Vol. 48 No. 4 (2020)

Although the issues are quite diverse, most of them assume that it is modern technology, good organization of management and organization of the work of a company or institution in the operational dimension that determine the increase in productivity and innovation of an organization, and ultimately the achievement of the outlined economic and social goals. The presented works were dominated by the diagnostic and decision-making approach, limited to selected areas of the company’s or institution’s activity. In the content of the publication, several research trends and threads can be distinguished, namely: the impact of digitization and Industry 4.0 on robotization and improvement of production processes and the use of Wearable Technologies in the company and society; analysis and evaluation of: innovative projects, brand competitiveness in the automotive industry, the effectiveness of taxation forms in the SME sector, prediction of discriminant analysis models, promoting physical activity among older people, as well as safety culture in the company.

The articles are the result of scientific work carried out as part of basic and implementation research, they contain a large amount of interesting cognitive and application-related information. In the articles, the reader can find several original theoretical approaches and observations of a practical nature. For these reasons, The Małopolska School of Economics in Tarnów Research Papers Collection may be an interesting and useful item for both theoreticians of economics and finance, ergonomics, organization and management, as well as students and practitioners.

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