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June 2022, Volume 13(1)
- 5-25 From local informalities to meritocracy. How Central and Eastern European social scientists perceive the norms of their field
by Csilla HERENDY & Marton DEMETER & Sára Simon & Manuel GOYANES - 26-59 Human capital and labour market resilience over time: a regional perspective of the Portuguese case
by Marta SIMÕES & João Sousa ANDRADE & Adelaide DUARTE - 60-80 Immigrants on the Slovak labour market: who is more resilient to the impacts of COVID-19?
by Andrej KINER & Radoslav ŠTEFANČà K - 81-105 Population ageing and sustainable fiscal policy in Czechia
by Kateřina GAWTHORPE - 106-122 Relations with the Global South, solidarity and pragmatism in Hungarian foreign policy since the 1960s - a focus on Africa
by István TARRÓSY & Dániel SOLYMà RI - 123-147 The currency board in Bulgaria and its impact on sectoral economic activity
by Nikolay PEYKOV - 148-166 A composite indicator for economic integration maturity: the case of Western Balkan countries
by Viktória ENDRŠDI-KOVà CS & Oleg TANKOVSKI - 167-184 Communicating uncertainty in times of crisis. The legitimization of EU's response to COVID-19 pandemic through the discourse used by the President of the European Commission
by Maria Corina BARBAROS - 185-207 Narrowing the gap in regional and age-specific excess mortality during the COVID-19 in Hungary
by Csaba G. TÓTH - 208-227 No money, no housing security? The role of intergenerational transfers, savings, and mortgage in mobility within and into insecure housing positions in Hungary
by Adrienne CSIZMADY & Ã gnes GYÅ RI & Ã gnes GYÅ RI - 228-253 Testing the weak form efficiency of the French ETF market with the LSTAR-ANLSTGARCH approach using a semiparametric estimation
by Mohamed CHIKHI & Claude DIEBOLT - 254-270 Smart specialisation policy strategy for interregional cooperation: pushing less-developed regions
by Mirko KRUSE & Jan WEDEMEIER - 271-289 Factors affecting food waste awareness in Turkey. The case of Corum province
by Güngör KARAKAŞ - 290-308 A new institutional approach to the study of the Soviet-type economy
by Tamara TODOROVA & Aleksandar VASILEV - 309-329 The role of focusing events on agenda-setting: changes in the Lithuanian security policy agenda after the annexation of Crimea
by Vytautas VALENTINAVIÄŒIUS - 330-350 Investigation of the perspectives of citizens receiving public social assistance during Covid-19 in Turkey
by Mete Kaan NAMAL & Aynur YUMURTACI & Bulent ARPAT
December 2022, Volume 13(2)
- 5-23 FDI inflows, human development and export upgrading: evidence from EU transition economies
by Yilmaz BAYAR & Laura DIACONU (MAXIM) - 24-53 Trade and FDI connectivity in Europe: the European Union, Western Balkans and new EU candidate countries
by Alena DORAKH - 54-76 Evaluating the relationship between sustainable development, localisation and the informal economy: evidence from Romania
by Ioana Alexandra HORODNIC & Colin C. WILLIAMS & Iuliana M. CHIÈšAC - 77-98 Women's entrepreneurship in the Republic of Moldova: special needs and policy priorities
by Natalia VINOGRADOVA & Elena ACULAI & Vladislav BOLDURAT - 99-115 The EU's response vs. Chinese vaccine diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe
by Goran ILIK & Vesna SHAPKOSKI - 116-139 Analysis of the current integration process: from the past to the future of the European Union
by Markéta PEKARČà KOVà & Michaela STANà ČKOVà - 140-159 The democratic legitimacy hierarchy. The scales to determine authorities's legitimacy in democratic states
by Metehan DOÄžAN - 160-184 Gender disparities in COVID-19 job losses across European post-transition economies
by Valerija BOTRIĆ & Tanja BROZ - 185-203 The EU as a norm-maker in resilience and aid delivery: from aid effectiveness to effective cooperation for sustainable development
by George-Mihael MANEA - 204-225 An empirical investigation of the extended Technology Acceptance Model to explain mobile banking adoption
by Korhan K. GOKMENOGLU & Mohamad KAAKEH - 226-245 The family support systems operating in the Visegrad Group countries (V4)
by Csilla CZEGLÉDI & Å ukasz TOMCZYK & Alena ÄŒARÅ OVà & Petr ŘEHOŘ & Michaela SLà DKAYOVà & TÃmea JUHà SZ - 246-262 Analysis of the relationship between the state of cluster development and sustainable growth: evidence from European countries
by Vasyl HYK & Oleh VYSOCHAN & Olha VYSOCHAN - 263-291 Conformity, polarization, and democratic dialogue in times of pathogen threats. Germany and the United States during Covid-19
by Björn TOELSTEDE - 292-316 Regulatory barriers for fintech companies in Central and Eastern Europe
by Albulena SHALA & Rezearta PERRI
October 2022, Volume 13(SI)
- 5-7 Editorial: Focus on Central and Eastern Europe
by Zoltán BRETTER - 9-32 Borders connecting and dividing - East meets West and the borders of the European Union
by Andrea SCHMIDT - 33-52 Eastern Europe, Central Europe, or East Central Europe? Imagined geography of the region
by Leszek NOWAK - 53-72 Is the Visegrad Group disintegrating? A case study on the diversification of the Visegrad states’ EU enlargement policy since 2014
by Christopher WALSCH - 73-98 Threshold impact of corruption on income inequality-social transfers nexus in Central and Eastern Europe
by Emin Efecan AKTAÅž - 99-119 Effectiveness of the European Union grants to civil society in the Baltic states: an evaluation of the EU program 'Europe for Citizens' (2007-2020)
by JÄ nis KAPUSTÄ€NS - 120-140 Legal and practical conditions of the functioning of the civil society organizations in Hungary and Poland
by László Kà KAI & Agnieszka BEJMA - 141-163 Maternity benefit: comparison of systems and financing in V4 countries
by Danuta DUDA & Kamila TUREÄŒKOVÃ & Ivona BURYOVÃ & Radka KUBALOVÃ - 164-182 Second parliamentary chambers as safeguards against democratic backsliding? Case study of Czech and Polish senates
by Petr JUST & Jakub CHARVÃ T - 183-206 Comparative populism: Romania and Hungary
by Zoltán BRETTER - 207-235 Hybrid foreign policies in the EU’s Eastern flank: adaptive diplomacy
by Péter KACZIBA & Barış HASAN - 236-259 Perspectives on future trends and opportunities in a changing world – with a special focus on the Visegrad Countries
by Zoltán VÖRÖS
December 2021, Volume 12(2)
- 5-20 Are European Union countries efficient or inefficient in energy use?
