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Geography education in Bulgaria is conducted in conditions of centralized planning. It is organized in a system which obtains certain parameters – content, struc-ture, organization and environment. The most important factor defining the geography education statute is state educational policy which is a result of social, economic and political conditions. Public needs, nature of geography science and the essence of geog-raphy knowledge and cognition find their particular reflection in the mission of geogra-phy ed...

The relevance of the study is determined by the need to select indicators that assess the level of housing and communal development of municipalities in the metropolitan area and methods for assessing the degree of interterritorial differences in the housing and municipal development of the urban agglomeration in order to identify these differences and, subsequently, to carry out a set of measures for their equalization for harmonious development agglomeration as a whole. Based on the main alignment objectives and...

Servant leadership is a philosophy that includes methods, principles, practices and many useful concepts that can be applied to build better organizations, help businesses run more effectively and efficiently, to protect and encourage well-being. The term servant leadership is firstly used in essay “The servant as leader" and is created by Robert Greenleaf in 1970 [5]. Servant leadership is important for its approach and views of organizations, individuals and communities, it focuses on their growth and well-bei...

Active competition for good employees can currently be observed among employers because the most frequently mentioned topical issues in the labour market in Latvia are associated with ageing of the society, emigration of working-age population. The shortage of qualified labour due to the demographic processes and also the high levels of competition in the labour market in the transportation sector, the high levels of personnel turnover and the low levels of responses to the announced vacancies from potential emplo...

Nowadays companies due to the growing external influence are placing greater emphasis on social responsibility, they are not only paying attention to these activities, but also supporting these from their resources, which is often very different from the central economic beliefs. Very often the expectations are vague, but powerful, nevertheless it is worth dealing with them. Although certain requirements appear in the law also, yet, corporate managers dedication remains an open question like their willingness to i...

The article discusses the social risks and their role in the management of entrepreneurial structures. Risks are indicators of the degree of social tension and level of success of entrepreneurial environment on local level, regional level and enterprise specific, and macro. The General trend in Russia was strengthening the entrepreneurial activities of the state - state equity participation of large companies is becoming one of the most common forms of state regulatory impact on the economic activity of economic a...

Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility requires balanced consideration of environmental, economic, ethic, philanthropic and social issues. The companiesВ’ effort to present relevant responsible activities can be considered as ones of the most meaningful reporting goal with strong impacts on important stakeholders as well as on the broad society. Presentation of economic and environmental information via regular reports and static companiesВ’ web pages can be considered as a common company practice, but social,...

This paper explores the literature on social investment. Social investment is a form of implementing social responsibility and investment in human development. The effect of social investment is determined by the quality of life and has comprehensive direction for the development of social reproduction, because the system of social investment in its parameters beyond national interests. We provide empirical evidence of the influence of social preferences on formation of the investment portfolio of large Russian co...

Relevance of work is caused by processes of regionalization and integration, need of creation of innovative, competitive economy in the Russian Federation. All municipalities, relying on project management, develop programs of spatial development. It does actual the solution of questions of increase of efficiency of activity and a choice of the priority directions of development of economic entities regardless of their level. Are considered spatial development of economic zones of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) o...

The following article gives a picture of the history and current state of the entertainment gaming industry, which is rapidly developing and changing in these few years. Compares features of gaming devices and consoles, methods of distribution of its products to consumers and describes the modern selling models such as microtransactions. The article deals about current sales and marketing models used in this industry. It also focuses on the big problem in the gaming industry which is piracy. In the analytical part...

The article contains the comparative analysis of the entrepreneurship development in the resource regions. Basing on the statistic analysis of indicators, a classification of the resource regions according to the level of economic diversification (the share of processing industry) and to the level of entrepreneurship activity has been formulated. The indicators have been grouped on the level of business activity, concentration of enterprises in the industry, productivity and investment activity. The correlation an...

Job involvement is one of most useful instruments that companies can use to increase work productivity, since involved employee work loyalty creates positive environment for company growth. Engaged employees work better, are considering less job change options, feel higher personal growth and wellbeing together with the company. If employee is engaged in company work, he becomes motivated to care about what happens in the company, contributes to company goal accomplishment and tries to work as good as he can. Enga...

The article presents the conceptual framework for strategic management of the portfolio of innovative projects. We determined the definitions, aims, tasks, principles and stages of strategic portfolio management, the main directions of concept realization, methodical and instrumental base. This article proposes a mechanism for the formation of a resource-saving system, which contains an analysis of the factors influencing the effective use of resources, modification of the current resource-saving processes. We vie...

The article studies concepts of “company competitiveness”, “strategic sustainability of a company”, and analyses their interrelation. Relevant issues of supporting competitiveness of printing companies have been found out by signs of micro-, meso-, and macro level. Basic ways of coping with the found out problems are defined. It has been established that under conditions of competition growth at the printed product market maximization of strategic sustainability of the company is becoming a critical factor...

