Browsing Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012 by Issue Date
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Sustainability as valid composition of efficiency and reliability
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Sustainability as an integral attribute of systems, processes, activities or states gains exceptional attention while analyzing the efficiency and reliability of the mentioned objects, also while fostering management ... -
Improvement of international marketing strategy in the global market
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Creation of sustainable competitive advantage in the globalized world is a compulsory pre-requisite, if organisation strives to develop its activity in the international market. This competitive advantage is successfully ... -
Consumer behaviour and values driving organic food choice in Latvia: a means-end chain approach
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The purpose of this study is twofold: to offer insights into the Latvian organic food market exploring the values that underlie consumers purchasing decisions, and to illustrate how means-end chain theory can be applied ... -
Holistic model of sustainable development: innovative trends in human resource management
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Regarding to the challenges and the needs of sustainable development and strengthening social cohesion in the European integration process it is important and possible to respond by clarifying the concept of sustainable ... -
Collective labor relations in Czech public administration in an era of austerity
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Industrial relations in public administration are under severe pressure across EU countries. Government priorities shifted towards fiscal consolidation with consequences for employment and labor relations. The paper deals ... -
Corruption and fraud in private sector
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Analysis of numerous publications clearly indicates that the importance of corruption and fraud problems is becoming extremely important worldwide. The main objective of the research was to compare different approaches of ... -
Business process management in enterprises in Poland
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The purpose of the article is to describe briefly the Business Process Management in reference to Polish organizations. The conditions for the survival and development of the contemporary enterprises are to focus on all ... -
Effectiveness of sustainability indicators
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Sustainability is probably one of the most challenging tasks of today’s economic world. Not for nothing more and more companies decide on using indicators to measure their sustainability performance. Although, numerous ... -
Knowledge – the intellectual capital – enterprise activity: interrelation and interconditionaly
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)A necessary condition for achieving a balance in the state’s domestic market and a sufficient condition for the growth of its economy is the knowledge potential of entrepreneurs. The success of business depends on the ... -
System thinking in project management
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Project management has been used as a tool to improve competitive advantage for several years. This study examines a very important direction which is system thinking in project management. It is proven that in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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’ ... -
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 ...