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Elitsa Petrova
"Created by Us" - an Example of Realization of Youth Initiative Project
Summary:
Supporting the successful realization of young people from different ages and social status with the priority of the children and young people with unequal social status is the main aim of the project.
Some General objectives of the project are to develop skills for independent choice in children and young people in risk, to stimulate their willingness to take active part in social society, to create conditions for their including at different education and social activities according their interests, to activate the social activity of children in unequal social status with involving them in public activities and arts as a possibility for spontaneous and direct expression. To make a provision for optimum circumstances for civil and professional education, physical, mental and moral progress of the children and young people from Veliko Tarnovo municipality, to support their realization and social integration.
The project is based on the activities for children and young people: in the sphere of arts – music, art and ceramics, theater, dance, literature in the sphere of education social work with children in unequal status.
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Atanas Damyanov, Margarita Marinova
In Search of Ideas for Development of the New Workforce
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The research consists two parts.
The first part reviews in a nutshell the civilizational and religious factor and the extent to which ensures direct and indirect prerequisites for development of the human potential. In the second part the emphasis is put on Generation „Y” which is the new workforce and differs markedly from the preceding generations.
A proposal for creation of academic talent incubators is put forth. The paper also provides a review of the possibilities for integration of creativity in the intangible corporate assets.
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Vanya Grigorova
Genesis of Modern Marketing Networks
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In modern economic practice as a natural result of a number of public and market processes emerge groupings of organizations with a common strategic objective, referred to as "networks". This form is a phenomenon with a complex manifestation and it is studied by a number of theories relating to networks - field of economics, which is still developing. So the motives of this study are several: to track groups of factors (etymological, philosophical and economic) that lead to the emergence of networks to clarify their inherent characteristics, to reveal the specifics of their manifestation in the marketing field and in result to enrich modern marketing paradigm to be able to develop new scientific approaches to building and managing marketing networks in Bulgaria.
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Vanya Ganeva
Domestic Violence Against Women as an Object of Social Work
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The article deals with domestic violence against women, which in the last decades has been defined as one of the most serious social problems worldwide. The first part of the paper explains the essence of violence and the gender aspects of domestic violence. On a gender approach basis an explanation is sought as to how social relations between men and women in society, fixed via patriarchal order, contribute to the manifestations of tolerance towards domestic violence against women.
The second part of the article explains the specifics of social work against domestic violence against women. Theoretically this type of social work is based on the feminist and anti-oppressive trends developed considerably after the 80s of the 20th century. The practical realization of social work against domestic violence calls for the use of crisis intervention, a good knowledge on the social worker’s part of the experiences and reactions of women – victims of domestic violence, as well as the services which they can use. Besides working with victims, another main point in social work in cases of domestic violence against women must be working with domestic violence offenders, using methods borrowed from psychotherapeutic and consultation practice.
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Valeri Apostolov
Economic and Social Aspects in Implementation of Safety and Health Conditions of Work Legislation
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This article reveals current trends in practical implementation of health and safety legislation, focusing on working time patterns and work organization. Using the National Profile for Occupational Safety and Health, developed in 2019, the article makes conclusions about the most common patterns of working time and organization of work in enterprises in the Bulgarian economy and measures the influence of patterns identified upon possibility to create health and safety at work. The analysis made identifies alarming trends requiring immediate addressing, such as working 50 hours per week, 6 and 7 days work, overloading of persons with certain professional qualifications, low efficiency and poor organization of the working processes.
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Nadezhda Ivanova Popova – Yosifova
Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting – Issues for Discussion and Prospects
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The formation of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting is a slow evolutionary process influenced by numerous economic, social and political factors worldwide. Recently, the contents of the framework has been intensively discussed by professional organizations, researchers in accounting and finance and other persons concerned. These issues become more and more live and significant, since the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting is designated for both facilitating International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in improving the standards and guiding all parties concerned in their interpretation, as well as assisting any financial report compilers where the standards allow the choice of accounting policies. The present article shows an analysis of the basic issues in the contents of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, it presents a chronology of the development of the framework and discussions on publications of leading professional organizations and researchers.
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Emil Tsanov
Conceptual Aspects of Social Digital University
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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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Elka Tsoneva
Youth Unemployment in Bulgaria - Economic and Social Problems
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Unemployment in Bulgaria is becoming a significant scales being a general problem of the society. The so-called ”risk-groups” are particularly affected. Young are the significant group of people that are not in appropriate level on the labor market. The reasons for this condition are the education which does not conform to the needs of the labor market, the difficulties of starting the first job lower pay and searching for better realization abroad after graduation. Young people are social group which represents the near future of the society. They are the most valuable treasure because of their skills, capabilities and intellectual potential are worth for our country. Exactly for this reasons the country and its government social politic should play a main role in caring of this part of the society. General prerequisite for surviving of the society as an organization is the reproduction of the human recourse and so the change of generation themselves.
