scholarly journals Competitiveness of the Selected Countries of the EU with a Focus on the Quality of the Business Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Zuzana Hajduova ◽  
Jana Coronicova Hurajova ◽  
Marian Smorada ◽  
Ludovit Srenkel
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Analytical Data ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Multicriteria Evaluation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

The business environment and entrepreneurship are important elements in the economic growth of each country. The better the business environment a given country offers, the more attractive the country is for small and large companies as well as for private entrepreneurs. A high level of business competitiveness can help a country secure economic growth, especially after overcoming a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Many institutions focus on the measurement of the business environment using indices to evaluate its quality. The main goal of the present study is to evaluate the quality of the business environment through multicriteria analysis. For the period from 2018 to 2020, the data were analysed by using seven selected indices of the weighted sum approach (WSA) and the technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) methods. The research sample included all EU countries that joined the EU at the same time in 2004. The processing of analytical data was gradually implemented by using descriptive statistics and multicriteria evaluation methods. The methods used in the multicriteria evaluation of variants determined the rankings of the individual variants in terms of the selected criteria using entropy. We concluded that the efficiency of the business environments in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are below the EU average. Within this group of countries, Estonia, Malta and Slovenia have seen the largest regeneration of their business environment since having joined the EU.

Economic Growth In The Conditions Of Digitalization In The EU Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Vyshnevskyi ◽  
Ihor Stashkevych ◽  
Olena Shubna ◽  
Svetlana Barkova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
European Commission ◽  
National Level ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

The article discusses the dynamics of economic development based on the level of digitalization of the countries. Economic development is evaluated through the dynamics of GDP changes. Digitalization level is evaluated through the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), which is calculated on a regular basis by the European Commission. Object of study – 28 EU‑member countries. The hypothesis of the investigation: a high level of digitalization leads to an acceleration of economic growth on national level. This hypothesis did not find any statistically significant confirmation. Thus, we can conclude that the level of the economy digitalization at the present stage of development of technologies and institutions in the EU countries does not have a decisive effect on the rate of economic growth.

scholarly journals Multicriteria Assessment of the Quality of Waste Sorting Centers—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3780
Author(s):  
Karmen Pažek ◽  
Jernej Prišenk ◽  
Simon Bukovski ◽  
Boris Prevolšek ◽  
Črtomir Rozman
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Decision Rules ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Management Service ◽  
Secondary Raw Materials ◽  
Multicriteria Assessment ◽  
Sorting Efficiency ◽  
The Individual

In this paper, the quality of the municipal waste sorting process in seven waste management centers in Slovenia was assessed using the qualitative multicriteria analysis (MCA) method DEX (Decision EXpert) implemented in DEXi software, which is based on multicriteria decomposition of the problem and utility functions in the form of “if–then” decision rules. The study was based on eight types of secondary raw materials. The quality of the secondary raw materials, the regularity of the delivery of secondary raw materials to recycling units based on the sorting efficiency, and the loading weight of the individual baled fractions in the transport of secondary raw materials for recycling were the main parameters used in the model. The final assessment shows “good” waste management service in centers A and D. Centers B, C, and F were rated “average”. The “bad” rating was assigned to centers E and G.

scholarly journals Morocco

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (317) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Euro Area ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Fiscal Management ◽  
Geopolitical Risks

Despite a challenging external environment, improved fiscal management and economic diversification have strengthened the resilience of Morocco’s economy in recent years. Yet, economic growth, at 3 percent in 2018, has not been robust enough and unemployment remains high, especially among the youth. The outlook also remains subject to elevated risks, including fragile recovery in the euro area and geopolitical risks in the region. In this context, sustaining the recent momentum in reforms will be key to achieve a higher, more inclusive, and more private sector-led growth. Key priorities include improving the quality of education, the functioning of the labor market and the business environment; continuing the fight against corruption; and, increasing female labor force participation.

