The development of SMEs is very sensitive to the overall economic situation of every country such as the dynamics of economic growth, stability of the local currency, supply and demand on the home and foreign markets and the state’s micro-economic policy. This paper discusses the SME...

1. The role and importance of science -- 2. Research in the social sciences -- 3. Sources and types of scientific literature -- 4. Methodology and research methods -- 5. Design and implementation strategy of qualitative methods in scientific research -- 6. Methods and techniques of data...

Taking in account the role and the importance of the FDI, as well as the measures for stimulating the FDI inflows, the overall objective of this paper is to investigate attractiveness of Serbia for inwards FDI, particularly within the South-East European region. The focal point of this paper has...

In developed market economies led by fast development of IT and database software, like EU and USA, priority of business activity is two-way strategic communication between companies and their consumers. Customer relationship management (CRM) is a relatively new concept, which aims to enable...

Slovakia has realised several reforms after year 2000. One of the first reforms was restructuring of banking sector at the level of commercial banks and central bank, too. General conditions were harmonised with European standards. Stabilised and sound bank sector enabled application of other...

The increase in both public and private indebtedness has been one of the main macroeconomic developments in recent years. This trend has been accompanied by large current account deficits, especially in smaller countries, such as Greece and Portugal. One possible explanation for this behaviour...

This paper is focused on the process of introducing the euro in Slovak Republic. The first part analyses the strategy of monetary policy during this process, namely the inflation targeting. The second part mentions the road to European Economic and Monetary Union, particular steps and Maastricht...

In the process of joining the European Union, it was important to harmonize the accounting system of Slovakia with the one used in the member states of the European Union. The Slovak Republic prepared a new Act on Accounting, which reached a comparability of Slovak accounting jurisdiction with...

During the 1980’s, Portugal experienced a decrease in income inequality but this decrease was not uniform across the income distribution and, in recent years, income inequality seems to be following the opposite path. From around the year 2000, the Portuguese economy has become almost...

The Slovak Republic as one of the transitive economics had implemented several reforms in the beginning of the 21st century. One of them, perhaps the widest, was the public administration reform, which includes also other partial reforms as public finance reform and tax reform. To complete all...