by İbrahim Murat BİCİL & Kumru TURKOZ - 21-45 Beyond the EU as the ‘Only Game in Town’: the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans and the role of China
by Vladimir Ä ORÄ EVIĆ & Richard Q. TURCSANYI & Vladimir VUÄŒKOVIĆ - 46-65 Visegrad Group countries as a junkyard of Europe? Quality of food and beverages as a theme of the 2019 European Parliament election campaigns - the case of Czechia
by Lukas NOVOTNY - 66-85 Diplomacy, hybrid leadership, and EU actorness: assessing the role of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in the 2013 Kosovo-Serbia agreement
by Ines M. RIBEIRO & Stylianos KOSTAS - 86-104 The creation of the armed forces of independent Ukraine: military and political background
by Serhii SEHEDA & Vasyl SHEVCHUK & Oleksii POKOTYLO - 105-122 Current legal issues of digitalization of environmental protection: a view from Russia
by Aleksey ANISIMOV & Anatoliy RYZHENKOV - 123-150 Interaction between business and financial cycles: evidence from Turkey
by Veysel KARAGOL & Burhan DOÄžAN - 151-168 The relation international taxation - international law: formal strains and jurisprudential effect
by Mihaela TOFAN - 169-189 Judicial review and political (in)stability in Kosovo
by Bashkim RRAHMANI - 190-212 Cost and profit efficiency: the case of Bulgarian hotel industry
by Dora DONCHEVA & Dimitrina STOYANCHEVA - 213-243 Private property - the inclusive institution which shaped dissimilar economic dynamics. Evidence from the Czech Republic and Romania
by Oana-Ramona SOCOLIUC (GURIȚĂ) & Andreea-Oana IACOBUȚĂ-MIHĂIȚĂ & Elena CIORTESCU - 244-262 Joe Biden's conflict communication discourse with Vladimir Putin: the Geneva case (2021)
by Vilma LINKEVIČIŪTĖ - 263-279 From state to individual. Human security - a new framework of understanding sovereignty
by Bogdan ȘTEFANACHI - 280-297 On the role of translated literature in constructing the "new Soviet person": Anglophone fiction in Soviet Latvia of the 1940s
by Evita BADINA - 298-322 The scientific discourse on the concept of sustainable development
by Inese TRUSINA & Elita JERMOLAJEVA - 323-346 Competitive advantages of Ukrainian border regions under the conditions of European integration processes
by Khrystyna PRYTULA & Florentina CHIRODEA & Anna MAKSYMENKO - 347-350 BOOK REVIEW: Godfrey A. Pirotta - Malta: Selected Essays in Governance and Public Administration
by Lino BIANCO
August 2021, Volume 12(SI)
- 5-11 Editorial: Resilience in the Space-Economy - in search of the X factor
by Karima KOURTIT & Peter NIJKAMP - 12-42 Editorial: How well do we know the issue of resilience? Literary research of current levels of knowledge
by Jana OSTARKOVA & Michaela STANICKOVA - 43-75 Regional innovation strategy for resilience and transformative industrial path development: evolutionary theoretical perspectives on innovation policy
by Bjorn T. ASHEIM & Sverre J. HERSTAD - 76-99 Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
by Patricio AROCA & Karima KOURTIT & Peter NIJKAMP & Roger STOUGH - 100-125 What strengthens resilience in public administration institutions?
