"Лошите кредити": институционални и финансови аспекти, 1994

Author(s): Christina Vutcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian / Publication Year: 1994

Since the beginning of 1991 Bulgaria has been living through a period of transition from centralized totalitarian control to free market economy. Year 1990 can be said to mark the political liberation of the people with the adoption of the new Constitution. The economic liberalization, however, is a reality yet to be brought to life since private ownership is not prevalent in the economy. The prime aim of the transition is to substitute an absurd and inefficient economic system for a new one to rely on the free initiative, private ownership and competition.

"Ханска Украйна - Мукатаа Томбасар" (края на XVII-XVIII век)

Author(s): Alexandar Sereda / Language(s): English,Bulgarian / Publication Year: 0

The aim of the paper is to explore the region of Northwest Black Sea lands in the early 17th-18th centuries, in the context of the Ottoman and Crimean administrative and territorial structure; the political preconditions for the formation of Khan Ukraine - special administrative and territorial unit with the Ukrainian-Kazakh population under Crimean governance; the organization of the economical and fiscal district "Muqataa Tombasar" in the framework of Khan Ukraine. It presents the defter (register) of the revenues and expanses in Muqataa Tombasar and localizes the settlements and their population in the Northwest Black Sea region.

(Nie)biedna wieś polska

Amanda Krzyworzeka "Rolnicze strategie pracy i przetrwania"

Author(s): Zofia Wlodarczyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 9/2015

A comparative analysis of research – development and innovation activities in Romania

Author(s): Laura Asandului,Livia Baciu / Language(s): English / Issue: Spec/2010

When adopting the recommendations of the Lisbon Agenda or Strategy, the European states have decided that in order to make the European Union a space of competitiveness and greater social cohesion and a model of sustainable economic growth, research-development and innovation (RDI) must become the main pillar of the member states common policies. Consequently, the European Council recommended more investment in research and development, setting the collective EU target of raising research investment to 3% of the GDP, namely 1% from public funds and 2% from private sector. The current economic and financial crisis and the pressure it poses on resources, public or private, ]has limited to some extent the achievement of these objectives. The investments might not increase as anticipated or they might even decrease. However, several states have understood that, in times of crisis, the investment in research and innovation might bring tremendous gains in terms of new technologies, human capital and knowledge or, in other words, gains in economic competitiveness. This paper aims at providing a comparative analysis of the Romanian situation using the statistical indicators of the knowledge economy, those related to RDI financing and also to RDI results for the short period of time when financing has increased as a result of applying the objectives set out by the Lisbon Strategy. We underline the fact that without financing there is no research and innovation and without policies to support RDI the delays in development cannot be recovered. The final part of the paper provides several recommendations aiming at improving the RDI policies in Romania in accordance with post-2010 Lisbon Strategy.

A gazdasági fejlődés új útjainak keresése

A szervezeti innovációk és a szervezeti tanulás szerepének felértékelődése

Author(s): Miklós ILLÉSSY / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 4/2016

PhD theses of Miklós Illéssy about searching for new directions in economic development, and about the role of organizational innovation and organizational learning

A koopetitív kkv-hálózatok területi dimenziói és hatásai

Author(s): György Jóna / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 01/2016

Overall purpose of this article is to scrutinize theoretically and empirically the relationship between local economic development and coopetitive networks of SMEs. This new aspect facilitates to understand more the driving force, core and automatisms of regional economic growth. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods the paper can provide insight into the process of regional economic growth. Of course, the dataset is analyzed and elaborated by the graph theory and its models. Despite this fact, I found, for the first time ever, three coopetitive networks of SMEs at nodal regional level. The results shows that there is significant close correlation between the SMEs networking and local/urban economic development, it can be proved by not only conceptually but also by empirically as well. The players of coopetitive networks have been able to cooperate each other within the framework of transportation and information distribution so as to they could reduce expenditures. Finally, the urbanization economies of scale and the localization economies of scale have been determined by the three coopetitive networks of SMEs.

A logit analysis of development and democracy. The Romania's case

Author(s): Mihai Mutascu ,Anne-Marie Fleischer / Language(s): English / Issue: Spec/2011

The paper analyzes empirically, in Romania’s case, the relationship between economic development (dependent variable) and its political factors (independent variables). The analysis is based on the construction of a linear “Logit Model” and the data set is covering the period 1926- 2007. The main results show that, in Romania’s case, which the economy has an expansive and competitive market, the economic development, can be accompanied, by high levels of democratization, with high political stability, on a republican base, but this is not a rule.

