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  Social and Solidarity Economy – Democratic Association, Mutual Aid and Cooperation

  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 ... 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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  Conceptual Aspects of Social Digital University

  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 ... 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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  Survey of the Support for HTTPS in the Electronic Stores of Bulgarian Small and Middle-Sized Enterprises

  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 ... 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.