Cross-cultural Conceptualization of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the Media: the force Metaphor

Author(s): Jurga Cibulskienė / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2017

Merging Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) with Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has brought new perspectives to analysing social reality (Van Dijk, 2001; Musolff 2004; Charteris- Black, 2005; Hart, 2010). Accordingly, this paper adopts Critical Metaphor Analysis as first suggested by Charteris-Black (2005, 2014) and seeks to investigate a social phenomenon – the financial and economic crisis – in Lithuanian and British media. The aim of the research is to analyse to what extent the media in the UK and Lithuania conceptualize differently the financial and economic crisis via the force metaphor. The paper explains the force metaphor by employing the Force-Dynamics System (Talmy, 2000), according to which a crisis is conceptualized following the patterns crisis as the agonist and crisis as the antagonist. The findings demonstrate that the pattern of the crisis as the agonist w ith t he s cenarios o f aggression, affecting something or somebody, natural force, loss, suffering and resistance prevails in both discourses. The pattern of the crisis as the antagonist with such scenarios as causing crisis, fighting against crisis, overcoming crisis falls behind. Though Lithuanian and British discourses differ in how they construct the scenarios, the rhetorical impact of the force metaphor is achieved similarly through telling a coherent story of the crisis: the crisis is a dangerous, threatening and aggressive entity, which affects the country and its people; it is apparently uncontrollable, and losses and suffering are inevitable; we look into the causes of the crisis, we fight against it and finally we overcome it.

Kreowanie różnorodności w pracy poprzez transgresję jej granic – analiza efektu mediacji i moderacji

Author(s): Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2017

The purpose of the article is the analysis of specific organizational behaviors – job crafting behaviors – in the sphere of independent and intervening variables. Behaviors which modify work boundaries form an example of pro-activity which leads to creating diversity in an organization. Realization of this goal was based on conducting both literature studies and empirical studies which were devoted to the relationships between the main predictor – HRM practices and job crafting behaviors (JCB), including the mediation and moderation effect. On the basis of the conducted studies it was established that HRM practices influence undertaking of job crafting behaviors both directly and indirectly – through the mediating role of person-job, person-team and person-supervisor fit. The moderator conditioning the occurrence of the relationship between HRM practices and JCB is prosociality – understood in the categories of behaviors and motivations.

Makrootoczenie Polskich mśp w kontekście ich innowacyjnośc

Author(s): Maciej Zastempowski,Waldemar Glabiszewski,Katarzyna Liczmańska-Kopcewicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2018

The aim of these considerations is to examine the relationship between the conditions of macro environment and the innovativeness of Polish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Macro environment is described by a factors assigned to six groups of conditions: economic, political and legal, socio-cultural and demographic, international, technical and geographical. Innovativeness was identified as the introduction of product, process, organizational and marketing innovations. The research was carried out on a representative sample of 250 SMEs. Verification of the hypotheses was made by correlation analyzes. The results indicate the existence of a positive, but weak, dependence between technical conditions and innovativeness of SMEs.

Udział senatu RP w tworzeniu prawa i kreowaniu polityki społeczno-gospodarczej państwa

Author(s): Eliza Nowacka / Language(s): English,Polish Issue: 4/2015

The creation of socio-economic policy is not, however, the main domain of the second chamber, especially in those systems, where the model of asymmetric bicameralism is implemented. The limitation of the process of creating economic policy is observable for example in the Czech Republic, where the Senate does not participate in passing of the budget act. Socio-economic policy of the state is not the main scope of interest of the Polish Senate either. The majority of legislative initiatives results in the creation of a new law and it does not raise the subject of socio-economic state policy directly. There are to be found, however, some initiatives that propose changes in the tax system, labour law, social care law or in the area of pensions and annuities. Owing to the legislative initiatives of the Senate accounting chambers and employers' associations were created. While analyzing the role of the Senate in socio-economic state policy the actions of Senate committees, especially of the Budget and Public Finance Committee, the National Economy Committee, the Family and Social Policy Committee, the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee are worth emphasizing. Those committees put forward amendments to the budget act, review the laws passed by the Sejm or international agreements concerning socio-economic policy. Some of the effects of the Polish Senate's committee work is, among many, proposing by the Budget and Public Finance Committee, on behalf of the Senate, a number of amendments to consequent budget acts. It should be stressed, however, that the Senate undermines its role in the field of socio-economic policy. It takes, so to say, additional measures to other activities. A lack of long-term and comprehensive programmes can be seen in those actions. The Senate uses the instruments of government, nevertheless, it does so in moderation.