A napszámtól a bérmunkáig: a mezőgazdasági idénymunka változó formái egy kelet-magyarországi példán keresztül

Author(s): András Vigvári / Language(s): Hungarian / Issue: 1/2016

Through a community study carried out in a settlement in Eastern Hungary, my study aims to present the integrating role of various agricultural part-time works in local societies. This paper explores the way in which different agricultural factory forms and employer-employee relationships influence the structural and ethnical layering in local societies, as well as the forms of integration they offer to members of local societies. My case study aims to shed light on the way ongoing macro-social processes shape Hungarian rural areas and, in particular, on the way they transform social and ethnical relations in local societies.

Accounting treatment of assets amortization taken by means of financial leasing regime

Author(s): Mihaela Tulvinschi / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2010

In conditions of fast technical progress, the financial leasing has become a necessary element so as to finance the investments, and towards a real economic growth. The financial leasing has generated within the lessee accountancy both exploitation expenses as regards the amortization afferent to the assets, as well as the financial expenses. The main objective of this paper consists in emphasizing the issues the amortization of the asset taken by financial leasing, in accordance to the international standards, specific to the leasing, tangible assets and depreciation of assets. An especial attention should be dedicated to the result, where changing the useful lifetime of the assets on financial leasing regime has effects over the truthful reflection of financial position and performances of a lessee. One might also outline that the time of asset utilization represents a factor, which has influenced the decision of refinancing by leasing.

Aktywność czy bierność na obszarach wiejskich w województwie zachodniopomorskim

Author(s): Beata Bedzik / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 27/2016

Depletion of cheap pro-growth resources tends to search for new factors to generate socioeconomic development. Social capital is one of the main determinants of community resource development success. Social capital refers to the trust, activity and cooperation. This article aims to analyze the level of activity of rural West Pomerania province as an important determinant of development processes of each community. The importance of activity implies a need to analyze the levels, trends and identify the source of this activity. Research organized in rural West Pomeranian province showed a level of activity in communities larger is lower than in smaller ones. The more trust is implies a greater involvement in the case of the local community.

Aktywność inwestycyjna małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw w województwie dolnośląskim

Author(s): Janina Jedrzejczak-Gas / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 9/2016

The aim of this article is to assess the investment activity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lower Silesia Voivodeship. It is in the first part of the paper that the analysis and evaluation of the key indicators of the SMEs’ investment activity were presented, i.e. the total investment growth rate, capital expenditure per 1 entity, capital expenditure per 1 employee, the relation of investments to the total revenue. In the second part of the paper, a comparative study of the investment activity of SMEs in Lower Silesia Voivodeship in comparison to the investment activity of SMEs in other voivodeships in the country was presented. This study was carried out on the basis of a synthetic investment activity indicator constructed with the use of the non-model method.

An analysis of issues for the management of post-disaster housing reconstruction

Author(s): Abdulquadri Ade Bilau,Emlyn Witt / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2016

There is an urgent need to improve the management of housing reconstruction programmes. Post-disaster housing reconstruction represents a significant portion of global property investment but its management has often proved to be ineffective. Although the post-disaster context makes management more challenging, it also offers exceptional opportunities to invest in and develop a more resilient built environment. On the basis of a systematic review of the existing literature, characteristics of the housing reconstruction context and successes, failures and management issues arising from historical housing reconstruction programmes were identified. These were synthesized into a conceptual framework that relates the contextual characteristics with management strategies and with the desired outcomes for housing reconstruction initiatives. This framework will enable field data collection in order to better understand the interrelationships between context, management strategies and outcomes. Ultimately, it is intended to provide practitioners with decision support tools for selecting appropriate housing reconstruction management strategies.

Analiza porównawcza sytuacji mieszkaniowej w wybranych krajach Unii Europejskiej

Author(s): Weronika Wójciaczyk / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 03/2016

The goal of this article was to verify whether housing policies influence the existing housing situation in a given country. To that end, the housing situation in selected EU countries is presented and compared. The housing policies that were and are in force in these countries are described. The goal stems from the belief that some programmes and government measures are more effective in solving housing problems. The countries chosen are very different in terms of their approach to housing policies, showing the full spectrum of possible approaches – from supporting the rental segment in Germany, to the preferences for private property in Spain. The first part of the article presents housing policies in selected EU countries using the available literature on the topic. To compare the housing situation in the various countries, it was necessary to apply quantitative and qualitative indicators, which were designed using existing statistical data. As a result of the analysis, it was possible to confirm the impact of the housing policies on the housing situation in the selected countries.

