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The paper is an attempt to transfer the dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) onto the family ground. It constitutes an attempt to emerge the model of family entrepreneurial orientation (FEO) as the family background determining attitudes and entrepreneurial intentions. The research was conducted on a group of students who were asked to respond the questions concerning their families, and particularly, the ones formulated with reference to the existing concepts of entrepreneurial orientation referring to organizational entrepreneurship. There was conducted explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis. The reliability of the scale was analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha reliability estimate.

In the reality of the New Economy the impact of social media (SM) on business activities is often examined. The rise of SM and online communities enable individuals to easily share and access information. With the rise of social networks, there has emerged a new era of content creation where individuals can easily share experiences and information with other users. At the same time, the recently emerging focus of entrepreneurship scholars’ attention is the domain of international entrepreneurship which is the discovery, enactment, evaluation, and exploitation of opportunities - across national borders - to create future goods and services. The process of internationalization is of vital importance when considering both new ventures and established enterprises. As the Internet has revolutionized the way individuals access and gain information, also the information on the possibilities of internationalization is available via this kind of communication. In the light of the above statements, the aim of the paper is to explore the influence of the utilization of SM by the entrepreneur at the stage of the process of firm internationalization. The information derived from social network sites from international contacts of the entrepreneur may be useful and may support the internationalization process. In this context, the aim of the paper is to present and emphasize the role of the use of IT systems in the process of firm internationalization.

Growing ecological awareness of the society and increasing pressure from stakeholders cause that enterprises face new challenges, also the entities of the transport and logistics sector. This sector considerably brings about emission of pollutants of the natural environment. In the paper there is presented the essence and significance of environmentalism in the activity of enterprises, the importance of the environmental aspect in the operation of transport and logistics companies, the characteristics of well known, in the subj ect literature. The final part of the paper includes the case study of the Polish company from the transport and logistics sector as a role model of the company responsible for the natural environment, whose development of the environmental strategy brought about market success and competitive advantage in the industry.

In the paper, there are presented the problems of decision-making multidimensionality of Corporate Social Responsibility. The aim of the paper is to indicate the diversity of management problems in the context of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), taking into account the strategy of enterprises. It has been emphasized that the disputable nature of the problem of CSR requires conducting different analyzes while specifying pros and cons of introducing pro-social and pro-environmental projects in enterprises.