by Alina Georgiana PROFIROIU & Corina-Cristiana NASTACÄ‚ - 126-148 The effects of COVID-19 on EU federalism
by Juan Carlos MARTIN & Concepcion ROMAN - 149-169 A multilevel analysis of the contextual effects in distance education outcomes during COVID-19
by Umut TURK - 170-195 Urban resilience: an instrument to decode the post-socialist socio-economic and spatial transformations of cities from Central and Eastern Europe
by Alexandra SANDU & Alexandru BANICA & Ionel MUNTELE - 196-211 Spatial interactions of employment in European labour markets
by Laura Helena KIVI & Tiiu PAAS - 212-230 Resilience of the European Union as a determinant of its post-pandemic development
by Mark ENTIN & Dmitriy GALUSHKO - 231-249 Business recovery in the European Union after the global financial crisis: lessons for the Coronavirus pandemic
by Consuela-Elena POPESCU & Alexandra HOROBET & Georgiana Vrinceanu & Lucian BELASCU - 250-272 Building resilience beyond the EU’s eastern borders. EU actorness and societal perceptions in Ukraine and Republic of Moldova
by Loredana Maria SIMIONOV & Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU & Nadiia BUREIKO - 273-297 Value management models for financial resilience estimations. A case of selected industrial companies in the Republic of Moldova
by Iurie BESLIU & Oleg PETELCA & Veronica GARBUZ - 298-232 BOOK REVIEW: Maria Alina Asavei: Art, Religion and Resistance in (Post-) Communist Romania: Nostalgia for Paradise Lost
by Alexandru STANESCU
June 2021, Volume 12(1)
- 5-30 Investigating the impact of GDP and distance variables in the gravity model using sign and rank tests
by Berislav ZMUK - 31-52 The effectiveness of applying beta-coefficient modifications when calculating returns on shares in Russian companies
by Valentina ZOZULYA & Evgeny SOKOLOV & Evgeny KOSTYRIN & Sergey KOROLEV - 53-80 The practices and corporate governance frameworks: comparative evidence from south-eastern European countries
by Albulena SHALA & Albana Berisha QEHAJA - 81-103 Transitional justice and democratic consolidation in post-communist Eastern Europe: Romania and Albania
by Ilir KALEMAJ - 104-140 Analysis of bribery predictors for the student population. Evidence from Romania and Moldova
by Aurelian-Petrus PLOPEANU & Daniel HOMOCIANU - 141-172 The role of education in explaining technology-intensive exports: a comparative analysis of transition and non-transition economies
by Arta MULLIQI - 173-190 External debt sustainability in the transition economies of southeast Europe: an application by wavelet-based unit root tests
by Memduh Alper DEMÄ°R - 191-218 Support for export as a non-standard Central Bank policy: foreign exchange interventions in the case of the Czech Republic
by David KRIZEK & Josef BRCAK - 219-241 Fiscal sustainability analysis in EU countries: a dynamic macro-panel approach
by Gozde Es POLAT & Onur POLAT - 242-257 Euroscepticism of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party during the 2015 general election campaign
by Ondřej DOLEŽEL - 258-275 Armenian foreign policy between Eurasian and European integration models
by Hayk PARONYAN & Ruben ELAMIRYAN - 276-290 The Eurasian Economic Union as part of Eurasian (dis)integration
by Azhar SERIKKALIYEVA & Kanat MAKHANOV - 291-312 Idiosyncrasies and ideologies in the evolution of EU relations with eastern partnership states
by Melania-Gabriela CIOT & Ana DAMASCHIN - 313-317 BOOK REVIEW: Boris Vormann and Michael Weinman (eds.), The Emergence of Illiberalism: Understanding a Global Phenomenons
by Marton GERA - 318-320 BOOK REVIEW: Hulya Kaya, The EU-Turkey Statement on Refugees. Assessing Its Impact on Fundamental Rights
by Carmen MOLDOVAN
December 2020, Volume 11(2)
- 5-25 Labour market resilience, bottlenecks and spatial mobility in Croatia
by Peter Gladoic HAKANSSON & Predrag BEJAKOVIC - 26-47 How to measure territorial accessibility. An accessibility evaluation model applied in the European Union space
by Cezar TECLEAN & Gabriela DRÄ‚GAN - 48-69 Does higher cash-in-hand income motivate young people to engage in under-declared employment?
