Year 2007, Issue 3

Date published

7.9.2007

Table of content

  • Nikolay Nenovsky, Giovani Pavanelli, Kalina Dimitrova
    Exchange Rate Control in Italy and Bulgaria in the Interwar Period. History and Perspectives
    JEL: N24
    Keywords: exchange rate, Italy, Bulgaria, control
    Summary: The history of the exchange control in Europe in the interwar period provides us with interesting insights of the current development of the European monetary union and of the perspectives of its enlargement, where the exchange rate... The history of the exchange control in Europe in the interwar period provides us with interesting insights of the current development of the European monetary union and of the perspectives of its enlargement, where the exchange rate and monetary regime have a central role. Like in the past, in a different historical context and in different forms of course, Europe today could be also divided into centre, semi-periphery and periphery or, in other words, groups of countries at different stages of economic development. Therefore, we find it challenging to compare the evolution of exchange control (an exchange rate regime) in two countries which were of course characterized by different economic conditions - Italy being a representative of the semi-periphery and Bulgaria of the peripheral and, at that time, underdeveloped Balkans − but which, as a matter of fact, were both external to the financial and industrial core of Europe.
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  • Yordan Tomov, Silviya Kostova
    The Place of Standardization in Auditing
    JEL: M42
    Keywords: control, audit, standardization
    Summary: Audit is a specific form of control, which has its own distinctive features. One of them is the ability to standardize the audit... Audit is a specific form of control, which has its own distinctive features. One of them is the ability to standardize the audit process.
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  • Ivanka Tsoneva
    The Change of Public Opinion - Psychological Methods
    Keywords: public opinion, psychological Methods
    Summary: The methods for changing public opinion can be explained by classical and new concepts of applied psychology. Different variants of bilateral verbal communication are analyzed. Emotional approaches for changing public opinion are... The methods for changing public opinion can be explained by classical and new concepts of applied psychology. Different variants of bilateral verbal communication are analyzed. Emotional approaches for changing public opinion are explained by the theory of commitment and consistency in actions.
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  • Spas Dimitrov
    Theoretical Foundations of Logistics. 2. Methodology of Logistics
    JEL: M30, M31
    Keywords: paradigm, system, model, certification
    Summary: Logistics is the science of management the flow of goods, energy, information and other resources like products, services, and people, from the source of production to the marketplace. The brief representation to the paradigm of the... Logistics is the science of management the flow of goods, energy, information and other resources like products, services, and people, from the source of production to the marketplace. The brief representation to the paradigm of the logistics is done. They are showed the science methods of the logistics and the concretely systems analysis. The main codes of behavior of the logistics are individualized. The point of the cardinal sites of the model in the logistics is stripped. The ELA introduced a set of Standards in logistics management, which form the foundation for the European Certification Board for Logistics (ECBL) to certify individuals who meet these Standards.
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  • Walter E. Block
    My Case of and for Coauthoring
    Keywords: Publication, cooperation, specialization and the division of labor, productivity, writer’s block
    Summary: The benefits of co authoring vastly outweigh the costs in my own case. So much so that I have engaged in this form of publication on numerous occasions. The present paper (single authored) sets out the advantages and disadvantages,... The benefits of co authoring vastly outweigh the costs in my own case. So much so that I have engaged in this form of publication on numerous occasions. The present paper (single authored) sets out the advantages and disadvantages, and relates my several decades long experience with this mode of cooperative writing.
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  • Ludwig Von Mises
    Human Action, Part Four, Chapter XVIII. Action in the Passing of Time, && 1-4
    Keywords: human action, time
    Summary: Acting man distinguishes the time before satisfaction of a want is attained and the time for which the satisfaction continues. Action always aims at the removal of future uneasiness, be it only the future of the impending instant.... Acting man distinguishes the time before satisfaction of a want is attained and the time for which the satisfaction continues. Action always aims at the removal of future uneasiness, be it only the future of the impending instant. Between the setting in of action and the attainment of the end sought there always elapses a fraction of time, viz., the maturing time in which the seed sown by the action grows to maturity. The most obvious example is provided by agriculture. Between the tilling of the soil and the ripening of the fruit there passes a considerable period of time. Another example is the improvement of the quality of wine by aging. In some cases, however, the maturing time is so short that ordinary speech may assert that the success appears instantly. As far as action requires the employment of labor, it is concerned with the working time. The performance of every kind of labor absorbs time. In some cases the working time is so short that people say the performance requires no time at all.
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