Business cycle is one of the main concept describing an economy and its dynamics. As a young free-market economy Lithuania is also under effect of this phenomenon. Therefore, some consequent uncertainty occurs which market players have to deal with. The main objective of this paperwork is to...

The aim of the study is to verify a hypothesis, whether a company’s financial statement items can be modelled using econometric techniques incorporating accounting and macroeconomic variables. For the modelling and forecasting are selected items, necessary to calculate a company’s free cash...

In this Master‘s Thesis the Baltic Stock Exchange’s (Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian) efficiency is valued for the period of 2004-2009. This thesis aims to evaluate the reaction of Baltic stock exchange to quarterly financial statement announcements. To reach this aim the concept of market...

In this paper dependence between credit default swap (CDS) values and stock price movements of the largest European banking groups is examined and effectiveness of the usage of CDS contracts as a tool to hedge exposure to the price movements of the underlying stock during the pre-crisis and...

This thesis attempts to extend the research in the Corporate Social Performance – Corporate Financial Performance relationship. The studies conducted previously display mixed findings with no unified evidence of the relationship direction and impact. This study reviews the existing literature...

Global financial crisis has exposed borrowers to substantially increased interest rate risk and motivated them to search for ways to insure against it. Unfortunately, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) often do not have access to interest rate derivatives, which leaves the question: how can...

The following paper focuses on PokerNews.com website’s feature development. The purpose of the paper is to propose managerial suggestions how to optimize the model of development in terms of time.Rapid software development has become an important factor in informational technology business...

The Thesis deals with the question of competitive advantage of the public relations agencies in Lithuania. The aim of the study is to find the factors that influence competitive advantage of the PR agencies in Lithuania. The other major objective of the work is try to identify the reasons of...

The main goal of this thesis is to suggest how Nordic-Systems ApS should develop its competitive advantage. Three objectives are formulated to reach the goal. The first thesis objective is to make situation analysis, which consists of external and internal analysis of the company. Situation...