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  Cultural Differences in Internationalization of SMEs in Asia

  Cultural differences in internationalization are defined in Hofstede’s methodology and examined in the internationalization settings in Asia of international small and medium-sized enterprises. The objective is to be determined whether cultural differences exert any effect on the internationalization of enterprises in Asian countries in the ... Cultural differences in internationalization are defined in Hofstede’s methodology and examined in the internationalization settings in Asia of international small and medium-sized enterprises. The objective is to be determined whether cultural differences exert any effect on the internationalization of enterprises in Asian countries in the context of their internationalization approaches. On the basis of the theoretical review it is deducted that in most cases disregardance of Asian cultural differences can result in negative consequences for the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises as well as that the network approach to internationalization dominates in the field. The research paper elucidates the necessity for overcoming cultural differences in internationalization in Asian countries as well as the significance of cultural differences in internationalization approaches.

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  Problems in the Structuring and Building the Administrative Capacity of the Internal Audit in the Public Sector in Bulgaria

  Within the framework of the present study, the attention is focused on the financial management and control of public funds and activities, and, in particular, on the problems in the structuring and building the administrative capacity of the internal audit in the public sector organizations in Bulgaria. Based on relevant information presented in ... Within the framework of the present study, the attention is focused on the financial management and control of public funds and activities, and, in particular, on the problems in the structuring and building the administrative capacity of the internal audit in the public sector organizations in Bulgaria. Based on relevant information presented in the Consolidated Annual Reports on Internal Control in the Public Sector in the Republic of Bulgaria of the Ministry of Finance, existing problems in this aspect of the contemporary internal audit and opportunities for overcoming them are examined.

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  Innovative Solutions and Technologies in Tourism as an Opportunity for Digitalization of the Hotel Business

  Modern information and communication technologies are a factor for achieving effective management in the tourism sector and in particular hotels, and for this purpose they need to implement appropriate to their scale and requirements modern hotel information systems. The purpose of this article is to study the hotel information systems offered on ... Modern information and communication technologies are a factor for achieving effective management in the tourism sector and in particular hotels, and for this purpose they need to implement appropriate to their scale and requirements modern hotel information systems. The purpose of this article is to study the hotel information systems offered on the software market and in particular those that successfully combine leading innovative trends such as application in the business of web technologies, cloud solutions and others. In this regard, the following tasks have been solved: the possibilities of Web 2.0 technologies, cloud services and Internet of Things (IoT) technology as important technological factors for the development of the tourism and hotel industry have been analyzed; the peculiarities and functional possibilities of the hotel information systems are presented; criteria for selection of hotel information system are outlined; în this basis, a comparative analysis of the web-based hotel information systems offered on the software market has been made; factors and recommendations for selection and implementation are defined.