Prilog za biografiju Rudolfa Bićanića (1905. – 1968.)

Author(s): Željko Karaula / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 10/2016

Based on archive sources, personal legacy of the Bićanić family, as well as periodicals and written works, the paper analyses the life and career of Dr. Rudolf Bićanić, one of the champions and ideologists of the Croatian Peasants’ Party in the interwar period in old Yugoslavia,particularly his activity as one of the leaders of the economic association; member of Yugoslav Immigration Government (Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia); and his joining the National Liberation Movement during World War II. Following, Bićanić’s active operation as representative of Yugoslav authorities in negotiations with the UNRRA after World War II, and – in brief – his fruitful teaching period as professor of economy at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb are presented.

Prognoza şi planificarea personalului – componente ale dreptului la carieră

Author(s): Eugeniu-Ciprian Constantin / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2012

The personnel prognosis and planning represents essential responsibilities of the organization. The achieving of the objectives, in the complexity of the activities that it carries on, imposes to the institution the attraction of an adequate and in sufficient number personnel. In this way, the efficient administration of the planning process within the organization, must give responsibilities and must professionalize the personnel with planning duty, must sustain the personnel with planning duty, the efficient organizing of the planning, aspects which, if they were approached in a pragmatic manner, they could assure the success of this process

GLOBALIZATION EFFECTS ON SOCIETY. CASE STUDY: THE DYNAMICS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA

Author(s): ADELINA-IULIANA NENIU / Language(s): English Issue: 18/2018

Globalization is a reality of the contemporary world, with manifestations and effects connected to all levels of human activities: economic, political, social, cultural, scientific and ecological. The suspension of customs barrier, the emerge of multinational companies, the competition on foreign and domestic markets, the importance of the resources and the way they are consumed have become causes and effects of the globalization. This study is meant to be an overall assessment of its effectts in a post-communist Romanian society. A more detalied analysis focuses on a trends and spatial features of foreign direct investment (FDI)seen mainly as a tool of the economic globalization. The foreign investment dynamics in Romania registered a positive trend after the communist fall. This is due to the massive flowof foreign investmentsfrom E.U. and also the economic performanced made by our country..

Macroeconomic announcements and stock returns in US portfolios formed on operating profitability and investment

Author(s): Constantinos Alexiou,Sofoklis Vogiazas,Abid Taqvi / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The authors explore the reaction of US stock portfolio returns to macroeconomic announcements spanning the period from April 1998 to May 2017. Using daily returns of 25 portfolios formed on operating profitability and investment, the authors investigate the extent to which potential asymmetries permeate the stock portfolios following macroeconomic announcements. The three methodological approaches utilized in this study suggest that the ISM non-manufacturing index, employees on non-farm payrolls, retail sales, personal consumption expenditure and initial jobless claims have a significant impact on portfolio returns. Also, portfolios consisting of companies with higher operating profitability and investment level are found to be less responsive to announcements. As the particular area has received little currency over the years, this contribution is of great significance, because it provides insights into the reaction of returns in value-weighted portfolios to announcements on certain macro-indicators. At the same time, the study informs portfolio managers of the implications of macroeconomic news, which drive economic expectations and can reverberate through the expected returns in US stock portfolios.

Corporate social responsibility practices of banks in Bangladesh: a structuration theory perspective

Author(s): Esinath Ndiweni,Faizul Haque,Mostafa Kamal Hassan / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The aim of this paper is to illuminate the role of the socio-economic, cultural and religious context in shaping corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of banks in Bangladesh. The authors utilize content analysis of annual reports and websites of banks to identify CSR activities in healthcare, education and financial inclusion sectors. Structuration theory (ST) is used to explain how interactions between bank managers (as agents) with the social structures (institutions and government) shape CSR practices. The findings show that banks’ engagement in CSR activities is embedded in the social fabric of Bangladesh and not a result of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). It is also noted that Islamic banks focus their CSR activities on social justice, while other banks target education and other humanitarian issues. The authors contribute to the literature on the determinants of CSR by revealing the rationalizations of different actors in the production and reproduction of CSR practices in Bangladesh, an insight attributed to ST. The researchers conclude that Islamic beliefs influenced managers to mitigate poverty through CSR investments.

