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Daniela Sotirova
Business Ethics and Crisis
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A transformation of business ethics discourse in modern-day global crises is discussed in this paper. A new conceptual framework and a different intellectual atmosphere for public ethical discourse have been originated. The main question is of changing perspectives to understand ethical issues in business. The problem requires a broad understanding of business ethics as a systematic handling the values in business. Ethics as a critical discipline /i.e. it makes use of critical analysis/ becomes an important perspective of ethical thinking in a situation of global crisis. Analyses and conclusions are based on methods typical for any interdisciplinary applied-oriented study in humanities: interpretation of viewpoints and texts of public leaders in economics, crisis and ethics; comparative and content analyses of social facts and sociological data are used in consideration.
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Nesrin Uzun
Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Housing in Bulgaria
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Negative effects of the global financial crisis is still not fully overcome in the world and the economies of individual countries continue to implement various measures to eliminate their effect. One of the most crisis-hit sectors of the economy proved to be construction and directly related to it real estate market. This article aims to make a critical analysis of the status and trends in the "construction", with an emphasis on housing during the 2008-2013 period. In order to thoroughly investigate the problem, the article will consider the state of the mortgage market in Bulgaria and opportunities for bank financing of construction enterprises (through direct funding and realisation of finished products - by financing customers in the form of housing loans) and their relation to the development of the construction sector in the country.
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Dimitar Panayotov
Two Options Against Overbalancing
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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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Mohanad Fayiz Al Dweikat, Majdi Wael Alkababji, Othman Hussein Othman Othman
The Extent to which Jordanian Commercial Banks Rely on Electronic Disclosure of Accounting Information to Rationalize their Credit Decisions in Light of The Corona Crisis
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This study aims to identify the extent to which Jordanian commercial banks depend on electronic disclosure of accounting information to rationalize their credit decisions in light of the Corona crisis. The study population included all (23) Jordanian commercial banks, and the sample consisted of (81) respondents from credit officials and workers in the credit departments in these banks. The study concluded that Jordanian commercial banks rely on electronic disclosure in the statement of financial position, the income statement, the cash flow list, and the list of shareholders' equity published electronically to rationalize their credit decisions in light of the Corona crisis. The study recommended that Jordanian commercial banks pay more attention to displaying data in the statement of financial position, in which accounting information is disclosed electronically on an accrual basis, and to show the main groups of company accounts and their obligations towards lenders and owners.
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Emil Mihaylov
The Law of Value and the Global Financial Crisis
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The modern world is in the vortex of an unprecedented as yet crisis. Nobody is capable of predicting neither the scope of the Slump nor its depth. Not to mention its duration.
Most publications related to the global financial crisis concern only the external symptoms of the Slump without looking into its deep reasons and driving forces. Given that, the risk of repeating the crisis in the foreseeable future is not only probable, but almost certain. This paper aims at focusing the attention of the leading economists, politicians and administrators to the forgotten laws and regularities of market economy, underlying and steering the driving forces of the global financial crisis.
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Nadya Parpulova, Vladimir Zinoviev
Economic Alternatives for the Transport and Energy Sector in the Crisis with Energy Supplies
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Russia is a major energy and commodity producer. The current conflict in Ukraine escalates inflation to extreme levels causes a disruption and provokes high risks to global growth. Brent oil and natural gas prices spiked early in March before falling back, with Brent oil ending the month at $103 per barrel and European gas prices at ˆ121 per megawatt hour, up 33% and 55% respectively since the start of the year. The European Commission announced ambitious plans to reduce imports of gas from Russia by two-thirds before the end of the year via more diversification, energy efficiency and by accelerating investments in wind and solar power plants. Despite this ambition, the March EU summit in Versailles highlighted that there are few near-term alternatives to Russian gas and that reducing European dependency on Russian gas requires a long-term strategy.
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Valentin Milinov
Investment Portfolios of Insurance Companies: Essence, Structure, Problems
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The article reviews the nature and changes in the investment portfolios of insurance companies in crisis. Investment of equity and reserves is an essential part of the overall activities of insurance companies. Insurance companies' asset management includes investments in securities that generate investment and operating cash flows in the financial markets. Under the conditions of a global financial crisis efficient investment portfolios must be built on optimal diversification of the various types of investment in order to reduce the investment risk.
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Ivan Marinov
Corporate Social Responsibility of Bulgarian Banking Sector – Mission and Business Practice
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As a consequence of legal regulation, the organization of bank activity and established traditions, society often treats commercial banks only as subjects, absorbing and redistributing monetary resources in order to obtain financial advantage which benefits both banks and their owners. However, a similar perception is not applicable to the vision of modern banks which demonstrate aspirations of harmony with the surrounding socio-economic environment and a desire to improve their image in the corporate community. In this respect, corporate social responsibility of banks is a way to voluntarily integrate their business into national and international processes.
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Ognyan Simeonov, Maya Lambovska
Survival Crisis and Evaluation of its Depth
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The present report takes the view of the business organizations’ natural evolution. The report scrutinizes crises as a necessary challenge, an inevitable companion and a motive force of this evolution. Along with some fundamental methodological approaches to that understanding, a general characterization of the evaluation methods for threats to the organization is propounded in the report. Such methods are considered as a key point for revealing the extent of contradiction between organization and its surroundings, which contradiction causes any type of crisis.
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Gergana Dancheva Ivanova
Insolvency as a Crisis Financial Position in the Enterprise: Symptoms, Factors and Stages of Development
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As a result of the increasing number of enterprises, which have initiated insolvency proceedings in the recent years, the problem of improving the diagnosis of the insolvency of enterprises acquires the key importance for the stability of the economy (becomes a matter of great). This study presents the factors, symptoms and stages of insolvency development as a crisis financial position in the enterprise and on this basis it approach a methodology for diagnosing the disease „insolvency“. The study identifies three meanings of insolvency and brings out its characteristic features. The risk factors triggering the development process of financial insolvency are divided into two types: internal and external. The article outputs, identifies and formulates four stages, characterizing the development of financial insolvency, each of which is characterized by certain symptoms.
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Lyudmil Nestorov
Characteristics of Bulgarian Economy during the World Economic Crisis 1929 – 1938
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The objective of this publication is to review the situation of Bulgarian economy during the world economic crisis from 1929 till 1933. The research employs empirical approach and comparative economic analysis. The effect of the crisis upon major sectors of Bulgarian economy, such as agriculture and industry, has been examined, as well as its impact on the state of domestic and foreign trade, the state finance and the circulation of currency.
A conclusion has been made that owing to the economic policy which the government conducted at the time, Bulgarian economy performed relatively well during the economic crisis and succeeded in minimizing the negative consequences of the crisis.
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Mariana Georgieva
Operators in terms of crisis
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Financial crises are not a new phenomenon for monetary history. International statistics, however, that their manifestation is more frequent at the beginning of the 80-ies of the 20tn century. Shocks in the financial sector over the past two decades have their own distinctive characteristics. Liberalization and increased integration of financial markets, introducing some new elements in the study of crises and their development begins to differ from the previous development. Consequence of liberalization and international integration of financial services markets in the rapid spread of the crises and its impact in international development.
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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
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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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Maya Lambovska
Utility Function (by von Neumann-Morgenstern) – an Instrument for Solution under Uncertainty and Crises
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This paper presents the possibility of using Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility function as a tool for choosing an alternative way for dealing with crisis in organizations operating in uncertain environment.
