Martina Novotná, Antonín Šmejkal, Pavla Herclíková
Abstract The paper deals with the competitiveness of enterprises in manufacture of textiles, which is currently closely linked to innovations taking into account the principles of circular economy. Globally, textile consumption has the third largest negative impact on water and land use and the fourth largest negative impact on the environment and climate change. The motivation for companies to mitigate their negative environmental impact and to implement circular economy principles should always be efficient and cost-effective. The competitiveness of a company or sector can be assessed through labour productivity, which should grow at a rate higher than the rate of growth of the average wage. The paper recommends assessing the relationships between the development of the indicators of labour productivity, average wage and return on assets using inequalities. It also analyses the frequency of innovation of enterprises in the textile industry. Using the example of a specific enterprise, it points out the possibilities of innovation, such as the use of renewable energy, increasing revenues in the form of selling textile waste for further use, and introducing environmentally friendly processes into production.
{"title":"Competitiveness of Enterprises in Manufacture of Textile: Empirical Evidence of Czech Republic","authors":"Martina Novotná, Antonín Šmejkal, Pavla Herclíková","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0010","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper deals with the competitiveness of enterprises in manufacture of textiles, which is currently closely linked to innovations taking into account the principles of circular economy. Globally, textile consumption has the third largest negative impact on water and land use and the fourth largest negative impact on the environment and climate change. The motivation for companies to mitigate their negative environmental impact and to implement circular economy principles should always be efficient and cost-effective. The competitiveness of a company or sector can be assessed through labour productivity, which should grow at a rate higher than the rate of growth of the average wage. The paper recommends assessing the relationships between the development of the indicators of labour productivity, average wage and return on assets using inequalities. It also analyses the frequency of innovation of enterprises in the textile industry. Using the example of a specific enterprise, it points out the possibilities of innovation, such as the use of renewable energy, increasing revenues in the form of selling textile waste for further use, and introducing environmentally friendly processes into production.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"582 ","pages":"50 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139013487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Leitmanová, Jiří Alina, Jaroslav Šetek, Nikola Kohoutová
Abstract Companies in 2023 have to face many challenges and will have to face many challenges in the future, according to the current predictions of renowned agencies and institutions. The pursuit of financial stability for profit-seeking entities is undoubtedly one of the most critical. Achieving this is influenced by a number of factors, including sustainability factors. In addition to the generally applicable principles, respecting and implementing the sub-aspects of sustainability also has certain specificities. These may be determined, for example, by the sectoral affiliation of the company. The sector chosen in the following text will be the transport sector. The stability of the performance of this sector will be examined in relation to selected sustainability factors. As transport is one of the largest polluters of the environment, transport performance is examined in the context of air emissions. The examination is carried out at EU Member State level in the timeframe 2011 and 2021, in relation to the EU strategy for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
{"title":"Stability and Sustainability of Enterpreneurship – Complementarity or Substitution?","authors":"I. Leitmanová, Jiří Alina, Jaroslav Šetek, Nikola Kohoutová","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Companies in 2023 have to face many challenges and will have to face many challenges in the future, according to the current predictions of renowned agencies and institutions. The pursuit of financial stability for profit-seeking entities is undoubtedly one of the most critical. Achieving this is influenced by a number of factors, including sustainability factors. In addition to the generally applicable principles, respecting and implementing the sub-aspects of sustainability also has certain specificities. These may be determined, for example, by the sectoral affiliation of the company. The sector chosen in the following text will be the transport sector. The stability of the performance of this sector will be examined in relation to selected sustainability factors. As transport is one of the largest polluters of the environment, transport performance is examined in the context of air emissions. The examination is carried out at EU Member State level in the timeframe 2011 and 2021, in relation to the EU strategy for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"252 ","pages":"64 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138992648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The aim of this paper is to propose measures leading to overcoming the limits of development of the city of Karviná. Based on the results of the situational analysis supplemented by a questionnaire survey, it can be said that the economic and social pillars of the city are not developing very successfully. On the contrary, the environmental pillar, its landscape condition, and environmental care are developing most successfully. The current problematic factors limiting the development of the city are mainly the insufficient and unattractive local labour market and business activities, the image of the city, and the still low air quality. A strategy of diversification of the economic structure and a programme of support for small and medium-sized enterprises can make a significant contribution to overcoming these problems, achieving successful future development, and fully exploiting the city‘s potential. There is also scope for the use of development projects such as the New Economic Zone initiative and appropriate publicity for the city‘s strengths. A strategy aimed at improving air quality in the region is also a key aspect. There is an opportunity to finance these measures through the European Equitable Transformation Fund, which can greatly facilitate their implementation.