Michał Lubina, Rohingya. Kim są prześladowani muzułmanie Birmy?, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2019, ss. 133

Author(s): Lech Nijakowski,Lech M. Nijakowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2019

Managers’ perceptions on trust and knowledge transfer: evidence from Greek ISAs in South East Europe

Author(s): Nikolaos SKLAVOUNOS,Konstantinos Rotsios,Yannis HAJIDIMITRIOU / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

Nowadays, cooperation through the formation of International Strategic Alliances (ISAs) has become a key strategy for many firms that expand internationally. Trust among foreign partners and knowledge transfer are identified in the literature as crucial factors for satisfactory ISA performance. This paper extends previous research (Rotsios et al., 2018, 2019) on these two important parameters. Based on aspects from the Social Exchange Theory and the Resource Based View, we explore a) the perceived level of Greek managers’ trust towards their foreign partners, and b) the perceived level of the knowledge that Greek companies have acquired from their participation in ISAs. A quantitative approach is adopted, and through a questionnaire survey, a sample of 171 Greek ISAs operating in the region of South East Europe is examined. This study contributes to International Business (IB) literature and sheds light on trust and knowledge transfer in ISAs in an underresearched region. Furthermore, this research enhances the understanding on issues related to trust among ISA partners and knowledge transfer in ISAs. In addition, it contributes to the limited number of regional IB studies. Finally, the empirical findings are discussed and managerial implications are presented, while areas for further research are also proposed.

Papierowa elitarność

Author(s): Tomasz Bielak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 28/2019

In the article I focus on six numbers of the Polish edition of "Vogue" magazine. The analysis concerns the opening issue and September issue. I link interpretations of selected fragments of the magazine, covers, the most popular models, influencers and so-called "interesting people" quite experimentally. Thinking of the hermeneutical way of reading texts of culture, I use a method from qualitative sociology: auto-ethnography. I read the texts (articles, interviews, photos, signatures of advertisements) without scientific distance, connecting conclusions with the beginnings of Polish capitalism and the lack of a clear, self-aware, educated middle class. The story of "Vogue" is a story about the generation of today's forty-year-olds. The magazine enabled them to think about a sentimental journey to the beginnings of the free market economy and democracy after 1989.

Особености на данъчното облагане при прехвърляне на дялове в дружества, притежаващи недвижими имоти по реда на ЗДДС

Author(s): Georgi Ranchev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The intensity of the tax control regarding the compliance with the VAT legislation has a direct impact on the amount of revenues from VAT in the state budget. In recent years the practice of the National Revenue Agency related to VAT treatment of the transfer of shares in companies owning immovable properties is rather ambiguous. Based on recent Supreme Administrative Court and ECJ decisions upcoming changes in the legislation could be expected.

Въздействие на нетарифните мерки от трети страни спрямо износа на стоки от Р България

Author(s): Momchil Antov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The foreign trade policy of the European Union covers all measures affecting imports and exports of goods that have been introduced in relation to third countries. Similar measures have been introduced in the EU partner countries and they have an impact on the ability of European exporters (including Bulgarian ones) to sell their goods in these markets. The data presented in the article show the negative impact on Bulgarian exports of the non-tariff measures introduced in relation to the EU by other countries around the world.

Filozoficzne koncepcje estymacji statystycznej

Author(s): Grzegorz Krzykowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2010

An examination of agreement between the parties on preceding the time of transfer the ownership from the moment of signing the contract

Author(s): Ali Aref Maskoni,Mohammad Amin Poor Changiz / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2017

Based on their consequences, contracts are divided into different types, one of them being 'possessory contract'. The basic consequence of these kinds of contracts is actually alienating possession from one party to another. Since alienation - as the most perfect example of objective rights, which give the owner the authority to possess all the possession - can be the source of various rights and obligations for the transferor and the grantee, the way and time of transfer, including sale, has always been of interest to lawyers. Following the jurisprudence, Iranian law has accepted alienation as a principle in the concept of possessory contracts from the moment of signing the contract (which can be different in consented, objective or ceremonial contracts regarding the cause). But the effect of the interactive parties' will and agreement in advancing or postponing this time has rather been ignored. This paper examines validity in the condition of advancing alienation from the time of signing the contract in order to resolve disagreements and reach a proper solution in this regard. This has been done through searching through library resources including juridical and law books and related laws in descriptive analysis method and gave us the results that, firstly, at the time of signing the contract, alienation requires assigning possessory contracts and not the contract itself.

