Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2013: Recent submissions
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Findings of the survey on prevention of plagiarism in Lithuanian research journals
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)At the end of 2011, the Association of Lithuanian Serials initiated a survey, which aimed to ascertain whether Lithuanian journal editors, reviewers and authors encountered plagiarism, self-plagiarism and how they understood ... -
Impact of information and telecommunication technologies development on labour productivity
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The paper discusses the theoretical aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) development and presents the theoretical frameworks of ICT development impact on labour productivity and economic growth, ... -
Interaction with customers using website tools: analysis of Lithuanian manufacturing sector
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The development of information and communications technologies (ICT) and new marketing channels have led to the changes in marketing and the emergence of new scientific problems. The specific aspects of nowadays virtual ... -
Virtual teams: opportunities and challenges for e-leaders
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)In the globalized world with crucial technological changes, leaders are facing unforeseen opportunities as well as challenges while striving to reach their objectives. Such changes have led to organizational restructurings ... -
Crowdsourcing application in marketing activities
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Active deployment of information communication technologies between consumers’ enables them contribute actively to various business activities. A crowdsourcing phenomenon is observed recently from perspectives ranging from ... -
Factors affecting social commerce acceptance in Lithuania
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The growing use of online social networks becomes more attractive for many companies as it presents opportunity to reach consumers. The possibility to access users’ data basing on their preferences and interest allow ... -
Information system for construction contracts structural analysis
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The luck of all projects is closely related to the right prepared contract. Construction contracts are regulated under civil law. There are major and additional conditions in the contract. The main problem is that construction ... -
ICT impact on SMEs performance
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Information and communication technologies (further – ICT) and its impact in the economic, social and personal development had become an important object of scientific researches during recent decades. Theoretical and ... -
Structural and static prerequisites for the internationalization of small and medium–sized enterprises in the Baltic States
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The pace and extent of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is the result of the interaction of various factors and preconditions. This article examines one of these prerequisites – the currently ... -
Sustainable value creation in commercial banks during financial crisis
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Sustainable value leads to the financial institution's positive economic performance during financial crisis. More and more banks in European Union are implementing sustainable development strategy, in order to avoid ... -
Development and sustainability risks of Lithuanian consumer credit market
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)In the paper dynamics of consumer credit market development in Lithuania is being analyzed during the period from 2004 to 2012. Growth of market volume has been analyzed in correlation with macroeconomic indexes of the ... -
Spring oscillations within financial markets
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)In this financial engineering study we suggest a new realistic economic explanation of the price volatility clustering within worldwide financial markets. The suggested clustering mechanism is based on the cooperation of ... -
Reasoning of export market selection
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Selection of export market is a very important step for a company which is going to expand its business and to become more global. Company should choose the markets in which export activity is most valuable. Scientists ... -
Selection of orthogonal investment portfolio using Evolino RNN trading model
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Investing in financial market require the reliable predicting of expecting returns, assessment of risk and reliability. Principle of portfolio orthogonality was using to reduce the risk of the investment. An artificial ... -
Discriminant analysis as a tool for forecasting company´s financial health
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Methods that we can use to find out impending problems in the company are prediction models, i.e. models that are able to assess the financial health of the company and to warn owners of the company and company´s business ... -
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 ... -
DEA application at cross-country benchmarking: Latvian vs. Lithuanian banking sector
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)The present paper aims to make cross country analysis in banking sector. The relative efficiency of Latvian and Lithuanian banks is estimated, using non-parametric frontier technique Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). ... -
Initial underpricing and the Euronext Lisbon-listed companies
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)This study aims to determine the level of initial underpricing in the Euronext Lisbon-listed companies during a period (1990– 2010) that includes the effects of the current global financial crisis. We employed two methods ... -
Financial literacy in the Slovak Republic
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Money has become integral part of our daily life. It is practically impossible to exist without any specific level of financial knowledge and its consequential implementation. To be able to earn money, save them, protect ... -
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 ...