ROLE OF MEDIA IN THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISES DURING THIS AND THE LAST CENTURY

Author(s): Jaroslav Bednárik,Alexandra Gažicová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

We encounter media on daily basis, so the terms media or mass media are recently the most frequent terms which cannot be avoided. From the very beginning, the media has very strong influence in manipulating the public opinion. Within a short period of time they can strike large groups of people, and actively participate in their views shaping. The article deals with the concept of crisis in the context of management, it stypes, crisis management, and strategies that the company eliminates or completely neutralizes the crisis impact. The necessity of the mentioned issue is characteristics of public relations as one of the main communication tools of crisis management and in particular characteristics of one of its components – the media relations. The practical part is devoted to analysis of understanding the word crisis by three Slovak media: Hospodárske noviny, Aktuality (one of the largest tabloid web sites in Slovakia) and Nový čas as one of the most read daily in the country.

REALITY IN NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION´S COMMUNICATION

Author(s): Jana Galera Matúšová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

A nonprofit organization has to use individual marketing communication tools to raise awareness of its activities or specific projects. Nonprofit organizations don´thave a huge budget for communication campaigns, therefore they mainly use PR activities. But is it easier for nonprofit organizations to communicate with media than for commercial companies? The article tries to answer these questions on the basis of knowledge acquired during project realization – I AM THE RESCUE (ZÁCHRANA SOM JA in Slovak).

VISUALIZATION OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DOMESTIC ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Róbert Halenár / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Visualization in relation to measurement or cost estimation is one of the key cost optimization tasks. Visualization often leads to the correct interpretation and recognition of individual components and their parameters. It is an indispensable part of almost every interpretation of data. In an effort to approach this issue, this article also came into being. Nowadays, increasing costs and only cosmetic income adjustments, household expenses need to be optimized. This is especially true when it comes to the costs of a periodic or constantly burdensome family budget, and must be particularly cautious when it comes to consumption. Consumption will bring little or no value to the future. It is therefore necessary to approach the issue of the wider population.

MARKETING DEPARTMENT AS A PART OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSITY AND FACULTY HOSPITALS IN SLOVAKIA

Author(s): Matej Martovič / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

In the environment of Slovak hospitals, marketing is usually unappreciated and often considered unnecessary. In countries which rank among the best in the healthcare quality measuring, hospitals have marketing departments as a part of their organizational structure. The article is going to address the issue of marketing departments and marketing implementation in the university and faculty hospitals in Slovakia.

WHERE DID BRANDS MAKE MISTAKES? THE BIGGEST FAILURES OF WELL-KNOWN BRANDS IN 2017 AND 2018

Author(s): Pavol Minár / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

Case studies in publications on advertising and marketing in the vast majority of cases focus on success stories, with the clear intention of teaching the lessons that led to their success. It is just as interesting to examine failures, or specifically instances where marketing and advertising interventions turned out poorly for brands. They may be used as an example of steps that other brands should avoid. This article focuses on the latest such examples (exclusively from 2017 and 2018) of these failures and analytically examines where brands made mistakes. As this article shows, even the world’s largest brands make serious mistakes.

IDENTIFICATION OF PURCHASING CONSUMER PREFERENCES IN RELATION TO DIGITAL DEVICES

Author(s): Mária Oleárová,Jakub Horváth,Karina Obšatníková / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The article deals with the identification of consumer preferences related to the use of digital devices for online purchasing in order to as certain whether there are statistically significant differences between men and women. To reach our objective, we collected the data through a questionnaire survey. A representative sample included inhabitants of Slovakia’s territory. We used appropriate statistical methods for the analysis. The objective of the research is to extend the scientific knowledge in the field of mobile purchasing and its results suggest that while smartphones are becoming a common device for carrying out various online activities, Slovak consumers prefer the old notebook. The information obtained can be a useful resource for business entities to target different consumer segments more effectively, depending on their preferences.

SOLOMO, MARKETING DREAM OR REALITY?

