Institute of Markets and Competition was established
on April 2, 2013 as a result of the transformation of the Department of Market
and Competition Analysis which operated under this name since 1992. Director of
the Institute is Associate Professor Roman Sobiecki who is also a Dean of
Collegium of Business Administration.
The roots of the Institute of Markets and
Competition date back to the Department of Political Economics which was
established at the Central School of Planning and Statistics in 1949.
Therefore, the Institute of Market and Competition should be regarded as the
oldest Warsaw School of Economics’ organizational unit.
In 1957, four departments of political economy were
separated. They handled four faculties: Production Economics, Finance and
Statistics, Domestic Trade, Foreign Trade. The Department of Markets and
Competition Analysis was based on the research, teaching experience and the intellectual
potential of scientists from the Political Economy at the Faculty of Production
Economics.
The long-term consolidation of compatible organizational departments affiliated
to the Collegium of Business Administration resulted in the Institute’s of Markets
and Competition establishment.
In addition to the Department of Market and
Competition Analysis following the Departments have participated in the process
of consolidation:
The Department of Rural Development (former names: Agricultural
Market Unit of the Institute Markets and Competition, Department of
Agribusiness, Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Economy) currently
the Unit of Market Analysis at the Institute of Market and Competition.
The Department of Strategic Management (formerly Department of Economics of
Industry) which in 2011 was merged with the Department of International
Business creating an organizational unit called Strategic Management Department,
currently the Competition Strategy Unit at the Institute of Markets and Competition.
Former Heads of the Institute’s Departments.
The Department
of Market and Competition Analysis
- Associate
Professor Władysław Szymański (1992-2012),
- Associate Professor Roman
Sobiecki (2012-2013).
The
Department of Rural Development
-
Associate Professor Katarzyna
Duczkowska-Małysz (2007-2008),
- Associate Professor Andrzej
Kowalski (2008-2010).
The
Department of Strategic Management
-
Associate Professor Ryszard
Gajęcki (1992-1997),
- Associate Professor Zdzisław
Pierścionek (1997-2011),
- Associate Professor Małgorzata
Poniatowska-Jaksch (2011-2013).
The
Department of International Business
-
Associate Professor Marcin K. Nowakowski
(1992-2008),
- Associate Professor Małgorzata
Poniatowska-Jaksch (2008-2011).