Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) has been recently introduced as a therapeutic option for refractory cardiac arrest. Despite growing evidence demonstrating improved survival rate, a number of questions remains unanswered and data on cost-effectiveness are still insuffi cient. �...

This research provides useful insight into differences in the perception of signifi cance and the degree of fulfi llment of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) adoption between private and public sector organizations. The survey was conducted on a sampl...

Sharing knowledge among employees reduces the risk of losing unique knowledge, contributes to higher productivity and to higher quality, to better problem-solving, to reducing costs, and to organizational innovativeness. Knowledge sharing is driven by employee motivation for it. Nevertheless, motivati...

When a high-quality process is to be controlled by 100% inspection and yes-no decision is employed, several types of charts come into account, e.g. CCC, CCC-r or geometric CUSUM (CCC-CUSUM). The aim of the paper is to examine performance of these charts so that a suitable...

The main objective of the paper is to study the role of localisation and the urbanisation (or diversifi cation) economies in urban post-transition SEE, by constructing and analysing manufacturing specialisation and diversifi cation measures over the period 2006-2013. The second objective of&...

In this paper we examine effects of the QE related statements made by the FED on major equity indices in the US. We consider days, when announcements had been made, as events for the event-study. We approach this methodology with aim to calculate excess returns on pa...

The main aim of this paper was to examine the relationship between the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) international study results of 15 and 16 years-old pupils from 2015 and a set of socio-economic indicators (on a national level) such as governments’ expendi...

This article is focused on state or government investment into human capital and on investments into universities, which are supposed to lead to an increase in wages of individuals after fi nishing such education. That part of income of graduates which is exceeding incomes of&...

Currently, there is a fourth Industrial Revolution known as Industry 4.0. This industrialization is characterized by structural changes in the substitution of labour by new technologies and capital. The paper focuses on the industrial sector, which is dominant in the Czech Republic and&...

The profi tability analysis revealing factors infl uencing profi tability becomes a very helpful tool providing guidelines for managers in their short-term as well as strategic decision-making process. To take right decisions, managers need to analyse their fi nancial situation, especially i...

Despite the growing research on the effect of top management team gender diversity on company fi nancial performance, the results remain inconclusive. The theoretical framework guiding this study includes the upper echelons theory and critical mass theory. Under the upper echelons theory�...

Trade cooperation between European Union countries is based mainly on intra-industry trade, consisting in the simultaneous import and export of similar products belonging to the same industry (commodity group). The present study has investigated the country-specifi c determinants of intra-industry...

The selection of a suitable fi nancing alternative involves multifarious attributes that should be assessed to provide a basis foundation for decision-making. As an effective generation of intuitionistic fuzzy set and linguistic term, the intuitionistic linguistic set (ILS) has greater power ...

Long-distance transportation of passengers is usually performed by air and rail transport. The time and cost of the trip, as well as quality and variety of services and other economic criteria, strongly infl uence the choice of one of the competing transport facilities. The qu...