Efficiency in Business and Economics: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Efficiency as a Source of the Wealth of Nations (ESWN), Wrocław 2017

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
 Factors Affecting the Internal Audit Effectiveness: A Survey of the Polish Private and Public Sectors  (Piotr Bednarek)....Pages 1-16
 Measuring Social Effectiveness of Public Institutions: A Contribution to Methodology  (Marie Bohatá, Monika Bédiová, Andrea Cebáková, Anna Putnová, Martina Rašticová)....Pages 17-24
 Does High IPO Valuation Benefit Investors?  (Bogumiła Brycz, Tadeusz Dudycz, Michał J. Kowalski)....Pages 25-37
 CEO Succession in the Polish Capital Market in 2000–2015  (Katarzyna Byrka-Kita, Mateusz Czerwiński, Agnieszka Preś-Perepeczo, Tomasz Wiśniewski)....Pages 39-56
 The Absorptive Capacity of a Finance Company as an Efficiency Factor of Its Pro-technology Innovation Activities  (Waldemar Glabiszewski, Maciej Zastempowski)....Pages 57-69
 Financial Microeconometrics as Research Methodology in Corporate Finance and Accounting  (Marek Gruszczyński)....Pages 71-80
 The Empirical Study of the Efficiency of the Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on National Currency  (Oksana A. Karpenko, Daria P. Karpova, Elena M. Grigorieva, Elena V. Savenkova, Andrey V. Guirinskiy)....Pages 81-87
 How Can Firms Appropriate Their Investments in Innovation Activities?  (Tomasz Kijek)....Pages 89-98
 Interdependence Between Value Drivers and Value Migration Processes: Evidence from Warsaw Stock Exchange  (Michał J. Kowalski, Łukasz Biliński)....Pages 99-118
 Remodeling of FLIEM: The Cash Management in Polish Small and Medium Firms with Full Operating Cycle in Various Business Environments  (Grzegorz Michalski, Małgorzata Rutkowska-Podołowska, Adam Sulich)....Pages 119-132
 Tender Bids Evaluation in the Context of Value-Based Management  (Paweł Mielcarz, Dmytro Osiichuk, Ryszard Owczarkowski)....Pages 133-144
 Raw Material as a Resource Implying Effectiveness of Product Innovations: Attempt to Assess the Selected Implementation  (Bogdan Nogalski, Przemysław Niewiadomski)....Pages 145-158
 Institutions and Entrepreneurial Environment in Visegrad Four Countries and Finland  (Frantisek Okruhlica, Marian Holienka)....Pages 159-174
 A Random Walk of Stock Prices in Visegrad Group: Efficient Market Hypothesis  (Yagmur Saglam, Gulcin Guresci)....Pages 175-185
 Performance Measurement and Financial Results in Polish Enterprises: Empirical Evidence  (Wanda Skoczylas, Piotr Waśniewski)....Pages 187-201
 The Risk of Growth Failure of the SME Sector Companies Operating in the Shadow Economy  (Edward Stawasz, Daniel Stos)....Pages 203-218
 Implementation of CSR Principles in HR Management in Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Pomerania Euroregion: A Comparative Analysis  (Grażyna Wolska, Agnieszka Bretyn)....Pages 219-241
 Implications of Systems and Linear Thinking for Meeting Logistics Needs of Customers  (Sławomir Wyciślak)....Pages 243-256
 Effective Organizational Communication: The Results of Empirical Studies in Poland  (Magdalena Zalewska-Turzyńska)....Pages 257-272
 Independent Economic Regulation for Efficient and Fair Business: Case Study of Utilities Sector in Slovakia  (Daniela Zemanovicova, Marian Holienka)....Pages 273-291
 Towards Reporting for Sustainable Development  (Anna Zgrzywa-Ziemak)....Pages 293-309