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    • Balancing market share of national and foreign pharmaceutical companies in developing countries on example of Ukraine 

      Chepynoga, Kateryna; Meidutė, Ieva (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The article describes a common problem of developing countries which is a negative impact of multinational corporations on the domestic pharmaceutical market and describes specific actions that can be undertaken to protect ...
    • Bank lending, the impact of environmental factors 

      Erina, Jana; Lace, Natalja (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      In recent years most growing importance is given to the environment and its consequences, so this question becomes an issue not just for manufacturing companies, but also for the banks. In order to prevent threats to the ...
    • Basic aspects of crisis management methodology in small and medium size business 

      Mogorit, Irina; Didenко, Konstantin; Magidenko, Anatoly (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      Concepts of crisis and crisis management (CM) are rather complex. Moreover, businessmen consider CM implementation necessary only when crisis strikes. As to small and medium size business (SMEs), CM is not considered ...
    • A behavioural approach to strategy management: main dimensions 

      Piórkowska, Katarzyna (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The article presents the review of the strategy literature especially due to approaches to strat-egy. The author presents the role of the following schools according to a strategy and strategic manage-ment: a planning ...
    • Behavioural finance during economic downturn in Lithuania 

      Jurevičienė, Daiva; Bikas, Egidijus; Gausienė, Eglė (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      In the global world of information technologies everybody can operate in financial markets and manage financial instruments. However to forecast markets and to earn profit becomes more and more complicated since financial ...
    • Benefits of inter-organizational networking in a context of globalization 

      Kinduris, Vytenis; Jucevičius, Robertas (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      Inter-organizational networking is said to be one of the most important tendencies of recent time. The numerous benefits provided by cooperation of independent organizations help them to meet the challenges of globalization ...
    • Brand risk scenarios development: theoretical insights 

      Vainauskienė, Vestina; Vaitkienė, Rimgailė (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The brand functioning in the markets characterized by uncertainty has become especially vulnerable asset of an organization. Brand vulnerability – is the premise for the formation of brand risk. In the context of the later ...
    • Business negotiations and business meetings: communication in the bargaining process 

      Mažeikienė, Aistė; Peleckis, Kęstutis; Valentina Peleckienė (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      This article deals with the problems associated with lack of communication elements of the bargaining process, perception and usage. This article provides an overview of personal communication, communication in negotiations ...
    • Can China develop its own luxury brands? A case study of clothing brands 

      Zhou, Changting; Zheng, Xiaosong (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      Based on the prediction of Altagamma Worldwide Marker Monitor, Chinese luxury con-sumption will reach EUR18.5 billion in 2015, representing 20% of the global market and becoming the largest luxury market in the world. Since ...
    • Classification of micro and small enterprises 

      Ščeulovs, Deniss; Gaile-Sarkane, Elīna (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      Business may be viewed as the foundation of economy of any country. Business classification as provided by the European legislation cannot be directly adapted to the actual business environment in Latvia. This leads to a ...
    • Classification of risk areas of activity of enterprises 

      Bielińska-Dusza, Edyta (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The article presents problems of classification of risk areas in an enterprise. The risk is inextricably linked to the existence of any enterprise, so it is important not only to identify but also to provide for those ...
    • Cluster as the direction of innovation policy of development of the territories 

      Parfenova, Liudmila; Klochkova, Nataliya (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The process of globalization increases the domination of transnational corporations, which leads to tighter competition in the world markets. Michael Porter’s theory reflects this process, defining a cluster as a modern ...
    • Cohesion in the European Union: new challenges for human resource management 

      Lobanova, Liudmila; Melnikas, Borisas (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The paper considers the problem of improving the management of human resources, closely associated with the cohesion processes, taking place under the conditions of European integration and the European Union development ...
    • Competitive urban development model 

      Paliulis, Narimantas Kazimieras; Burkov, Vladimir; Barkalov, Sergej; Činčikaitė, Renata (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The concept of urban competitiveness is difficult to describe unanimously, and in research references it is often identified with regional competitiveness. The European spatial development perspective maintains that regional ...
    • The competitiveness of the export from Poland to the Baltic countries 

      Szymanik, Ewa (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The article shows the competitiveness of the Polish export of industrial goods to the Baltic countries after the access to the European Union. The main problem is the small and diffused trade be-tween Poland and Lithuania, ...
    • Conceptual framework for localisation of social networking sites 

      Vitkauskaite, Elena; Gatautis, Rimantas (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      Social networking sites (i.e. Facebook, Orkut, Cyworld, etc.) already attracted millions of users, many of whom have integrated these sites into their daily rutines. It is becoming more difficult to enter the market for ...
    • Corporate financial performance and value creation: the coherence of intangible assets and corporate social responsibility 

      Stankevičienė, Jelena; Jasaitė, Lina; Čepulytė, Julija (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The paper analyses the importance of intangible assets and corporate social responsibility to a modern enterprise. Referencing to the literature, the article provides the answer to the questions of the existence of the ...
    • Corporate governance influence on firms’ financial performance in CEE countries 

      Bistrova, Julia; Lace, Natalja (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      According to the previous authors’ research on the trade-off between investor’s long and short-term goals, plausible corporate governance of the company is one of the key factors for the company to generate sustainable ...
    • Corporate social responsibility and the ethics in advertising 

      Bachnik, Katarzyna (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      The notion of corporate social responsibility seems to gain more and more popularity as the customers’ expectations toward the role of business are changing. That is why enterprises willing to sustain or strengthen their ...
    • Country risk assessment based on MULTIMOORA 

      Stankevičienė, Jelena; Sviderskė, Tatjana (7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)
      Country risk analysis (CRA) attempts to identify the potential for different type of risks arising from a variety of national differences in policies, geography, economic structures, socio-political institu-tions and ...