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Włodzimierz Krzysztof Sroka (born August 15, 1967, in Bolesław, Poland) is a Polish economist and manager, associate professor of strategic management at the University of Dąbrowa Górnicza.

Career
A graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice, he earned his PhD in economics in 1999 at the Faculty of Management of the same university, based on the thesis entitled Strategic alliances as a form of cooperation in a global environment. In 2012 he received his habilitation degree in the same discipline at the University of Žilina on the basis of the thesis entitled Management as the key success factor of alliance networks.

Since 1999 he has been associated with the University of Dąbrowa Gornicza, from 1999 to 2012 as an assistant professor and subsequently as an associate professor at the Department of Management. Between 2013 and 2014, he held the position of Vice Rector for Science. The primary area of his scientific interest is strategic management, with particular emphasis on inter-organizational cooperation, CSR and business ethics.

He has also held various managerial positions at several companies since 1996. He was a specialist, chief specialist, head of department, director and then a member of the Board and deputy general manager for restructuring and development at Huta Katowice SA (1992-2002); Vice President of the Board of HK Stal Service (2003-2006); Vice President of the Board and Managing Director of KEM Profil (2006-2007); and Vice President and then President of the Board at RAPZ (since 2008). He has also served as a member of the Supervisory Boards at several companies, including, among others, Huta Bankowa (Vice Chairman, 1999-2002); HK GKI (Chairman, 2002-2003); Sentel (Chairman, 2003-2005); and WRA (Vice Chairman, 2008).

He is the senior editor of the “European Journal of International Management” ; Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Forum Scientiae Oeconomia" ; and a member of the Editorial Board of "Organizacija" He is also a member of the Scientific Councils of the following journals: "Engineering Management in Production and Services"; "Marketing of Research and Scientific Institutions" ; and "Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas. Zarządzanie".

Selected publications

 * W. Sroka, Sieci aliansów. Poszukiwanie przewagi konkurencyjnej poprzez współpracę, PWE, Warszawa 2012, ISBN 978-83-208-1980-9.
 * W. Sroka, Š. Hittmár, Management of Alliance Networks: Formation, Functionality And Post-Operational Strategies, Springer Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-34245-5
 * J. Cygler, W.Sroka, Structural Pathologies In Inter-Organizational Networks And Their Consequences, „Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences”, 110: 52-63, 2014.
 * W. Sroka W., J.Cygler, B.Gajdzik, The Transfer of Knowledge in Intra-Organizational Networks: A Case Study Analysis, „Organizacija”, 47(1), 24-34, 2014.
 * W. Sroka, Š. Hittmár (red.): Management of Network Organizations. Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-17346-7.
 * J. Cygler, W. Sroka, The Boundaries of Coopetition: A Case Study of Polish Companies Operating in the High-Tech Sector [w:] J. Ateljević, J. Trivić, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies Springer Verlag, 2016, s. 253-269. ISBN 978-3-319-28855-0.
 * W. Sroka, Š.Hittmár, J.Kurowska-Pysz (red.), New Trends in Management and Production Engineering – Regional, Cross-Border and Global Perspectives, Shaker Verlag, 2016
 * W. Sroka W., J. Vveinhardt, Nepotism and favoritism in the steel sector: are these phenomena prevalent? Proceedings of the 5th International Scientific Conference “Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability” (IMES 2017), 25-26 May 2017, Prague

Awards

 * Komisja Edukacji Narodowej Medal (2013).

Career
Joanna Cygler graduated from Warsaw School of Economics (WSE) in 1991. In 1999, she earned her Ph.D. in management (also WSE) in management for the thesis Zmiany zachodzące w pozycji i strategii rynkowej oraz systemie zarządzania przedsiębiorstw polskich pod wpływem aliansów strategicznych z partnerami zagranicznymi (The influence of strategic alliances with foreign partners on position, market strategy and management systems of Polish companies), for which she also received the Karol Adamiecki Award in 2000. In 2009, following her thesis ''Kooperencja przedsiębiorstw. Czynniki sektorowe i korporacyjne (Coopetition: sectoral and corporate factors''), she received her habilitation. It was published under the same title and and recognized in the 9th edition of the best habilitation competition organized by the Committee of Organization and Management Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). From 1995–1996, she studied as a Fulbright Scholar at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA

From 1991–2016, Joanna Cygler served on the faculty in WSE’s Department of Management in successive roles of assistant, assistant professor, and professor. In 2016, she was appointed Head of the Management Systems Department within the WSE Human Capital Institute. Her courses were consistently among the highest rated in the annual WSE students' TOP TEN ranking. She also teaches Executive MBA courses at the PAN Institute of Economic Sciences.

Alongside her teaching and academic leadership, Professor Cygler served as Director of Research at the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency from 2002-2003, followed by her work as an expert in the International Bureau at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland through 2005. She then served as commercial and economic counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Mexico. . In 2016, she was appointed Director’s Proxy for Scientific Development at the Institute of Aviation in Warsaw.

Professor Cygler is a member of the Programme Board of Instytut Innowacyjna Gospodarka in Warsaw, and an expert in Inteligentny Rozwój Program at the Ministry of Development , and Związek Pracodawców Warszawy i Mazowsza.

Professor Cygler also serves on editorial boards of Engineering Management in Production and Services, Forum Scientiae Oeconomia , ''Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas. Zarządzanie, and Marketing Instytucji Badawczych i Naukowych.''.

Selected publications

 * J. Cygler, W. Sroka, The Boundaries of Coopetition: A Case Study of Polish Companies Operating in the High-Tech Sector [in:] J. Ateljević, J. Trivić, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies Springer, 2016, pp. 253–269. ISBN 978-3-319-28855-0.
 * J. Cygler, Structural Pathology in Inter-organizational Networks and the Decision-Making Autonomy of Its Members [in:] W. Sroka, Š. Hittmár, Management of Network Organizations, Springer, 2015, pp. 181–195. ISBN 978-3-319-17346-7.
 * J. Cygler (ed.), Wymiana gospodarcza Polski Wschodniej z krajami byłego ZSRR i ryzyka z tym związane, Warszawa, Związek Pracodawców Warszawy i Mazowsza, 2015, ISBN 978-83-64159-01-5.
 * J. Cygler, M. Aluchna, E. Marciszewska, M.K. Witek-Hajduk, G. Materna, Kooperencja przedsiębiorstw w dobie globalizacji. Wyzwania strategiczne, uwarunkowania prawne, Warszawa, Wolters Kluwer Polska, 2013, ISBN 978-83-264-4360-2.
 * J. Cygler, Guanxi – chińska koncepcja sieci, "Przegląd Organizacji". no 6, pp. 14–18, 2011.
 * J. Cygler, Kooperencja przedsiębiorstw. Czynniki sektorowe i korporacyjne, Warszawa, Oficyna Wydawnicza Szkoły Głównej Handlowej, 2009, ISBN 978-83-7378-421-5.
 * J. Cygler, Alianse strategiczne, Warszawa: Difin, 2002, ISBN 83-7251-223-X.
 * J. Cygler, Organizacje sieciowe jako forma współdziałania przedsiębiorstw [in:] M. Romanowska, M. Trocki, Przedsiębiorstwo partnerskie, Warszawa: Difin, 2002, pp. 147–160. ISBN 83-7251-265-5

Awards

 * Silver Cross of Merit (2011).