scholarly journals Affective symptoms subclinical level in adolescents

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
B. A. Dashieva ◽  
I. S. Karaush ◽  
I. E. Kupriyanova
Keyword(s):  
Negative Mood ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Subthreshold Depression ◽  
Affective Symptoms ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
Correctional Schools

In the article the issues of detection and clinical signifcance of affective symptoms of preclinical level in adolescence are discussed. Affective symptoms of the preclinical level are frequently masked by personality or behavioral characteristics, puberty manifestations. Quite ofen such adolescents remain out of sight of specialists with a high need for adequate medical and psychological assistance. Te purpose of this study was to identify the subclinical level affective symptoms in different groups of adolescents (subthreshold depression) and to study its clinical features. Tere were examined 659 adolescents 7-17 years old. We used clinical, psychological (depression scale M. Kovak) and statistical metods. A group of adolescents with a risk of developing depression was identifed (35.7%): with a «above average» level of depression’s risk (26.6%), with a high level (7.9%) and high scores on particular scales (1.2%). Adolescents in secondary schools, compared to the pupils in correctional schools, had signifcantly higher indicators on the total score and «Negative mood» and «Angelonia» scales in the group with a high risk of depression. Te indicators of the «Interpersonal problems» scale were high in all groups of students. Adolescents from urban schools are at the greatest risk of developing depression compared to both rural adolescents and correctional school pupils. In 10.3% of the pupils, the individual signs of affective disorders were identifed that signifcantly affected the quality of functioning, which we regarded as persons with subthreshold depression. including 15.8% urban, 10.8% rural, and 6.3% teenagers with disabilities. Tis group needs a dynamic observation and carrying out preventive measures with the obligatory involvement of the social environment — parents and teachers.

scholarly journals Morocco

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (230) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Education System ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Economic Diversification ◽  
Fiscal Management

Improved fiscal management and economic diversification have strengthened the resilience of Morocco’s economy in recent years. Yet, economic growth, at 3 percent in 2018, has not been robust enough and unemployment remains high, especially among the youth. This reinforces the need for sustaining the recent momentum in reforms toward higher and more inclusive growth, buttressed by the private sector. Key priorities include improving the quality of the education system, the functioning of the labor market, female labor force participation, and the business environment. Since 2012, the Fund has been actively engaged with Morocco through four two-year Precautionary Liquidity Line (PLL) arrangements, the last one approved in December 2018.

scholarly journals Calling and Comradeship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myra van den Goor ◽  
Tanya Bondarouk
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Relational Values ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
Shed Light

Patient safety heavily relies on doctors performing to the best of their abilities, delivering high quality of patientcare. However, changing market forces and increasing bureaucracy challenge physicians in their performance. Despite the dynamic conditions they experience, the majority performs on a high level. What exactly drives these doctors? Answering this question will shed light on how to best support doctors to be the engaged healthcare professionals that society wants and needs them to be. So patients are ensured safe and high quality of care. This chapter dips deeper into what primarily drives doctors, thus we turned to doctors themselves for answers. Being interested in their perceptions, feelings, behaviour, relations to, and interactions with, each other, this chapter relies heavily on qualitative research involving around 1000 hospital-based physicians. Conclusively, doctors can only truly blossom in an environment that stimulates their calling and that breathes a comradeship mindset, where sharing is about caring and peer-support is felt. It’s alarming that these essential humanistic and relational values are supressed by today’s more business-like climate in healthcare. Curtailing what primarily inspires doctors will eventually lead to doctors no longer having the time, energy and motivation to deliver the best possible patientcare. To restore the balance, we provide recommendations on the individual-, group-, and organizational level.

scholarly journals SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN BULGARIA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimo Atanasov ◽  
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Rositsa Beluhova-Uzunova ◽  
Krum Hristov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
The Eu

