{"title":"The Impact of Innovation on the Improvement of The Competitiveness of Banks – an Analysis of Case Studies","authors":"Karolina Anielak","doi":"10.18778/2082-4440.22.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18778/2082-4440.22.03","url":null,"abstract":"An analysis of the banking sector shows that innovation has become a key strategy for banks to strengthen their competitive position and the struggle to win customer base. Innovativeness is becoming more and more important and banks which do not adjust to this trend tend to lose their market share. Their numerous innovative activities and wide international recognition in that matter convinced the Author to focus on PKO BP, ING Bank, mBank, and Idea Bank to illustrate the research problem. The aim of the article is to show the impact of innovation on the competitiveness of banks. The article represents a broad discussion of the definition of the concept of competitiveness, the types of financial innovation, and an analysis of the indicators of efficiency of selected banks. It also links the relevant indicators of the introduced innovations.","PeriodicalId":281572,"journal":{"name":"Ekonomia Międzynarodowa","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114158856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mass Prestige brands – the end of traditional luxury brand marketing?","authors":"J. Pietrzak","doi":"10.18778/2082-4440.27.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18778/2082-4440.27.03","url":null,"abstract":"The luxury goods market is undergoing dramatic changes due to the fact that vast numbers of new consumers are gaining access to goods previously regarded as unobtainable. As a result, luxury is losing its elitist and exclusive character. The aim of this paper is to explore the changes in luxury brand marketing and to introduce the emergence of a new branding philosophy – Mass Prestige brands. The concept of Mass Prestige brands emerged as a response to luxury losing its elitist character, and it was intended to combine elements of luxury brand values perception with mass-market strategies. The key question of the discussion presented in this article is whether the values included in the luxury brand perception model fit Mass Prestige brand value perceptions, and if so, to what extent. Personal (“luxury for oneself”) and social (“luxury for others”) value dimensions of luxury brands were taken into consideration and confronted with the principles of Mass Prestige strategies. As a result, a modified version of the model was proposed that includes only the elements that are relevant to the buying motives of newly rich consumers seeking Mass Prestige brands.","PeriodicalId":281572,"journal":{"name":"Ekonomia Międzynarodowa","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130569885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}