Author(s): Monika Rezníčková,Anna Zaušková / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2018

The presented contribution deals with the possibilities of implementing SoLoMo marketing in the business environment in order to increase interest in eco-products. It focuses on systematically describing current knowledge concerning the usage of the SoLoMo marketing concept in the business environment and, at the same time, the potential of its development in the context of environmental management and marketing communication presenting innovative solutions to environmental problems. Based on the defined problem, the authors seek answers to the current issues of the use of new, trendy marketing communication tools, new marketing principles in the digital environment and their application in the environmental management of business entities. The contribution focuses on the description of the SoLoMo marketing concept, which combines three basic principles – social media, geolocation services and mobile devices. The authors analyse the possibilities of applying this concept in terms of promoting eco-innovations and disseminating environmental awareness among consumers through concrete examples of practice.

Стратегия на Европейската комисия за обществените поръчки. Възприемане на европейските приоритети в областта на обществените поръчки от Република България

Author(s): Momchil Mavrov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

Within the European Union, a very large percentage of public investment is spent through public procurement. This trend has a significant impact on the financial costs of the Union, which is why a number of measures have been taken to create an adequate and flexible legal framework to ensure the delivery of better and more efficient public procurement. Some of these measures are aimed at adopting appropriate acts in the field, such as: Directive 2007/66 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 89/665 / EEC and 92/13 / EEC, the Single Market Strategy (COM (2015)) 550), as well as the European Commission‘s 2017 Public Procurement Strategy. The latter document is important for improving European practices in the field, as it defines priorities in Community policy with regard to public procurement. The Bulgarian legislator should be well acquainted with the European legal framework for public procurement with a view to its proper application in national law.

Непълен работен ден и работа на повикване

Author(s): Nenko Salchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2018

This article examines the extent and nature of part-time work and how it has changed over time. It examines factors influencing decisions of enterprises and individuals to offer and accept part-time work. Part-time work has become an important form of employment, which has grown continuously since the 1970s to the present. Its benefits are related to the prerequisites for reconciliation of work-life balance and the possibility of including in the labour market some groups of the society who are unable to work full-time. Part-time work allows employers to reduce their expenses for wages and gives them flexibility in organizing the work in enterprise. Its widespread use in certain cases entails risks of reducing the general level of worker’s protection, deteriorating working conditions, discrimination and even marginalizing part of the employees. Thus the possible continuation of the trend towards more flexible working time patterns should be pursued through a holistic approach combining certain aspects of employment, social security and tax legislation. In this way, the rights of employees will be guaranteed and expanded and also the negative effect of reducing the protection of workers and the transfer of economic risks to them will be limited. Special attention is paid to “on-call” and “zero-hours” labour contracts, in which there is no contractual minimum length of working time. Indicated are the negative impacts on the employee’s interests in the use of these types of labour contracts and how they transfer the economic risks from the employer to the employees. It is clearly stated why these types of labour contracts are not eligible under Bulgarian labour legislation and how their possible regulation could lead to the violation of the workers’ subjective rights.In conclusion, it is assert that in the Bulgarian system of labourrelations, part-time work has the necessary balance to protect theinterests of the parties. Employers in Bulgaria have the opportunity to take advantage of various forms of work organization in the enterprise, with only one of them being part-time work. The use of parttimework requires good planning of work processes and knowledge ofthe nature of business activity in order to ensure maximum efficiency of work and to reduce labour costs, which is the essence of good business management.

Guarding the Goods, Producing the State: Analysis of Narratives of Customs Officers

Author(s): Dejana Kostić / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

By focusing on narratives of customs officers from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, I examine how technological and organizational change of customs work influences governance and sovereignty of the state and how customs officers produced a specific imaginary of the state through their narratives. Supporting the contention that the transnational flow of goods and people restructures rather than undermines the state power, the Serbian and Bosnian cases reveal how technological and organizational change of customs work opened up new arenas for an expression of state sovereignty and new modes of governance. Furthermore, I analyze narratives about unauthorized actions, or shady business as customs officers call it, as a mechanism through which “the state” is discursively constructed.

