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Technical-technological environment became very strong environment in recent years. It significantly affects and influences life in a globalized world as well as in tourism sphere. There can be found many factors within this environment. They bring new technologies, therefore new products and new market opportunities when considering tourism as important economic facilitator in the global economy. Due to a modern technologies disposition and rapid exchange of information and deciding of customers, strengthens the ...

Communication in tourism sphere is very important. We can say that communication affects tourism as it is. Informational technology in recent years hit every area of business and influenced the use of marketing tools in the field of tourism as well. In the era of information society the information have character of power supply. Internet communication is essential to the success of any company, organization, destinations, but also of each individual. Timely and relevant information help to obtain a significant co...

Background. Admittedly, 40 \% of the world's Arctic territory and water surfaces belong to Russia, and at the same time, according to estimates, only around 2\% of Arctic tourists worldwide choose Russia as their destination. A potential future rapid rise in the number of tourists in Russian Arctic could have huge economic, community and environmental implications, and yet sustainability issues remain largely untouched. Methods. Interviews with representatives of three Russian tour operators in Arctic tourism. Ana...

The fraudulence is very harmful for each company and it has damaging effect on the business development. Beyond the direct financial losses it has also other negative effects, as the loss of business partners, damage to the trade relations, loss of the best employees or degradation of the morale in the organization. Based on dozens of corruption causes and frauds publicized in the media in the Slovak Republic, it looks like the level of corruption and fraud at our society exceeded the imaginable level. The followi...

The concept of sustainable development promotes the coherence of economic and social development with capacities of ecosystems and with the preservation of natural heritage and biodiversity. The concept is based on three pillars: economic, environmental and social. In the Czech Republic the first sustainable development strategy was approved in 2004. In 2010, the government approved the currently valid Strategic Framework for Sustainable Development in the Czech Republic, which serves as the basis for drawing up s...

European Union aims to ensure food security and food safety by adopting the common agriculture policy. The adopted measures and strategies try to help each member state's agriculture to develop by investing in technical progress, good labor force management and a careful use of natural resources. In this context, the paper seeks to identify and analyze the evolution of technical progress, energy consumption and agriculture value added. Initially, a data comparison was made for European Union member states in view ...

In this article, the essence and significance of the productivity of work in operation activities of the company are presented. The purpose of the study was to examine relations between the level of the productivity of work and the work resources in companies. The research was conducted in Polish large-sized companies of the construction industry. The conducted analysis in the examined companies the effect of which are complete and partial models identifying a direction and the force of impact of elements of the s...

This paper aims to address practical issues materialized in a case study on human resources performance in a Romanian construction entreprise. This choice was favoured by the results much improved which the organization has had in recent years. Every economic activity requires naturally steps to be conducted for its development, namely: forecasting, organization, coordination, training and control, and strict enforcement of research and development functions such as manufacturing, trade, finance, accounting and hu...

The set of indexes jointly forming the notion of the standard of living consists of various social conditions of people's existence, as well as other conditions thereof. Among these parameters, a place of particular importance belongs to the services sector. Under present-day conditions, the services sector is becoming one of the basic elements of the socioeconomic system, a space in which the economy can develop progressively. The economies of the developed countries are defined as service economies. The socioeco...

This paper concerns to the strategic aspects of human resource management in small and medium business are considered, the scheme of development of the business plan of the company is submitted and the human resource management place on the basis of competence-based approach is defined in it.

General analysis of museum integration into the tourist space shows that modern museum tourism is characterized by the following factors: - Growing governmental attention to the museum tourism issues: These issues are reflected in two federal programmes: on Internal and Inbound Tourism Development in Russian Federation (2011−2018) and on Culture of Russia (2012–2018). - Growing public interest to the museums: Interest to the museums is represented in the growing number of visitors, which has increased for more...

The Transport Policy of the Czech Republic for 2014–2020 with the Prospect of 2050 is a top strategic document of the Czech Government for the transport sector following the strategic documents of the European Union. The document identifies the main problems of the sector and proposes measures to solve them. These measures cause risk, which management must take account in the transport companies' activities. The aim of this paper is to present the methodology which the management of transport companies can use t...

Increasing the quality of private accommodation facilities or accommodation in households is one of the key objectives of the Development Strategy of Croatian Tourism till the 2020th . At the same time it is the reason for developing the National Programme what includes creation of new and innovative tourism products. All this actions lead to increasing demand in the rural areas in main season and out of peak seasons and strengthen the competitiveness of Croatian tourism.The concept of a diffuse hotel is designed ...

