• Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017 

      Vilnius Gediminas Technical University; Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas; Verslo vadybos fakultetas / Faculty of Business Management (2017)
    • The born-global phenomenon in creative industries: the case of Lithuanian animation industry 

      Mitkus, Tomas; Maditinos, Dimitrios I. (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The born-global phenomenon has been studied for over a two decades, but theory and practice are still evolving, therefore understanding how the phenomenon operates in different countries and industries is crucial. This ...
    • International trade related decion making across different managerial levels: the case of SMEs 

      Brazinskas, Sigitas; Pipirienė, Vida (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      International trade is an important engine for economies and SMEs to grow and sustain. Despite globalization, regionalization or other processes with a direct impact to international business, SMEs experience a pressure ...
    • Elitist studies in management and economics: contemporary needs and challenges under conditions of globalization 

      Melnikas, Borisas (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      This theoretical article is intended to the needs and problems of the creation and further development of the so-called elitist studies in the field of management and economics. Main attention is focused on the essence and ...
    • Creative industries in the context of globalization: development processes and strategic solutions 

      Kontrimienė, Valerija; Melnikas, Borisas (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The object of this paper is related to the sector of creative industries and its development under conditions of globalization. The article analyses a concept of the creative industries thus emphasizing the importance of ...
    • Globalization impact on investments: challenges and solutions 

      Švogžlys, Povilas; Chlivickas, Eugenijus (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Globalization is certainly a widely debated topic nowadays. It is one of the main features characterizing contemprorary society. This phenomenon affects the most significant social, economic, technological, political and ...
    • International business negotiations: search of the balance and the equilibrium of negotiating powers, under distorting market conditions of competition (monopsony, oligopsony and monopoly cases) 

      Peleckis, Kęstutis; Peleckienė, Valentina; Peleckis, Kęstutis (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Certain challenges arise in business negotiations when competition in the market is more or less distorted. This can take place in various markets conditions. In such situations great possibilities open up to the development ...
    • Research on impact of listed companies sustainable development on company’s value 

      Lapinskaitė, Indrė; Miečinskienė, Algita; Michejeva, Aušra (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Sustainable development is not only hardly measurable phenomenon, but it is also quite a challenge to determine its impact on the company’s activities and the results. The scientific literature presents lot of areas ...
    • Creation and implementation of high technologies in Lithuania under conditions of globalization 

      Kvedarienė, Audronė; Švedienė, Laima; Švedaitė, Giedrė (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The development, dissemination and implementation of high technologies in Lithuanian market is a complex process within national innovation system. The comprehension of trends in the global market requires investigation ...
    • The analysis of mutual funds’ performance in Lithuanian financial market 

      Vyšniauskas, Povilas; Stasytytė, Viktorija (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      This Article examines performance of mutual funds, which are available for Lithuanian investors in Lithuanian financial market to invest in. Lithuanian mutual funds market is very new comparing with the global financial ...
    • Internationalization and multiple discrimination: the case of employment regulation 

      Bublienė, Raimonda (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The article analyses European Union anti-discrimination law development in Member States and differences between protected grounds of discrimination. On this basis, the analysis covers recognition of the social complexity, ...
    • Analysis of economic and environmental welfare in the context of circular economy 

      Stankevičienė, Jelena; Nikanorova, Marta (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The concept of circular economy is alternative to linear economy, which places sustainability in the center of the interest. The circular economy focuses on environmental, resource efficiency, “no waste” approach, social ...
    • The determinant of money laundering: evidence from Italian regions 

      Reganati, Filippo; Oliva, Maria (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Following the INTERPOL’s definition, money laundering is: “any act or attempted act to conceal or disguise the identity of illegally obtained proceeds so that they appear to have originated from legitimate sources”. Illegally ...
    • Reliability as main factor for future value creation 

      Rutkauskas, Aleksandras Vytautas; Stasytytė, Viktorija; Rutkauskas, Andrius (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The main objective of the paper is to present the solution to the problem of possibilities’ reliability management, which is an important problem of uncertainty (risk) economics. Also, the paper aims to propose adequate ...
    • COPRAS approach for efficiency assessment of R&D expenditures in technology transfer process 

      Stankevičienė, Jelena; Kraujalienė, Lidija (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Higher education institutions (HEI) performance results depends not only on successful innovative technology transfer (TT) activities and university-industry cooperation, but also on governance funding, distributed by the ...
    • Cross-border mergers and acquisitions factors in joining the European Union countries 

      Burkšaitienė, Daiva; Garškaitė-Milvydienė, Kristina (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are increasingly being used in the business world, and this process plays an important role in economic theory and lays the foundations for sustainable business development. The global ...
    • Performance evaluation of stock markets 

      Kvietkauskienė, Alina; Martinkutė-Kaulienė, Raimonda (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The authors concentrate their attention on the performance evaluation of stock markets. The markets evaluation and selection is the important part of investment decision making. In order to develop a conceptual framework ...
    • Theoretical approach to taxpayers’ segmentation 

      Stankevičius, Evaldas; Kundelienė, Kristina (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      Current taxpayers’ segmentation is relatively limited and static. The existing segmentation problem, which is related to the taxpayers ‘behaviour, requires modern segmentation-analysis methods and models, which would ...
    • If clustering impacts energy security: case of service sector in selected countries 

      Tvaronavičienė, Manuela (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      In the presented paper specific aspects of clusters’ role in energy security enhancement are being discussed. An assumption of role of clusters as driving force of smart growth with respective effect on service sector ...
    • Clusters’ role in globalization 

      Razminienė, Kristina; Tvaronavičienė, Manuela (International Scientific Conference „Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017“, 2017)
      The purpose of this study is to review globalization literature and cluster literature to see how these two phenomena are understood, which perspective scholars refer to when analysing globalization and clusters, how can ...