In this paper we investigate how to allocate the available budget for agri-environmental measures to maximise environmental benefits and to minimise potential negative side effects resulting for farmers from the implementation of agri-environmental measures. According to the governmental and EU...

This study examines the effect of financial factors on the sugar market by using Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models. The results show that changes in capital and energy markets returns have a positive impact on the mean returns of Sugar futures as opposed to...

Currently agriculture in Albania makes up about 23% of GDP (MoAFCP 2008a). The dairy industry, and along with it the milk collection system, are still in the course of modernizing structures and technologies. As milk is a very important component of the Albanians diet, this study explores...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the merits of using the Value At Risk method in estimating the risk associated with investments in metallurgical sector companies. The paper presents how to construct the model, various methods of its estimation and their advantages and disadvantages. In the...

The article is regarding the issue of the knowledge management at local government. It's contents are focusing on the diagnosis in theoretical as well as practical perspective possibilities of managing decks of the knowledge in local government units. The subject brought up in this article is...

Systemic management of a local government unit lacks viewing the LGU as an economic entity which should actively use modern financial knowledge in its activity in order to stimulate active construction of an economic and social potential. It needs to stimulate processes of building in local...

In this paper the importance of word of mouth for marketing management in the twenty-first century will be discussed. After a short introduction, there will be a focus on the demarcations and problems of traditional marketing. Then, in the third section, word of mouth (WOM) and word-of-mouth...

Doctoral dissertations provide a relevant contribution in a field. The general purpose of the dissertation research is to demonstrate research competence and to add something of value to the body of knowledge. This study provides an overview of marketing research in Spain through doctoral...

In recent years researchers have shown a growing interest in vertical interorganisational relations, above all in the Supply Chain. The absence of previous reviews of the literature on this topic, which would allow us to establish the key issues in Supply Chain Management, led us to analyse the...

The health service quality has been discussed in several organizations committed with the development of the programs and actions capable to attend the expectations of their patients. The aim of this work is to analyze the relationship among the variables quality, satisfaction, image, trust and...