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An urban arterial, collector or local street must be geometrically and functionally designed, i.e. not only considering the occupation of the physical space but also the capacity and level of service provided, that is directly related with the perception of the user. The pavement is an element of the urban infrastructure that also has a fundamental effect on the perception of the user, for instance on the ride quality (regularity and skid resistance of the surface), visibility and especially on the interventions f...

From an architectural office, that was founded to become the antidote to the star-architecture, here there are three herotic names on the cat walk of the contemporary architecture; Rem Koolhaas, as the founder of OMA, Winy Maas as the founder of MVRDV and finally Bijark Ingles as the founder of BIG. The beginning of 1990's is the time of the capital market changes the hand by the neo-liberalism; inter connected networks, known generally as the internet, start to be called as internet, which will be the new space o...

In the architectural practice, the correct ideas - being property of all - are naturally assimilated and its validation is guaranteed by the evidence of the facts in the building. This way, the good ideas result in good practice, decoding a “modus faciendi” inherent to the discipline of architecture, where the passage of time does lead to its own tradition. But when the craving of innovative and different ideas, absurd ideas arise, what legitimacy has the architect to persuade the client, or even being persuad...

This article is meant to provide a brief overview of the recently emerging trend in sustainable architecture - the using of locally available, often unprocessed materials to construct fully functioning, modern residential architecture. From the use of garbage as filler in concrete, to structures made of compressed earth found on-site that are not only pleasing to the eye, but also offer high quality insulation properties, architects and engineers are rediscovering seemingly primitive materials and design solutions...

From a social viewpoint, justice is the principle which most people of all classes refer to nowadays. As it must be the basis of building a strong and sustainable society, this principle is studied and researched by individuals and private institutions, as well as civil and international religious institutions. The term of justice, at an empirical glance, seems to express a simple idea, accessible to most people's knowledge ability. However, analyzed in depth, from several perspectives, it proves to intrinsically ...

For designing process in single family houses many think that is the simplest thing in designing. But they often do not bear in mind that the architect has to collaborate with the potential user of the house. This collaboration must be effective, so that the process continues in the desired direction. In this sphere the architect has to think about the user's needs and wishes and the architectural landscape where the object will be placed, as well as on the spatial legislation in that area. Combining all that in o...

The Academic Ranking and Rating Agency - ARRA annually evaluates the faculties of universities in the Slovak Republic. In 2013 the recorded level of interest in studying a PhD at universities was at its lowest. ARRA assumes that over the next few years, this trend will not change. Because the doctoral studies in Slovakia are the highest degree of education, the survey was therefore conducted to identify individual aspects of satisfaction with doctoral studies at the Faculty of Management during the winter semester...

This conceptual paper is based on the document analysis aimed at systemizing knowledge about the potential application of catastrophe bonds (cat bonds) by non-financial companies, together with the identification of the limitations of their usage. We also analyse market data to provide information about the current state and development of cat bonds. After examining theoretical publications and the available market data, we have identified several areas of cat bonds application within corporate financial managemen...

The main objective of this paper is to highlight the new tendencies on the adventure tourism, in this regard we consolidating the basis of the specialty literature of this new market of designing and developing bike parks to be used both when practicing urban and mountainous tourism as well. In this view, this paper presents a piece of qualitative research we conducted so as to identify the tourists' needs and opinions about the importance of such bike parks in Romania and to have a marketing background for improv...

The current market conditions prevent the full competitiveness of alternative fuels as renewable energy sources (RES) and require dedicated support for the producers of energy. Since the adoption of the 2009/28/EC Directive several RES bills in Poland have appeared. Latest bill assume a quite surprising abandonment of certificate of origin as the primary support instrument in favour of an auctioning system. The paper aims to assess the competitiveness and capability of development of individual RES technologies in...

After 1989, Romanian economy has big changes in structure and functions. These changes were influence especially the economy of small towns. The most Romanian small towns are mono-industrial. For this reason, after disappear of main industry branch of these towns, appear many changes in demography field. Therefore, the unemployment rate increase, and the migration from this towns grow up. In Fetesti, town situated on the left branch of Danube and to the highway Bucharest-Constanta (the capital-Black Sea), the indu...

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of domestic and international tourism on the economic growth process in the Visegrad countries – Czech republic, Slovak republic, Poland and Hungary. The aim of paper is to analyse the influence of domestic and international tourism on the economic growth rate over the period 2002-2012. The territorial breakdown is based on Eurostat's NUTS classification, and we consider the NUTS2 level, which defines regions as the basic territory al unit for the application of reg...