by Ioana Alexandra HORODNIC & Colin C WILLIAMS & Rodica IANOLE-CÄ‚LIN - 70-93 Terrorism - workers' remittances nexus: empirical evidence from Turkey
by Yilmaz Onur ARI & Ibrahim BELLO - 94-112 Why workers engage in quasi-formal employment? Some lessons from Croatia
by Josip FRANIC - 113-131 Measurement of personal income tax progressivity in the post-socialist countries of Europe compared to other OECD countries
by Magda WISNIEWSKA-KUZMA - 132-159 Heterogeneous VAT taxation in the Czech economy
by Katerina GAWTHORPE - 160-181 The VaR comparison of the fresh investment toolBITCOIN with other conventional investment tools, gold, stock exchange (BIST100) and foreign currencies (EUR/USD VS TRL)
by Ilhami KARAHANOGLU - 182-202 Sensitivity of bank profitability to changing in certain internal and external variables: the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Almir ALIHODZIC - 203-228 Macroeconomic dynamics in China, Laos and Vietnam: a VAR analysis
by Manuel BENAZIĆ & Daniel TOMIĆ - 229-250 The role of contract and relationship norms in the success of Information Technology Outsourcing
by Dilek ERDOGAN & Nuray TOKGOZ - 251-265 The causal effect of education on poverty: evidence from Turkey
by Ferhat CITAK & Patricia A. DUFFY - 266-287 Entrepreneurship education programme tailored to Eastern European neighbouring countries
by Dorin FESTEU & Natalia TURLAKOVA & Rodica CRUDU - 288-311 Consultants and firm-level innovation performances: a doubly robust estimation approach
by Samuel AMPONSAH ODEI & Michael AMPONSAH ODEI & Henry Junior ANDERSON - 312-333 The European Community and Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment Policy: from acceptance and collaboration to disillusionment and confrontation
by Branislav RADELJIC - 334-352 The European Community and Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment Policy: from acceptance and collaboration to disillusionment and confrontation
by Sandro KNEZOVIC & Marco ESTEVES LOPES - 353-377 Evaluating the level of economic security of the EU energy markets
by Uliana SYTAILO & Oksana OKHRIMENKO - 378-395 A gentle sceptic: Martin Feldstein and the euro
by Radu SIMANDAN - 396-426 Union based on the rule of law: the Court of Justice of the European Union and the (future of) European integration
by Hristina RUNCHEVA TASEV & Milena APOSTOLOVSKA-STEPANOSKA & Leposava OGNJANOSKA - 427-448 International migration policies in two post-communist countries: comparative evidence from Romania and Poland
by Mihaela MATEI & Monica ROMAN & Alexandru FLOREA & Adina IORGANDA - 449-452 BOOK REVIEW Peg Murray-Evans: Power in North-South Trade Negotiation. Making the European Union’s Economic Partnership Agreements. Routledge, Abingdon - New York, 2019
by Tamas SZIGETVARI
November 2020, Volume 11(SI)
- 5-7 Editorial: Cross border cooperation and peripheral areas in Europe
by Tomás Ponce DENTINHO - 8-27 European integration and its effects on population in border and peripheral regions
by Sofia GOUVEIA & Leonida CORREIA & Patrícia MARTINS - 28-46 Crossing borders in higher education? A comparative case study at the intersections of EU regional and higher education policies
by Alina FELDER - 47-76 The process of joint learning as a determinant of cross-border project management
by Joanna KUROWSKA-PYSZ - 77-98 Assessing the social and cultural impacts of the European Capital of Culture programme in cross-border regions. A research agenda
by Corina TURȘIE & Thomas PERRIN - 99-119 Quality of governance in the Eastern Partnership countries: the role of the EU, Russia and domestic conditions Abstract: This work is devoted to studying the quality of governance in the Eastern Partnership countries - a project of the European Union, which includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. We aim to understand how external and domestic conditions influence the quality of governance in this area by applying the QCA method and regression analysis. We reveal a significant influence of the EU even though many authors doubt the EU’s ability to influence countries beyond its borders that are not offered the membership. We also show that, in this case, the influence of Russia as another external actor does not contradict the influence of the EU on governance but can overlap in other sectors, an aspect which should be investigated in further research. The level of GDP, the democratic regime, the polarization of elites, ethnic fractionation and reserves of resources are significant domestic conditions for the quality of governance
by Valeria Stefania CARAS - 120-145 The EU's multifaceted approach to resilience building in the Eastern Neighbourhood. Security sector reform in Ukraine
by Edina Lilla MÉSZÁROS & Constantin Vasile ȚOCA - 146-183 Rethinking the Governance-Governmentality-Governability nexus at the EU's Eastern Frontiers: the Carpathian Euroregion 2.0 and the future of EU-Ukrainian Cross-Border cooperation
by Halyna LYTVYN & Andriy TYUSHKA - 184-207 Developing a cross-border governance framework for the EU and Turkish border regions
by Emrah SÖYLEMEZ & Çiğdem VAROL - 208-232 Cross-Border Cooperation among South East European countries: case Kosovo
by Urtak HAMITI - 233-237 BOOK REVIEW: Rui Alexandre Castanho, Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Strategies for Sustainable Development, Hershey, PA: IGI Global Abstract: Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) is one of the European Union’s key tools when it comes to territorial cooperation and engagement with its neighbours, this becoming even more relevant in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, which revealed the critical importance of international cooperation and solidarity. The 2007/2008 crisis triggered the deepest recession since the Great Depression in 1930s; however it appeared equally as a unique opportunity for the international, regional and local actors to promote sustainable solutions to tackle the crisis and to build long-term resilience. The narrative of the Global Recovery Initiative, launched by the European Union in May 2020, revolves around the idea of “building back better”, which translates in attaching transformative solutions to the recovery plan, such as the green deal or digitalization. In this context, CBC is seen as a relevant tool for enhancing stability considering its role which involves supranational process, but also regional ones. Keywords: Cross Border Cooperation, Strategies, organizational culture, Sustainable Development Pages: 233-237
