1st Edition
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation 4.0
Sustainability, Technology and Innovation 4.0 is a holistic perception and analysis of innovation at the level of public organisations, innovation in industry and innovation in HR. Its chapters collectively present a thesis that Innovation 4.0 signals a technological revolution that has the opportunity to prevent environmental degradation and, in particular, to stop climate warming, the effects of which may disrupt the process of sustainable development.
Uniquely, this edited book offers a comprehensive and multi-faceted examination of Innovation 4.0, fulfilling methodical, empirical and utilitarian goals. The methodological objective is to present tools that allow the identification, analysis and assessment of the relationship between Innovation 4.0 and inspiration that will carry society towards a new economic and social order. Its empirical aim is to enable the analysis and evaluation of the role of public organisations, innovation in industry and innovation in HR in the process of building sustainable development of the global environment. The book’s utilitarian goal is a recommendation for global organisations of Innovation 4.0 as an instrument to stimulate an innovative economy.
This is a high-level research book aimed at postgraduates, MBA students, researchers and academics from business colleges and universities, and may also provide a valuable strategic perspective for business executives.
INTRODUCTION
Zbigniew Makieła and Magdalena M. Stuss
INNOVATIONS IN PUBLIC SECTOR
Chapter 1
Innovative University 4.0, the Academic Entrepreneur in an Innovative University
Zbigniew Makieła
Chapter 2
The Impact of Innovation 4.0 on Higher Education
Agnieszka Herdan
INNOVATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Chapter 3
Prerequisites of innovativeness of Industry 4.0
Zbigniew Makieła and Tomasz Kusio
Chapter 4
Economic and Institutional Aspects of Industry 4.0 in Poland
Rafał Wisła and Michał Włodarczyk
Chapter 5
Challenges for the Development of the Principles of Industry 4.0 in the Context of Occupational Security and Safety - Selected Conditions
Jolanta Maroń
REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Chapter 6
Regional Innovation on the Example of Małopolska
Tomasz Kusio
Chapter 7
Transformation in the Management of Municipal Space in the Age of Industrial Revolution 4.0.: From Building Infrastructure to Creating a Friendly Business Space
Jerzy Rosiński
SME INNOVATIONS
Chapter 8
Innovation 4.0 in Developing SME Strategy
Joanna Dzieńdziora and Małgorzata Smolarek
Chapter 9
Open Innovations in the Hotel Chain: A New Value Chain Co-Created with Clients - Seniors, Key Hotel Stakeholders. The Poland Case Study.
Mieczysław Morawski and Urszula Bąkowska-Morawska
HUMAN INNOVATION
Chapter 10
Human Resource Management 4.0
Izabela Stańczyk and Magdalena M. Stuss
Chapter 11
Competencies in Times of Innovation 4.0
Aneta Kuźniarska
KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION
Chapter 12
Ecological Innovations
Agnieszka Thier
Chapter 13
Knowledge and Innovation 4.0 in Today's Electromobility
Radosław Miśkiewicz
QUALITY IN INNOVATION
Chapter 14
Innovation 4.0 – on the Path to Modernity, Higher Effectiveness and Quality
Ryszard Borowiecki and Barbara Siuta-Tokarska
Chapter 15
Shareholder in creating the value of IT sector companies by shaping organizational culture in the context of the digital economy
Katarzyna Szczepańska- Woszczyna, Wojciech Muras and Marta Pikiewicz
Chapter 16
Evolution of Management towards Innovation 4.0 during COVID-19 Pandemic
Zbigniew Olesiński and Agnieszka Rzepka
Biography
Zbigniew Makieła is a Professor at the oldest Polish university, Jagiellonian University, and is the Head of the Organisation and Management Department. A member of the Polish Economic Society and the Polish Academy of Sciences of Kraków, he is a Polish economist specialising in innovation management and entrepreneurship.
Magdalena M. Stuss is an Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University. She is also a coordinator and supervisor within the frameworks of international programmes for students. Magdalena has written and participated in writing more than 100 scientific dissertations (scientific monographs, chapters and articles). She has participated in 37 research projects, both domestic and international, and conducted lectures, as well as scientific research in nine foreign universities.
Ryszard Borowiecki is a Professor and an honoris causa doctor of several universities. He is a research worker in the Faculty of Applied Sciences of Akademia WSB in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. He is the author, co-author and editor of almost 600 scientific publications concerning functioning, privatisation, restructuring and the valuation of business entities. His scientific interests also cover areas such as economic analysis and diagnosis, strategic and operational management, entrepreneurship, innovativeness and the globalisation of business units.