Regional disparities are the subject of various discussions in the EU Member - States. The aim of this study is, on the basis of analysis of main socio-economic indicators, to observe trends in the regional development of Bulgaria and to draw conclusions and recommendations associated with overcoming regional imbalances. The study indicates serious regional differences that affect the quality of life and do not correspond with the European Union approach of convergence and balanced and sustainable economic growth. In order to overcome these challenges, it is necessary to optimize the implemented instruments of cohesion and regional policy. In this regard higher coordination between sectoral policies and better interaction and integration between government and local authorities should be achieved.

scholarly journals Issues Relating to Goodwill Valuation

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-271
Author(s):  
Amra Gadžo ◽  
Benina Veledar
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Research On Evaluation ◽  
Current Accounting ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

According to both theoretical and empirical research results, this paper has the aim to determine, the extent to which the current accounting regulatory framework (IFRS 3 and IAS 36) offers an adequate basis for correct valuation of goodwill. We have researched all the available critical reviews of the accounting treatment of goodwill and the quality of applying accounting regulations onto expression of the goodwill position in BH companies’ practices. The empirical research was conducted on all the companies in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), which recorded goodwill in their balance sheets in the period from 2013 to 2018. The research results have shown a high level of subjectivity in the process of determining the value of goodwill, and great discrepancies in adhering to the accounting regulations in the part of additional valuation and expression of goodwill value in financial reports. This resulted in the fact that the share of companies in FBiH which express decreased values of goodwill is far greater than the share of companies in the European union (EU). The main contribution of this paper is the fact that this is the first comprehensive research on evaluation of goodwill in FBiH companies in comparison to the situation in the EU. Also, it confirms the Agency Theory and shows great subjectivity in evaluation which results in an unjustified expression of a higher operative success in financial reports.

scholarly journals Basketball Technology Simulation Application Based on Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yushuai Song
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Hit Rate ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level ◽  
Selection Of

The combination of virtual reality (VR) technology and basketball technology simulation can make the players have a real experience and experience, so as to effectively improve the quality of basketball training. It can also, according to the individual needs of different players, promote their physical and mental health development and improve the enthusiasm of basketball training, so as to improve the level of basketball technology. Immersive feeling and interest of human-computer interaction are the essential characteristics of virtual reality. The real conception of space-time environment, that is, the process of enlightening thinking and obtaining basketball technology simulation information, is the ultimate goal of virtual reality. In this experiment, five high-level basketball players in our city were selected and numbered from no. 1 to no. 5. Before the experiment, it is necessary to make the players warm up fully before the experiment and then test the forward turning technical movements of basketball. The test variables are based on different angles and distances. After that, standardized selection of basketball technical statistical indicators includes shooting hit rate, two-point hit rate, three-point hit rate, and free throw hit rate. According to the results of the experiment, it took the most time for the curve technique to lower the buffer stage, and it took up 29% of the total time of the entire precursor shot and turned back and the aerial shot stage is 23% and 22%, respectively. There is 20% time in the takeoff phase and 6% time in the brake phase. It has a great influence on the results of the game.

scholarly journals Ethical certification in the Spanish agrifood industry: An alternative paradigm?

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-411
Author(s):  
Kamila Nováková ◽  
Raúl Compés López ◽  
José María García Álvarez-Coque
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Geographical Indications ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Empirical Tests ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Private Certification ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Eu

The agrifood sector belongs to traditional industries often supported by the national governments. The quality of the output is directly related to human health and, therefore, several initiatives within the EU have been introduced. These initiatives support the consciousness of the broad public, including the individual agrifood businesses. Besides the marketing standards, geographical indications and organic farming, there are also national and private certification schemes. All these tendencies aim to promote the socio-ethical principles of the business to support the non-monetary issues related to the agrifood sector. This paper provides a closer exploration of the socio-ethical aspects of companies in the Spanish agrifood sector. Any awareness of these principles in the daily business routine can be considered as a potential competitive advantage for an individual company. The objective of the paper is to examine whether there are significant differences among individual sub-industries within the Spanish agrifood sector in terms of social and ethical aspects. A sample of 66,047 different agrifood companies in the year 2012 was examined. Results of empirical tests prove that there are significant differences between the agricultural producers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

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