AN ESSAY ON HUMAN RIGHTS

ЕСЕЈ ЗА ЧОВЕКОВИТЕ ПРАВА

Author(s): Pavlos Chr. Voskopoulos / Language(s): Macedonian / Issue: 4/2004

Keywords: Ethnic Macedonians; Greece; human rights; European conventions; minority issues;

The author of this text examines the issues related to human rights, especially the expression of own identity of ethnic Macedonians in Greece, and the nonrecognition by the official Greek state administration. The author makes a detailed analysis on the situation with minorities and their rights in other European countries and the neighboring countries of Greece. He focuses upon the awareness of the fact that national states at the Balkans misuse minorities, presenting them as a basic destabilizing factor in the region.

PROF. JOEL M. HALPERN’S COLLECTION ON MACEDONIA

PROF. JOEL M. HALPERN’S COLLECTION ON MACEDONIA

Author(s): Ljupčo Risteski / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2004

INTERVIEW WITH MR. DAMJAN ISKRENOV AND MR.SHIKIR BUJUKOV FROM THE VILLAGE OF KOCHAN – POMAKS FROM CHECH, WESTERN RODOP MOUNTAINS

INTERVIEW WITH MR. DAMJAN ISKRENOV AND MR.SHIKIR BUJUKOV FROM THE VILLAGE OF KOCHAN –POMAKS FROM CHECH, WESTERN RODOP MOUNTAINS

Author(s): Aneta Svetieva / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2004

Keywords: Pomaks; Pomaks from Chech; Rodops; Republic of Bulgaria; identity; ethnic identity; religious background;

Interview with representatives of the Pomaks from the Republic of Bulgaria, from the region of Chech on important issues related to ethnic identity, relation of the state and its policy towards identity, features of contemporary culture of Pomaks in Bulgaria and different thesis on the interpretation of their ethnic origin and religious issues.

SEMINAR ON CULTURAL MANAGEMENT FOR ETHNOLOGISTS

СЕМИНАР ЗА МЕНАЏМЕНТ ВО КУЛТУРАТА ЗА ЕТНОЛОЗИ

Author(s): Vanja Dimitrievski / Language(s): Macedonian / Issue: 4/2004

ROAMING ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR III in Belgrade, 2004-12-18

ROAMING ANTHROPOLOGY SEMINAR III in Belgrade, 2004-12-18

Author(s): Davorin Trpeski / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2004

AN ANALYSIS OF THE BRAND LOYALTY BASED CONSUMER TYPOLOGY

AN ANALYSIS OF THE BRAND LOYALTY BASED CONSUMER TYPOLOGY

Author(s): Ovidiu Ioan Moisescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: brand equity; brand loyalty; loyalty degree; brand strategy

Even though the number of brands has strongly increased in recent years, only a few managed to endow themselves with significant brand loyalty. Besides the actual proprietary brand assets, such as patents and trademarks, other major elements like brand loyalty, perceived quality, brand associations, and others, underlie brand equity. A successful brand strategy must be based on creating brand loyalty. For achieving this goal consumers must be classified on a loyalty basis, while marketing strategies and mixes must be shaped accordingly.

SOME ASPECTS ABOUT DIRECT MARKETING IN INSURANCE

SOME ASPECTS ABOUT DIRECT MARKETING IN INSURANCE

Author(s): Narcis Eduard Mitu / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: insurance; direct marketing; e-mail marketing; database; insurers

Insurance is the greatest fortification which our species has formulated. Since its emergence, insurance has captured every aspect of human life to health disorders, from multi-million dollar projects to building properties, from houses to household articles, from computer systems to automobiles to jewelry; the list is infinite… . Notwithstanding, insurance selling is easier said than done. In the face of all merits, the insurance agents find it increasingly difficult to put it on the market. This is where the need for an aggressive marketing approach comes into play. There are different procedures; one palpable formula is “Direct Marketing”. Few years ago, there was the rush to telemarketing, and then came the rush to the Internet. Now marketers realize that all of these – telephone, mail, Internet, e-mail – the so-called “new media”, are simply alternative channels that enable direct contact with a customer.

FINANCIAL VS OPERATIONAL LEASING –THE ROMANIAN EVIDENCE

FINANCIAL VS OPERATIONAL LEASING –THE ROMANIAN EVIDENCE

Author(s): Laura Vasilescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: leasing; operational leasing; financial leasing; Romanian leasing market

Leasing is an important source of medium and long-term financing in developed economies and also in countries with transition economies because leasing is an economically-efficient solution to the question of asset acquisition. Leasing is particularly important in financing to small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups, which play a key role in introducing innovation and competition into the economy and in job creation. The Romanian leasing market is developing in present and is extending to new fields, conquering a part of the fields which belong to the banks. In the same time, the sector will get to maturisation, the small firms will merge and will form important firms.

