The aim of this paper is twofold: The first concentrates on the very recent development performance of two country groups, namely Middle Eastern and North African countries, and the second focuses on Turkey in an attempt to determine the position of the country in the context of human...

The 2011 QS Global Employer Survey of over 10,000 recruiters worldwide indicates that employers actively seek and give preference to college graduates who had studied abroad. Six out of ten employers said they give "extra credit" for a student's international experience and more than 80 percent...

The interest in environmental sustainability and its reporting in South Africa have steadily increased as legislators and corporations recognize the need for change in business practice to achieve good corporate governance. Assistance with such disclosure is readily available to businesses in...

Financial inclusion has taken a very important role on the agenda of many international organizations and financial authorities across the globe. There are many reasons why financial inclusion is important, among these is the fact that a vast majority of the people in poverty are excluded from...

Risk assessment is one of the major challenges that must be addressed by each insurance company. To assess risk we need to know the value of losses as well as the probability of losses, since the risk cost is the basic component in evaluating the insurance indemnity. Statistical methods should...

Dissemination of Science & technology information is being deemed critical in determining industrial productivity and academic competitiveness on a national level. Therefore the development and management of government supported information system is more important. What is notable is that the...

In 2010 un European Union was started Europe 2020 strategy. Aims of this strategy are concentrated on smart, sustainable growth associated with social inclusion. This three areas includes 7 flagship initiatives. In area of smart growth very important is Youth on the move. Mobility of young...

It has been widely documented that the world is classified into at least two economic systems of developed and developing countries according to average GDP levels. The arising research question then is why has development been more proliferate in certain regions of the world and are there any...

The paper aims to demonstrate and compare the different methods of graduate career tracking. The analysis illustrates advantages, disadvantages and specific features of the collected data associated with different methods. Hungary takes place in a regular EU-funded graduate career tracking...

There is twofold contribution in this paper. First, by using monthly data for 8 industrialized countries for the period 1973-2011 we find evidence of time-varying cointegration relationship between effective exchange rates and national stock market indices. Second, we show that stock markets...