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Sonia Mileva Bojanova
Investments and Threats for Tourism Development
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The topic is extremely important in light of intensification of different types of threats, which ruin all kind of expectations, scenarios and prognosis for tourism development. Dynamics of investments in tourism are analyzed with special attention on FDI and Bulgarian investments abroad. Among the threats for tourism development the main focus is put on the terrorist attacks, geopolitical uncertainty, crisis and impacts on sector’s recovery. Based on analysis and evaluation main areas for further research on investments and threats for tourism development.
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Nikolay Stoenchev, Yana Hrischeva
Investment Appeal of Residential Real Estate Property in the City of Sofia
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The current study is focused on the residential real estate property market in the city of Sofia. It examines different options for assessment of investment return on three of the most widespread types of residential housing property – studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom flats – by residential district in the city of Sofia. A comparative static analysis has been performed according to housing location as well as a dynamic analysis in relation to a past period. For the groups of the most appealing locations, graphs have been plotted of investment return dynamics per month, for a one-year period, which reveal the seasonal character of the changes in the indicator examined. The most recent mass data are used, meeting the requirements for calculating reliable unifying characteristics. Major priorities and objective laws have been worked out, benefiting both theory and practice.
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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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Borislav Borisov, Teodora Filipova, Evelina Parashkevova Velikova
A Process of Implementation of Investment Projects within the Scope of Corporate Innovation Activities
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The innovation activities of the Bulgarian companies lag behind the development of innovation culture and business attitude. The problems are due to the lack of information about the characteristics of the innovations as well as the insufficient knowledge on the investment practices in this field and the available financing programmes. By means of the process approach the article aims to clarify the nature of investments and innovation, innovation project management and the possible sources of financing. An attempt has been made to justify the need for a methodology of investment projects implementation within the scope of corporate innovation activities as well to formulate some principle requirements for it.
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Andrey Zahariev, Galina Zaharieva, Zdravko Lyubenov, Lyudmil Krystev, Aleksandyr Ganchev
On the Corporate Investments in Human Capital
Summary:
The focus of the material is put on examining and defining the problems with risk management on the corporate investments in human capital.
