7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”: Recent submissions
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Art as a diversification tool of investment portfolios
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)The paper constitutes an argumentation of art investments as portfolio diversification tool, presents the analysis of the specifics and conception of investments in art. Moreover, it represents the structure of art market ... -
Behavioural finance during economic downturn in Lithuania
(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 ... -
The effect of regulatory incentives on bilateral foreign direct investment
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)In general, the promotion of foreign direct investment (hereinafter “FDI”) is considered to be one of the positive measures influencing MNCs decisions to invest in a country. Regulation is treated as a negative aspect in ... -
Partial index tracking: satisfying different investment profiles with the same subset of stocks
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Pasive portfolio management aims to minimize the unsystematic risk of the portfolios by imitating the behaviour of a stock index. Partial index tracking enables passive portfolio management by only considering a subset of ... -
World top investment strategies adaptation to the Nasdaq OMX Riga
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)The authors of the publication are studying the strategies of world’s best and most influential stock market investors. The objective of the publication is to determine most important points of different investment strategies ... -
Evaluation of competitive conditions in the PRC banking industry
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)As a fundamental component to any country’s overall economic system, People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) banking industry recently has seen rapid growth in line with the economic development of the country. This paper ... -
The importance of central banks’ committees and communication strategies in assessing the paths’ of monetary policy
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Nowadays it is very important the ways and the channels central banks’ communicate. There are two issues regarding this aspect: first, if and how the communication strategies differ regarding the future monetary policy ... -
Bank lending, the impact of environmental factors
(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 ... -
Proposal of investment portfolio of Hedge Fund
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)This paper deals with the Hedge Fund as a alternative investment opportinuty. The key of Hedge Fund success is stable and robust investment strategies with high focus on risk management. This paper describes one part of ... -
Corporate governance influence on firms’ financial performance in CEE countries
(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 ... -
Development of heuristic indicators of stability of complex projects in real estate management
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)In this paper we propose and introduce a fundamental description of Project Management based on the Theory of Organisation and the Theory of Systems. Modelling aspects of projects as a set of interacting institutions leads ... -
Human capital formation in Ukraine
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)In their work, the authors will focus on what can be done to improve the process of human capital formation in Ukraine in the long-term and on Ukraine and EU cooperation opportunities in this direction. As to the authors ... -
High performance work systems and productive ageing
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Manufacturing companies face multiple challenges when maintaining production sites in western high wage countries. High Road to Innovation approaches in general and High Performance Work Systems (HPWSs) in particular are ... -
Risk in production activities of the largest construction and assembly companies in Poland – survey research
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Effective risk management requires thorough examination of the nature and uniqueness of risks, which occur in a given area. Similarly, in risk management carried out in the construction industry, the first steps to be taken ... -
Triple helix model in practice in the Czech republic
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)The paper deals with the problem of the triple helix model, from the points of view of both its theoretical basis and the practical effects of its application in the Czech Republic. The introduction explains the nature of ... -
Classification of micro and small enterprises
(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 ... -
The Latvian construction branch development’s problems as a result of the strategic management insufficiency
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)The article provides the results of construction branch development issue in the Republic of Latvia for the economical recession period. The authors propose the analysis on the construction volumes and turnover within ... -
Job performance evaluation as base for organisation operation improvement
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Evaluation of employees´ job performance is considered to be an important basis for current modern organisation to improve its functioning. Based on evaluation of actual work potential that organisation manages, and point ... -
The impact of government sponsored venture capital funds’ on innovation in Lithuania
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Governments wide world have implemented various instruments seeking to enhance the development of innovative small and medium sized Enterprises (SMEs). Previously, the venture capital market was scrutinized in various ... -
Does Kaizen significantly reduce the failure rate of the implementation of business software at SME?
(7th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2012”, 2012)Over the last 20 years, several independent surveys have revealed that a failure rate of approximately 70 % has manifested in the implementation of business software, known as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). The ...