The paper focused on building a quality management model able to bring together the two main axes of higher education – education and research, and to ensure the quality continuous improvement from the perspective of the main two actors directly involved in these processes: students and...

In this paper we present some considerations about management in insurance companies during the present economic recession. The insurance companies are important players of the financial market, serving a number of economic functions, such as allowing risk transfer, helping companies and people...

Over the last decade, the external environment of insurance sector had significantly changed, becoming very instable and complex. In these circumstances, we believe that the proper managerial approach, not only for anticipating the future problems, opportunities and threats but also to improve...

This paper examines competitive dynamics, industry cycles, and financial performance in emerging and industrialized country markets through the lens of the integration-responsiveness framework in the global information technology industry in Taiwan and the global construction equipment industry...

In the article the author suggests a theoretical approach to the concept of managing a company as a part of the government management system in Russia. This approach is applicable to managing corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises. The author argues it can be viewed as an important...

SWOT analysis is a tool of the strategic management and it is used by the companies in the following situations: when they want to make ultimate decisions based on a complete analysis, in the strategic forecasting on three – five years, in the annual planning, when the company want a renewal...

In recent years Albania is facing a lot of challenges in developing infrastructure. In this paper the author tend to give some important recommendations for strategy design and implementation according to the need of respecting European standards and integration in developing transport...

In the post-industrial world, the Intellectual Capital (IC) of nations has become critical for wealth and value creation. In this era of knowledge-based economy, one real challenge that a nation faces is maintenance of its economic growth and its competitiveness in the international market....

The focus of the present study is the management practice of disclosing disaggregated (financial) information in a company’s annual report. In this study, a sample of 232 Slovenian unlisted companies has been examined. The results show that less than a quarter of the companies disclose...

Previous research identified that service providers are struggling with the transition phase. The aim of this research is to create a deeper understanding of the effects of service provider resistance to change on the duration of the transition phase. This paper presents the results from an...