The staff of the Innovation Management Unit focus on a wide range of issues related to innovation. The current research and activities of the Unit include entrepreneurship and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises, technological strategies of firms, research and development activities of transnational corporations, technology transfer, collaboration between enterprises and innovation support institutions, sources of competitive advantage for enterprises, and management in the public sector. The Unit was established in 2013 from the transformation of the Department of Innovation Management, founded in 1996.
- prof. dr hab. Krystyna Poznańska - Kierownik ZZI
prof. dr hab. Krystyna Poznańska
Head of Innovation Management Unit
She graduated from the University of Economics in Krakow and completed her doctoral studies at the Main School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (now SGH). From 1983 to 1997, she worked at Jagiellonian University. Since October 1, 1997, she has been working at the Warsaw School of Economics. She specializes in issues related to entrepreneurship and business innovation. She conducts lectures and scientific research in these areas. She is the author of over 250 publications in her main areas of scientific interest.
Major Achievements
- Golden Cross of Merit (2017)
- Medal of the National Education Commission (2022)
- Award of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for scientific activity (2006)
- 9 Rector’s Awards from SGH and 8 Rector’s Awards from Jagiellonian University for scientific research and organizational activities.
Education
- 2016, Professor of Economic Sciences
- 1999, Habilitated Doctor of Economic Sciences, Warsaw School of Economics, College of Business Administration
- 1986, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Main School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw, Faculty of Production Economics
- 1977, Master’s Degree, University of Economics in Krakow, Faculty of Production Economics.
Internships
- Universities: Hamburg, Leipzig, Bochum, Nuremberg, Bonn, Vienna University of Economics and Business.
- dr hab. Jacek Wysocki, prof. SGH
dr hab. Jacek Wysocki, prof. SGH
He has been a Professor in the Innovation Management Unit since 2020. He earned his PhD in Economic Sciences in the discipline of Management Sciences at KNOP SGH in 2007, and his habilitation in Social Sciences in the discipline of Management and Quality Sciences was awarded by the SGH Senate in 2019. He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications, a scientific editor, and a reviewer in scientific journals. He has business experience, having been associated for many years with the banking sector and the consulting services sector.
Positions held
- Supervisor of student internships in the Management program at SGH (Bachelor’s and Master’s levels).
- Head of Postgraduate Studies in Preparation and Evaluation of Investment and Innovation Projects at SGH.
- Supervisor of the interdisciplinary specialization “Innovation Management”.
- Scientific Secretary of the Quarterly Journal of Business Sciences (published by KNOP SGH).
- Member of the Scientific Society of Praxeology.
Major Achievements
- Award for scientific activity at SGH and the second-degree team award of the Rector of SGH for an academic textbook.
- He has conducted courses and trainings organized by PONT Info Ltd., the Privatization Center, the Ministry of Finance, UNIDO, the Training Center for Common Court and Prosecutor’s Office Staff.
- dr Kamil M. Kraj
dr Kamil M. Kraj
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Enterprise - the Innovation Management Unit. He graduated from the Warsaw School of Economics (2003) and Kielce University of Technology (2000). He obtained a PhD in Management Sciences at the Collegium of Management and Finance, Warsaw School of Economics in March 2007.
His research areas include: innovation management, Intellectual Property (IP) management, technology entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship and international business.
Major Achievements
- the Rector’s Award for an academic achievement (the 2nd degree Award for the scientific publication) received in 2016.
- Member of the steering committees (rank: Secretary) that were managing two pioneering scholarship projects addressed to the doctoral students at the Warsaw School of Economics: „Weź stypendium – dla rozwoju” (2010-2013) and „Stypendia – dla nauki, dla rozwoju, dla Mazowsza” (2012-2015), which were financed from the EU funds under the Human Capital Operational Programme.
- An author of a study on corporate R&D centres in Poland, which was prepared in 2008 for the Institute of Economic Sciences, the Polish Academy of Sciences (as a contribution to the National Foresight Programme “Poland 2020”).
- mgr Jan M. Janiszewski
mgr Jan M. Janiszewski
His research interests focus on business improvement using the concept of continuous improvement, particularly lean management. He has participated in conferences and benchmarking visits related to the implementation of lean management both domestically and abroad (Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan). He managed a hospital expansion project in Tanzania. He completed a research scholarship at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a member of the Polish Production Management Association and the Lean Management Poland Association.
Major Achievements
- Collaboration in the establishment of the SGH Doctoral School
- Member of the team for the implementation of the HRS4R Strategy and OTM-R policy – member of the initial team developing the assumptions and preparing the university for implementation
- Initiation and organization of the first National Doctoral Conferences at SGH: Scientific Conference “Economic Sciences in the Light of Research by Doctoral Students and Young Scientists” – December 17, 2018; Scientific Conference “Economics and Finance and Management and Quality Sciences in the Light of Research by Young Scientists” – December 16, 2019.
Internships
- University of Technology Sydney, research scholarship, February 10, 2020 – February 21, 2020.