Strategic alignment role in achieving the organizational excellence through organizational dexterity: Analytical study of the opinions of a sample of professors at Colleges of Karbala University

Author(s): Hadi Al- Zalemy Mohamed Gabaar,Hussien Al-Sherif Ali Khadim,Bannay Dheyaa Falih / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2019

The current research aims to reveal the strategic alignment role and its dimensions (communication, governance, infrastructures, Partnership, skills) in order to achieve the organizational excellence through organizational dexterity, so some colleges of Karbala University have been chosen. Given that, the research problem is crystallized by some intellectual and applied questions looking forward to being answered through determining its level of importance, impacts and the possibility of achieving the strategic alignment in the researched colleges. The questionnaire form was designed as a means to get data and information. The researcher adopted the descriptive analytical method that includes three variables which are: the strategic alignment, the organizational excellence, and the organizational dexterity that was used for strengthening and enhancing these concepts by concentrating on professors by choosing an Intentional sample included 80 professors in the under-examination colleges. The data analyzing was occurred through a group of statistical techniques such as (SPSS V.23). One of the most significant inclusions that the researchers found out is that the strategic alignment represents a group of attitudes and qualities seeking to innovation and changing to find out new tracks in discovering and investing the available energies. One of the most important recommendations was creating a new social reality in order to overcome conflicts and contradictions by excellence in providing the individual freedom and cooperative work to get benefit from its current capacities.

Storytelling as a communication tool for establishing an organizational culture focused on changes in sport organization

Author(s): Ivanka Gajić / Language(s): English Issue: 1-2/2020

The concept of organizational culture as a context in which information, ideas, beliefs and ideologies of different organizations are exchanged, in which there are also political changes, is in the recent years receiving more attention, both in theory and in practice. More attention is paid to the skills and abbilities of the organizations to make changes in order to provide internal coherence, identity and image communication and the expected outcomes. The economic sustainability, which is difficult to predict, is more easily provided if the organization has culture directed towards changes and if storytelling techniques are used to communicate the changes. Among other things, this led researchers and practitioners to direct themselves more to the study of the influence of the organizational culture and storytelling, as a communicational technique, to the organizational sustainability and changes. We believe that the most efficient and economical way for making organizational changes, and creating changes of the oriented organizational culture is by storytelling as a communication tool.

Transitions Online_ Business-The Forbidden Fruits of Huawei

Author(s): Jakub Zelenka,Prokop Vodrazka / Language(s): English Issue: 10/12/2020

Suspicion of the Chinese tech giant ratchets up as a prestigious security conference backs out of a sponsorship agreement after criticism from the Slovak president, among others.

The Economy Nexus of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Gift Mugano / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 3/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, which is unprecedented in human history and has to date resulted in 15.8 million confirmed cases with 640,016 deaths, has seen governments undertaking strict lockdown measures which not only affected local business activities but also disrupted global value chains resulting in massive economic implications. The purpose of this paper is to review the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy with a special focus on the African continent. Because the coronavirus pandemic is still evolving and its duration is uncertain, it is difficult to accurately quantify the economic implications of the pandemic. As a result, this paper used the scenario basis analysis as well as extensive literature on the subject. The results show that the pandemic, although it has devastating social impacts due to loss of human life, it has also presented serious economic challenges which inter alia include economic recession, reduced trade volumes and subdued financial flows. Because of globalisation, Africa is not immune to these challenges. As noted in this paper, major economic activities and sources of foreign exchange in Africa such as the tourism sector, export of commodities, external finances and local business activities were negatively affected, resulting in most African economies falling into recession which has wiped out economic gains of the last ten years as noted by the International Monetary Fund. In mitigating this pandemic, African countries should use incentive packages to save businesses as well as institute a number of fiscal measures such as tax waivers and engage international development partners for bail out.