Not only is corruption and its potential reduction a frequent topic of economic and social scientific research, but it is also a problem that very overtly concerns the governments of individual countries and citizens. Regarding the fact that bribery and other forms of corruption are illegal in most countries, their perpetrators try very hard to conceal them, and it is often nearly impossible to expose corruption. Despite this, there are many specific procedures in existence to deal with this problem in this day an...

One forms of tourism offer that has been present in the world for a long period of time is related to sports activities and recreational diving. Diving tourism has a direct impact on improving the quality of the overall tourist offer, because it is directed towards particular customers, often the ones with higher purchasing power. Diving tourism as a specific type of tourism can have an impact on the extension of the tourist season. Since it is takes place almost throughout the whole year, diving tourism can affec...

In this article Latin America considers as one of the most promising markets for the development of international franchising. The development of franchising in the world and geographical region of Brazil was presented. Furthermore, current state and development of franchising in Brazil by the main sectors of the economy were analysed. The authors came up with conclusions about more active development of franchising in Brazil comparing with the GDP growth of the country. On the basis of statistical data the predom...

The unit was established on 01.10.1995, with the object of activity "growing cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and of oil seeds plant." The headquarters unit is in Craiova, str. Route Severin, no. 44 bis. The company has branch in MДѓceЕџu de Sus and land which undertakes its activities are located in the villages Gighera of Sus and MДѓceЕџu. By its content work seeks to highlight the economic results obtained at SC Triumvir LLC, over two years of activity into conditions in which we can talk of a class manu...

The Czech Republic and all of Europe are cultural tourist destinations. To support both sectors, tourism and culture, it is more than necessary to pay attention to their significant contributions to the economic and social development of the area. The aim of the article is to compare the methodology or rather approach to cultural tourism included in Tourism Satellite Account and in Cultural Satellite Account and compare their results in relation to cultural tourism. The main methods used in the researched issue we...

Fostering local identity is seen as a way of differentiating between communities, which, in the context of an ever increasing globalization, tend to become more and more similar. Elements like landscape and popular culture still contribute to keeping and shaping a distinct local identity. Identifying the role played by local identity in the development of a community has a large economic, social and ecological importance. The presence of certain practices, traditions, customs and other events (promotion of traditi...

To succeed in the highly competitive online environment, it is of the utmost importance to understand different attributes affecting consumers' online buying behaviour. In this context, the main purpose of the paper was to investigate the relation between features of Generation Y online buying behaviour and socio-psychological variables. The data was collected through survey questionnaire using the purposive sample of 515 Croatian Generation Y consumers from the Dubrovnik-Neretva County. The empirical survey was c...

Foreign direct investments undoubtedly have a significant impact on the national economy. They contribute to economic growth, to reducing the unemployment rate and they also positively affect other macroeconomic indicators. Foreign companies bring with them not only foreign capital that they invest in the host country, but also new technology, modern and more effective production and management methods, classic standards of business conduct, new jobs as well as opportunities for domestic suppliers. Investment ince...

A large body of empirical literature confirm that foreign direct investments (FDI) are an essential source of development for the most of countries, especially transition economies. The export oriented FDI has multi-fold contribution in the economies of the host countries. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to analyze empirically the foreign direct investments and exports performance of South East European (SEE) countries, covering the period 1996-2013. The paper also investigates for the fixed effects...

The 21st-century workforce is global, highly connected, technology-savvy, and demanding. Its employees are youthful, ambitious, and filled with passion and purpose. Trends in leadership, talent acquisition, capability development, analytics, and HR transformation are all impacted by globalization. Companies that learn to leverage global talent markets while localizing their HR strategies will be poised for strong performance. The paper is focused on process of globalization, which greatly influences human resource...

This study goals are revealing perception associated to trends about opportunity employment to military women in military structures and to see if possible difference in attitude, statistic significant, given by same cluster subjects, can be analyzed depending on tested parameters, (like sex, socio-cultural area, pathway, age, rank, family type, function). In most analyzed structures and specializations like references in realized article, military women are integral part in military organization, occupying varied...

The paper shows the gender inequalities in work and employment in Georgian reality It represents the analysis of existing quantitative and qualitative studies with regard gender inequalities. Desk research method is used discuss the research question- what is the extent of gender inequalities in work and employment in Post-soviet Georgia. As statistical evidence and rigorous studies conducted by researchers and non-governmental organizations suggested gender inequalities in employment, education and income distrib...

