ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Krzysztof Borodako, PHD

Research and teaching staff member.
Scientific achievements in two disciplines: Management and Quality Sciences (50%); Economics and Finance (50%).
Academic degree: Dr. hab. (Habilitated Doctor).
Discipline affiliation: Management and Quality Sciences.

Research Interests

• Business Tourism (Meetings Industry)
• Innovation Orientation of Enterprises
• Knowledge Management in Organizations
• Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS)

Positions Held

• Chair of the Committee for the Development of Academic and Teaching Staff (College of Management and Quality Sciences)
• Member of the Discipline Council for Management and Quality Sciences
• Member of the Council of the College of Management and Quality Sciences
• Member of the Institute of Management Council
• Member of the Institute’s Program and Teaching Team for the Tourism and Recreation Program
• Member of the Institute’s Program and Teaching Team for the Project Management Program

Scientific Activity

• Author and co-author of over 160 publications on issues related to tourism management, knowledge management in organizations, innovation orientation of enterprises, and the activities of entities in the knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) sector.
• Author of publications in prestigious international journals, including Journal of Global Information Management, International Journal of Innovation Management, European Journal of Innovation Management, and Journal of Leisure Research.
• Member of research teams in two NCN grants:
  1. Analysis of the cooperation between business tourism companies and providers of selected high-specialized business services (WSUB) in Kraków and the prospects for developing this cooperation.
  2. Assessment of the innovation orientation of high-specialized business service providers co-creating events (KIBSE).
• Head of the UEK Foundation Research Team studying the meetings industry in Kraków from 2009 to the present.
• Member of the Kraków Tourism Experts Team, analyzing the impact of tourism on Kraków’s economy, from 2016 to the present.
• Head of the Kraków Tourism Experts Team, examining the impact of the meetings industry on Kraków’s economy, from 2016 to the present.
• Leader of numerous other research projects.
• Speaker at scientific conferences, including many international conferences.
• Reviewer for Polish and international scientific journals.

Teaching

Courses taught:

• Event Project Management
• Knowledge Ecosystem in Tourism
• Business Meeting Organization
• Congress and Meeting Planning
• Fundamentals of Business Tourism
• Venues Used in the Meetings Industry
• IT in Tourism and Recreation
• International Event Management (in English)
• Digital Transformation in Tourism (in English)
• Business Orientation Strategies of Tourism Enterprises (in English)
• Research Project (in English)

Lectures within the Erasmus program:

• Opatija (Croatia) 2014;
• Ravensberg (Germany) 2016;
• Malaga (Spain) 2023;
• Zaragoza (Spain) 2024.