THE NEED FOR MACROECONOMIC PLANNING IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA –INSTITUTIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

THE NEED FOR MACROECONOMIC PLANNING IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA –INSTITUTIONAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Author(s): Sasho Kjosev / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: macroeconomic indicative planning; institutional and methodological framework; Republic of Macedonia

The system of indicative macroeconomic planning requires preparation and application of an adequate institutional, analytical, methodological and modeling framework in the Republic of Macedonia. The institutional framework of the system of indicative macroeconomic planning is identified through: State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia, the Agency for macroeconomic models, analyses and studies (non-existent at the moment) and the Ministry of Finance (Macroeconomic Department). The most adequate analytical framework for macroeconomic analysis and planning is the elaboration, preparation and implementation of an input-output table, a social accounting matrix (SAM) and a macroeconomic CGE human sustainable development model.

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE WORLD POPULATION EVOLUTION

CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE WORLD POPULATION EVOLUTION

Author(s): Carmen Radu / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: demographic explosion; overpopulation; regional disparities

This study intends to realize a critical debate on the content and the dynamics of the theoretical concepts connected to the world population growth, trying to explain the origin and sense of the expression demographic explosion and other expressions that completed, detailed or disproved this syntagm. The research is founded on the idea that the debate on the terminology used in present to define the demographic evolution, the presentation of the global and the differential components of the population increase, the main factors and evolutive scenarios of the world population, throw light correctly on the dimension of the phenomenon and represent a guide for the demographic present time. Based on these relevant aspects, the study leads to the idea that our planet is structured in two diverging worlds: a poor one, still in a demographic expansion and a rich one, in a demographic stagnation, even in a virtual decline.

THE FORMING SYSTEM IN ROMANIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

THE FORMING SYSTEM IN ROMANIAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Author(s): Sofia Elena Colesca,Cristina Manole / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: Forming system; public administration; human resource management

In the context of the Romanian public administration reform, the continuous formation of human resources becomes a solid background. In order to implement all continuous forming programs and realizing the public administration reform objectives there is needed the establishment of the priority problems and the time horizon they must be approached in. All these aspects are mentioned, detailed in the following article.

ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TOURISM IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF TURKEY

ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TOURISM IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF TURKEY

Author(s): Durdu Kamil,Levent Gokdemir / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: Tourism; Turkish Economy; Economic Growth; Regressions with ARIMA models.

Tourism, since Second World War has shown significant progress and its contribution to economic development. It will be considered that tourism sector will be a major sector in the globalization of economic development process. In Turkey tourism sector has shown great progress since 1980. The contribution of foreign currency helped to reduce foreign debt and unemployment even if the country was having economic problems. In this study, firstly the significance of tourism and the contribution of this sector to economic development are studied. Secondly, an econometric model concerning the relationship between tourism and economic development are constructed. The accuracy of this model is tested by statistical method.

NEW MEMBER SEEKS FOR OPPORTUNITY TO START BUSINESS IN THE EU – WHERE ?

NEW MEMBER SEEKS FOR OPPORTUNITY TO START BUSINESS IN THE EU – WHERE ?

Author(s): Smysl Marek,Jarmila Šebestová / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: Registered capital; mobility of capital; VAT rate; insurance costs, minimum wage rate

The main idea of this paper is to analyze opportunities to start business abroad by the Czech investor point of view. The question is – which factors could cause that domestic business units move to another country? The analysis is mainly based on „comparative advantage” approach – minimum cost, maximum benefit. Useful is to keep in mind that one advantage could not bring more satisfaction with entrepreneurship abroad. Are all business conditions comparative or competitive?

THE KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

THE KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

Author(s): Dana Adriana Lupsa-Tataru,Constantin Sanda / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: knowledge management; knowledge based economy

For the past years, information and knowledge are replacing capital and energy as the primary wealth-creating assets, generating a new type of economy, and called knowledge based economy (KBE), within knowledge management is the main instrument for the companies to obtain competitive advantage. Given the goal of EU established at Lisbon and the perspective of Romania’s accession to EU, Romanian companies must align their management practices with knowledge management in order to survive on a broader and international market and in order to obtain competitive advantage.

