PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka

SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Research and didactic empoyee

So far, research interests have focused on the issue of ownership transformations of state-owned enterprises, and in particular on employee-owned companies established as a result of giving a state-owned enterprise for the use against payment as a part of direct privatization. A new area of theoretical and empirical research is the impact of corporate sustainability performance in the social, environmental and corporate governance dimensions on the financial performance of a company.

Research topics:

  • The impact of sustianability performance of companies on their financial performance and efficiency assessment
  • The economic and financial condition and efficiency of employee-owned companies
  • The structure and concentration of ownership in companies using state-owned enterprises against payment
  • Investment and social commitments in employee-owned companies
  • Financing sources for business activity of employee-owned companies
  • The debt and the ability of companies using state–owned enterprises against payment to service of the debt towards the State Treasury
  • The role and importance of employee-owned companies in the privatization process of Polish state-owned enterprises
  • The implementation of employee ownership in Poland and in European countries
  • Legal conditions of creation and functioning of employee-owned companies in the privatization process of Polish state-owned enterprises

Classes:

  • Fundamentals of international business
  • Enterprise theories
  • Strategies of sustainable business (classes conducted in English)
  • Management (classes conducted in Polish and English)
  • Asset management
  • Corporate finance
  • Financing the development of the enterprise
  • Economic analysis
  • Cost accounting
  • Controlling (classes conducted in Polish and English)
  • Methods of evaluating economic projects
  • Economics and organization of the enterprise
  • Restructuring of business activity
  • Ownership transformations of enterprises
  • Logistics management
  • Evaluation of the financial condition of a logistics company
  • Economic and financial analysis of logistics processes
  • Logistics strategies of enterprises
  • A company on a competitive market

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Performed functions:

2021–still: coordinator of teaching programs in the field of International Finance and Business

2020: chairman of the University Recruitment Committee

2008-2017: planner and controller of the teaching hours realization at the Department of Business Analysis and Strategy

2015: organizer of workshops as part of the Festival of Science, Technology and Art

2013, 2012, 2007: member of the Organizing Committee of Scientific Conference titled ‘An enterprise on the capital market’

2006: secretary of the Faculty Recruitment Commission


INTERESTS

Scientific projects:

1.Subject of the project: Sustainability performance of Polish companies and their financial performance and efficiency (B2211200002277.02)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2022

2.Subject of the project: The impact of sustainability performance of a company on its financial performance and efficiency assessment (B2111200002256.02)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2021

3.Subject of the project: Financial strategies of companies using state-owned enterprises against payment (B2011200002191.02)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2020

4.Subject of the project: The economic and financial standing of companies using state-owned enterprises against payment (B1711200001658.02)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2017-2018

5.Subject of the project: Social commitments towards the State Treasury of companies using state-owned enterprises against payment (B1611200001217.02)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2016

6.Subject of the project: The debt towards the State Treasury of companies using assets of state-owned enterprises for a consideration (B1511200000821.02)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2015

7.Subject of the project: Evaluation criteria and measures of the ability of companies using state-owned enterprises against payment to service of liabilities towards the State Treasury (545/1338)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka PhD

Project duration: 2014

8.Subject of the project: The ability of employee–owned companies to service of liabilities towards the State Treasury on account of paid using a state-owned enterprise (545/1026)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka MA

Duration of the project: 2013

9.Subject of the project: Employee-owned companies in the process of ownership transformations of state-owned enterprises (545/630)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: own research of young scientists

Executor of the project: Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka MA

Project duration: 2012

10.Subject of the project: Strategies of the profit distribution in public joint-stock companies (505/658)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: team research

Executors of the project: principal investigator – Prof. Jan Duraj, co-investigators –Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka MA, Aleksandra Pieloch MA, Artur Sajnóg MAProject duration: 2007

11.Subject of the project: The state and financial strategies of the development of commercial partnerships in Poland (505/617)

The financing institution: University of Lodz

Type of the project: team research

Executors of the project: principal investigator – Prof. Jan Duraj, co-investigators – Lidia Karbownik MA, Agnieszka Matuszewska-Pierzynka MA

Project duration: 2006

ACHIEVEMENTS

Recent publications:

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., What actions should the corporation take so that "care for the natural environment" does not become just a declaration?, [in:]„M. Burchard-Dziubińska (ed.), W poszukiwaniu zielonego ładu, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2022, pp. 91-111, DOI: doi.org/10.18778/8220-870-2.05, https://dspace.uni.lodz.pl/xmlui/handle/11089/43839

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., Relationship between corporate sustainability performance and corporate financial performance – evidence from U.S. companies, Equilibrium, Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy No. 4/2021 (16), pp. 885-906, DOI: 10.24136/eq.2021.033, http://economic-research.pl/Journals/index.php/eq/article/view/1931/1823

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., Productivity effects of corporate sustainability performance (CSP) in the largest U.S. companies, [in:] Balcerzak A.P., Pietrzak M.B. (ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applied Economics Contemporary Issues in Economy: Quantitative Methods, Instytut Badań Gospodarczych, Olsztyn 2021, pp. 122-132, DOI: 10.24136/eep.proc.2021.4, http://economic-research.pl/Books/index.php/eep/catalog/view/86/88/123-1

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., The efficiency measure based on corporate sustainability performance as a criterion for the classification of companies, [in:] Nesterak J., Ziębicki B. (ed.), Knowledge–Economy–Society. Business development in digital economy and covid-19 crisis, Instytut Ekonomiczny Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa 2021, pp. 209-221, https://cmq.uek.krakow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/01_KNOWLEDGE-ECONOMY-SOCIETY.pdf

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., The comparative analysis for gross domestic product of China and ASEAN member states, [in:] Rosińska-Bukowska M., Zielińska-Lont K. (ed.), Asia’s global expansion: business and financial aspects, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2020, pp. 89-109, DOI: 10.18778/8142-990, https://wydawnictwo.uni.lodz.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Rosinska-Bukowska_Zielinska-Lont_Asias-global-.pdf

Publications related to the issue of employee-owned companies:

Monography

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., The debt of companies using assets of state-owned enterprises for a consideration towards the State Treasury, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2015, https://wydawnictwo.uni.lodz.pl/produkt/zadluzenie-spolek-kapitalowych-odplatnie-korzystajacych-z-majatku-przedsiebiorstw-panstwowych-wobec-skarbu-panstwa/

Articles

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., The differentiation of economic efficiency within employee-owned companies, Studia Prawno-Ekonomiczne Vol 114/2020, pp. 313-332, DOI: 10.26485/SPE/2020/114/1, http://journals.ltn.lodz.pl/index.php/Studia-Prawno-Ekonomiczne/article/view/826/742

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Productivity effects of the ownership concentration in Polish employee-owned companies, Equilibrium, Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy No. 4/2018 (13), pp. 761-778, DOI: 10.24136/eq.2018.038, http://economic-research.pl/Journals/index.php/eq/article/view/1131/1123

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Concentration of ownership and profitability of assets in employee-owned companies, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis, Folia Oeconomica No. 1/2017 (327), pp. 41-57, DOI: 10.18778/0208-6018.327.03, http://dspace.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/22385/0_3_%5b41%5d-57_Matuszewska-Pierzynka.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Specificity of social commitments in employee-owned companies, Przegląd Organizacji No. 5/2017, pp. 23-30, http://www.przegladorganizacji.pl/przeglad-organizacji-52017/rocznik-2017

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The Differentiation of return on sales in employee-owned ompanies, Finanse, Rynki Finansowe, Ubezpieczenia, Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego No. 4/2016 (82) part 1, pp. 145-157, DOI: 10.18276/frfu.2016.4.82/1-12, https://wneiz.pl/nauka_wneiz/frfu/82-2016/FRFU-82-cz1-145.pdf

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Wage pressure in empoyee-owned companies, Studia Ekonomiczne, Zeszyty Naukowe Wydziałowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach No. 263/2016, pp. 103-117, https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/247334/edition/233952/content?ref=desc

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Social commitments in employee-owned companies, Studia Ekonomiczne, Zeszyty Naukowe Wydziałowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach No. 282/2016, pp. 94-110, https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/271074/edition/256434/content?ref=desc

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Capital-ownership forming conditions of employee-owned companies in Poland, Studia Prawno-Ekonomiczne Vol 96/2015, pp. 273-286, http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-8a9c5e93-c9f4-44f7-9d48-276dde28f48c

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Credits and loans as the source of financing for business activity of employee-owned companies, Oeconomia Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska No. 4/2015 (49), pp. 381-390, DOI: 10.17951/h.2015.49.4.381, https://journals.umcs.pl/h/article/view/669/1701