{"title":"The Success of the Development of the Structurally Affected City of Karviná","authors":"Adam Janošec, R. Redlichová","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this paper is to propose measures leading to overcoming the limits of development of the city of Karviná. Based on the results of the situational analysis supplemented by a questionnaire survey, it can be said that the economic and social pillars of the city are not developing very successfully. On the contrary, the environmental pillar, its landscape condition, and environmental care are developing most successfully. The current problematic factors limiting the development of the city are mainly the insufficient and unattractive local labour market and business activities, the image of the city, and the still low air quality. A strategy of diversification of the economic structure and a programme of support for small and medium-sized enterprises can make a significant contribution to overcoming these problems, achieving successful future development, and fully exploiting the city‘s potential. There is also scope for the use of development projects such as the New Economic Zone initiative and appropriate publicity for the city‘s strengths. A strategy aimed at improving air quality in the region is also a key aspect. There is an opportunity to finance these measures through the European Equitable Transformation Fund, which can greatly facilitate their implementation.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"192 3","pages":"60 - 63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139025093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The study focuses on the county of Csongrád-Csanád and its districts, looking at the relative social and economic development of the districts and the direction of territorial changes in each district. The territorial development differences of the districts of Csongrád-Csanád county were mapped in two years, 2014 and 2020. Based on the indicators defined in Government Decree 290/2014 (XI. 26.), new indicators were developed. Subsequently, the economic, social, infrastructural and employment data of the districts were examined using a complex development indicator. The data for the analysis of the districts were provided by the Regional Statistical Information Database of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the National Spatial Development and Planning Information System (TeIR). The county covered by the study comprises seven districts: the districts of Csongrádi, Hódmezővásárhelyi, Kisteleki, Makói, Mórahalmi, Szeged and Szentes.
{"title":"Complex Analysis of the Territorial Development of Csongrád-Csanád County","authors":"Helga Kovács","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0008","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The study focuses on the county of Csongrád-Csanád and its districts, looking at the relative social and economic development of the districts and the direction of territorial changes in each district. The territorial development differences of the districts of Csongrád-Csanád county were mapped in two years, 2014 and 2020. Based on the indicators defined in Government Decree 290/2014 (XI. 26.), new indicators were developed. Subsequently, the economic, social, infrastructural and employment data of the districts were examined using a complex development indicator. The data for the analysis of the districts were provided by the Regional Statistical Information Database of the Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the National Spatial Development and Planning Information System (TeIR). The county covered by the study comprises seven districts: the districts of Csongrádi, Hódmezővásárhelyi, Kisteleki, Makói, Mórahalmi, Szeged and Szentes.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"507 ","pages":"38 - 44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139020232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract While the actors of the developed world are deeply concerned with the complex interpretation of health, studying the path leading to that is a less investigated area, although, among the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a prominent role is given to the complex experience of health and its quality improvement. Regarding the V4 countries, many indicators of health need to be improved, while the quality of online marketing and communication, as well as the social media activities of private healthcare providers, largely determines the intensity and efficiency of using the service they provide. The focus of the online survey, with the involvement of almost 2,000 respondents, was to assess whether the marketing activities of healthcare services and their activities on social media platforms meet the expectations of Hungarian female consumers. Due to the results, social media platforms proved to be extremely critical, although older respondents trust advertisements about marketing services less. In the selection of service providers, patients base their decisions to a decisive extent on the expressions of the community of acquaintances, which assumes the management of a multi-level marketing, and communication tool park, and the emphatic and controlled education of brand ambassadors.
