Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012
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Modelling of selection of passenger trains on a route
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The article presents analysis of the mathematical model to which the most productive economically facilities for passenger transportation are selected applying extreme search technique. The model allows comprehensive ... -
Virtual supply chains and their application in business: example of Poland
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)New technologies and business models, that are applied, lead to sharp changes in the activity of most companies. Their adaptation to changing business conditions could become a company’s guarantee of success in a competitive ... -
Supply chain models in the Lithuanian e-commerce
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Supply chain management has got into the horizons of scientific research two decades ago, but just recently issues of the virtual supply chain management, supply chain in e-commerce and e-logistics solutions became the ... -
The future of management education
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The neoliberal paradigm stating that maximizing profits and shareholder value is enough to fulfil the social responsibility of the management or of a company has turned out to be a misleading ideology. Many theories of the ... -
Discourse on dynamic capabilitites of privately run higher education institutions in Latvia
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)There are no any indicators, showing that the Higher Education Institution’s (HEI) market in Latvia can grow. The demographic decline, economic uncertainty and high unemployment rate allow predicting the exit from the ... -
Possibilities of financial management development at higher education institutions
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Based on the priority determined by the state strategic plan for the development of higher education, overall changes of the economic situation decreased state funding for higher education and increased the competition ... -
Multilateral partnership management in higher education: the network approach
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Multilateral partnership is a rapidly spreading interaction mode between HEIs, which is present in international research, education, as well as administrative activities. Despite its great potential, multilateral partnerships ... -
Increasing innovation by dual study courses in business management
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)One of the biggest hindrances for companies to exploit their full potential for innovation is the right qualification of young entrepreneurs. Few countries, like Germany or Finland, implement so called “dual study courses”, ... -
Contemporary problems in e-learning application in educational process – casual study of Business Academy
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The article is devoted to using e-learning as support of educational process. The e-learning application is presented in a case of Business Academy, where e-learning is gradually implemented in all branches of study. The ... -
Causality relationships between Lithuanian day-ahead electricity price and its factors
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The aim of this paper is – after the review of scientific literature on the issue of factors forming day-ahead electricity price worldwide, to assess causality relationships between electricity price and the selected price ... -
Evolutionary patterns and development prospects for e-Government: a Delphi-based approach to perceptions of the administrative agent
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Information technology is an open door for governments to service citizens in a more timely, cost-efficient and effective manner. Even considering citizen resistance, cultural adversity or changes in the economic agents’ ... -
Specialization versus generalization of tourist promotion in Europe
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)This paper analyses the level of specialization of several international tourist information on/off line campaigns of different tourist organisations that promote and trade the tourism in the highest European tourist ... -
Measuring a quality of faculty website using ARAS method
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)A significant increase in Internet usage has caused also significant changes in how companies conduct business and their interaction with other companies, governments and consumers. Faculties, as organizations which provide ... -
A model for evaluation e-Commerce web sites based on fuzzy Compromise programming
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)In a competitive environment, e-commerce companies should give more importance to their web sites. Therefore, this paper proposes an easy-to-use framework for evaluating the performance of e-commerce Web sites, based on ... -
Time-cost project management with Solver
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)According to the definition provided by the Project Management Institute the time and cost constitute two crucial elements of the project management (PM). There are many computer tools supporting the project time and cost ... -
Information technology risks identification: peculiarities of small and medium sized enterprises
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Information technologies (IT) play a vital role in management and life of organization today. IT are one of most important tools of business process in competitive environment. Effective management of information technologies ... -
Managing business competitiveness in the conditions of economical sustainability
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Competitiveness of organizations is related to the increasing level of managerial decision-making and implementation. Any facility of effective management is impossible without a deep knowledge of its processes and evaluation. ... -
Differentiation in economic development of Central and Eastern European countries and regions
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The object of this article are processes of economic development in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The purpose of the article was to identify the changes in the dynamics and in the level of economic development of ... -
The role of the financial management in business development in Latvia
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)In recent years the world economy has undergone major changes and the companies must be able to adapt to the new circumstances. The research shows that during so called “fat years” in Latvia many companies did not pay ... -
Macroeconomic comparison of the Czech NUTS 3 regions
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The aim of this paper is to discuss regional performance of the Czech economy. The first part of the paper offers basic characteristic of the Czech regions. The second part of the paper is based on the Czech Statistical ...