Public funding of higher education is an important topic within European governmental agenda, especially in times of budgetary austerity. Thus, given the challenges higher education industry faced in the last decades, the present paper aims at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a few national funding patterns of higher education institutions (HEIs) within the European […]
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Funding Higher Education in a few EU Countries: Implications for Competition and Competitiveness in Higher Education
Posted on 15 February 2015.
Posted in Economics, Volume V, Issue no. 1
Effects of Capacity Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Organizational Effectiveness in the Best Tunisian Companies: Moderating Role of Social Capital
Posted on 15 February 2015.
This research addresses the question of explaining the organizational effectiveness of the company through the knowledge management capacity, entrepreneurial orientation, social capital and innovation. Researchers still do not adequately understand the relationship between these phenomena and the nature of their effects on organizational effectiveness. This research uses data obtained from a sample of 150 Tunisian […]
Posted in Knowledge Management, Volume V, Issue no. 1
The Determinants of Tobacco Consumption: Evidence from Spain
Posted on 15 February 2015.
The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of tobacco consumption in Spain. First, the relationship between tobacco consumption and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Spain is analyzed. The non-stationary and cointegration properties of these variables are studied. The findings suggest that tobacco mortality is not cointegrated with GDP. Afterwards, we model the […]
Posted in Economics, Knowledge Management, Volume V, Issue no. 1
The Impact of Informal Economy in the Pension System, Empirical Analysis. The Albanian Case
Posted on 15 February 2015.
By using a simple model, it will be analyzed the impact that informality has in the amount of consumption of the workers during their life cycle. This paper deals with the interconnections of underreported earnings, savings and old-age pension. The workers sampled for this analysis have been divided into three groups: 1. Low income employees, […]
Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Volume V, Issue no. 1
Promotion Banking Services and Products – Factors Influencing Bank Offer Promotion among Consumers
Posted on 15 February 2015.
In a still uncertain economic environment, due to the influences of the financial crisis, the most promising channel to interact with current and prospective customers is the online environment – social networking platforms. Gaining consumer trust online and complete understanding of the behavior of competition continues to serve the needs clarification banking financial companies, the […]
Posted in Economics, Volume V, Issue no. 1
Financial Crisis Effect on Public Debt in Western Balkans Countries
Posted on 15 February 2015.
The end of the first decade of the twenty-first century will be remembered by appearance of one of the greatest economic crisis. This time, it had a global character. The crisis has been appeared, almost unexpectedly, in the middle of 2007 in the US, but very soon it was transferred to other countries in the […]
Posted in Economics, Volume V, Issue no. 1
Deployment of Social Media in the Recruitment Process
Posted on 15 February 2015.
The social media experience has opened up new trails of commitment and revolutionized the exchange of information. With more people employing with social media, it is worth scrutinizing its application to the recruitment process. The purpose of this paper is to assess how employers can construct best use of social media as part of the […]
Posted in Information Technology, Volume V, Issue no. 1
Using Information Technology for the Efficiency Activities in the Educational Field
Posted on 15 February 2015.
In a knowledge-based society, Information and Communications Technology plays an important role in learning process, involve teachers and students into a relationship that allows students to acquire knowledge and skills needed in their future work. The learning environment created by the teachers affects the students’ achievements, their attitude regarding the compulsory school subjects. We wanted […]
Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Volume V, Issue no. 1