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Net profit distribution policy in companies using state-owned enterprises against payment, Oeconomia Copernicana No. 2/2015 (6), pp. 89-107, DOI: 10. 12775/OeC.2015.014, http://economic-research.pl/Journals/index.php/oc/article/view/175/143

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Restrictions on the transferability of shares/stocks in employee-owned companies, Zarządzanie i Finanse No. 1/2015 (13), pp. 181-198, http://zif.wzr.pl/pim/2015_1_11.pdf

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The debt and investments in companies using state-owned enterprises against payment, [in:] Łukasik G., Zadora H. (ed.), Finanse – Problemy – Decyzje 2014, Studia Ekonomiczne, Zeszyty Naukowe Wydziałowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach No. 198/2014 part 2, pp. 36-46, https://www.sbc.org.pl/dlibra/publication/153801/edition/144536/content?ref=desc

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The concentration of the property and the debt in companies using state–owned enterprises against payment, [in:] Zarzecki D. (ed.), Zarządzanie finansami. Efektywność inwestycji i wycena przedsiębiorstwa, Finanse, Rynki finansowe, Ubezpieczenia, Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego No. 66/2014 (803), pp. 375-393, http://www.wneiz.pl/nauka_wneiz/frfu/66-2014/FRFU-66-375.pdf

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., Investment commitments of employee–owned companies, Przegląd Organizacji No. 6/2014, pp. 41-48, http://www.przegladorganizacji.pl/przeglad-organizacji-nr-62014/rocznik-20142

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The employee ownership in European countries, Zarządzanie i Finanse No. 2/2013 part 6, pp. 388-402, http://zif.wzr.pl/pim/2013_2_6_27.pdf

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The evaluation of the return on equity based on the growth of retained profits, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Instrumenty kształtowania dochodowości i rentowności przedsiębiorstwa, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis, Folia Oeconomica No. 278/2013, pp. 79-95, http://dspace.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/5577/06-matuszewska.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The scale of the employee share ownership among the largest European companies, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Instrumenty i sposoby zarządzania kapitałem przedsiębiorstwa, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis, Folia Oeconomica No. 267/2012, pp. 95-105, http://repozytorium.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/1768/95-107%20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., PapiernikWojdera M., The postal services market in Poland before the full liberalization, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Prace z zakresu ekonomiki i zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis, Folia Oeconomica No. 256/2011, pp. 25-56, http://dspace.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/722/25-56.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The interest on the unpaid part of privatized state-owned enterprise value, [in:] Zarzecki D. (ed.), Zarządzanie finansami. Analiza finansowa i zarządzanie ryzykiem, Finanse, Rynki finansowe, Ubezpieczenia, Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego No. 26/2010, pp. 279-289, http://bazekon.icm.edu.pl/bazekon/element/bwmeta1.element.ekon-element-000171246325?q=bwmeta1.element.ekon-element-7c11b3c3-12e1-35c5-b3a1-52b332b75c77;24&qt=CHILDREN-STATELESS

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The place of employee–owned companies in the privatization process of Polish state–owned enterprises, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Prace z zakresu ekonomiki i zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis, Folia Oeconomica No. 236/2010, pp. 159-176, http://dspace.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/377/159-176.pdf?sequence=1

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., PapiernikWojdera M., Ownership Transformations of State–owned Enterprises with Special Consideration of Direct Privatisation in Poland in the Years 2004–2008, [in:] Walczak-Duraj D., Duraj J. (ed.), Socio–economic Aspects of Small and Medium–sized Enterprises’ Activities, Comparative Economic Research Central and Eastern Europe No. 5/2010 (13), pp. 67-85, DOI: 10.2478/v10103-010-0004-9, http://dspace.uni.lodz.pl:8080/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/8252/v10103-010-0004-9.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Employee stock ownership in the privatization process of Polish state-owned companies, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Prace z zakresu ekonomiki i zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, Acta Universitatis Lodziensis, Folia Oeconomica No. 220/2008, pp. 143-162, http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.ekon-element-000171195245

Chapters

Matuszewska-Pierzynka A., The debt of employee-owned companies in Poland, [in:] Pietrucha J., Pasionek J. (ed.), Trzydzieści lat transformacji, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach, Katowice 2021, pp. 109-117.

