ISSN 1640-3622 INTERCATHEDRA No 32/4 POZNAŃ 2016 2 Intercathedra 32/4, 2016 INTERCATHEDRA SCIENTIFIC QUARTERLY OF THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENTS OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL Chairman of the Scientific Council: Dr hab. in ż.Wojciech Lis, prof. nadzw.- Pozna ń University of Life Sciences Members of the Scientific Council: Assoc. Prof. Josef Drábek , PhD - Technical University in Zvolen Doc. Ing. Václav Kup čák , CSc. - Česká zem ědělská univerzita v Praze Prof. Ing. Igor Liberko - Prešovska univerzita v Prešove Doc. Ing. Renata Nováková , PhD - Slovak University of Technology Assoc. Prof. Hubert Paluš , PhD. - Technical University in Zvolen Prof. dr hab. Walenty Poczta - Pozna ń University of Life Sciences Dr.hc prof. Ing. Mikuláš Šupín CSc. - Technical University in Zvolen Prof. dr hab. Wacław Szymanowski - University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Prof. dr hab. Leszek Żukowski – Warsaw University of Life Sciences REVIEWERS OF INTERCATHEDRA Prof. Dr sc.b. Mladen Figuri č Prof. Ing. Dušan Šebo, PhD. Dr hab. Eugeniusz Ko śmicki , prof. nadz. Assoc. Prof. Andrea Sujová , PhD. Prof. Ing. Alexander Linczényi, PhD. Prof. dr hab. Michał Sznajder Assoc. Prof. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. Doc. Ing. Anna Zaušková, PhD. Doc. Ing. Peter Trebu ňa, PhD. THE EDITORIAL BOARD Wojciech Lis – Chief Editor El żbieta Mikołajczak – Scientific Secretary Włodzimierz Popyk –Subject Editor, Internet Editor, Marek Tabert – Scientific Editor, Jarosław Lira – Statistical Editor Agata Nieboj – English Language Editor All graphics and photos in this volume are published at the sole responsibility of the authors, not the publisher Published by: Department of Economic and Wood Industry Management Pozna ń University of Life Sciences, ul. Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-627 Pozna ń, Poland [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] © Department of Economics and Wood Industry Management - Pozna ń University of Life Sciences, Poland ISSN 1640-3622 (print) original version www.intercathedra.pl Pozna ń 2016 Printed in 500 copies Intercathedra 32/4, 2016 3 CONTENTS Emilia Grzegorzewska..........................................................................................................................7 REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF THE LEVEL OF INNOVATION IN POLISH SERVICE ENTERPRISES – THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION ..............................................................................................................7 Barbara Kołodziej ..............................................................................................................................14 THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFELONG VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE GROWTH OF INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES ...........................................................................................14 Eugeniusz Kośmicki............................................................................................................................22 THREAT TO BIODIVERSITY AS A CHALLENGE FOR GLOBAL GOVERNANCE ........................................22 Elżbieta Mikołajczak, Marek Wieruszewski.......................................................................................29 PRODUCTIVITY OF PINE WOOD CONVERSION AS A FUNCTION OF THE COST OF RAW MATERIAL AND THE ASSORTMENT OF PRODUCTS .......................................................................29 Wojciech Lis.......................................................................................................................................36 ASSESSMENT OF THE STRATEGY TO PURCHASE TEN-YEAR PENSION BONDS TO BE DEPOSITED IN AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT (IRA) – BONDS ............................................................36 Wojciech Lis, Marek Tabert ...............................................................................................................43 TEN-YEAR TREASURY BONDS – FINANCING THE BUDGET DEFICIT AND PENSION SYSTEM ................43 Władysława Łuczka, Lidia Jabłońska-Porzuczek ................................................................................46 LABOUR MARKET SECURITY AND FLEXIBILITY MODEL AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION IN POLAND ...................................................................................................................................46 Katarzyna Mydlarz.............................................................................................................................53 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A CURRENT TREND FOR TIMBER SECTOR LARGE COMPANIES ............53 Katarzyna Mydlarz, Marek Wieruszewski..........................................................................................58 INCREASED SIGNIFICANCE OF LOWER QUALITY WOOD IN DOMESTIC WOOD TRADE ......................58 Andrzej