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Dancho Danchev
Online Commerce in Social Networks: A Global Perspective
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The current global aspects of social commerce, as a business model combining online commerce and social networks, are under consideration. Emphasis is placed on the conceptualization of this commercial and social phenomenon and the benefits of social commerce, its successful development and the factors that condition modern trends are highlighted. Some guidelines for increasing sales in social commerce are outlined, as well as the challenges in its development.
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Andriana Andreeva, Galina Yolova
Vacation Leave under Temporary Work Disablement – Specifics, Realization and Social Security Indemnification
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The scientific paper researches the institute of vacation leave under temporary work disablement through the prism of the labour and social security legislation. The emphasis of the research is the detailed social security legal regulation, which is the essential part of the institute and guarantee for its application. Based on the established interconnections and practical problems, the authors disclose summaries, mark contemporary trends in the development of the enactments and propose de lege ferenda for the improvement of the legislation.
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Kristiyan Hadjiev, Nadia Marinova
Project-based Management/A Project Perspective of Management
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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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Polya Angelova
Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) in the Context of Agricultural Statistics
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The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) is a partial representative survey for evaluating the income and economic activities of agricultural holdings in the European Union. The survey covers only holdings that are considered market-oriented or commercial and they form the field of observation. In this paper we present the methodological framework of the FADN survey with the emphasis on the basic definitions and main indicators describing the activities of the agricultural holdings. Further we clarify the criteria used for the stratification of the holdings, the sampling methods and the contents of the Farm Return questionnaire. More attention is focused on the specific application of the FADN in Bulgaria with statistical analysis of the main economic results of the agricultural holdings for the period 2004 – 2009.
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Krasimir Angelov Krumov
Software-Defined Networks as a Basis for the Information Infrastructure of the Future
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Increasing information needs in the corporate sector changed the generally accepted conceptions for design and construction of modern computer networks. Nowadays, services and applications being developed require flexibility and efficiency when using the capacity of the communication channels. The existing network architectures have the potential to fulfill this requirement, but at the cost of a lot of resources. That drew the attention of many specialists to a new architectural concept – SDN, which provides a better management for the network infrastructure of business organizations.
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Vanya Ganeva
Social and Solidarity Economy – Democratic Association, Mutual Aid and Cooperation
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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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Mariana Drumeva
Salt Trade of Tsvyatko Radoslavov and his Company in the 50s – 70s Of The 19th Century
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In this article the trade with rock and sea salt of one of the biggest sales companies established in the town of Svishtov in the 50s of the 19th century in the region of Vlashko has been traced. The available quantitative data available in Tsvyatko Radoslavov’s unpublished archive have been processed by outlining daily business practices in this trade and the scope of the company’s activities as well as defining the company’s profitability. Different periods of the company’s activity have been outlined, as well as the trading network of the imported salt from Romanian cities and the sale of salt in Svishtov and in the North of Bulgaria. This article is a contribution to the studying of different specific mechanisms of the trade and the justification of the thesis that Svishtov has been one of the main centres of salt trade on the southern Danube bank during the period of the Bulgarian National Revival.
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Julian Vassilev
Management of Network Security of a University Server by Analysis of Log Files
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The purpose of this paper is to manage network security by analysis of log files of Apache web server. We try to detect problems related to network security. In theoretical terms various methods and tools for the analysis of log files are studied. The given methodology for analysing log files is presented for the first time in this study. It can be applied in the analysis of log files on other web servers.
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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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Dimitar Kolev, Elizar Aleksiev Stanev
Facebook Usage for Marketing Meàsurements (by the Example of Meat Industry Organizations in Bulgaria)
Summary:
The significance of social networks for the business as a part of marketing instruments is constantly growing, which requires constant observations and studies of different opportunities for conducting marketing researches. In this article some of the methods for marketing research in Facebook’s fan pages for key meat industry producers in Bulgaria have been shown. A comparison between the selected fan pages and other leading Facebook fan pages from Bulgaria has been made. On the basis of that analysis some key prepositions have been presented.
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Ludwig Von Mises
Human Action, Part Four, Chapter XXI.Work and Wages && 1-6
Summary:
The psychological problems raised by introversive labor are catallactically irrelevant. Seen from the point of view of economics introversive labor is to be qualified as consumption. Its performance as a rule requires not only the personal efforts of the individuals concerned, but also the expenditure of material factors of production and the produce of other peoples' extroversive, not immediately gratifying labor that must be bought by the payment of wages. The practice of religion requires places of worship and their equipment, sport requires diverse utensils and apparatus, trainers and coaches. All these things belong in the orbit of consumption.
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Ludwig Von Mises
Human Action, Part Four, Chapter XXI.Work and Wages && 7-9
Summary:
The self-sufficient man who works in economic isolation for the direct satisfaction of his own needs only, stops working at the point at which he begins to value leisure, the absence of labor's disutility, more highly than the increment in satisfaction expected from working more. Having satisfied his most urgent needs, he considers the satisfaction of the still unsatisfied needs less desirable than the satisfaction of his striving after leisure.