Human capital have been paid close attention in the productivity studies for a long time by macroeconomists. At the corporate level, the focus of efficiency analyses has been always placed on resource utilization. In the paper, the aim is to investigate how can be human capital incorporated into non-parametrical frontier analysis. The slack-based input-oriented efficiency measure allows to identify sources of inefficiency caused by excess use of inputs. The first two sections deal theoretically with efficiency and...

The aim of this paper is to highlight the possibility of using knowledge about the unpaid work in the management of a company. It is based on research conducted in 2012, which describes unpaid work in Slovakia in terms of its quantity, structure and incentives. The first part of the paper presents the basis of the research. The following section summarizes selected results. The core of the paper consists of the application of these findings on the issue of business management. We put the emphasis on the issue of h...

In the present situation and at the high level of scientific and technological advancement, project management should take into account the environmental dimension. The Russian real estate market, in terms of innovative economic development, has certain specific features. As the environmental situation is deteriorating, the real estate market in Russia obviously needs innovative development in compliance with environmental standards. Environmental development is a trend that is only in its infancy in Russia, and h...

This paper focuses on developing sustainable and attractive tourism destinations under the impact of national and international future trends in tourism, of which we herein analysed the high demand of customer-tailored service packages and the continuous changes in tourists' needs for a 'totally different' tourism product. In this regard, our purpose was to identify the main revival strategies to be used for a tourism destination which lost in time its attractiveness but still preserves its potential of natural an...

The relation between fiscal deficit, growth of the amount of money, government expenditure and inflation, has taken an important place in the literature of monetary economy. This research will analyse the connection between the fiscal deficit and inflation in the Republic of Macedonia. The main objective of this research is to review the factors responsible for the growth of fiscal deficit in Macedonia, taking into consideration all the factors which may influence in the status of fiscal deficit. The research stat...

Previous studies indicated a progressive degradation of the designed landscape due to ignorance and low public interest in designed landscape units. The aim of this paper was to identify farmers' assumptions as key stakeholder in relation to the designed landscape composition and to develop farmers' typology according to similar attributes. For the purpose of the research the Lednice-Valtice Landscape, included on the UNESCO list, was chosen. Primary data were acquired through the method of questionnaire survey. I...

In Slovakia people traditionally devote a lot of time to perform unpaid work in their homes. The paper focused onto examination whether all activities which could be done through the unpaid work of households members are doing themselves, or whether households are replacing at least part of these activities by paid work of the third party, i.e. whether there is a demand for such kind of goods and services. The sample size of primary research done by our team was 1,142 Slovak households. Results show that household...

According to the European Union regulation, pig carcass classification effectively started in Romania in March 2006. Since then, it was implemented as a compulsory activity in all slaughterhouses, regardless their size. The main purpose of animal carcass classification system implementation was, like in any other European Union country: i/ to perform a unitary, qualified animal carcass quality evaluation; ii/ to mark (number) carcasses for commercial purposes; iii/ to solve the payment problems among producers and...

People's Republic of China has experienced an unprecedented growth of exports in the last decades. At first these exports were considered to be mainly of low added value but China's export structure has changed dramatically in the last years. China is growingly exporting high value products. Example of such goods can be motor vehicles which are also crucial for numerous Central and Eastern European countries. In this paper we will focus on how China's growing car exports influence the exports of Visegrad countries...

Present period of globalization, fast economic development and world economic crisis is accompanied with a lot of changes in labour market. Increasing number of people without job and income has negative impacts on the whole economy, creates social tension and endangers public finances. One of the potential and perspective solutions is a support of the flexibility of labour, which eventuates in a more flexible labour market and an increased mobility of labour force. It allows firms to adjust employment to the chan...

Despite all measures taken from the onset of the crisis in 2008, including the financial support offered by some countries, the automobile market has not recovered yet, and in 2014 sales are still well below market expectations. Analysing the automobile market after 2010, this paper aims at discovering the tools necessary for sales increase, and the challenges automakers will have to face in the coming years. Through comparative analysis of statistical data and of the trends in demand identified in the last year, ...

Assortment of red wine quality wine center Galicea Mare is composed of 4 varieties widespread worldwide - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Syrah - and local variety FeteascДѓ Neagra. Since 2011 many experiments were performed to obtain the 5 monovarietal wine from this varieties and wine multivarietals by combinations of thereof. The results of these experiments show that the local variety FeteascДѓ Neagra is well adapted on climatic conditions, soil and elevation of the vineyard, so monovarietal wines m...