Analysis on Immigration from EU10 States in Ireland between 2004 and 2010

Author(s): Arnold Weiszenbacher / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

Following the EU enlargement in 2004, Ireland decided to carry out an economic experiment by not imposing restrictions on the labour market. In this paper we investigate the economic and social impact of these measures, showcasing the difficulties encountered by immigrants, with disproportional earnings related to their qualifications, improper representation in the sectors of the economy and exploitation being preeminent. Negative impacts to the labour market such as displacement are also discussed. We conclude that immigration doesn’t pose a threat to the native workforce and can have a positive effect on the receiving country as long as the migrant population has the same rights as native workers.

Analyzing regional economic resilience in the Košice Region

Author(s): Iveta Korobanicová,Gabriela Kolveková / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2016

Resilience of any area in question is linked with its structure, which is being built and rebuilt over the years. For instance, Košice city reinforces for most sector of Information, communication and as well its sector of Art, entertainment and recreation. After implementing strategy of reinforcement the city can be better up to the task to cope with shocks. Similarly other areas, this paper was trying to shed light on this topic by implementing methodology of localization quotient and using data for seven cities in Eastern Slovak Republic. The analysis provides comparison in structure and resilience potential of cities in terms of employment.

Arbeitssucht und Stress versus Gesundheit im internationalen Wettbewerb

Author(s): Milosz Czopek,Ewa Zolnierczyk / Language(s): German / Issue: 9/2016

Health prevention, workplace stress reduction and workaholism exclusion are listed as activities which are aimed at raising the company competitiveness. Widely understood range of health promoting activities has become the element of international competition which is to help in gaining the competitive advantage by one economy over another. Healthy and motivated employees are seen as companies most important assets and a foundation of economic success. The article considers the relation between workaholism, and stress versus health. It presents benefits resulting from company health prevention from the employer’s as well as from the personnel’s point of view. Through the study, its author enters the current discussion and advertises company health promotion not only as a sign of humanism or as a fulfillment of social expectations, but also as a way thinking in terms of economic profit and loss calculation.

Are ethics in entrepreneurship possible at all?

Author(s): Marcin Waldemar Staniewski,Wojciech Slomski,Remigiusz Ryzinski / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2015

The present paper is concerned with the ethics of the conduct of entrepreneurs and ethical principles of entrepreneurs. Due to the visible economic dynamics as well as development of entrepreneurship supported by government administration, ethical issues related to these fields are becoming prominent. It seems that employment priority is currently treated as an antidote for most of the problems that the economy is faced with (it eliminates unemployment, allows to use the human capital in a better way, minimizes the problem of social exclusion, enables self-realization, etc.). The most powerful impetus to the development of entrepreneurship is the very high contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises to the Gross Domestic Product. Is such rapid development of entrepreneurship in comparison to fierce competition on the more and more demanding market a threat to the principles of ethical conduct in business? Are ethics – so important from the perspective of the society – possible in business activity at all? The problem under discussion is important not only for the entrepreneurs themselves but also for their employees, the employees’ families as well as the whole social system, etc. The deliberations presented in this article lead to a gloomy conclusion that business, as it appears, may do without ethics and actions within enterprises or among them are chiefly based not quite on a sense of togetherness, common good or purpose but, e. g. on misconceived competition. According to the authors, such a state of affairs is a consequence of, among other things, a redefinition of the notion of conscience and lack of proper upbringing.

Around the Bloc: Greece to Russians: Come Back Again, and Again

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 06/07/2016

Russian visitors to Greece could soon be rewarded with a cash-free but extremely valuable prize.

Aspecte ale stratificării sociale în contextul transformărilor sociale şi perspectivei de integrare europeană a Republicii Moldova. Note de cercetare

Author(s): Victor Mocanu,Angela Mocanu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2015

The independence period of the Republic of Moldova conditioned important changes at the economic and political level. The deepest and most grievous changes, in terms of social cost, are those who have an impact on the social structure, the life conditions, the people’s behaviour and mentality. Social change refers to the modifications in the basic structures of the society, so it produces a quality and quantity passing to one level to another level of the social system. In this paper we present the results of a survey on a national-level in Moldova. The research was focused on the recent trends in social stratification in this former soviet country.Another issue was the evaluation of the current socio-political situation and the people’s orientations (towards Europe or towards the Euroasian Union).

Aspekt agroturystyki w rozwoju lokalnym

Author(s): Agata Kielesinska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 28/2016

The article describes the general tendencies and trends in complexity of rural tourism and agribusiness in the European Union and in Poland as well as the importance of rural tourism and agrotourism in the realization of social, economic and institutional objectives of local development. Existing EU and national terms of support of the local development were presented. Specific aspects of diversification of rural and local development were pointed. The role and the forms of participation of local authorities in the process of encouraging entrepreneurship and supporting socioeconomic development of rural areas were presented.