by Anatolie CĂRBUNE
June 2020, Volume 11(1)
- 27-44 Space justice, demographic resilience and sustainability. Revelations of the evolution of the population hierarchy of the regions of Romania from 1948 to 2011
by Tomaz Ponce DENTINHO & Cristina SERBANICA - 45-61 Globalization and socio-economic development in post-transition European Union countries: panel causality and regression analyses Abstract: The consequences of globalization on economic growth and development have largely been debated both by scholars and policy makers. However, literature lacks a multidimensional analysis of the relationship between of all forms of globalization and the development of a country. Therefore, the purpose of the present paper is to investigate the impact of various globalization types on socio-economic development in eleven European Union (EU) states that faced the transition from a centralized to a market economy, during the period 1993-2016, with the help of Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) causality test, Beck and Katz (1995) PCSE estimator and pooled OLS regression, considering the results of pre-tests. The empirical research revealed that economic, political and cultural globalization positively influences the socioeconomic development of all the analysed states. These findings may offer valuable information for the policy makers of the eleven economies which could enhance the development in a globalized era
by Laura DIACONU (MAXIM) & Yilmaz BAYAR - 62-86 Conditional dependence between oil prices and CEE stock markets: a copula-GARCH approach Abstract: This study investigates both the constant and time-varying conditional dependency between crude oil and stock markets for the CEE countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, and Croatia) by using the conditional copula-GARCH model with both constant and time-varying dependence parameters in the field of energy economics. Through different copula functions, the proposed models allow specifying the joint distribution of the crude oil and CEE stock returns with full flexibility. First, from the copula models, we find that all series show fat-tail, leverage effects, and volatilities tend to cluster. Second, in both constant and timevarying copula models, we find that conditional dependence is similar for most countries, which means that a significant conditional dependence exists in all oilstock price pairs. Our findings have important implications for both policymakers and investors by contributing to a better understanding of oil-stock relationships. A significant interdependence between crue oil price and stock markets suggests that enterprises and governments in CEE regions should pay attention to the stock market performance when the oil price fluctuates
by Ngo Thai HUNG - 87-122 RETRACTED ARTICLE: The triple (T3) dimension of systemic risk: identifying systemically important banks in Eurozone Abstract: Editor’s Note - This paper has been retracted from our journal due to bogus claims of authorship. The editors' decision is based on the evidences provided by the editorial board of the International Journal of Finance and Economics. The Statement of Retraction, together with the full text of the retracted paper, can be accessed here http://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2020_1101_DER.pdf
by Abdelkader DERBALI & Ali LAMOUCHI - 123-145 A simple model of developing countries: financing the current account deficit Abstract: A stock flow consistent model provides a monetary and financial framework to macroeconomics. It clearly shows the sources of financing for investments and also answers the following questions: Where does the finance for investment come from? and How are budget and current account deficits financed? This paper presents a simple stock flow consistent model for the developing countries with current account deficits. Most of these countries seem to cover the current account deficit by public borrowing and private sector borrowing. For this purpose, the motivation of this paper is based on the state of these countries and the modelling of their position
by Özgür Bayram SOYLU - 146-163 Application of Beneish M-score model on small and medium enterprises in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Abstract: The last two decades have witnessed high-profile corporate accounting scandals and multi billion-dollar frauds. Since then, forensic accounting has been in focus and has played a prominent role in discovering financial statement frauds. This research aims to analyze the applicability of the Beneish M-Score model on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). Based on a sample that includes 4,580 small and medium enterprises, data will be analyzed using audited financial statements in the period from 2008 to 2015. By using independent sample t-test, correlation, and regression, it has been concluded that Beneish model is indeed applicable on the market of FBiH and aids effectively in the detection of fraud in financial statements. The study describes the comparison of different industry sectors regarding the possible manipulators and serves as a solid foundation for further research in the area of forensic accounting. Keywords: manipulative accounting, fraudulent activities, financial crime, forensic accounting, Beneish M-score Pages: 146-163
