From the beginning of the 1970s until the last global financial and economic crisis in 2008 - 2009, neo-liberal ideas guided economic policy development. It is worth noting that the Central and Eastern European countries transformed their economies from centrally planned to a market type at the...

This article is a brief review of developments in the banking sector in Bulgaria as well as an analysis of the political and macroeconomic factors that have influenced this process. It begins with a historical overview of the different stages in the evolution of the Bulgarian financial sector....

This paper aims to explore the factors influencing the ability of firms to compete in globalised markets. The Austrian and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling firms to compete more effectively - and expand their...