About us

Our Center

Koźmiński Center for Corporate was established in 2006 to facilitate research in the field. Our faculty come from different chairs of Kozminski University, where they used to conduct research according to the specific approach of their school. Since the creation of the Center they have been able to bring their various approaches together with the goal of achieving excellence in their research efforts and offer superb corporate governance solutions to entreprises.

Our Faculty

Prof. Dorota Dobija, Ph.D.
Karol Marek Klimczak, Ph.D.
Svetlana Gudkova, Ph.D.
Justyna Przychodzeń, Ph.D.
John Mulenga, doctoral candidate 		dr Izabela Koładkiewicz
Iwona Cieslak, Ph.D.
Wojciech Przychodzeń, Ph.D.

Prof. Dorota Dobija, Ph.D. - Center Director

Professor Dobija is specialised in intellecutal capital valuation and reporting. She heads the Chair of Accounting at LKAEM. Prof. Dobija is a member of the European Accounting Association and a Fulbright scholar. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois, Lund University, and University of Hartford. She also performed guest lectures at Sam Huston University, Arizona State University, University of Illinois i Grand Valley University.

Selected publications

  1. Komitet audytu a nadzór nad biegłym rewidentem. Praktyka polskich spółek giełdowych, Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości, 115, 2010: 5-24.
  2. Intellectual entrepreneurship and credit risk assessment: the Polish experience, International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 1(7), 2010: 23-39.
  3. Development of accounting in Poland: Market efficiency and the value relevance of reported earnings, The International Journal of Accounting, 3, 2010: 356-374
  4. Can Creativity be Measured in Monetary Terms? - 2005, in: Dobija M., Martin S., "General Accounting Theory. Towards Balanced Development", Cracow University of Economics, Kraków.
  5. Accounting for Cost of Risk - 2004, in Dobija M. "General Accounting Theory. Towards Balancing the Society", LKAEM, Warszawa.
  6. Human Capital Reporting in the Knowledge-based Economy - 2004, in: "The Knowledge Based Economy in Transition Countries. Selected Issues", School of Slavonic and East European Studies. University College, London.
  7. How to Place Intellectual Assets into a Balance Sheet - 2004, in Dobija M., "General Accounting Theory in statu nascendi" Cracow University of Economics, Cracow.

Karol Marek Klimczak, Ph.D.

Mr. Klimczak is an assistant professor at the Chair of Accounting. He is specialising in risk management and informational efficiency of financial markets.

Selected Publications

  1. Market reaction to mandatory IFRS adoption: Evidence from Poland, Accounting and Management Information Systems, 2, 2011: 228-248
  2. Development of accounting in Poland: Market efficiency and the value relevance of reported earnings, The International Journal of Accounting, 3, 2010: 356-374
  3. Testing Value Relevance of Accounting Earnings: Theory and method,General Accounting Theory: Evolution and Design for Efficiency, I. Górowski (ed.), WAiP, 2008, pp. 361-374.
  4. Corporate Hedging and Risk Management Theory: Evidence from Polish Listed Companies, The Journal of Risk Finance, No. 9 (1), 2008, pp. 20-39.
  5. Corporate Risk Management from Stakeholders' Perspective "TRANS? 05: Wspólna Europa - Zrównoważony rozwój przedsiębiorstwa a relacje z interesariuszami", SGH, Warszawa 2005, s. 371-380.

Izabela Koładkiewicz, Ph.D.

Ms. Koładkiewicz has been conducting research within the field of corporate governance since she began work on her doctoral thesis. Her research interests include the fundamental topics of corporate governance: property rights, safeguarding minority shareholder rights, board structure and policy. Ms. Koładkiewicz has led research projects in corporate governance, among them a recent project funded by the Polish Science Committee, "IPO and Corporate Governance". Ms. Koładkiewcz has been a visiting scholar at universities in Birmingham, Sheffield and Lund.

Selected publications

  1. Instytucja niezależnego członka rady w kodeksach nadzoru korporacyjnego w krajach Europy środkowo-wschodniej, Organizacja i Kierowanie, 4 (142), 2010: 49-64
  2. Nadzór korporacyjny - nowe wyzwania po kryzysie finansowym? Polska i Świat, Master of Business Administration, 3 (104), 2010 : 3-6
  3. Rada nadzorcza jako czynnik warunkujący rozwój? Perspektywa firm z sektora małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw - 2006, Biuletyn Polskiego Instytutu Dyrektorów, Przegląd Corporate Governance, nr 1(5), str. 43-49.
  4. Polish Supervisory Boards in Practice - A Few Snapshots w Mallin Chris (ed.) International Corporate Governance:A Case Study Approach" Edward Elgar Book, UK/USA 2006
  5. The Institutional Shareholder - Best Practice, The National Investment Funds? Experience Blackwell Publishers, Corporate Governance. An International Review, nr Vol.10, No.3, rok 2002, str 187-196.
  6. Building of a Corporate Governance System in Poland: Initial experiences Blackwell Publishers, Corporate Governance. An International Review, nr Vol. 9, No. 3, rok 2001, str s.228-237.
  7. The Impact of Ownership Structure and Identity on Capital Group Strategies w "Report on Management Globalisation and Change- Ways to the Futures", B. Wawrzyniak (red.) Wydawnictwo WSPiZ im. Leona Koźmińskiego, Warszawa 2000