by Sanel HALILBEGOVIC & Nedim CELEBIC & Ermin CERO & Elvisa BULJUBASIC & Anida MEKIC - 164-185 Managers’ perceptions on trust and knowledge transfer: evidence from Greek ISAs in South East Europe Abstract: Nowadays, cooperation through the formation of International Strategic Alliances (ISAs) has become a key strategy for many firms that expand internationally. Trust among foreign partners and knowledge transfer are identified in the literature as crucial factors for satisfactory ISA performance. This paper extends previous research (Rotsios et al., 2018, 2019) on these two important parameters. Based on aspects from the Social Exchange Theory and the Resource Based View, we explore a) the perceived level of Greek managers’ trust towards their foreign partners, and b) the perceived level of the knowledge that Greek companies have acquired from their participation in ISAs. A quantitative approach is adopted, and through a questionnaire survey, a sample of 171 Greek ISAs operating in the region of South East Europe is examined. This study contributes to International Business (IB) literature and sheds light on trust and knowledge transfer in ISAs in an underresearched region. Furthermore, this research enhances the understanding on issues related to trust among ISA partners and knowledge transfer in ISAs. In addition, it contributes to the limited number of regional IB studies. Finally, the empirical findings are discussed and managerial implications are presented, while areas for further research are also proposed
by Nikolaos SKLAVOUNOS & Konstantinos ROTSIOS & Yannis HAJIDIMITRIOU - 186-210 Brexit and the Anglosphere: an intra-industry trade opportunity for India? Abstract: The present paper outlines a functionalist approach to the complex “Brexit” phenomenon, exploring those opportunities that can be derived of it for third countries, unaware of the upheaval European scenario, as could be the case of India. In pro-Brexit approaches, The Indian Union appears as one of the most important countries of the Anglosphere area, particularly significant for a future focus of the brand-new “Global UK”, a relevant global partner in economic, trade & investment aspects. Due to the denominated “Intra-Industry Trade” (IIT), instrumented over the Global Value Chains (GVCs), which possibly constitutes one of the fundamental explanatory elements of the Global World, we have proposed an analysis of the UKIndia relations from the IIT & GVCs perspective. Therefore, in our work, we do an analysis of the evolution, situation and perspectives of this kind of trade, especially for its three main sectors: Apparel & Footwear, Electronics and Transport Vehicles. Keywords: Brexit, UK, India, Intra-Industry Trade, Global Value Chains Pages: 186-210
by Francisco José CALDERÓN VÁZQUEZ & Vikesh CHANDNANI SUKHWANI & Pablo PODADERA RIVERA - 211-235 Why would Romanian migrants from Western Europe return to their country of origin? Abstract: After conducting a survey among Romanian individuals left abroad, we analyze the particular influences relating to their intentions to return to their country of origin. Using Data Mining classifiers, Lasso variable selection procedures and binary logistic regressions for data collected in 2018 in several Western European countries, we have found that what matters the most for their intentions to return is the plan for starting a business in Romania in the near future. This is very useful for articulating appropriate policies. Other variables corresponding to the attachment to Romania, adaptation to the current foreign country, including the perception regarding the local discrimination, economic reasons and voting behaviour could manifest particular influences on their intentions to return. It has turned out that Romanians gone abroad to Latin countries from Western Europe, who plan to start a business at home are more likely to return to Romania than the ones gone in nonLatin countries
by Aurelian-Petruş PLOPEANU & Daniel HOMOCIANU - 236-251 Tangible fixed assets in Czech small and middle-sized farms Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the development, structure and efficiency of tangible fixed assets in the Czech farms and identify the factors that affect it. The data of farms in the period of 2003 to 2018 were used and sorted by the size of these farms. This paper evaluates the proportional development between the development of the volume of the tangible fixed assets and the volume of revenues. The development of tangible fixed assets and their structure in the reference period points to the efforts of farms to invest primarily in self-farmed land is taken into consideration. It turns out that investment activities are more affected by the overall economic situation of the farm and operating subsidies than by the possibility of drawing capital support. Keywords: agriculture, tangible fixed assets, investments, small enterprises, middle enterprises Pages: 236-251
by Jana LOSOSOVÁ & Radek ZDENĚK & Jaroslav SVOBODA - 252-272 The ‘Expertisation’ of European Studies. A critical perspective on discursive institutionalism Abstract: The paper puts into perspective the conceptual evolution of European Studies and one of its latest theoretically based approaches, Discursive Institutionalism. It argues that in the field of European Studies expert frameworks aiming for ‘answers’ are overshadowing the intellectual efforts striving for ‘questions’. This tendency undermines the proper identification of problems and it also erodes the effectiveness of proposed policy solutions as these recommendations lack the appropriate conceptual foundations. The paper stresses that this negative trend of ‘expertisation’ is particularly relevant nowadays, when the European Union is undoubtedly struggling with challenges of social disengagement, and that research projects are required to apply approaches that can adequately reveal people’s cognitivenormative understandings and ideationally driven praxes, as well as, most importantly, the generative causes behind EU-sceptical attitudes. Keywords: European Studies, Discursive Institutionalism, constructivism, European Union, Social disengagement Pages: 252-272