Göç, Sağlık, Pandemi

Author(s): Yaprak Civelek,Nihan Bozok / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 2/2020

Dünya Sağlık Örgütü’nün 2020 yılının Mart ayında bir pandemiye dönüştüğünü (WHO, 2020) bildirdiği Kovid-19 hastalığı, salgın hastalıkların çok hızlı ilerleyen ve dönüşen ekonomik, politik, tıbbi olaylar olduğunu açıkça ortaya koydu. Yaşamakta olduğumuz pandemi, gün be gün yeni toplumsal meseleleri düğümleyip çözerek varlığını devam ettiriyor. Neredeyse tüm dünyada, 2020 Mart’ında ve takip eden bir iki ayda ülke sınırlarının kapatılması, karantina, insanlar arası mesafe alma ve hijyen önlemleri ile salgın kontrol altına alınmaya çalışıldı. Bu erken dönem önlemler, ilk bakışta, toplumsal eşitsizliklerle karakterize olan yaşamlarımızı dönüştürebilecek potansiyeli taşıyor gibi görünüyordu. Çünkü sürüp giden dünya sistemi, küreselleşme, tüketim, günlük yaşam ve alışkanlıklar kesintiye uğruyordu. Bruno Latour’un 2020 Mart ayında söylediği üzere küreselleşmenin ani sekteye uğrayışı belki bir devrim değildi ama sistemin piksel piksel çözülmesini beraberinde getiriyordu (2020). Yine Kovid-19 paniğinin dünya çapında yüksek düzeyde olduğu bu başlangıç günlerinde, Slavoj Žižek, “ya güçlü olanın hayatta kalma ilkesinin en vahşi mantığını kabul edeceğiz ya da küresel koordinasyon ve işbirliğiyle yeni bir komünizm icat edecek ve onu uygulamayı seçeceğiz” diye yazmıştı (2020).

Editorial

Author(s): Ibrahim Sirkeci / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

During the Pandemic, the World Bank estimations suggested that remittances globally would fall about 20 per cent. The live results show mixed reactions and IMF reports show significant resilience in some corridors. This is in line with our earlier studies and predictions. Regulations and restrictions keep remittances costs high and particularly higher in some corridors involving poorer countries. There are already calls to reduce the costs and make sending money home easier and attractive. In this issue of Remittances Review, Fernando César Costa Xavier discusses the terminology of irregular remittances with a particular reference to the Venezuelan immigrants’ money sending practices. Sena Kimm Gnangnon shows the effect of remittances inflows on public finance by examining the effect of remittances inflows on fiscal space using a sample of 109 receiving countries over the period 1980-2015. The last paper by Rodolfo García Zamora and Selene Gaspar Olvera shows that Mexican migrants’ remittances from the US had been suffering the effects of COVID-19 in April 2020.

Real Time Big Data Analysis by Using Apache Kudu and NoSQL Redis in Web Applications

Author(s): Pavel S. Petrov,Georgi Dimitrov,Oleksiy Bychkov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

In the recent years data processing in Big Data applications are moving from a batch processing model to a live streaming processing model. The live streaming processing model allows to process data in a real time or near real time manner. In many cases, there are need of combining data from various sources - both new generated data and data previously gathered and archived. In each case a different storage mechanism is appropriate to achieve best flexibility and to avoid the so-called bottleneck when processing data. In this article we review some of the possibilities of using Apache Kudu and NoSQL Redis systems which made them suitable to be used together for fast processing of streaming data.

Strategic Decisions in the Crisis Stages of the Organization

Author(s): Tzveta Zafirova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2020

The paper describes the main theoretical essence and stages of development of organizational crises. Based on the concept of strategic crisis management and practice in its application are outlined and systematized strategic alternatives for organizations depending on the stage of the crisis in which they are located.

Integration of a Distributed Hadoop System into the Infrastructure of a Technology Startup Company

Author(s): Stefka Petrova,Svetoslav Ivanov / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

The article reviews the problems and methods of combining big data processing work in a fully distributed mode of operation into the infrastructure of a technology startup company. In this direction, the methods of integrating an external distributed Hadoop system (cluster) are described in more detail. These methods are connected to the operating scenarios for infrastructure integration. The problems with traffic and latency are reviewed. A plan of the process of implementation and operation of a distributed Hadoop system is presented with the steps and indicative term. The goal it reaches is a suitable system for operational work on projects in a technology startup company. Then, it is connected to a list of measures in the different stages in a startup company's work. The problems with operational management of the teamwork with flexible methodology and system administration are listed, discussed and solutions proposed.