{"title":"Determining Marketing and Communication Dimensions of Healthcare Providers in Hungary","authors":"Norbert Katona, Rita Szabó, András Szeberényi","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract While the actors of the developed world are deeply concerned with the complex interpretation of health, studying the path leading to that is a less investigated area, although, among the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a prominent role is given to the complex experience of health and its quality improvement. Regarding the V4 countries, many indicators of health need to be improved, while the quality of online marketing and communication, as well as the social media activities of private healthcare providers, largely determines the intensity and efficiency of using the service they provide. The focus of the online survey, with the involvement of almost 2,000 respondents, was to assess whether the marketing activities of healthcare services and their activities on social media platforms meet the expectations of Hungarian female consumers. Due to the results, social media platforms proved to be extremely critical, although older respondents trust advertisements about marketing services less. In the selection of service providers, patients base their decisions to a decisive extent on the expressions of the community of acquaintances, which assumes the management of a multi-level marketing, and communication tool park, and the emphatic and controlled education of brand ambassadors.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"160 10","pages":"45 - 49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139013589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The aim of this study is to determine what variables influence consumer purchase intentions regarding preferences for natural cosmetics. Data were collected via an online survey from 197 people completed in April-May 2018 in Hungary. The research used a non-parametric test – the Wilcoxon test. Analyses have shown that gender and consumers’ willingness to purchase natural products influence consumers’ willingness to purchase. Environmentally and health-conscious consumer behavior also influences their purchasing intentions for natural cosmetics. Consumer interest in environmental and health issues is growing today, providing a huge opportunity for the natural and organic cosmetics (N&O Cs) industry to develop a strategy that would encourage many consumers to buy organic or natural body care products. The results may also be useful for marketers, online sellers and professionals in identifying and better understanding new trends in natural cosmetics production.
{"title":"Appearance of Natural Cosmetics in Consumer Behavior Related to Cosmetics in Hungary","authors":"Nóra Amberg","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The aim of this study is to determine what variables influence consumer purchase intentions regarding preferences for natural cosmetics. Data were collected via an online survey from 197 people completed in April-May 2018 in Hungary. The research used a non-parametric test – the Wilcoxon test. Analyses have shown that gender and consumers’ willingness to purchase natural products influence consumers’ willingness to purchase. Environmentally and health-conscious consumer behavior also influences their purchasing intentions for natural cosmetics. Consumer interest in environmental and health issues is growing today, providing a huge opportunity for the natural and organic cosmetics (N&O Cs) industry to develop a strategy that would encourage many consumers to buy organic or natural body care products. The results may also be useful for marketers, online sellers and professionals in identifying and better understanding new trends in natural cosmetics production.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"8 4","pages":"71 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139014929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract Very little is known about public understanding, awareness, and perception of bioeconomy in Nigeria where its adoption is scant. Addressing this problem, we adopted a mixed method research design study to investigate the level of understanding, perception, and awareness of bioeconomy and its products among 550 Lagos residents’, 500 survey respondents and 50 focus group participants. Results revealed self-assessed moderate understanding and positive perception of bioeconomy, but poor knowledge of bioeconomy products. The recommendation is that bioeconomy development initiatives should target improvement of individuals’ knowledge of bioeconomy, and awareness of bioeconomy products, and reinforce environmental benefits, and climate action attributable to bioeconomy to drive its adoption among the populace.
