This paper presents one of the first studies on the entrepreneurial orientation of Italian university students. For a large sample of students from the University of Parma (Italy), we estimate the sources of entrepreneurial intent, distinguishing between the propensity to start a new business...

Global economic crisis has had, among other effects, the decline in real estate market.By default, this fact has led to a rebound in building material manufacturers activity.Consequently, they had to seek solutions to be able to stay on a market on a downward slope.One of these solutions was to...

The purpose of the present paper is to highlight that within contemporary economy, the market is built on brands rather than products. The market became an universe full of colors, names, logos and taglines. The brand resides within the hearts and minds of customers as being the sum of their...

In recent years the global economy has been facing a very severe economic and financial crisis. The leading economies of the world are going through a period of deep recession. The aim of this article is to emphasize the causes of the current crisis as well as the measures taken to counteract...

The economic crisis has had a severe impact on the economy worldwide. The investment activity has strongly felt the crisis and caused dramatic changes in the hierarchy of large investors. The financial system did not have availability for credits and funding from companies' own resources was...

The financial crisis has had a strong impact on the economy, the latter being characterized by a slowdown in growth with immediate effects on the population, on businesses and on the number of new jobs as well. The crisis originating from the United States has complex effects on the European...

Ukraine is now in deep crisis - on the verge of default, not having enough internal resources for development. Based on analysis of reform history for more than 20 years the author emphasizes the main causes of current situation: inherited structural disbalances in the national economy, absence...

The changed macroeconomic conditions brought about by the global financial and economic crisis are posing an increasing challenge to economic policymakers to achieve the objectives of the planned consolidation. The fiscal situation in Slovenia, as in other EU Member States, remains tight; the...

We study innovation and R&D investments made from 2008 to 2010 by UK companies that were the targets of leveraged buyout (LBO) in previous years. We find that overall, LBO companies do not exhibit lower innovation and R&D investments than non-LBO companies during the crisis, with other things...

Literature and the latest reports point out that not only in Europe, but all over the world there is a growing demand for social services. As social needs have diversified, the number of potential users of social services has increased and this has generated increased complexity of social...