environment that would enable market operations, and support them in case they are ineffective. Innovation brokers, including structured tec...

This study investigates the role of coopetition in pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities. Its main result are models that augment entrepreneurial orientation with coopetition. In case of five-dimensional operationalization, we posit to combine competition with cooperation, that results in replacement of competition (or competitive aggressiveness)...

Paper in press. https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/forthcoming.php?jcode=ejim Keywords: entrepreneurial orientation; entrepreneurship; inter-organisational cooperation; internationalisation; innovativeness; risk-taking; proactiveness; cooperatives; social economy; emerging economy. Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine inter-organi...

In this paper, internationalisation of social enterprises is examined with multidimensional statistical methods: a correspondence analysis and cluster analyses. The results show that (1) organisations that sell products operate as social enterprises or business enterprises, while those that provide a solution for free tend to operate as charities o...

FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT: https://dspace.uni.lodz.pl/xmlui/handle/11089/34341 OR http://slz.sgh.waw.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/01-11.pdf ABSTRACT: In searching and exploring entrepreneurial opportunities, entrepreneurs can both compete and cooperate, also with their competitors. The aim of the paper is to identify possible associations between org...

The aim of this study is to examine the opportunity perception and entrepreneurs’ motivation, as well as their association with entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm’s innovativeness in small and medium-sized enterprises. Our sample consists of 108 enterprises operating in the Malopolska region in south Poland. Seven selected opportunities and...

Entrepreneurial orientation is a construct comprising of variables related to several dimensions. The majority of scales employ subjective measures that reflect mainly respondents beliefs. In this study such measures have been confronted with several objective measures. The findings suggest that EO is correlated with tested objective indicators and...

FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT: https://cfm.uek.krakow.pl/page/books-6 ABSTRACT: Innovative activities are one of the factors that contribute to the growth of the competitiveness of enterprises, and consequently to the country’s economic development. The level of innovativeness of the Polish economy and enterprises is not sufficient. This motivates both p...

link do publikacji: http://wydawnictwo.pwsz-ns.edu.pl/images/pdf/2019/Zarzadzanie_kapitalem_ludzkim_2019.pdf Streszczenie: W opracowaniu przedstawiono podstawowe założenia pro-przedsiębiorczego zarządzania kapitałem ludzkim w sektorze usług turystycznych. Wykazano, że specyfika tych usług powinna być uwzględniona na wszystkich etapach procesu zarzą...

Full text: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/76eWvNVifT7d8etSt6hb/full The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between external cooperation and entrepreneurial orientation (EO). This relationship is explored in cluster environment, wherein entrepreneurial organizations compete and cooperate simultaneously to pursue opportunities. The...

Entrepreneurial orientation is a conceptualisation of organisational entrepreneurship. It consists of proactiveness, risk-taking, innovativeness, and (in some operationalisations) competitive aggressiveness and autonomy. The main question behind the paper is related to the possibility of employing quantitative data to measure the entrepreneurial or...

The aim of this paper is to examine interorganisational cooperation 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. Su...

FULL TEXT AVAILABLE AT: https://cfm.uek.krakow.pl/page/books-4 . The presented examination confirmed that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) can be utilised for measurement in micro- and small-sized travel agencies (TA) and tour operators (TO), what was the main question behind the paper. According to the aim of the paper, the adjustments of the EO...

Artykuł dostępny na: https://przegladorganizacji.pl/artykul/2017/10.33141po.2017.05.05 Celem artykułu jest określenie powtarzających się elementów procesu przedsiębiorczości organizacyjnej oraz związków pomiędzy nimi. W literaturze przedmiotu proces przedsiębiorczości jest powszechnie odnoszony do tworzenia nowych organizacji. Tymczasem działania p...

The aim of the paper is the identification of the recurrent elements of the process of organisational entrepreneurship and connections between these elements. In the literature, entrepreneurial process is related mostly to a creation of new organisations. However, in the changing environment, entrepreneurial activity focused on opportunity identifi...

The objective of this paper is to analyse and identify patterns of international entrepreneurial activity of social purpose organizations. The article utilizes international social entrepreneurship literature to develop an understanding of the international activity of social entrepreneurs and to identify factors that differentiate their activity....

The aim of the paper is to examine the human resources management (HRM) in not-profit organisations in view of entrepreneurship theory and to identify some problems which could be crucial for future research and development of pro-entrepreneurial HRM practices in non-profit organizations. It was suggested that some solutions from business ventures...

Objective: The objective of this paper is to identify differences between measurement of organisational entrepreneurship in for-profit and non-profit context and to propose the measures aligned to non-profit organisations. The main research question is whether the scales designed to measure entrepreneurial orientation can be used in non-profit orga...

SELECTED PROBLEMS OF MEASURING THE LEVEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS The aim of the paper is presenting selected issues related to the methodology of measuring entrepreneurship in non-profit organisations. Based on literature studies, some tools dedicated to measuring entrepreneurship in business organisations were presented, an...

The aim of the study is to present corporate entrepreneurship as a multi-dimensional phenomenon and suggest ways to measure it taking simultaneously into account multiple dimensions. Firstly, main dimensions of entrepreneurship are identified, including the definitional, process and cause-and-effect dimension. This is followed by examples of combin...

W opracowaniu przedstawiono zakres wykorzystania modelu współpracy i rozwoju opartego na franczyzie w działalności organizacji niekomercyjnych. Przedstawiono możliwości wykorzystania franczyzy w celu zwiększenia skali działalności pod-miotów niekomercyjnych, w tym przedsiębiorstw społecznych, poprzez replikowanie sprawdzonych wzorców działania. Omó...

W artykule postawiono, pytanie czy sposobności i procesy przedsiębiorcze związane z ich wykorzystywaniem mogą stanowić źródło rozwoju organizacji i poddano analizie związek rozwoju organizacji i procesu przedsiębiorczości. Omówiono różne koncepcje procesu przedsiębiorczości, w tym koncepcje utożsamiające przedsiębiorczość z poszukiwaniem i wykorzys...

Spis treści 1. Podstawy przedsiębiorczości – ujęcie teoretyczne 2. Rodzaje przedsiębiorczości 3. Przedsiębiorczość w krajach Unii Europejskiej 4. Bariery funkcjonowania i rozwoju mikro-, małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw 5. Działalność polskich MSP na rynku międzynarodowym – szanse i zagrożenia 6. Znaczenie i rozwój koncepcji C2B w globalnych warun...

Spis treści 1. Rozwój gospodarek w warunkach globalizacji 1.1. Pomiar innowacyjności gospodarek 1.2. Globalizacja a znaczenie wielkich korporacji 2. Znaczenie innowacji w zarządzaniu przedsiębiorstwem 2.1. Modele biznesu a innowacyjność przedsiębiorstw 2.2. Wpływ innowacji na rozwój małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw 2.3. Kaizen jako narzędzie innow...

Konkurencyjność jest obecnie jednym z podstawowych parametrów oceny przedsiębiorstw. Jednocześnie jest to parametr złożony, którego oszacowanie wymaga uwzględnienia wielu aspektów funkcjonowania przedsiębiorstwa i odnoszących się do nich informacji. Szczególnie istotne, zarówno z naukowego, jak i praktycznego punktu widzenia, wydaje się określenie...