Browsing Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2013 by Issue Date
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Passenger transport by railway: evaluation of economic and social phenomenon
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Transport activity depends on the development of other economic sectors, it is associated with the social and economic development of a country. Therefore, when forecasting economic development of a country, it is important ... -
The support of implementation of organic farming in the Slovak Republic in the context of sustainable development
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Organic farming is a perspective way of farming which has a positive impact on the environment while addressing various economic and social aspects, contributing to the sustainable development of the rural areas as well ... -
Enlargement of the European Union, integral cultural space and transition processes: equal rights and the ecology of culture
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)This paper analyses the processes and priorities of the creation and further development of integral cultural space in Europe in the context of the enlargement of the European Union. The processes of the creation and further ... -
International business negotiations: innovation, negotiation team, preparation
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Negotiating communication has created new challenges, as business becomes global, and the distance between the two parties do not allow to negotiate fully – to take full advantage of the bargaining power remotely. The use ... -
Knowledge management in open innovation paradigm context: high tech sector perspective
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Open innovation paradigm is new contemporary innovation phenomena. Innovation activities in high tech sector require broad level of collaborative, creative efforts and effective knowledge management models for the companies. ... -
Comparative evaluation of the labour income taxation in the Baltic States
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The present paper discusses the concept of labour income and its taxation by personal income tax, social security and health insurance contributions, presented in the literature. In order to reveal the influence of the ... -
Prediction of transport infrastructure financing needs based on precedences
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)This article solves analyzing and modeling of transport infrastructure financing needs based on precedence analysis. Precedence is calculated for the infrastructure of the selected region and selected segmentation applied ... -
Macroeconomic factors and corporate capital structure
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The aim of this study is to indicate the influence of macroeconomic factors on corporate capital structure in different European countries. The recent Global Financial Crisis and the following European debt crisis show the ... -
Suite of statistical models forecasting Latvian GDP
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)We develop a suite of statistical models to forecast Latvian GDP. We employ various univariate and multivariate econometric techniques to obtain short-term GDP projections and to assess the performance of the models. We ... -
Synergies of data mining and multiple attribute decision making
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Data Mining (DM) and Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) are two fast growing trends in Operations Research (OR) /Management Science (MS). In this article, we identify the synergies of data mining and MADM. Synergies ... -
Overview of EU economic cohesion process performance for new member states
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The European Union’s increasing international activity and significant role in the world economy attaches growing importance to the processes taking place in the economic life of the new Europe in the context overcoming ... -
An integrated multi-criteria group decision making process: selection of the chief accountant
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Many individual attributes are considered in the selection of personnel accountants such as organization abilities, creativity, personality, and leadership demonstration. In the preceding decade the enormous economic and ... -
Causes of conflicts in a construction industry: a communicational approach
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The article analyses the causes of conflicts arising between client and contractors in the construction industry. An analysis of articles on this topic has revealed that most of contemporary authors refer to externally ... -
Economic assessment of uniqueness of the regions in the context of the European Union
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)This paper aims at analysing the uniqueness of the regions in the context of the European Union and providing a tool for economic assessment of uniqueness. Uniqueness of the regions can be used to increase regional economic ... -
Improving of small farm market capability in Latvia
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The aim of the paper is to analyze the possibilities to improve the market capability of small farms in Latvia. Therefore the paper deals with the factors constraining development plans of small farm holders, the current ... -
Seniors’ position on the labor market from the point of view of income and related insurance and health contributions
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Demographic aging is an objective reality and in the case of the Czech Republic is extensive and multi-dimensional. And it is the problems of the economic activity of citizens until the advanced age. Former pension systems ... -
Measures for plagiarism prevention in students’ written works: case study of ASU experience
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The vide use of information and communication technologies significantly expanded possibilities to find out and use information in study process. Students very intensively are using these technologies and it is very positive ... -
Theoretical framework and an overview of the cost drivers that are applied in universities for allocating indirect costs
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The major task of cost accounting is connected with the allocation of indirect costs to cost objects. To allocate indirect costs (also called as overhead or common costs) to cost objects cost drivers are selected as the ... -
The systems of assessment of business surroundings in the companies of railways
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)In the situation of dominating in the world tendencies of economic depression as well as the crisis in European region, which is still continuing the companies, which aim at remaining and surviving in the competition, must ... -
Linearity of the Sharpe-Lintner version of the Capital Asset Pricing Model
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)In the paper the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in the original form considered and developed by William Sharpe and John Lintner is entertained and investigated for its empirical validity. The CAPM is one the underlying ...