The purpose of this paper is to identify consumers' preferences for Geographical Indication wines from the Mini? M?derat vineyard, wines that are traditionally in the area and at the same time are also km 0, favoring a sustainable development of the area. Two wine centers, Mini? and M?derat, although they are close, shows important differences. Mini? climatic conditions and soil conditions favor the production of quality red wines, and at M?derat, located further north, the climate is less generous and soils more ...

The aim of the paper is to indicate the essence of the concept of sustainable development as a new paradigm in the theory of management science. Different paradigms reflect different interpretations and aspects of modern management which are changing faster and faster. The twenty first century poses many challenges to management. Nowadays, the reconciliation of economic, social and environmental aspects is one of the most difficult problems in the area of modern enterprise management since, in the science of susta...

The paper deals with investigating thorough analysis that reveals the impact of digitalisation as the development of new communication platforms are changing consumer's purchasing behaviour in the online environment. The main aim of our research to identify the dynamics of consumer preferences in relation to the communication platforms of digital equipment for purchase in the online environment. To fulfil the aim of the research we are in the period 02.21.2016 - 03.06.2016 conducted a questionnaire survey located ...

Management develops strategic advantages in the area of economic activity through the implementation of the Total Quality Management (TQM) principles into each management system. The purpose of this paper is to redefine the quality management principles and to develop an individualized questionnaire to measure the management perceptions when principles are implemented. We have studied the application of management principles in small and medium–sized enterprises in two Romanian regions on the basis of four hypot...

The article considers the features of production development in the conditions of the sixth technological order and the related needs in changing the level of education and training of human resources. Particular attention is paid to the training of management personnel, which will determine the efficiency and effectiveness of new production structures. It emphasizes the need to reassess the profile of the competencies of management specialists. In the mandatory managerial skill set one should assign skills that d...

A good leader might be the difference between success and failure in the contemporary ever changing business environment. Leadership is crucial to employee motivation, employee satisfaction, productivity and overall business performance. It includes a variety of elements and success techniques, although personal characteristics should not be underestimated. A complex connection of interpersonal relations and communications is created in any leader-follower situation. Although several theoretical approaches have be...

A new theoretical and methodological approach is proposed for an interpretation essence and a tool for evaluating the competitiveness of the graduate. Meaningful signs of competitiveness are the process by which a subject of labor is able to compete and the outcome of this ability in a competitive labor market. The purpose of the work is to identify the impact (how close the ties between the elements are) of the elements responsible for forming competition abilities on the resulting value-the level of gain. When a...

The article is devoted to the development of integral indicator of the level of financial and economic stability of industrial enterprise basing on the analysis of functioning of economic entities in modern conditions of a variable economy. The article also considers constructing indicators of separately financial and economic stability, which, in our opinion, should be treated as random variables distributed by the particular law of distribution with the appropriate parameters. Moreover, the analysis should be co...

The relevance of the study what attitude employees have towards their organization is closely connected with its influence on the professional and economic efficiency of the individual professionals and the organization itself as a whole. The analysis of scientific resources has demonstrated that the attitude towards the organization is always substituted by the term loyalty, which characterizes a certain level of work perception both from the external and internal position, which determines the quality of profess...

Background. Competitive advantages are one of the main elements of successful activity in the global market. This is relevant for the economy of any country, which in modern conditions is involved in the globalization of the world economy. World economic relations between different countries provide opportunities that can be used with varying degrees of economic success. Modern Russian entrepreneurial structures are actively trying to integrate into the world economy. This is very difficult, because all the produc...

Nowadays the success of organizations are becoming more and more dependent on leadership and the quality of workforce. LeadershipВ’s effect as a factor on organizational success and workforce loyalty increased its importance. In this study the effects of servant leadership and path-goal leadership on organizational commitment and turnover is being researched. The sample consists of 112 employees in 35 organizations in Г‡anakkale city. Data collected by unobtrusive measures and question forms is subjected to analys...

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between paternalism, delegation collective organizational engagement and performance. The performance concept in this study consists of individual and organizational performance. Using quantitative analysis methods a study is conducted on the North Marmara Region of Turkey with a sample of 175 employees in different sectors. The result of the study show that there is a positive correlation between paternalism, delegation, collective organizational engagement,...

The paper aims to choose the marketing metrics to measure the performance of the corporate client relationship management and to estimate the relationship marketing efficiency in the industrial market. The choice of client metrics was made according to the corporate targets for the development of industrial organization, availability of statistical data and the companyВ’s needs for information in order to manage relationship with the customers. It was tested and approved in the real case of industrial enterprises....

The system of partner relations of Russian business and government is in the process of formation. The economic crisis is not the best way influenced this process. In a crisis situation, level of investment activity of Russian companies on the background of maintaining the limitations of funding sources (borrowing of credit resources abroad and high interest rates on loans of domestic banking institutions) continued to decline. The negative impact of administrative factors, such as the tightening of the customs re...

