We present to you the 52nd edition of the” Journal of Management and Financial Sciences”. In this latest installment of our journal, we continue our commitment to providing a platform for cutting-edge research, innovative ideas, and insightful perspectives in the fields of management, finance and economics. This edition features a diverse array of articles and case studies, each offering valuable insights and analysis on a wide range of topics including strategic management, drug development projects, the COVID–19 pandemic and medical workers, AI, strategic information and social adaptation.
The first article by Dawid Pytel and Justyna M. Bugaj delves into the critical role of strategic management in the context of cinema chains, aiming to identify the key strategic elements that influence their development and operation. This study makes a meaningful contribution to the discourse on strategic management within the entertainment sector, offering practical insights for decision-makers in cinema chains.
Magdalena Marciniak and Paweł Cabała in their paper develop a categorization of drug development projects based on the identified determinants of project management at various
stages of the drug development process. The authors assert that the factors influencing the success of drug development project management are diverse and depend on the level of advancement of research work.
Aleksandra Czarnecka and Anna Albrychiewicz-Słocińska examined how the environment of medical workers changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study focuses on presenting
the results of research carried out during the pandemic on a group of medical workers regarding the psychosocial aspects of a safe work environment.
Piotr Sliż and Beata Jackowska primarily aimed at increasing the knowledge of ambidexterity and its various forms of achievement by exploring the potential of Al in the Business Process Management (BPM) context. This paper presents the results of a study conducted among 340 large and medium-sized service enterprises in Poland. The main objective of this research is to identify the characteristics of service enterprises associated with the maturity level of AI implementation, including examining the importance of the ambidexterity approach.
The aim of the next article by Michał Baran is to establish a general framework of the current scientific discourse on strategic information and its systemic processing based on a review of the latest scientific publications and the identification of key threads.
In the last paper Katarzyna Gadomska-Lila and Anna Ścibior-Butrym aim to identify the importance of psychological safety of Ukrainian refugee women in the process of social
adaptation, in order to develop entrepreneurship in this group. The manuscript presents the results of exploratory research in the form of focus group interviews.
We invite you, our readers, to explore the pages of this latest edition with curiosity and enthusiasm. Whether you are a seasoned scholar, a budding researcher, a practicing professional, or a student eager to learn, we believe you will find valuable insights and inspiration within these pages.
We wish you pleasant reading.
Joanna Wielgórska-Leszczyńska
Chair of the Scientific Council and Dean of the Faculty
Michał Matusewicz,
Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council and Vice-Dean of the Faculty