Why are fixed assets not everything in building Industry 4.0? This is discussed in the 9th edition of the report by Bank PEKAO SA on the situation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises based on a study conducted among nearly 7,5 thousand Polish enterprises - including about six thousand micro, about 900 small and about 500 medium-sized enterprises. The special topic of this year's edition of the report is investments. The results regarding key areas in which enterprises should invest in both fixed assets and intangible assets to be able to effectively carry out the digital transformation of the company and the assessment of the level of advancement of digital transformation in SMEs were developed by DELab UW.
The pandemic will trigger an economic crisis, the scale and effects of which we are unable to assess. One thing is certain, however: this crisis will deepen the current changes in the labor market caused by digitalization processes: automation and platformization. These changes will hit especially hard those employees who perform routine and repetitive tasks. In the report, we seek answers to questions about the direction of changes in the labor market, threats to professionally active women, and actions that should be taken as soon as possible not only to mitigate the negative effects of the crisis, but also to use this moment to equalize women's opportunities on the labor market in the digital economy of the future. The publication was created as part of the Woman Update campaign.
Today, there is no need to convince anyone that digital transformation is inevitable and necessary. The pandemic crisis is changing the way companies operate, creating new work models, but also affecting our personal relationships. In this report, we present how technological progress affects our family life and why the competences of the future will be so important in the context of the safety and quality of life of ourselves and our loved ones. The report "Family of the Future" is based on the results of two representative surveys conducted by Smartscope on behalf of Nationale-Nederlanden and developed by DELab UW.
In the conditions of digital transformation, knowledge is becoming a key resource, and the key competence of people and organizations is the way and speed of its acquisition and use. In the labor market shaped by automation and platformization processes, such employees will find their place who, based on advanced cognitive, social and technical competences (including digital ones), will be able to adapt their skill profile to the rapidly changing expectations of employers. What role will universities play in acquiring competences of the future? What do students themselves say about their studies and what are their expectations? This is discussed in the DELab UW report prepared for the Polish Development Fund and Google.
- Authors:
- dr hab. Renata Włoch, prof. UW
- Dr. Habil. Katarzyna Śledziewska, prof. UW
- Satia Rożynek
- Dr. Joanna Mazur
- Lukasz Nawaro
Industry 4.0 is a complex process of technological and organizational transformation of enterprises, related to the change of the company's business model and the integration of the value chain in the entire product life cycle. The condition for this transformation is the advanced use of digital technologies and data resources in order to achieve business success and competitive advantage on the market. The use of digital technologies and a change in the company's strategy assume the possibility of profitable personalized production in response to individualized customer needs. The proposal of the tool for assessing digital maturity focuses on defining the basic symptoms of digital maturity in the context of the idea of Industry 4.0. Read the study prepared by the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology together with DELab UW and use the prototype of the tool for assessing the digital maturity of manufacturing enterprises.
In order to be able to talk about ideas for regulating the short-term rental sector, it is worth seeking answers to questions about the scale of short-term rentals in Warsaw, how many apartments are made available through the Airbnb platform, where these apartments are located, and whether it is possible to observe Airbnb's impact on the hotel sector and the apartment rental market. For this purpose, we were the first to undertake an in-depth study of this market in Warsaw. The study was conducted between March and June 2019 on behalf of the Economic Development Office of the Capital City of Warsaw. Its results allow for a precise definition of the challenges facing the city, as well as for indicating potential solutions to meet them.
The digital revolution is taking over more and more sectors of the economy and changing the working conditions of individual professional groups. Its impact is clearly visible in the taxi market and platforms that connect taxi drivers and passengers directly. The world's first taxi ordering app, mytaxi, is part of this revolution. In this report, we take a closer look at taxi drivers who use it in their work.
Polpharma is a leader in the Polish pharmaceutical industry, a major investor, innovator and a major company among the twenty largest manufacturers of generic drugs in the world. In the report, we analyze the reasons for its undoubted success and how they translate into the development of the Polish economy. We also indicate the most important challenges facing Polpharma and the Polish pharmaceutical sector.
- Authors:
- Dr. Habil. Katarzyna Śledziewska, prof. UW
- dr hab. Renata Włoch, prof. UW
- Collaborators:
- Dr. Habil. Jacek Lewkowicz
- Jakub Janiszewski
- Michal Palinski
New technologies are changing the functioning of the financial system, undermining the role of the bank that has been established over the past centuries. The expectations and needs of individual customers have changed, as they move freely on the web, are accustomed to a wide range of choices and demand careful treatment. The needs of digital companies have also changed, increasingly selling their – often digital – products via e-commerce on international markets and need innovative payment solutions. In order to maintain and expand their presence on the market, banks must undergo a thorough digital transformation, which requires internal restructuring and a change in thinking about the nature of a banker's work.
When preparing this report, we set ourselves several challenges – we wanted to bring to the surface thoughts and fears long hidden in conversations with loved ones, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say – suppressed attitudes, motivations accompanying facing the risk of developing breast cancer and its possible treatment. It is also an attempt to answer the question – how, in the face of unquestionable opinions of specialists, according to which cancer is the epidemic of the 21st century, to activate the so-called “oncological vigilance”? How to tame the possibility of diagnosis and abandon the irrational fear of preventive tests? And finally, how to encourage all of us to regular self-examinations, which – as scientific research proves – significantly contributes to detecting changes in the early stages of the disease. We also wanted to strengthen the message indicating to future generations, especially young women, the importance of regular tests (including monthly ones), thanks to which the therapy can have a different course, and the chances for a full recovery are significantly increased. Taking up this challenge – as representatives of the DELab UW research centre – we decided to illustrate important stories from the lives of patients, including those under the care of the OnkoCafe foundation. Our work was guided by a common goal. We really want preventive check-ups to gain a permanent, inviolable place in our consciousness and to be part of consistent thinking about the safety of ourselves and our loved ones. Because the good of the mother (or future mother) is also the good of the family. Time plays a key role in all activities aimed at the aforementioned “oncological vigilance”. With so many diagnostic tools at our disposal today, we cannot forget that breast cancer has no age limit. So let’s get tested
- Authors:
- dr hab. Renata Włoch, prof. UW
- Dr. Justyna Pokojska
- Collaborators:
- Catherine Mikiewicz
- Victoria Banska