Knowledge transfer as a feature of small and medium-sized enterprises’ resilience to challenging economic conditions: evidence from peripheral countries

• Autorzy: Zygmunt Aleksandra , Zygmunt Justyna

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/eis.2024.91.4.1068

Warianty tytułu

PL

Transfer wiedzy jako cecha adaptacji małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw do trudnych warunków gospodarczych: przykład krajów peryferyjnych

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of this paper is to examine whether and how peripheral countries differ in terms of knowledge transfer as a feature of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) resilience to challenging economic conditions (economic shocks). The study focuses on the Visegrad Group countries, which are peripheral within the European Union, offering a unique research context due to their similar cultural backgrounds and transition from centrally planned to market economies. The research covers the period 2016−2023, a period characterised by inflationary pressures and the COVID-19 pandemic. The study uses a comparative analysis and zero unitarization method to test the hypothesis. The results demonstrate that while there were significant differences in the level of knowledge transfer in the peripheral countries studied, all Visegrad Group countries showed a consistent upward tendency in knowledge transfer over the analysis period. The study contributes to the growing body of research on firms’ resilience by suggesting that knowledge transfer in the periphery serves as a mechanism to increase SMEs’ resilience to market or environmental disturbances and, more broadly, to the sustainable development of countries.

PL

Celem artykułu jest zbadanie, czy i w jaki sposób kraje peryferyjne różnią się pod względem transferu wiedzy jako cechy odporności małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw na trudne warunki gospodarcze. Badanie koncentruje się na krajach Grupy Wyszehradzkiej, które są należą do krajów peryferyjnych Unii Europejskiej, oferując unikalny kontekst badawczy ze względu na ich podobne tło kulturowe i rozpoczęcie transformacji gospodarki centralnie planowanej do rynkowej w tym samym czasie. Badanie obejmuje lata 2016−2023, które cechowało występowanie presji inflacyjnej oraz pandemii covid. Do przetestowania hipotezy wykorzystano analizę porównawczą i metodę unitaryzacji zerowanej. Wyniki pokazują, że chociaż istniały znaczne różnice w poziomie transferu wiedzy w badanych krajach peryferyjnych, wszystkie kraje Grupy Wyszehradzkiej wykazały stałą tendencję wzrostową w zakresie transferu wiedzy w analizowanym okresie. Otrzymane rezultaty stanowią wkład do rosnącej liczby badań nad odpornością firm na trudne warunki gospodarcze sugerując, że transfer wiedzy w regionach peryferyjnych służy jako mechanizm zwiększający odporność firm na zakłócenia rynkowe lub środowiskowe, a w szerszym kontekście wpływa na zrównoważony rozwój krajów.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

knowledge transfer; challenging economic conditions; peripheral country; Visegrad Group; resilience; sustainable development

PL

transfer wiedzy; trudne warunki gospodarcze; kraj peryferyjny; Grupa Wyszehradzka; odporność; rozwój zrównoważony

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Economics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: No. 4
• Strony: art. no. 1068
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 49 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Zygmunt Aleksandra

• University of Opole

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-5684

autor

Zygmunt Justyna

• Opole University of Technology, Luboszycka Street 7, 45-036 Opole, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9615-1660

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).