Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Negotiator’s positions substantiation methods in business negotiations and business meetings
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The article examines the methods of negotiator’s positions justification. In business meetings and negotiations at least two sides are involved, seeking a common goal and understanding. Each negotiator has in one or other ... -
The role of communication importance in business internationalization: SMEs perspective
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The principal objective of this paper is to present existing approaches towards the latest communication tools, assess these approaches and their impact to international business management from a SMEs perspective. This ... -
B2B behaviour efficiency
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)In most trade models all firms within an industry are characterized by applying common B2B technology. But still there are a lot of questions addressed to business behavior; when it comes to the choice of technology ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Development of competitiveness advantage in global market: theoretical assumptions and assessment options
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)The process of acquiring competitive advantage in the global market requires detailed knowledge of audience dynamics and their needs. The article analyses the possibilities of building a competitive advantage and presents ... -
Design manager’s roles in corporate design management
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)This research examines new directions in management and design theory and practice. It characterizes the role of design managers in corporate management. First, possible organizational solutions for design function have ... -
Measuring marketing efficiency and optimising marketing programmes
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Measuring the marketing efficiency and optimising marketing programmes has been a long standing discussion and as a result a number of models have been developed. However, optimising the marketing programme still remains ... -
Major changes in the foreign trade of Poland resulting from its accession to the EU
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)Accession to the EU meant for Poland (similarly to all the other New Member States) a significant change of the previously binding principles and conditions of trade exchange in all the relations. The study is an attempt ... -
The potencials of use of competitive intelligence in strategic places
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)It is often maintained that strategic places fail to compete in the market because of their special status. However it is necessary to remark that strategic places also must compete in the market. For example, the company ... -
Production factors and structural changes in economy sectors: genesis of theoretical approaches
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)A vast amount of contemporary issues about production factors and economy sectors induced the need to scrutinize the genesis of economic growth and development theories. In this particular article the analysis of growth ... -
Rise and fall of SME clusters in Latvia
(International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2012“, 2012)One of the leading driving forces of every state economy is Small and Medium Enterprises. In Latvia, SMEs counts for 99.7% from national industrial system, creating 70% from states’ value added. The recent crises heavily ...