Reputation represented by different rating structures and mechanisms help building trust in electronic auction platforms like eBay for several years. Several studies in this field identified core benefits of such mechanisms. Results from them suggest that sellers with higher ratings are usually rewarded by higher purchasing price, than sellers with lower rating level. Reputation mechanisms are not very widely implemented on B2B (business to business) e-markets and/or on e-procurement markets. Therefore benefits id...

Globalization is a significant phenomenon that has appeared at the end of the 20th century and that dominates in the 21st century. This phenomenon meddles in all areas of social life. By means of quantitative analysis of opinions of group of experts from the field of agriculture sector, we have decided to evaluate the impact of the globalization on evolution of agrarian and food sector of the country, with directing on agrarian sector of Slovakia. We have carried out the research three times in the years 2003, 200...

The paper investigated the differences in planning of human resources (HR) in selected enterprises in the Slovak Republic. The main determinant investigated is the share of foreign capital in the enterprises` capital structure. The process of the economic integration and globalization is taking form of foreign direct investment (FDI). This transfer of capital is usually accompanied by the transfer of technologies and knowledge. The so-called “knowledge spillover” in the area of HR planning is the phenomenon th...

The importance of service quality and service quality measurement has been recognized in most service industries. Customers understand quality as a comparison of expected service and their perceptions of the actual level of provided service. The study aims to contribute to the knowledge of service quality measurement in casino settings by providing a conceptual framework and measurement scale. The purpose of the research is to explore service quality expectations and perceptions in three casinos in Croatia, based ...

Tourism in recent years has experienced great development and become an important part of the global economy. Considering the increasing importance of tourism especially with the development of destination management and marketing this business is very sensitive to the political, economic, and particularly natural changes. This fact places heavy demands on the management of both private and public organizations involved in tourism in handling unexpected and crisis situations of different character. In this context...

The paper deals with innovations and its potential influence, respectively importance for regional development. Author analyses innovation performance of particular regions in Slovak republic at the NUTS 2 level. Slovak republic is administratively divided into 8 regions, but for the investigation of regional innovation performance it is divided only into 4 regions at the NUTS 2 level. In this study we use methodology of European commission for measurement of innovation performance of the regions based on regional...

Human migration is a complex and multidimensional public process, possessing both positive results of territorial movements of people, and negative. Therefore, depending on the angle of consideration, this process encloses either achievements, or problems for the look of researcher. The comprehensive and detailed characteristic of migratory movement influence on a socioeconomic situation can't be carried out without statistical indicators which give a quantitative assessment of the phenomena and the processes conn...

Europe is at an unprecedented junction for its energy future. To achieve its energy and climate goals of “20-20-20 by 2020” a number of 248 energy infrastructure projects have been recently selected and assessed as the most critical to implement from a European perspective. The respective priority corridors to be undertaken for Bulgaria are expected to assign to the country a major role or even establish it as a regional energy hub. Accordingly, the need to reformulate the curriculums of higher education in Bu...

This article describes the social and economic development assessing technique using 2 groups of parameters characterizing economic and social spheres. Both spheres are presented as array of blocks with same names. The proposed technique allows determining the line of the social and economic development of a region.

Today's companies collect a large amount of operational data relating to all kinds of activities. This data holds and hides the experience of company's history. The impact of “flood of data” perform unsafe situation. If management use these data and don't discover mutual relationship of these data it can lead to wrong decision. If right decision tools doesn't exist in the frame of companies very often is decision based on the past experience of managers. It can lead to wrong decision if situation on the decisi...

The article deals with an original approach to strategic management and enterprise valuation. The proposed approach is based on standard dynamic model that allows a "convolution" of cost indexes in ordinal scale as streamlining the strategic guidelines for their growth. Unlike traditional methods of valuation, such an approach makes it possible not only to estimate the cost, but also to discover what factors can affect its dynamics, identify the strengths and weaknesses of the negative signals of enterprise develo...

The paper focuses on the current topic of measuring sustainability in companies. First, several different definitions of sustainability and possible indicators how to measure it are discussed. Moreover, it uses a case study of measuring indicators and introduces a sustainable policy of a small company in the Czech Republic. A separate chapter focuses on the code of sustainability, which is also known as a tool for claiming sustainable behavior. The paper may be used as a guide for companies to follow in introducin...

The author researches interactions economic and socio-structural factors of socio-economic development. The resources of status positions of economic agents are in the spotlight. Status have influence on the economic behavior of the agents through access to determinate nets. The author proposes model for the evolution of wealth. This evolution drives the dynamic of the agents in both wealth and economic configurations variables. This model allows to increase the contribution of both economic and social factors in ...

