By studying a culture that is very far and different, you can gain a better insight into your own culture. You also have the opportunity to develop or adopt certain skills. The article deals with characteristics of Japanese workplaces and business culture, and the factors behind them. The...

Development of small and medium enterprises is among the priorities of the economic development in Slovakia. The most important development factor is the establishment of a favourable business environment, requiring simplification and a more transparent legislation, reduction of administrative...

Magyarországon a politikai és gazdasági átalakulások lehetõvé tették a rendszerváltás után, hogy vállalkozások nagyszámban jöjjenek létre. A vállalkozások hozzájárultak a foglalkoztatottság növeléséhez, munkahelyteremtéshez, befolyásolták a mindenkori GDP eredményét....

usually the analisations of Total Quality Management deal with the technical and operational, also logistical aspects. However, Human Resources play key role in the effective adoptation of TQM philosophy. This article examines the role of HR factors in TQM, and through the analisation of these...

This paper is concerned with Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWUs) which have been published on the web most recently and have attracted wide attantion. One of these systems developed by academics at the Institute of Higher Education of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, is...

Small and medium enterprises represent a substantial part of the economy in developed countries. In OECD countries small and medium enterprises represent more than 95 per cent of the total number of enterprises, their share on employment varies between 60 and 70 per cent. The aim of the article...

When should we use an athlete, a sports star in advertising? Which type of product or service is best suitable for these stars to advertise? What can we expect from these ads? Who is the ideal sports star? Is it true that social media is going to transform this area as well? For our research we...