SmartWeather is a driver project intended to integrate the multidisciplinary knowledge target to scientific and technical high schools, so that a systemic approach to learning can be applied. The project is based on a three-layer cultural model, with physics at the top as a foundation for...

The theoretical and empirical investigations presented in the study are focused on the analysis of cause-and-effect relationships between innovative strategies and achievement of the goals of enterprise's activity. The importance of the problems discussed results mainly from the role performed...

The paper is primarily directed towards, but not confined to, the activities of larger commercial enterprises and questions the authority by which knowledge and integrity are legitimated in such enterprises and to do this we revisit Lyotard's (1984: 9) pertinent questions: Who decides what...

Large enterprises represent a key group for the economy of the Czech Republic. The aim of the study is to assess the influence of large enterprises on the socio-economic development of the Czech Republic and to assess the legitimacy of public support for these companies. The study is primarily...

Information sharing is crucial for supply chains to collaborate, improve their performance, and achieve competitive advantage. Some of this sharing is done automatically but normally it involves humans and their individual willingness to share information plays an important role. Currently, the...

Article seeks to extend the Standard Gordon's " Triangle " model with demand shocks. The demand shocks are represented by a newly derived Current discount indicator (CDI). The recession on the labour market in Hungary and Poland was influenced by the growth of future consumption preferences of...

The existence of causation linkage between stock prices and exchange rates is one of the popular debate especially since the beginning of 1990s. The aim of this paper is to investigate the nature of the causal transmission mechanism between foreign exchange and stock markets in 9 transition...

In decision making regarding optimal resource allocation to safeguard public health, policymakers and healthcare providers rely on the availability and reliability of data about the relative costs and benefits of competing treatment options. One such an approach is based on cost effectiveness...

Venture capital is one of most important alternative sources of capital for early stage of enterprise development. It is largely acknowledged that there occurs a market gap in European venture capital markets as there are much more companies in search for an investor than that actually obtain...

This paper empirically examines how imperfect information about wage offers and reservation wages among employees and employers respectively impacts on the wages of Canadian born and immigrant workers. We estimate these effects from 2006 census data using a two-tier stochastic wage frontier. Our...