The effective use of production factors and their right combination is in focus of the economics and is an integral part of the economic practice. Defining of the efficient allocation of resources is very difficult, because the term efficiency has different meanings, in theory and in practice. The ability to assess properly the relationship between the factors of production and the subsequent production is a prerequisite for effective management of the company from the perspective of planning and optimizing of the...

In the article is carried out the general analysis of profit sources and JSC “Nizhnekamskneftekhim” losses are separated the internal and external factors\ldots. For the periods of 2005 - 2012 and 2005 - 2011 are constructed еру models of extensive and intensive growth for the purpose of the accounting of their shares in production management on the near-term outlook.

Tourism has represented and represents a fundamental link of the complex process of economic development. However, tourism is ensuring economic sustainability through intensive and effective use of its natural and human resources. And, given the fact that the image of a country is given by the degree of development of the tertiary sector, it becomes obvious that the hospitality and tourism industry development depend not only on the overall progress of each country, but also that of all human resources and their w...

Population aging phenomenon is recorded not just in highly economically developed countries but it is felt even in the less developed countries. The aging of the population affected the Czech Republic as well. Over the last 20 years there has been quite a dramatic change in the age structure of the population. Population aging brings with it the need for a wide range of changes in the functioning of society in areas that are significantly affected by the age structure of the population. The main areas are the fund...

The paper aims to provide the theoretical basis for developing a framework to analyze the main social and political factors affecting tax morale and compliance in Greece. Initially, the explanation of tax compliance by the neoclassical economic theory is presented, followed by a critical review of the neoclassical model. In turn, other, contemporary theories and approaches are presented and analyzed. The main feature of the interpretative power of these theories is that they have managed to innovate by using tools...

The submitted thesis called “Environmental Impact Analysis of Railways” deals with life cycle of superstructure, which includes rails (metals), rail road ties, rail fastening system and track ballast. The analysis is processed using the LCA, by the principle of from cradle-to-grave“. This principle is often used in industrial practice. It consists in product life cycle costing, from raw material acquisition, but it ends by leaving the production, the stage of product use and its removal are not weighed. In t...

The debt crisis in the European Union revealed the bottlenecks developments in public finances of several Member States. Despite the fact that the deepening fiscal imbalance is correlated mainly with crisis phenomena of the prior five years, insight into the evolution of public finances suggests long-term problems for management of public administration in several countries of the European Union, both in the field of streamlining processes in the public sector, as well as approaches to the responsible fulfillment ...

Starting from the constant controversy regarding the capitalization of Dracula's myth, the paper analyses the place of Dracula tourism in the Romanian national policy and local destination management. The study focuses on two key Dracula destinations and highlights the main actors and strategies that have shaped their evolution as well as the main components of local heritage capitalized.

Foreign trade is one of the ways in which the national economy of the country is involved into the international division of labor with other countries. The extent of the participation of countries in international trade depends on the variety economic, political, natural, technical or other conditions. Due to the relatively small internal market and lack of sufficient energy and raw materials is the Slovak economy very open in the long term, what created the conditions for a highly positive development. In the co...

In Romania, pig carcass classification started in March 2006 and, according to the EU regulation, it was implemented as a compulsory activity in all slaughterhouses, regardless their size. At present, the lean meat content is predicted on the basis of objective carcass measurements obtained with the “Two Points” method applied with the ruler (Zwei Punkte method) or with two optical probes (Fat-O-Meat'er and OptiGrade-Pro). In order to meet the European Commission's requirements regarding the harmonization of t...

Universities have different ways of gaining an understanding of the way their students and graduates view the academic process. They often follow up with alumni after they graduate and also gather survey data from students. The purpose of our study is to gain an understanding of the perception of a group of students and graduates, the ones that engage in an exchange that is part of crowdsourcing named micro-tasking, of their experience as students. Crowdsourcing is a recent 21st century invention, created as a res...

Market globalization constitutes a vivacious entrepreneur platform in recent years. Demand stimulus played a key role in the holdings international scenario. Nursery gardening is herein fairly involved due to the great variety of products available in international markets that are routinely renovated to increase demand. Product increasing innovation is done by companies with ample finance and human resources, as well as hi tech plants. Companies keep experimenting new market strategies: one of them is to add sell...

Mineral waters have a non-uniform distribution in Romania, being present mainly in the Subcarpathian area, where the Mio-Pliocene formations offer conditions of water storage and circulation. Their genesis is related to the area of certain hydrocarbon, coal and salt reserves. The mineralogical content of the waters from Vulcana BДѓi is similar to that of the waters from Govora, OlДѓneЕџti, BДѓltДѓЕЈesti, Bazna; predominant are the sulphurous waters, although here one can find as well waters containing iodide, salt...