by Zoltan GRUNHUT - 273-292 A comparative study of financial literacy, retirement planning and delinquency in payment: the Kazakhstan case Abstract: Financial knowledge is assumed to help people in making good choices in their financial attitude and behaviour. Financial literacy, retirement planning and delinquency in payment were studied in different regions of Kazakhstan in both 2015 and 2019. Questionnaires were distributed among different groups of the population. Excluding invalid and unsuitable answers for the analysis, the total number of survey responses resulted was 830 for 2015 and 983 for 2019. The authors analyzed the responses to questions regarding financial attitude/behaviour such as Retirement Planning, Delinquency in payments, and the frequency of making Money Decisions. Keywords: retirement planning, delinquency in payment, financial literacy, personal finance, Kazakhstan Pages: 273-292
by Maya KATENOVA & Sang HOON LEE - 293-308 The official language status of English within the EU institutions after Brexit
by Neriman HOCAOĞLU BAHADIR - 309-334 Brain drain from Romania: what do we know so far about the Romanian medical diaspora? Abstract: In recent years a considerable amount of attention has been directed to the migration of tertiary educated people. Social scientists are interested in the brain drain phenomenon, in order to understand the positive and negative effects of highlyskilled migration in the sending countries. This paper examines physician migration in Romania, a country which records in Europe one of the largest stocks of emigrated medical doctors in the last few decades. Using data from official statistics, a survey carried out among Romanian medical doctors who have migrated, as well as innovative data from LinkedIn, we provide detailed evidence on the emigration flows and trends of Romanian physicians in terms of destinations, specialties and time frame of emigration. In addition, our study sheds light on the underlying reasons for migration and on difficulties encountered in the destination country. Keywords: migration, physicians, Romania Pages: 309-334
by Alina BOTEZAT & Andreea MORARU - 335-357 Resilient organizational culture: Cluj-Napoca case study
by Alexandra-Bianca ANDRIANU - 358-362 BOOK REVIEW - Dominique WOLTON, Vive l’incommunication. La victoire de l’Europe Abstract: Dominique Wolton, in his latest book, explains that misunderstandings and misinterpretations between Europeans constitute a strength, not a weakness, for the construction of Europe, for the future of Europe. It is, in the end, a “Victory of Europe”. A victory over what, or over whom? Over itself, despite a fairly general denial, and an inability to recognize this victory. Keywords: future of Europe, construction of Europe Pages: 358-362
by Gilles ROUET - 363-366 BOOK REVIEW - Bruce Riedel, Kings and Presidents. Saudi-Arabia and the United States Since FDR (Geopolitics in the 21st Century), Brookings Institution Press, 2018, ISBN: 978-0815731375 Abstract: There is a growing tendency to view the Middle East through four overarching nexuses: the terrorism-repression, the tribal-modern, the geopoliticalgeoeconomic and the money-buys-everything-social alienation. Each of these, at times all of them, have been taken to explain the unfolding trends in this expansive, ill-defined region, called the Middle East. Such broad strokes also forms the bedrock decision-makers in Europe, and beyond, utilise to make sense of, and design policies for, dealing with the complexities of the Middle East. But what if international relations scholarship and decision-makers are wrong? What if the public policy networks have misunderstood and, as a result, misrepresented the Middle East and its many cross-cutting cleavages? This would imply that the very foundations of Euro-Atlantic policies towards the region are eschew. There have been some notable attempts at correcting such policy misdirection. Bruce Riedel’s book titled SaudiArabia and the United States Since FDR is one such attempt. Keywords: terrorism-repression, tribal-modern, geopolitical-geoeconomic Pages: 363-366
by Mitchell BELFER
June 2019, Volume 10(1)
- 5-24 An investigation of overcrowding among the UK households
by Sandeep RAO & Chia-Hao CHOU - 25-44 Regional knowledge production in Central and East European countries: R&D factor productivity and changes in performances
by Mustafa Cem KIRANKABEŞ & Abdullah ERKUL - 45-65 Stateness before democracy? A theoretical perspective for centrality of stateness in the democratization process: The case of Albania
by Gerti SQAPI - 67-92 Comparative analysis of debt sustainability of EU countries and EU candidates: the Promethee-Gaia approach
by Danijela DURKALIĆ & Mihailo ĆURČIĆ - 93-114 The effects of demographic structures on savings in Eastern European countries
by Tuğba AKIN & Kıymet YAVUZASLAN - 115-131 Cultural and event tourism: an interpretative key for impact assessment
by Loris NADOTTI & Valeria VANNONI - 133-150 Corporate ownership and capital structure: evidence from Romania
by Alina ȚARAN - 151-159 Cultural heritage, smart cities and digital data analytics
by Karima KOURTIT - 161-180 The effectiveness of the monetary transmission mechanism channel in Turkey
by Fatih OKUR & Ömer AKKUŞ & Atakan DURMAZ - 181-197 Social values impaired by the manipulation of sports and betting events: the case of the Republic of Moldova
by Gheorghe RENIȚĂ - 199-220 Financial and economic conditions of rural development in Ukraine
by Dmytro DEMA & Iryna ABRAMOVA & Larysa NEDILSKA - 221-237 The effects of exchange rate depreciations and appreciations on the tourism trade balance: the case of Spain
by Cem IŞIK & Magdalena RADULESCU & Aleksandra FEDAJEV - 239-270 Analysis of the stock market anomalies in the context of changing the information paradigm
by Kostyantyn MALYSHENKO & Vadim MALYSHENKO & Elena Yu. PONOMAREVA & Marina ANASHKINA - 271-297 European strategy for the development of alternative energy
by Nataliia KRAVCHUK & Olena KILNITSKA & Volodymyr KHODAKIVSKYI & Mykola MISEVYCH - 299-302 BOOK REVIEW - Thilo Lang and Franziska Görmar (eds.), Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarization. Re-thinking Spatial Policies in Europe
