The impact of organizational learning on Polish SME market performance

• Autorzy: Ewa Baranowska-Prokop , Tomasz Sikora
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze impact of organizational learning (OL) on Polishsmall- or medium-sized enterprise (SME) performance. Results are based on interviews with owners andmanagers from two samples of Polish small- and medium-sized firms: a "pre-COVID-19" sample (thesurvey was conducted during May-July 2019) and a "COVID-19" sample (the survey was conducted duringDecember 2020-January 2021). The results based on the "pre-COVID-19" sample show partial support forthe hypothesis about a positive relationship between market performance and OL for Polish SMEs. Twoout of three measures of OL, i.e., the diversity of information sources and the commitment to learning,showed positive relationship with two aspects of market performance, i.e., the sales dynamics and theself-assessed success as compared with that of competitors. None of the OL measures have been correlatedwith the financial results. For the "COVID-19" sample, commitment to learning showed very weak positivecorrelations with both financial results and sales dynamics. These relationships were not confirmed whenother firms' characteristics had been included.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Corporation strategies; Small business; Studying

PL

Strategia przedsiębiorstwa; Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa; Uczenie się

• Czasopismo: International Journal of Management and Economics
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 59
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 137--149

Twórcy

autor

Ewa Baranowska-Prokop

• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

autor

Tomasz Sikora

• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2023-0003