TENDENCIES REGARDING THE TRAINING AND THE EDUCATION IN TOURISM

TENDENCIES REGARDING THE TRAINING AND THE EDUCATION IN TOURISM

Author(s): Ramona Gruescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: training initiatives; human resources; qualitative aspect; productivity, professional preparation

Tourism is an industry with an intensive work market, which is based on men. The importance of the strategic treatment of tourism as a consequence of its involvement in the solving of the problems of the working class imposed, world wide, the promotion of some politics which should assure both tourism’s integration in the strategies of fighting against the unemployment, and also the allocation of investments for the increase of the level of education and formation of professional aptitudes and personnel quality, encouraging the partnership public sector-private sector.

THE COMPETITITVITY FACTORS

THE COMPETITITVITY FACTORS

Author(s): Laurenţiu Constantin Dragomir / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: competitivity; Business Competitiveness Index; Growth Competitiveness Index; Global Competitiveness Index

To evaluate a nation’s competitivity, we have to take into consideration a large number of variables. The difficulty does not exist in the number of factors, but in how you treat them, considering that some of them have an effectively qualitative determination (the style and the capacity of the managers, quality of the products, etc). Their quantification is not easy; especially since it cannot be accomplished unless we use some indicators which take into account the prices, costs, wages, productivities, investments and exports.

CLIENTS’ ATTITUDE IN RELATION WITH THE BANK - BEHAVIORAL STUDIES

CLIENTS’ ATTITUDE IN RELATION WITH THE BANK - BEHAVIORAL STUDIES

Author(s): Tufan Ekrem ,Mirela Cristea / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: client-bank relationship; customers` preference; behavioral studies, changes across the generations; decision-making

Our paper focuses on consumer’s behavior of banking market and underlines the conclusions that were taken by many studies on this area. In order to understand the buying decision of the clients, we present the behavioral factors and the theories of consumers’ behavior. The conclusion of studies made at different banks indicates that there are similar aspects that banks take into account when selecting factors for analysis; still, there are differences between factors in the research. This diversity may result from management practices different from one bank to another, different bank locations, client group, income, age, family members, job, available liquidities, different approaches of main aspects taken into account and other factors as well. These studies will be useful in carrying on the research on the particular banking market like Romanian and Turkish markets.

THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ELABORATION THE THEORY OF ANTIMONOPOLY REGULATION

THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF ELABORATION THE THEORY OF ANTIMONOPOLY REGULATION

Author(s): Smysl Marek / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: monopoly; regulation; antimonopoly policy

There are two main objects of this paper. The first object is to compare the most important theories and opinions about competition, monopoly and antimonopoly policy. The second object is to summarize some monopoly regulation of these economics theories. All these theories are subdivided into five parts started from the oldest time, e. g. from Aristotle, through mercantilism, early capitalism, theories of A. Smith to the classical Ricardian theories. There is discussed the competition and the origin of the first framework of anti-trust legislation at the break of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Karl Marx’s and his followers’ theories, the origin of imperfect competition and the system of neoliberal politics.

SHOULD MORE ROMANIAN COMPANIES BE LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE?

SHOULD MORE ROMANIAN COMPANIES BE LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE?

Author(s): Laura Vasilescu,Tufan Ekrem / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: capital market; listing; delisting; firm; stock exchange,

An increasing number of companies started to list their shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, and other markets in the last time. This has proved a very useful way for these firms to raise financing for new investments. Making an Initial Public Offering (IPO) - the technical term for a company listing its shares on the stock exchange - has allowed firms to expand their business, as well as bringing indirect benefits through giving them a higher public profile, which can be a particular boost to a company's image if the shares perform well. Therefore, this research tries to underline the requirements, the main advantages and disadvantages for listing and delisting the firms.

IS ROMANIA READY FOR THE INTRODUCING THE PENSION SYSTEM REFORM? COMPARATIVE RESULTS WITH THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

IS ROMANIA READY FOR THE INTRODUCING THE PENSION SYSTEM REFORM? COMPARATIVE RESULTS WITH THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Author(s): Raluca Dracea,Mirela Cristea / Language(s): English / Issue: 07/2006

Keywords: pension reform; structure of pension system; the public system; the private pension; results and comparison

In the last six years, Romanian pension system was confronted with many legislative projects regarding the implementation of private pension. At this moment, we can say that the background for implementation the private pension is quite established. Romania should approach the matter of globalization taking into account the financial oscillation, where the retirement funds system has an important role, as a part of it. In addition, considering the high ratio between the number of pensioners and that of active persons, respectively 4.5 million of pensioners to 6 million of employees, the need for a process of restoration of the pension system in Romania, at the same time with the creation of a specific culture for the large audience, is obvious.