{"title":"Grappling with Bioeconomy Research and Discourse in Nigeria – Mixed Method to the Rescue","authors":"O. Oguntuase, Oluwatosin B. Adu, O. S. Obayori","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Very little is known about public understanding, awareness, and perception of bioeconomy in Nigeria where its adoption is scant. Addressing this problem, we adopted a mixed method research design study to investigate the level of understanding, perception, and awareness of bioeconomy and its products among 550 Lagos residents’, 500 survey respondents and 50 focus group participants. Results revealed self-assessed moderate understanding and positive perception of bioeconomy, but poor knowledge of bioeconomy products. The recommendation is that bioeconomy development initiatives should target improvement of individuals’ knowledge of bioeconomy, and awareness of bioeconomy products, and reinforce environmental benefits, and climate action attributable to bioeconomy to drive its adoption among the populace.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"169 ","pages":"33 - 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139016778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The quality of management processes and performance of non-profit organizations in the region are the essential prerequisites for increasing the sustainability of social support through NGOs. The paper summarizes the results of the evaluation study based on the Plan-Do-Contoll-Act (PDCA) cycle analysis. The quality of management processes was self-evaluated on the basis of the analysis of the PDCA cycle in 79 NGOs, which took place in the 2015–2019 with the recipients of social support subsidies of the South Moravian Region administration. A composite indicator was designed to compare the overall level of management quality of participating NGOs. Results identified significant room for improvement in planning, fundraising, management of work with volunteers, and systematic use of data to improve NGOs‘ performance. Based on the understanding of the current level of the quality management processes, recommendations for enhancing the sustainability of NGOs and the efficiency of regional support are derived.
{"title":"Quality of Management Processes as a Determinant of NGOs‘ Sustainability","authors":"Simona Miškolci, Jaroslava Rajchlová, Veronika Svatošová","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The quality of management processes and performance of non-profit organizations in the region are the essential prerequisites for increasing the sustainability of social support through NGOs. The paper summarizes the results of the evaluation study based on the Plan-Do-Contoll-Act (PDCA) cycle analysis. The quality of management processes was self-evaluated on the basis of the analysis of the PDCA cycle in 79 NGOs, which took place in the 2015–2019 with the recipients of social support subsidies of the South Moravian Region administration. A composite indicator was designed to compare the overall level of management quality of participating NGOs. Results identified significant room for improvement in planning, fundraising, management of work with volunteers, and systematic use of data to improve NGOs‘ performance. Based on the understanding of the current level of the quality management processes, recommendations for enhancing the sustainability of NGOs and the efficiency of regional support are derived.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"71 8","pages":"75 - 80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138988612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract The article reveals the theoretical grounds for the concept of “safety” with regard to the hotel industry. Based on the analysis of existing definitions we determined the theoretical content of the concept and offered our generalized interpretation of the “hotel safety” category. We provide original interpretation of the security concept in the context of hotel environment, both external and internal dimensions being encompassed. The focal points include buildings, property, people, and resources. Primary categories comprise physical security, personnel safety (both employees and guests), as well as system security. Besides, we’ve analyzed the levelness of safety system in the accommodation industry as well as systematized types of safety according to the three main blocks, such as physical safety, safety of people, and system security. We’ve determined that security serves, firstly, the basis for ensuring the sustainable development of hotel establishments, due to its fundamental underpinning; and, secondly, a fundamental indicator of investment feasibility.
{"title":"Theoretical Foundations of Hotel Safety within the System of Sustainable Development","authors":"Viktoriia Krasnomovets","doi":"10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2023-0011","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The article reveals the theoretical grounds for the concept of “safety” with regard to the hotel industry. Based on the analysis of existing definitions we determined the theoretical content of the concept and offered our generalized interpretation of the “hotel safety” category. We provide original interpretation of the security concept in the context of hotel environment, both external and internal dimensions being encompassed. The focal points include buildings, property, people, and resources. Primary categories comprise physical security, personnel safety (both employees and guests), as well as system security. Besides, we’ve analyzed the levelness of safety system in the accommodation industry as well as systematized types of safety according to the three main blocks, such as physical safety, safety of people, and system security. We’ve determined that security serves, firstly, the basis for ensuring the sustainable development of hotel establishments, due to its fundamental underpinning; and, secondly, a fundamental indicator of investment feasibility.","PeriodicalId":497789,"journal":{"name":"Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development","volume":"87 3","pages":"54 - 59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139026590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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