Customer relationship management (CRM) has become an important topic for practitioners in recent years. Customer relationship management becomes an important key of how to manage relationships with customers effectively. A key component of many initiatives is the implementation of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) methods. In order to enhance customer relationships, the application of CRM methods are exploring in detail. This research aims to explore the perceptions of flight team members in regarding of CRM ...

Paradigm shift in education under an international labor migration must be scientifically justified. Economic growth and improved living standards in Kazakhstan is a strong attraction for immigrants. However, there has been a steady trend of outflow of young specialists from the country. As a result, narrows the competitive environment in the labor market, employment is provided by jobs with low quality, reduced productivity. The main tasks, which will be answered in the studies: 1.Provide an analysis of the struc...

Once Piedmont was known as †the antithesis of a tourism destination' because its regional capital, Torino, was (and still is) well known worldwide as the symbol-city of the Italian car industry. Nowadays, this Region has a very appreciate position as a tourist destination because of museums, exhibition centers, cultural and religious events (e.g. the Holy Shroud) and, last but not least, industrial tourism, linked not only to car industry but also to excellences of the food and wine sector. Furthermore ExpoTorin...

Innovative processes in different countries are closely connected with information recourses use and production. So, innovative development of any country can be evaluated by means of their quantitative assessment. The aim of this article is to determine the potential of innovative activity realization on the base of Russian information recourses. The stages of innovative process and types of information recourses used and produced at its every stage have been determined. This use is based on their demand while th...

Territories of priority development play a significant role in innovative economic development of the Russian Federation. These territories are defined as municipal entities aimed at formation and implementation of science-intensive products and services necessary for increasing life quality and being in in high demand of business and population. By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Siberia and Krasnoyarsk Krai in particular is to be awarded a special status for its economic potential implement...

Analysis of the results and identification of prospects for Russia's WTO accession is necessary on the regional level, as the territorial development of Russia is very heterogeneous. Due to the high heterogeneity of the territorial development of the Russian Federation subjects accession to the WTO will have multidirectional action on regional economies.

In the present study we aimed to present a point of view on the relationship between innovation and economic growth, considering innovation as the most important component of long-term economic growth engine. In this regard our research was based on different bibliographic sources that we mentioned in the article. In our approach we started by defining the two concepts, innovation and growth, the ways of interaction between them and the role of innovation in delivering economic growth. Innovation is a process for ...

Background. The search the reasons for a manufacturing development is very important for Russia. Nowadays the extractive enterprises are the most important part of Russians economy. For example, in 2013 year the part of mineral products in common Russian export was 76,1\% (data of Russians Federal State Statistics Service). But to be competitive in the global economy the country needs in production of more complex products. Methods. The method of this research is a production function which was constructed for the...

Innovation and smart specialization are recognized as the drivers of the most economies. Although it is Main dominating opinion in society acknowledges that members of Diaspora are mainly involved/ targeted to short time, rather low skilled workplaces with aim to gain capital and to return to native country. This research will include desk research about existing studies and findings on Entrepreneurship potential and innovation and regional smart specialization, and briefly adding small field research particularly...

The aim of this paper is to extend the conventional decision-making process in crisis interventions by including rapid reconfigurations and elements of agility. The interest is to offer a strategic view that responds in a different dynamics to the real challenge of quickly adapting to unforeseen situations in order to mitigate the consequences. The importance of including theories from strategic management is justified by the possibility to create a new framework that includes both the rigueur of crisis interventi...

The analysis of the dimensions and factors determining the organizational performance reveals not only the decisive role of human resources in this equation, but also the potentiation of all the other factors through their direct involvement. This research proposes an analysis of the development level of the Human Resources Information System in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises from the development Region of South West Oltenia in Romania, of the way this system is used as a competitive tool for the growth of...

Operation of any attractive touristic site is influenced not only by local or spatial, but mostly by economic conditions. Touristic places (museums, sites) as public institutions fulfilling specific functions are financed by society. In market economy, the fundamental principle of their financing is multi-channel or multi-source financial means. Sources for operating of touristic sites are distributed precisely by founder which causes extreme dependency on such source and it also limits space for active administra...

Background: In conditions of permanent competition and customer expectations on the increase, companies are looking for more and more effective marketing instruments related not only to a company's basic offer, but also to its general activities in the social, business and natural environments. The result of this search is the implementation of the Cause Related Marketing (CRM) concept, which is associated with the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR). On the one hand, companies are increasingly...