This paper identifies the steps, parameters and criteria for evaluating technologies in terms of its potential for creating new sectors in the economy of resource region. We established the key principles for prioritizing the directions of technological development: maximizing the technologyВ’s potential for future economy, integrating the effects of regional development with national economy. The study is based on an analysis of the global and national trends in technological development, identification of techno...

The activities of modern companies depend not only on economic performance but also on a broadly understood sustainable development strategy from economic, social and environmental perspective. Polish hard coal mining undertakings aspire to be such companies. Therefore, currently many of mining and post- mining communities is looking for new possibilities of development. They have to look for different ways of economic activation and new possibilities for those areas. Entrepreneurs are looking for different ways t...

An important prerequisite for improving business performance is the high efficiency of internal processes, including the purchasing process. In order to increase the performance efficiency of industry enterprises as the suppliers, it is necessary to know and understand not only the course of the purchasing process in the companies of direct customers, but also their way of evaluating the performance of the suppliers, the actual purchasing process and its position in the business performance evaluation system. The ...

In the demanding competitive environment, manufacturers find it more and more difficult to differentiate physical products, and so they resort to differentiation of the offer through services and customer solutions. The thing is that the product level cannot be assessed according to the quality of its technical features only, but particularly according to the way how the clients are provided with it - services. Their importance is growing on a long-term basis, and their sufficient level is a critical factor of the...

Changes in the economic development of countries in recent decades have been influenced by processes that have modified the methods and forms of business. While in the past, the emphasis was putting on the size of the company, now the connection of the company to the various forms of network cooperation is growing. One of these forms is cluster cooperation, where the major position the small and medium sized enterprises have. Their decisions if they join the cluster cooperation depend mainly on the various risks t...

The recent imbalance in providing an adequate plan, training as well as human resource management for the medical institutions is affecting the proper function of the Romanian healthcare system. The present study intended to identify the satisfaction of Romanian medical work-force presently employed in private as well as state healthcare institutions. With this purpose, the study targeted the working environment of the two categories of institutions and focused on the relations and communications between health pr...

Leaders and their role in organizations management are some of the most analyzed subjects in organizations management. Specifically in tourism organizations leader is the person who plans, manages, organized, monitors and motivates employees in all of these functions and processes. Thus leaderВ’s role is essential gaining competitive advantage in the tourism organizations. One of the leaderВ’s role issues is ethics and how ethical behavior influences the motivation of employees. Accordingly the aim of this article...

In modern conditions is rapidly changing external business environment, in-creasing competition, rapidly updated product range. So now to win the competition it is very important to better and more complete than our rivals, to meet the current demand and growing consumer demands. This can only be achieved through effective product policy. Errors in the formation of product policies lead to volatility in the assortment structure, loss of control over the competitiveness and the quality of products and will ultimate...

The paper presents the main assumptions about the theory of constraint, particularly with regard to its application in the area of improvement of the organization of production processes. The analysis was made on the example of the lacquering process. In analyzing according to the principle of continual improvement, newly diagnosed "bottlenecks" were presented and possible ways of eliminating them and expected effects were presented. The practical application of the theory of constrains confirms the universality o...

In the face of increasing complexity, variability, and unpredictability of conditions in which modern organizations function, there is a need for new ways of conceptualizing leadership. A discussion arises, concerning the question whether leadership is focused on a single leader or distributed across a number of individuals, whether leadership is best understood as a specialized role or rather as a shared influence process, whether it is a deliberate or rather an emergent phenomenon. This article is part of this d...

Social enterprise is increasingly perceived as a viable solution to real problems due to its nature of an integration of socially favorable activities among communities. At the same time, it helps developing social innovations in the internationalizing European Union. Due to the need to self-finance the displayed model integrates economic, social, and environmental aspects to insure the well-being, interaction, and integration of diverse cultures within its local community while competing with the local network of...

Management and building of a positive corporate reputation is a frequently discussed topic in modern economic literature. The thing is that in the current market environment a positive reputation is a key intangible and hard-to-copy factor, which decides whether the company will be successful or not. Obviously, a positive reputation stems from a long-term successful operation of a company in the market, it is an image of personal experience, but it also results, to a certain extent, from the “public opinion” s...

The purpose of this study is to create an original performance scale. For this purpose, exploratory factor analysis and reliability analyzes were performed. A two-step focus group study was conducted to construct scale expressions. When the proposed form was filled in by 45 top managers for 45 white collar employees, a total of 90 forms were obtained. These 90 forms have been prepared for analysis by data entry. In order to measure the performances of 90 white-collar employees, a group of managers, who provided pl...

The publication presents the results of empirical research on technologies used in the home pages of the Irish credit institutions authorized under Irish Legislation to carry on banking business in the state according to the Irish Credit Institutions Register, Section 1 (a) in 2017. The home web pages of 10 banks were studied. Our survey reveals some interesting details about the proportion of the used web technologies. The average home page size is around 1.4 MB and the share of the images is around 50%. The shar...