The recent economic crisis has further increased the gap between the group of innovative companies and the ones relying on an efficient exploitation of the traditional factors of production. Building a work environment where every employee is able to develop his/her creativity and his/her...

The paper reports the results of a survey investigating the practices of idea management in Slovenian companies. Idea management is a formalized mechanism for the creation of inventions and their transformation into innovations in the widest range of employees – nonprofessional inventors, as a...

The monograph presents an overview of the system regulating the recognition of non-formal and informal learning in the European Union. Non-formal and informal learning are an important factor in the further development of such a qualification and of the educational system in the European Union....

Knowledge is one of those company resources which are difficult to imitate. Such resources are the most important factors of competitive advantage and they improve business performance. Knowledge is transmitted through the organizational culture, business strategy, skills, processes, documents...

With the aim of estimating the direct, indirect and total effects of the supply-in-return on the Slovenian economy in the period 2004–2008, we use the input-output modelling on the 60 input-output sectors statistical table. The indirect effects of the supply-in-return are three-to-four times...

The book deals with outsourcing as one of the possible forms of company management ranging from the so-called hierarchy to the marketplace, outlines the features of these outsourcing forms and presents possible strategic assessments on which management decisions for entering the outsourcing...

Supply chain management emphasises the key issue for all its participants to compose the supply chain as a whole, conquering other supply chains instead of competing among themselves. The enterprise success is related to and dependent on the success of its supply chain. Unbalanced production...

The empirical analysis investigates the causes of the catering industry inflation pre- and post-adoption of the Euro in Slovenia. The empirical analysis on the factors of inflation in the catering industry is based on the monthly statistical data during the period 2000–2007. It confirms that...

The research studies structural changes in agriculture and incomes of households in the Skofja Loka region based on an empirical analysis of income diversification in a sample of agricultural households (AHs) in 2001 and 2006. The analysis was conducted from three points of view: for the entire...

The topic of this book is business English in Slovenian tertiary education. If the most important findings are summarised, the following is needed in Slovenian tertiary education with regard to business English teaching: (a) student-centred and learning-centred approach, (b) communicative...