The concept of lifelong education emerged in the European political space within various development strategies and memorandums. The economic aspects of lifelong education are little researched, although the European Commission has emphasised since 1995 that lifelong education contributes to employment and economic competitiveness, but since 1998 the term lifelong education has been associated with employment policies in Europe. The urgency of lifelong education in Europe was determined by the increasing role of e...

The aim of the paper was to compare and confront the concepts of sustainability and responsibility in tourism and to research the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in achieving sustainable and/or responsible tourism. The empirical research was aimed to analyze the importance of CSR for hotel companies in Croatia as a toll towards a more responsible tourism. Considering the numerous direct and indirect impacts of hotels on their natural and social environment, the implementation of CSR brings many chall...

The greatest movement of tourists is registered in Europe. One of the assumptions of the stay tourism development in a given country is exactly the capacity of tourist accommodation establishments, its size, room layout as well as the overall quality standard of services. The standard of services represents the extent of quality of satisfying the needs of domestic as well as foreign visitors in a certain time-limited period. This whole process is measured by certain indexes in tourism. The obtained findings are su...

The focus of the article is on the evaluation of enterprise competitiveness from managers of the enterprises point of view. For this purpose, there is assembled model of competitiveness evaluation. The model consists of evaluation of the ability of managers of small and medium-sized construction enterprises to evaluate the development of the selected financial indexes according to their objectivised development based on real financial data. The evaluation of the development is used to conduct the overall evaluatio...

The purpose of this study is to present the new method where the house of quality is crucial tool which helps customers in shopping decision making process. The suggested method is based on the combination of customer marketing mix 4C and the house of quality. The quality function deployment method called house of quality is an effective tool that allows companies to tailor their products and services according to customers` needs. The customer satisfaction with the product or service plays a significant role in t...

This comparative study, take in discussion the natural and over-seeded grassland to determine the maximum efficiency of fertilizers applied on both, and tell which variant is better. For solving the objectives in the spring of 2014, were placed two experiences into the field of Preajba Experimental Center - Gorj, taking into account the selection of land area representative in terms of floristic composition and terrain orography. [8] Both experiences had 8 variants and 3 repetitions being placed after randomized b...

In the framework of the neoclassical growth model developed by Barro and Sala-i-Martin, the concept of $\sigma$-convergence is applied to a variety of regional sets of 19 countries of EU, on the level of NUTS1 and NUTS3 regions. The complex analysis was made on a large data base of real GDP per capita (divided by overall CPI) values obtained from the Eurostat for a cross-section of NUTS3 regions, and covering the period 2000–2011. Finally, the first stage non-linear regressions of the logarithmic expression of G...

Development of efficient innovative economy is an alternative to resource approach and a strategic condition for regional development. A number of factors have impact on innovative development of social and economic system of a region. These include socio-economic conditions of the region, innovation and management capacity and human capital availability. Innovative activity, legal framework, innovative infrastructure are identified as the main directions of process of realization of innovative policy of social an...

Tourist destination marketing started to gain considerable importance within tourism literature and practice during the last fifteen years. In this context, benchmarking became a key process for defining strategies and monitoring their implementation within tourist destinations. Several tools for destination benchmarking were developed at EU level. Due to the major importance of sustainability issues within all Tourism Policies adopted by the European Commission, great importance has been given to the creation of ...

The main purpose of the paper is to point out the importance of organic agriculture in enhancing local development. Organic agriculture is a concept that integrates three main goals: economic profitability, social equity and environmental health. The transition to organic agriculture is a process that requires many changes and commitments at different levels: consumers, producers, institutions, policy–makers, scientific institutions, etc. In the last forty years community-supported agriculture (CSA) is considere...

A developed transport system is an important factor for every tourist destination. Accordingly, it is very important for the Republic of Croatia, as a maritime country with six sea ports of international importance, to have well-developed ports. Their development is necessary not only from the standing point of economy and the transport system as a whole, but also from that of promoting the tourism potential. Therefore, the authors analyze the relative efficiency of the passenger seaports in Croatia using data env...

This article highlights funding practices of training in SMEs in many European countries, with a focus on Romanian SMEs. During last two decades local governments have initiated local financing schemes especially for formal training, in Romania, in UK and in other European countries, neglecting the informal character of learning, specific to SMEs (Ashton, 2008; Bishop, 2015). Even if statistical data on training in Romania for the last decade - obtained from previous surveys and studies - is not continuous and het...