Comparative analysis of the current approach of customers and SMEs from the V4 countries to pro- environmental improving products' quality

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2023/n3/14pacana.pdf" target="_blank" >https://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2023/n3/14pacana.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46544/AMS.v28i3.14" target="_blank" >10.46544/AMS.v28i3.14</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparative analysis of the current approach of customers and SMEs from the V4 countries to pro- environmental improving products' quality

Original language description

Modernizing the management of organisations and promoting the principles of sustainable development are increasingly desirable in the countries of the Visegrad Group. However, the challenge lies in determining a single, coherent direction for the organization's development to ensure it meets market requirements while simultaneously being environmentally friendly. Therefore, the purpose was to analyse current activities for quality and natural environment making by SMEs from the electromechanical industry from V4 countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) and current customers' satisfaction with the quality of environmentally friendly products. The method of research included survey research among SMEs in the electromechanical industry of V4 countries and their customers or potential customers. In the period from March to July 2023, a research sample of 1,078 respondents was obtained. The U-Mann-Whitney test was used to test the relationship, where the analyses were performed at the significance level of alpha=0,05. Based on the analysis, it was concluded that the current actions in the area of qualitative-environmental aspects of product improvement by mentioned enterprises are only slightly consistent with current customers' expectations. The originality of the research is that it determines the current direction of development of SMEs from the electromechanical industry from V4 countries with pro-ecological management of product quality, which will be in line with customers' requirements. The results from research can be useful for SMEs from V4 countries, which strive to continuously improve product quality according to the principles of sustainable development.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ACTA MONTANISTICA SLOVACA

ISSN

1335-1788

e-ISSN

1335-1788

Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

696-708

UT code for WoS article

001145998600006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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