Pacana, Artur Woźny, Lucia Bednárová, Piotr Saja ..............................................................64 PROCEDURE PROJECT „FMEA ANALYSIS” FOR THE COMPANY MANUFACTURING FURNITURE ..........64 Małgorzata Sikora-Gaca ....................................................................................................................70 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMS AS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR TRANSPORT POLICY IN POLAND IN 2004-2006 AND 2007-2013. ANALYSIS OF COMPLETED PROJECTS AND PROJECTS IN PROGRESS ......................................................................................70 4 Intercathedra 32/4, 2016 Lidia Jabłońska-Porzuczek, Joanna Smoluk-Sikorska, Sławomir Kalinowski.....................................78 THE CONDITIONS OF COMPETITIVENESS IN THE CONFECTIONARY AND BAKERY INDUSTRY .............78 Marek Tabert.....................................................................................................................................86 IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY PROCESSES IN MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES .........86 Krzysztof Wołodkiewicz.....................................................................................................................97 A STUDENT GROUP IN THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING SMALL SOCIAL GROUPS ..............97 Agnieszka Ziomek, Michał Wesołek ................................................................................................101 THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESTRUCTURING POLICY FOR LOCAL LABOUR MARKETS - ANALYSIS BASED ON POLISH PERIPHERAL AREAS .......................................................................101 Przemysław Żukiewicz .....................................................................................................................108 POLISH RAILWAY POLICY – THEORETICAL BACKGROUND FOR A NEOINSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS .....108 Włodzimierz Popyk, Marek Tabert..................................................................................................115 INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF WOOD PROCESSING AND FURNITURE ENTERPRISES IN THE YEARS 2012-2015 ........................................................................................................115 Intercathedra 32/4, 2016 5 Dear Readers! Scientific Quarterly INTERCATHEDRA is the result of scientific, research and teaching cooperation of departments from Pozna ń, Zwole ń, Warsaw, Kraków, Olsztyn, Tarnów, Trnava, Zlin, Žilina, Košice, Zagreb, Brno, Prešov and other Polish and foreign scientific centres dealing with issues of economics, organisation, programming, management and marketing, especially, but not only, in arboriculture. No 32/4 contains articles ordered by the Editorial Board in the second part of 2016 year - approved for printing following reviewers’ positive opinions and necessary amendments. A overwhelming majority of published articles was presented and discussed in some scientific conferences. Scientific Quarterly INTERCATHEDRA are published under the auspices of IATM - International Association For Technology Management. The members of this scientific network volunteered to write their reviews, prepare materials for publication. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their contribution and dedication. Wojciech Lis 6 Intercathedra 32/4, 2016 Intercathedra 32/4, 2016 7 Emilia Grzegorzewska 1 REGIONAL DIVERSITY OF THE LEVEL OF INNOVATION IN POLISH SERVICE ENTERPRISES – THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION Abstract : The paper presents changes in the level of innovation in Polish service companies allowing for the regional division of the country. The article covers the scale of innovative activity and its influence on economic results of the analysed economic subjects. The effectiveness of these actions are evaluated on the basis of the share of revenues from sales of new or significantly improved products in total sales as well as financial outlays on innovative activity. The timeframe of the research comprised the years 2010-2014. Key words : innovation, service companies, regional diversity INTRODUCTION Companies’ innovation is an impulse for economic development of any country. As it follows from recent research by European Commission Poland ranks among the group of moderate innovators. However, more often than not in the analyses it is emphasised that the level of innovation in the country is not satisfying [Sacio-Szyma ńska 2011, Kasperkiewicz 2011, Taranko 2011, Piekut 2012, Nowak 2012, Gmurczyk 2014, Zadura – Lichota i in. 2015]. Poland’s far position in the ranking signifies that the home economy belongs to the least innovative economies in Europe. Economic growth is based on low labour costs, great domestic market and funds from the European Union. Taking into account the regional diversity one may observe similar tendencies in innovative activity of economic subjects.