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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the development of selected regions of UE countries

Wójcik Andrzej

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2024

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z. 194

663--676

EN

Purpose: The purpose of the considerations presented in the paper was to examine the changes that occurred in both population and GDP size and in selected economic sectors as a result of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the highlighted EU regions. Design/methodology/approach: The paper examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the population of selected EU regions, GDP in those regions, and the impact of the pandemic on the unemployment rate, the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, the number of nights spent in overnight accommodations, the number of passengers traveling by air, the number of people who ordered goods or services online in the past year, and employment in high-tech sectors. The impact was examined by analyzing development trend models for selected variables and verifying the hypothesis of constancy of model parameters with the Chow test. Predictions of selected variables were also counted if there had been no pandemic and compared to actual values from the COVID-19 pandemic period. Findings: Not all regions were equally affected by the effects of the pandemic. This was undoubtedly influenced by the authorities' struggle with the effects of the pandemic, but also by the entrepreneurial spirit of the residents of the regions studied. Also in different spheres of economic life, the effects of the pandemic varied from negative to positive. Research limitations/implications: Further research should also include the other EU regions and more economic sectors, allowing us to group regions according to similarities in coping with the pandemic and calculate spatial correlations. A problem we may encounter is the lack of sufficient data, which may result in the exclusion of some regions and economic sectors from the study. Social implications: Through the research, we can highlight regions that are coping better with the effects of a pandemic, and this can inspire regions that are coping less well. In the future, regions can look up to the actions carried out by authorities in other regions to offset the effects of pandemics (or other disasters with global effects) and transfer them to their own region. Originality/value: The article compares regions within the boundaries of which are national capitals. It was shown which region did best in combating the effects of the pandemic and which did less well. The article also shows what the impact of the pandemic was on the various branches of the economy.

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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the rates of return of selected WSE listed companies

Jabłoński Bartłomiej, Kika Dorota

Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska

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2023

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z. 169

351--370

EN

Purpose: Financial crises, stock market crashes and consequently bursts of speculative enthusiasm have been accompanying investors since the 17th century. The first speculative bubble, so-called “tulip mania”, occurred in the Netherlands between 1636 and 1637, while a speculative “fever” spread among the shareholders of the Dutch East India Company from 1636 to 1640. Those events exposed remarkable possibilities and complexity of the financial markets, and later encouraged investors to explore a variety of investment strategies bringing above-average rates of return. However, the question remains: how do modern-day investors react to the market disruptions and which investment strategies are popular among them. The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of how and why the COVID-19 pandemic affected the investors’ behavior and the rates of return earned by selected WSE listed companies. An attempt was also made to estimate the sensibility of investing in selected stocks through the use of the basic and most popular fundamental analysis market ratios, i.e. P/E and P/BV. Furthermore, based on selected companies, semi-strong information efficiency of the Polish stock market was assessed, with a particular focus on the COVID-19 pandemic period. Methodology: The paper assesses the rates of return of companies constituting the WIG20 index and selected “covid” companies and calculates P/E and P/BV market ratios to verify how the fundamentals of a given company affect its rates of return. As a measure of relationship strength between the market value and rate of return indicators, the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and a significance test for the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were selected. Findings: The research reveals that, during times of violent turmoil and massive panic on the stock markets, an interesting investment strategy that brings above-average rates of return is to build a stock portfolio based on a current trend. All hypotheses formulated were positively verified in the paper. Practical implications: The study's results provide a valuable source of information for stock market investors, particularly individual investors who, when making tough investment decisions, i. e. during stock market crashes or financial crises, can employ strategies that involve building an investment portfolio based on trending companies and achieve above-average rates of return. Furthermore, the suggested investment strategy is adaptable and, over centuries, still effective. Originality: The considerations concentrated not only on identifying an appropriate investment strategy in times of a stock market turmoil, but largely focused around behavioral aspects of investing, which represent an important addition to theories about rational decision-making by investors and the efficiency of financial markets.

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Analysis of conditions for supporting employee safety during the COVID-19 pandemic in manufacturing companies in Poland

Wronka Anna

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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2023

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Vol. 15, no. 2

83--95

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly and permanently changed modern life in the private and professional dimensions, where numerous consequences of the virus have affected employees and employers. Both groups were forced to implement numerous changes to ensure the work process’s safety. The multi-dimensionality of this concept and, consequently, the multi-directionality of its potential and required actions taken by companies have become the basis for a theoretical and practical analysis of conditions for supporting broadly understood employee safety during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected production companies in Poland. The pilot studies’ results indicated the leading direction and scope of actions taken so far, their main types, stimulating factors and barriers, perceived benefits and future trends. The article’s conclusions may form the basis for universal good practices supporting the safety of employees in the production sector, which, regardless of the duration of the pandemic, may be used as effective and efficient improvement measures in generating measurable benefits for all stakeholders.

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The problem of adaptation and evolution to overcome the covid-19 epidemic for service quality of Hanoi old quarter hotels (During the period of the covid-19 epidemic)

Van Ha Nguyen, Chi Nghia Le, Nam Quoc Dang

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2021

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Vol. 28

321--326

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This study examines the factors affecting the service quality of Hanoi old quarter hotels. The investigation results of 150 customers who have used accommodation services in the Hanoi old quarter. From there, analyze results and identify shortcomings and points that need to be overcome. Make the most intuitive conclusions to solve problems for hotel businesses here.

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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on logistics firms in Vietnam

Do Minh Ngoc, Dung Nguyen Thi, Tuan Tran The

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2021

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Vol. 28

99--103

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The paper examines the impact of Coronavirus epidemic on logistics companies in Vietnam and firm responses. Results show that most firms are negatively affected by the pandemic, micro and small businesses are hit the hardest. Coping strategies of firms often involve COVID-prevention practices as required by the government with little investment on technological application and human resource development. Analysis concludes that Vietnamese logistics companies are not well-prepared for crises, especially firms of small sizes which partly show resistance to new digitalizing practices despite the current circumstances brought on by the pandemic.

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Preserving human resource of Vietnamese enterprise in covid-19 pandemic

Tran Anh Phuong, Duc Thuy Le

Annals of Computer Science and Information Systems

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2021

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Vol. 28

301--306

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is still a heavy consequence and forces businesses to respond promptly to ensure their production process. Labor supply disruption is occurring in some localities. Enterprises need to have a plan to bring workers, who have been severely impacted by the pandemic both physically and mentally, back to production activities safely. The study focuses on the perceptions of business leaders about responding to the impacts of Covid-19 on the enterprise's human resource management and efforts to preserve the enterprise's human resources. The research is based on information and data from a survey and direct interviews from senior managers of 50 manufacturing enterprises in different fields in some industrial zones in northern Vietnam.