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Employee-owned companies in the ownership transformation process of state-owned enterprises in Poland, [in:] Borowiecki R., Dziura M. (ed.), Dilemmas of restructuring of modern economy and enterprises. Theory Methods – Practice, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2015, pp. 157-175

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The depreciation as the source of business activity financing in companies using state-owned enterprises against payment, [in:] Jaki A., Kowalik M. (ed.), Współczesne oblicza i dylematy restrukturyzacji, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2015, pp. 373-385

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., Share capital and ownership structure in companies using state-owned enterprises against payment, [in:] Kaczmarek J., Kolegowicz K. (ed.), Developmental challenges of the economy and enterprises after crisis, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2014, pp. 265-275

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The ability of enterprises using state–owned companies against payment to service of the debt towards the State Treasury, [in:] Duraj N., Pieloch–Babiarz A. (ed.), Przedsiębiorczość, strategie i metody zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2014, pp. 89-112

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The debt of enterprises using state–owned companies against payment, [in:] Duraj J., Sajnóg A. (ed.), Ekonomiczne i pozaekonomiczne czynniki zarządzania wartością przedsiębiorstwa, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2013, pp. 191-208

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The retrospective analysis of enterprise’s ability to the repayment of the debt towards the State Treasury, [in:] Borowiecki R., Chadam J., Kaczmarek J. (ed.), Zachowania przedsiębiorstw w obliczu nowych wyzwań gospodarczych. Restrukturyzacja – Zarządzanie – Analiza, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2013, pp. 457-473

MatuszewskaPierzynka A., The financial liquidity in companies formed in the process of ownership transformations, [in:] Borowiecki R., Jaki A. (ed.), Zarządzanie procesami restrukturyzacji, Koncepcje – Strategie – Analiza, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2012, pp. 499-516

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The economic crisis and the economic situation of enterprises formed in ownership transformations process, [in:] Borowiecki R., Jaki A. (ed.), Dylematy współczesnych przedsiębiorstw w procesie restrukturyzacji. Dywersyfikacja – integracja – rozwój, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2011, pp. 701-714

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., PapiernikWojdera M., Role and importance of direct privatization in the system of ownership transformation of state-owned enterprises in Poland, [in:] Jianning G. (ed.), China – Poland’s “SMEs Development Forum”, Peking University, Pekin 2010, pp. 18-35

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The influence of the interest rate of the unpaid part of corporate value on the ability of employee-owned companies to debt service, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Prywatyzacja, efektywność i finansowanie przedsiębiorstw, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2010, pp. 149-166

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Employee-owned companies among small and medium enterprises subjected to the privatization process, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Przedsiębiorstwo na rynku kapitałowym, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2008, pp. 285-294

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The spatial–dynamic appraisal of diversifying the turnover profitability of employee-owned companies, [in:] Borowiecki R. (ed.), Zarządzanie restrukturyzacją w procesach integracji i rozwoju nowej gospodarki, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Kraków 2008, pp. 731-744

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A. , Changes of the capital structure in the privatized state-owned enterprise, [in:] Duraj J. (ed.), Problemy współczesnej analizy ekonomicznej, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2007, pp. 379-401

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Restructuring of state-owned enterprises – the attempt of the identification of main opportunities and threats resulting from the privatization act, [in:] Pyka J. (ed.), Nowoczesność przemysłu i usług. Procesy restrukturyzacji i konkurencyjność w przemyśle i usługach, TNOiK, Katowice 2007, pp. 127-137

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., The privatization as the instrument of improving the competitiveness of the Polish economy in the European Union, [in:] Nowakowska A., Szukalski P. (ed.), Polska w Unii Europejskiej – droga do sukcesu?, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź 2006, pp. 11-23

Matuszewska–Pierzynka A., Głuszek A., The controlling at the commercial bank as the modern way of managing marketing activity, [in:] CzernielewskaRutkowska M., Karasiński E. (ed.), Innowacyjność oknem na świat, Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Łódź 2004, pp. 115-118

CONTACT DETAILS AND OFFICE HOURS

phone: 42-635-50-02

e-mail: agnieszka.matuszewska@uni.lodz.pl

POW 3/5 room: C210 90-255 Łódź

Office hours

monday: 13:15-14:45 Room C210 or MSTeams - remote consultations must be scheduled via email in advance