VOLUME 6(2) • 2011
THE SPECIFICS OF SECURITY MANAGEMENT: THE FUNCTIONS OF INFORMATION SECURITY REQUIRED BY ORGANIZATIONS
ABSTRACT. This paper presents the results of a survey illustrating the measurement of security operational activities, the specifics of security management, the organization’s security posture and compliance requirements, the organization’s state of security, and the functions of information securit..
CHALLENGES OF MANAGING E-COMMERCE
ABSTRACT. The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the type and location of e-commerce transitions, opportunities for new commercial arrangements for transactions, participants and constraints in the e-commerce environment, the strategic impact of e-commerce on an organization, an..
THE ROLE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION IN DECISION-MAKING STRATEGIES AND PROCESSES
ABSTRACT. The paper generates insights about the linkages between the exploitation of inside information on capital markets, the integration of organizational information, the use of accounting information, the relationship between information asymmetry and cost of capital, and the computer-based as..
MEXICO’S PERVASIVE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
ABSTRACT. In the present paper, I focus on the underlying causes and consequences of participation in corruption, the occurrence and reporting of corruption, the struggles of new democracies to battle corruption, the causes and consequences of corruption, and the existence of corruption in Mexico. T..
THE ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FLEXICURITY POLICY IN THE EU
ABSTRACT. The main focus of this paper is the study of common principles of flexicurity in the EU and the interrelationships in the Danish flexicurity system. The paper generates insights about the complexity of the interrelationship between flexibility and security, and the role of flexicurity labo..
THE GUIDING DRIVERS OF BUSINESS CONDUCT IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS
ABSTRACT. The theory that we shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on the creative energy of financial markets, the dysfunctional aspects of today’s financial markets, social functions of financial markets, the role of information in markets, and the self-reinforcing behavior of st..
EFFECTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE REAL ECONOMY
ABSTRACT. The theory that we shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on the impact of cross-border capital flows on domestic financial conditions, the internal financing power of corporate growth, the limits of outside financing through equity capital, the internal financing power of..
THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE ENERGY SECTOR IN EUROPE: THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
ABSTRACT. Research focusing on previous work experience revealed the current energy crises, and the use of energy resources and energy efficiency. Although researchers have discovered some important findings regarding power generation facilities, the improvement of energy efficiency, and efficient i..
DETERMINANTS OF THE DEMAND FOR LOW-COST MIGRANT WORKERS
ABSTRACT. In this paper we integrate the literature on differences in the regulation of migration management, the politics of labor migration regulation, the negative public perception of immigration, the new paradigm of managed migration, and the direction of global migration flows, with the issues..
DIGITAL AND WEB-BASED TECHNOLOGIES IN THE POSTMODERN INFORMATIONAL ECONOMY
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the rise of the importance of information in the economy, the displacement of realism by the digital, the communicative dynamic of media interactions, the rise of transnational informational capitalism, and the mediated organ..
CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study is to examine the causes of financial development and of the effects of corruption in Russia, the causes of corruption in Russia, the new Russian leadership’s attitude toward corruption, the continuing outsize role of crime and corruption in Russia, and the legal ..
COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SIX COUNTRIES IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE APPLICATION OF FUZZY TOPSIS METHOD
ABSTRACT. The global financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression, has caused many countries loose to hundreds of billions of dollars in countries and, stroked several financial institutions, that just months ago seemed sound. The continuous financial crises appeared as the sub-prime mortg..