Year 2017, Issue 1

Date published

21.3.2017

Table of content

  • Ola Adel Abdel Gawad
    Die erlittene erfindung einer neuen Identität. Autobiografisches erzählen als dokumentation einer Identitätstransformation.
    Summary: Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, in welcher Weise Menschen, die von einer chronischen Krankheit betroffen sind, die Verunsicherung ihrer Identität verarbeiten, und welche Identitätskonstruktionen sie in dieser... Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, in welcher Weise Menschen, die von einer chronischen Krankheit betroffen sind, die Verunsicherung ihrer Identität verarbeiten, und welche Identitätskonstruktionen sie in dieser Lebenssituation für sich finden. Der Erzähler stellt sich selbst in den Mittelpunkt seiner Lebensgeschichte: „Wer bin ich?“ und „Wie will ich sein?“ Eine Verbindung zwischen Erzählen und Identität wird durch den Begriff der „narrativen Identität“ geschaffen, darunter sind diejenigen Aspekte von Identität zu verstehen, die in dem zu untersuchenden Roman „Leben“ (2013) des deutschen Schriftstellers David Wagner dargestellt und hergestellt werden. Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass David Wagner sein Ich phänomenologisch vorführt. Sein Roman gilt als Spiegelbild von einer Krankheit, die zurzeit in den modernen Gesellschaften weit verbreitet sind. In der Situation von chronischer Krankheit müssen sich die Betroffenen expliziter mit ihrer Identität auseinandersetzen.
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  • Sosthene Codjia, Walter E. Block
    Economic Development Policies in West Africa: Making the Case for Free Enterprise
    Summary: Economic development in Africa and everywhere else for that matter, is furthered by capital accumulation. And this is fostered by economic freedom and private property rights which encourages the saving and investment which are the... Economic development in Africa and everywhere else for that matter, is furthered by capital accumulation. And this is fostered by economic freedom and private property rights which encourages the saving and investment which are the sine qua non of economic growth. The present paper attempts to make this case with regard to the African continent.
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  • Vanya Ganeva
    Social and Solidarity Economy – Democratic Association, Mutual Aid and Cooperation
    JEL: A14, Z13
    Summary: The author of this article attempts to clarify the nature, specificity and role of social and solidarity economy in the modern world. She also discusses to what extent it should be the focus of attention of economic sociology as a... The author of this article attempts to clarify the nature, specificity and role of social and solidarity economy in the modern world. She also discusses to what extent it should be the focus of attention of economic sociology as a science in the context of the relation with its subject matter, and which approaches and theories in sociology and economic sociology can be used as explanatory models of social and solidarity economy. The conclusion is that social and solidarity economy successfully combines the achievement of economic and social objectives. It contributes to social cohesion and inclusion, and plays an important role in integrating risk groups such as people with mental and physical disabilities. Social and solidarity economy as part of the economy of a society is the subject of research by economic sociology as a science studying the social aspects of economic life. The theoretical approaches (for social networks, social capital, social nature of economic activities, etc.), developed in modern economic sociology, can be used as explanatory models of the processes occurring in social and solidarity economy.
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  • Evgeni Raykov
    Working Capital Management in Bulgarian Public Companies – Empirical Analysis during the Financial and Economic Crisis and Post-Crisis Recovery
    JEL: G01, G32
    Summary: Modern financial analysis has become more responsible in line with the growing role and functions of financial management for providing reliable information base. It materializes in new control procedures and methodological... Modern financial analysis has become more responsible in line with the growing role and functions of financial management for providing reliable information base. It materializes in new control procedures and methodological approaches to analysis that identify more precisely the impact of the external environment and internal resources to maintain the balance between profitability and liquidity. Examined trends in Bulgarian companies have shown variable profitability of current assets as a result of dynamically changing turnover and uncertainty in terms of sales. Low profitability and return on total assets was the result of the negative effect of long-term investment policy before and during the crisis of 2007. Sound liquidity ratios demonstrate stable performance through its adjustment by changes in short-term liabilities and the rise in overall liquidity reflects the priorities of financial management for balanced management of working capital.
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  • Emil Tsanov
    Conceptual Aspects of Social Digital University
    JEL: M15, O35
    Summary: The development of information technologies in direct proportion to the growth of technology and media for social interaction, sharing of resources and management of the relationship between objects and subjects of these processes,... The development of information technologies in direct proportion to the growth of technology and media for social interaction, sharing of resources and management of the relationship between objects and subjects of these processes, incl. university education systems requires improvements in their direction trinity "social network - content management - management of customer satisfaction." There are technologies, processes and specialized tools by means of which the contemporary complex environments for Content Management can automate processes throughout the life cycle of educational activities. Complex and diverse processes between objects and subjects of collaborative working build the nodes and relationships in a heterogeneous, multi-dimensional, optimal manageable social graph.
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  • Angelin Lalev
    Survey of the Support for HTTPS in the Electronic Stores of Bulgarian Small and Middle-Sized Enterprises
    JEL: C88, C89
    Summary: This article presents an empirical survey, conducted in May 2016 and again in January 2017 with the help of software for automated penetration testing. The survey encompasses fixed set of 480 electronic stores, belonging to small... This article presents an empirical survey, conducted in May 2016 and again in January 2017 with the help of software for automated penetration testing. The survey encompasses fixed set of 480 electronic stores, belonging to small and middle-sized enterprises in Bulgaria. The goal of the survey is to determine to what extent such enterprises manage to deploy HTTPS correctly in defense of their electronic transactions. The survey is conducted twice in a 6 month period with aim to obtain information how and to what extent the small and medium-sized enterprises in Bulgaria are adapting to the sharply rising requirements for information security in Internet.
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