International competitiveness of polish companies during and after the global economic crisis

Table of Contents:

Introduction
    
Chapter 1. Business cycles
Marian Gorynia, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska
    
1.1. The definition of a business cycle
1.2. Types of cyclical fluctuations
1.3. The phases and morphology of a business cycle
1.3.1. The course of a business cycle
1.3.2. Stylised facts about business cycles
1.4. Selected business-cycle theories
1.4.1. Endogenous business-cycle theories
1.4.2. Exogenous business-cycle theories
1.4.3. Sustainable business-cycle theories
1.5. A country’s stabilisation policy
1.6. Empirical studies on business cycles – a literature review
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 2. Economic crises – theoretical and empirical aspects
Marlena Dzikowska, Piotr Trąpczyński
    
2.1. Economic crises – theoretical aspects
2.1.1. Delimiting the concept of economic crisis
2.1.2. The origins of economic crises
2.1.3. Manifestations of economic crises
2.2. Economic crises – a historical perspective
2.3. Economic crises – a review of extant empirical research
2.3.1. A macroeconomic perspective
2.3.2. A mesoeconomic perspective
2.3.3. A microeconomic perspective
2.3.3.1. A crisis and companies’ economic performance
2.3.3.2. The influence of an economic crisis on a company’s international strategy
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 3. Industries as crisis participants and receptors
Barbara Jankowska, Aleksandra Kania
    
3.1. An industry – a delimitation of the concept
3.2. An industry crisis – a conceptualisation attempt
3.2.1. An industry crisis as a disruption in an industry’s life cycle
3.2.1.1. The causes of crises limited to a specific industry – disruptions in the industry life cycle
3.2.1.2. Manifestations of crises restricted to a specific industry
3.2.2. Speculative bubbles – from an industry crisis to an economic crisis
3.2.2.1. The causes of speculative bubbles
3.2.2.2. The mechanism and manifestations of a speculative bubble
3.2.2.3. Speculative bubbles – a historical approach
3.3. Inter-industry effects – links with the crisis contagion effect – results of selected studies
3.4. Types of industry crises
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 4. The theoretical, empirical, and methodological aspects of company competitiveness
Marlena Dzikowska, Marian Gorynia, Barbara Jankowska
    
4.1. Competition
4.2. Company competitiveness – definitions
4.2.1. Competitive potential
4.2.2. Competitive strategy
4.2.3. A competitive position
4.2.4. Relationships between the dimensions of competitiveness
4.3. International competitiveness
Recapitulation

Chapter 5. The global economic crisis
Marlena Dzikowska, Piotr Trąpczyński
    
5.1. The time frame of the global economic crisis
5.2. The origins of the global economic crisis
5.3. A review of research on microeconomic manifestations of the global economic crisis
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 6. Economic changes during and after the global economic crisis – rankings of economies and industries
Marlena Dzikowska, Marian Gorynia, Barbara Jankowska
    
6.1. Methods of the linear ordering of objects
6.2. The construction of a synthetic indicator for economy rankings
6.3. A ranking of economies
6.4. The construction of a synthetic indicator for industry rankings
6.5. A ranking of industries
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 7. The global economic crisis in selected national economies
Aleksandra Kania, Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Piotr Trąpczyński
    
7.1. Estonia
7.2. Lithuania
7.3. Ireland
7.4. Spain
7.5. The UK    
7.6. Finland    
7.7. Italy    
7.8. Greece    
7.9. Poland
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 8. The methodology of empirical research
Marlena Dzikowska, Marian Gorynia, Barbara Jankowska
    
8.1. The research problem and a justification for choosing the topic
8.2. Research hypotheses
8.2.1. The determinants of a company’s international competitive position
8.2.2. A comparison between the periods of prosperity and the global economic crisis
8.3. The research sample and research tools
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 9. The competitive position of companies during and after the global economic crisis – the results of quantitative research
Marlena Dzikowska, Marian Gorynia, Barbara Jankowska
    
9.1. A description of the research sample
9.2. Indicators of the analysed companies’ competitive position
9.3. Indicators of the analysed companies’ input competitiveness
9.4. The companies’ internationalisation level
9.5. The external determinants of the companies’ operations
9.6. Internal determinants of the analysed companies’ actions
9.7. The competitive position of companies during and after the global economic crisis – a multiple regression model
Recapitulation
    
Chapter 10. The impact of the global economic crisis on Polish companies’ activities – case studies
Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska, Piotr Trąpczyński
    
10.1. The impact of the crisis on the activity of a services-industry company – the case of F-Secure
10.1.1. The industry’s situation in Poland
10.1.2. The internationalisation of the company’s activity
10.1.3. The external environment in the company’s functioning
10.1.4. The impact of the global economic crisis on the company’s activity
10.2. The impact of the crisis on the activity of a retail-industry company – the case of CDRL S.A.
10.2.1. The situation of the clothing industry during the crisis
10.2.2. The internationalisation of CDRL S.A.’s activity
10.2.3. The external environment and CDRL S.A.’s operation during the crisis

Recapitulation
        
Conclusion
    
List of tables and figures
    
Bibliography