Year 2010, Issue 3

Date published

6.9.2010

Table of content

  • Kristiyan Hadjiev, Nadia Marinova
    Project-based Management/A Project Perspective of Management
    JEL: O22, O31
    Keywords: project management, project life cycle, project objectives (goals), project team, project manager, project scope, project phase, body of knowledge, work break-down structure
    Summary: This article examines theoretical and methodological traits of project management and their practical dimensions. It proposes a project-based management perspective and argues that this perspective enjoys the flexibility enabling an... This article examines theoretical and methodological traits of project management and their practical dimensions. It proposes a project-based management perspective and argues that this perspective enjoys the flexibility enabling an organization to respond to volatile environmental stimuli, to foster its creative capacity and to maintain its competitiveness. The proposed conceptual principles and models are elicited by analyzing the structure of the management process and examining its impact on the achievement of various strategic (project) goals. Finally, we identify specific team characteristics and leadership responsibilities conducive to best results in project management.
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  • Dimitar Panayotov
    Two Options Against Overbalancing
    Keywords: anti-crisis measures, overbalancing
    Summary: Often published anti-crisis measures of institutions, parties and analysts have been criticized for the temporary effect which they offer. This article offers ideas for overbalancing which are relevant without... Often published anti-crisis measures of institutions, parties and analysts have been criticized for the temporary effect which they offer. This article offers ideas for overbalancing which are relevant without conditions.
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  • Walter E. Block
    The One Article at a Time to a ‘Customer’ Rule in Academic Journals
    JEL: A11
    Keywords: Libertarianism, affirmative action, editorial policy, refereeing
    Summary: Some journal editors of periodicals ostensibly libertarian oriented yet practice an editorial policy with would be in other contexts seen as anathema to this philosophy: to wit, affirmative action. The present paper documents this... Some journal editors of periodicals ostensibly libertarian oriented yet practice an editorial policy with would be in other contexts seen as anathema to this philosophy: to wit, affirmative action. The present paper documents this case, offers a criticism of this practice, and considers several objections to its thesis.
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  • Krasimira Slaveva
    Comparative Analysis for Structural Changes in Export and Import of Bulgaria for the Period 1992-2009
    JEL: F31
    Keywords: foreign trade, export, export structure, import, import structure, structural changes, generalizing measurers for structural changes, trend models
    Summary: After 1989, in the Economy of Bulgaria a number of transformations were made, leading to significant economic reforms. The change in the organization of economic processes, the opening of the country to the world and the ability to... After 1989, in the Economy of Bulgaria a number of transformations were made, leading to significant economic reforms. The change in the organization of economic processes, the opening of the country to the world and the ability to access international markets, caused both structural changes in production and foreign trade. Commodity structure of foreign trade is a reflection of the status and structure of the national economy. The article examined the foreign trade structure and dynamics of the general measurers of structural changes for the period 1992-2009. The study includes the establishment of changes in export and import structure and monitoring of trends in summary measures of structural changes. The survey results show that: compared with 1992, there are significant changes in the export structure; predicting of the dynamics of structural change in export and import is risky because of diverse change in 2007, 2008 and 2009; the foreign trade and its structure are important factors that determine both the direction and pace of development of national economy.
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  • Vanya Hadjieva
    Structuring of the National Organized Market
    JEL: M00
    Keywords: market, organized market, assets, goods, trade
    Summary: The market is “the heart” of every economy, is a place where supply and demand meet and where exchange of goods is put into practice. The defining of concept (market) needs to be examined from many different angles which have to... The market is “the heart” of every economy, is a place where supply and demand meet and where exchange of goods is put into practice. The defining of concept (market) needs to be examined from many different angles which have to include the content of the market, different kind of markets and their characteristics. The object of this research is the market as a basic center for supply and demand – a place where exchange of goods is realizing.
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  • Mariana Georgieva
    Some Aspects of Credit Policy of Banks in Bulgaria in the Current Economic Crisis
    JEL: GO1
    Keywords: credit, credit policy, bank crises, economic crise
    Summary: Credit is one of the oldest, but also one of the most complex business functions of commercial banks, which largely determines the social status of these institutions. Lately, lending is seen as a 'package' of banking services.... Credit is one of the oldest, but also one of the most complex business functions of commercial banks, which largely determines the social status of these institutions. Lately, lending is seen as a 'package' of banking services. Meanwhile numerous and complex social relations occur during the credit transactions.
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  • Ludwig Von Mises
    Human Action, Part Six, Chapter XXVII. The Government and the Market
    Keywords: market, public ownership, private ownership
    Summary: Private ownership of the means of production (market economy or capitalism) and public ownership of the means of production (socialism or communism or "planning") can be neatly distinguished. Each of these two systems of society's... Private ownership of the means of production (market economy or capitalism) and public ownership of the means of production (socialism or communism or "planning") can be neatly distinguished. Each of these two systems of society's economic organization is open to a precise and unambiguous description and definition. They can never be confounded with one another; they cannot be mixed or combined; no gradual transition leads from one of them to the other; they are mutually incompatible.
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