Inflacija u karikaturama "Ošišanog ježa"

Author(s): Gordana Ljuboja / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 13/1990

The paper deals with the phenomenon of inflation reflected through the medium of newspaper cartoons. Dew to its particular qualities as a genre, cartoons have probably left the most inclusive testimony of cultural, as well as psychological responses to the stressful and devastating process of economic disruption. Cartoons were being published throughout the period of rampant inflation 1988-1989, getting more numerous and intense as the crisis approached its climax towards the end of the year 1989. Some 400 cartoons issued in the well-known weekly magazine for humor and satire »Ošišani jež« have been examined for the purpose. Specific themes, metaphors, motives and symbols most often used have been analysed. The majority of cartoons are conceived in the form of a dialogue and look more like »illustrated jokes«. Certain number, however, represent metaphorical ideograms with less obvious and direct message. The central them » varied in a number of ways are those of hunger and frustration caused by impoverishment and abrupt downfall in social and economic status. Bread as a symbol of basic human needs and meat as a symbol of expected and formerly owned surplus are widely used. The main protagonists of the cartoons are laborers, beggars and retired people, all social categories dependent on regular and, under the circumstances, insufficient income. The other strata, like peasants, are represented only rarely and then with the stress on their allegedly better position. Striking is the lack of critical interest for commenting on growing social inequalities that came as a result of escalating inflation. Few cartoons comment on the current political events either. The focus is narrowed down on the problems of stark everyday living. Fictitious unbounded adaptability of people that cope happily with less than elementary living conditions is a general source of ironic remarks. With the passing of time and further aggravation of the crisis the shift toward bitter moods and rather explicit treatment of the same topics can be noticed. Black humor is exploited more often and less effort is put in the construction of comical effects.

Upotreba znanja u društvu

Author(s): Friedrich von Hayek / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1-2/2017

Koji je to problem koji želimo da rešimo kada pokušavamo da konstruišemo racionalni ekonomski poredak? Pod određenim poznatim pretpostavkama, odgovor je prilično prost. Ako posedujemo sve relevantne informacije, ako možemo da počnemo iz datog sistema preferenci i ako posedujemo potpuno znanje o dostupnim sredstvima, problem koji nam ostaje je čisto logički. To jest, odgovor na pitanje šta je najbolja upotreba dostupnih sredstava implicitno je sadržan u našim pretpostavkama. Uslovi koje rešenje ovog problema optimuma mora da ispuni su potpuno razrađeni i daju se najbolje izraziti u matematičkoj formi. U najkraćem, oni glase: marginalne stope supstitucije bilo koja dva dobra ili faktora moraju biti iste u svim svojim različitim upotrebama. Ovo, ipak, nesumnjivo nije ekonomski problem sa kojim se društvo suočava. I ekonomski račun koji smo razvili kako bi razrešili ovaj logički problem, iako je bitan korak ka rešenju ekonomskog problema društva, još uvek ne pruža odgovor. Razlog tome je što „podaci“ od kojih ekonomski račun počinje nikad nisu za čitavo društvo „dati“ pojedinačnom umu, koji onda može da odredi implikacije, niti ikad mogu da budu dati na taj način. [...]

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Big Discounts on Previously Flown Albanian MiGs

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 04/16/2019

Old Soviet and Chinese fighters will soon give way to state of the art NATO planes.

Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu jako nowa forma dialogu w obszarze działań gospodarczych

Author(s): Janina Filek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 5/2018

Built on a philosophical and social analysis, the paper’s thesis is that corporate social responsibility is a new form of social dialogue. To support the thesis, the features of social communication (on the level of colloquial language), features of philosophical dialogue, and features of corporate social responsibility dialogue are compared. Following the presentation of the corporate social responsibility dialogue, the anthropological, economic and social advantages of a dialogue between companies and their stakeholders is described. One conclusion the analysis led to is that, in the current social-economic situation, further economic development has been increasingly dependent on a company’s dialogue with its stakeholders. Further benefits a company can derive from conducting a responsible dialogue with stakeholders are also indicated.

Z biegiem lat i wydarzeń. Recenzja książki: Andrzej Rosner, Ruta Śpiewak, Edyta Kozdroń, "Patrząc na wieś. Sto lat rozwoju polskiej wsi"

Author(s): Marcin Makowiecki / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2018