Взаимодействие между висшите учебни институции и бизнес организациите в България в областта на логистиката и управлението на веригата на доставките
Collaboration between Higher Education Institutions and Business Organizations in Bulgaria in the Field of Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Collective monograph

Author(s): Ivanka Korbankoleva, Stilyana Mikova, Miroslav Stefanov, Lilyana Mihova, Petya Fileva
Contributor(s): Ivanka Korbankoleva (Editor), Stilyana Mikova (Editor)
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Business Economy / Management, Higher Education , Socio-Economic Research, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: higher education institutions; business organizations; collaboration; education; research; innovations; motives; barriers; key success factors; forms of interaction; results of interaction
Summary/Abstract: This book is a result of a research project conducted in the time period 2018-2021 with funding from by the University of National and World Economy, Sofia. The new trends in the development of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (L and SCM) and the need of professionals with specific knowledge and skills in the field make the collaboration between higher education institutions (HEIs) and business organizations very important for the adequate reaction to the various challenges they face. Additionally, given the insufficiency of existing studies examining the interaction between both parties in the field of L and SCM, this research is particularly timely. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the interaction between HEIs and business organizations in Bulgaria in the field of L and SCM across three areas of interest – education, research, and innovations, as well as to outline key directions for further development and improvement of the collaboration between them. The research methodology presents the subject of the study and the conceptual framework, which is based on a review of the literature and reflects the three areas of interest as well as additional relevant aspects for the interaction in the field of L and SCM such as motives, barriers, key factors, forms and results, investigated both from the perspective of the HEIs and business organizations in Bulgaria. The methods used in the research are: analysis of literature, questionnaire survey method for data collection, deductive and inductive analysis, statistical methods, and methods of comparative analysis and analogy. The main finding of the study is that the cooperation between HEIs and business in Bulgaria in the field of L and SCM is underdeveloped, and its potential benefits have not been utilised to a sufficient degree, which confirms the main research thesis.

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