by Mihail EVA
December 2019, Volume 10(2)
- 5-18 Re-examining de Gaulle’s rejection of British membership in the European Economic Community
by Alvin ADITYO & Ari Anggari HARAPAN & Djoko MARIHANDONO - 19-40 Mainstreaming euroscepticism in European politics
by Ebru OĞURLU - 41-62 Rethinking the territorial cohesion in the EU: institutional and functional elements of the concept
by Pablo PODADERA RIVERA & Francisco J. CALDERÓN VÁZQUEZ - 63-88 Productivity determinants and their contributions to productivity growth in the Baltic countries before and after their entry into the European Union: a comparative industrial perspective
by Toma LANKAUSKIENE - 89-105 Does a country’s business regulatory environment affect its attractiveness to FDI? Empirical evidence from Central and Southeast European countries
by Mehmed GANIĆ & Mahir HRNJIC - 107-125 Foreign borrowing, foreign direct investment inflows and economic growth in European Union transition economies
by Yilmaz BAYAR & Mahmut Unsal SASMAZ - 127-161 A longitudinal study on the effect of entrepreneurship courses taught at the vocational colleges in Turkey on students’ entrepreneurial tendency
by Bülent ARPAT & Yeliz YEŞİL & Mehmet Levent KOCAALAN - 163-174 Development of metropolitan and non-metropolitan regions: growing disparities in the Europe of 28
by Julia von HANXLEDEN & Jan WEDEMEIER - 175-195 The Visegrád Group and the railway development interest articulation in Central Eastern Europe
by Bálint L. TÓTH - 197-220 Comparative qualitative analysis of Turkey and Estonia in the IT sector vacancies
by Ufuk BİNGÖL & Hakan METE & Yılmaz ÖZKAN - 221-248 Day-of-the-week and month-of-the-year effects on French Small-Cap Volatility: the role of asymmetry and long memory
by Mohamed CHIKHI & Ali BENDOB & Ahmed Ramzi SIAGH - 249-262 The Central Bank of Turkey’s response to the global currency markets
by Onur AKKAYA & Mustafa ÖZER & Özcan ÖZKAN - 263-281 The link between financial capital movements and the exchange rate in Turkey
by Özcan KARAHAN & Olcay ÇOLAK - 283-285 BOOK REVIEW - Călin Emilian HINȚEA, Marius Constantin PROFIROIU, Tudor Cristian ȚICLĂU (eds.), Strategic planning in local communities. A cross-national study in 7 countries
by Bogdan Andrei MOLDOVAN
December 2018, Volume 9(2)
- 5-25 Dimensions of globalization and income inequality in transition economies: taking into account cross-sectional dependence
by Mehmet Akif DESTEK - 27-45 Analysis of the relationships between Bitcoin and exchange rate, commodities and global indexes by asymmetric causality test
by Mehmet Levent ERDAS & Abdullah Emre CAGLAR - 47-68 Explaining informal entrepreneurship in South-East Europe: a tax morale approach
by Colin C WILLIAMS & Slavko BEZEREDI - 69-88 Does democracy improve human development? Evidence from former socialist countries
by Giorgio LIOTTI & Marco MUSELLA & Federica D’ISANTO - 89-109 Cultural values and financial reporting practices: contemporary tendencies in Eastern European countries
by R.M. Ammar ZAHID & Alina ȚARAN & F.N. Can SIMGA-MUGAN - 111-144 Education and health: welfare state composition and growth across country groups
by João A. S. ANDRADE & Adelaide P. S. DUARTE & Marta C. N. SIMÕES - 145-167 Corporate Social Responsibility of Ukrainian tourist enterprises: identity, strategy and performance
by Iryna KUBAREVA & Olha MALIARCHUK & Nataliia POHUDA - 169-185 Economic convergence of the Eastern Partnership countries towards the EU-13
by Dzenita SILJAK & Sándor Gyula NAGY - 187-203 The impact of the 2008 economic and financial crisis on the public spending devoted to social protection in the EU
by Ágnes OROSZ - 205-227 Structural changes and wage inequality in the Bulgarian economy
by Svilena MIHAYLOVA & Silviya BRATOEVA-MANOLEVA - 229-249 Credit growth and non-performing loans: evidence from Turkey and some Balkan countries
by Almir ALIHODŽIĆ & İbrahim Halil EKŞİ - 251-255 BOOK REVIEW - Alina Mihaela Dima (ed.), Doing Business in Europe. Economic Integration Processes, Policies, and the Business Environment, Springer, 2018, 449 pages, ISBN: 978-3-319-72238-2
by Mihaela Cristina DRĂGOI
June 2018, Volume 9(1)
- 5-22 How has the level of European governance changed since 2004? Trends and fault lines
by Irena VRŇÁKOVÁ - 23-43 Gender differences in tourism behaviour in the European Union
by Bogdan-Constantin IBĂNESCU & Oana Mihaela STOLERIU & Alexandra GHEORGHIU - 45-62 Central European Free Trade Agreement: did the initiative prove its commitments?
by Rodica CRUDU & Olesea SIRBU & Augustin IGNATOV - 63-86 The dynamics of poverty and its consequences on regional inequalities in Romania
by Marinela ISTRATE & Raluca Ioana HOREA-ȘERBAN - 87-109 Regional socio-economic factors influencing diabetes incidence: the case of Romania
by Elena DRUICĂ & Zizi GOSCHIN & Cristian BĂICUȘ - 111-131 Determinants of earnings in Macedonia: assessing the difference between low-paid and highly-paid employees
by Dimitar NIKOLOSKI & Marjan ANGELESKI & Slavica ROCHESKA - 133-150 Clientelism and informality in Albania
by Islam JUSUFI - 151-172 Structure or agency? Explaining Armenia’s foreign policy evolution
by John H.S. ABERG & Aram TERZYAN - 173-176 BOOK REVIEW - Sai Loo, Creative Working in the Knowledge Economy, New York: Routledge, 2017
by Sorin MAZILU
December 2017, Volume 8(2)
- 5-24 Assessment of EU member states' positions in Global Value Chains
by Ines KERSAN-SKABIĆ - 25-43 Innovation investment decisions: are post(transition) economies different from the rest of the EU?
by Ljiljana BOZIĆ & Valerija BOTRIĆ - 45-69 Urban transitions and resilience of Eastern European Union cities
by Alexandru BĂNICĂ & Ionel MUNTELE - 71-93 Did the economic crisis change V4 trade patterns? The case of intra-industry trade
by Patryk Emanuel TOPOROWSKI - 95-126 Characteristics of recovery and resilience in the Romanian regions
by József BENEDEK & Alexander C. LEMBCKE - 127-146 Exploring regional economic convergence in Romania. A spatial modeling approach
by Zizi GOSCHIN - 147-165 The impact of Foreign Direct Investments on employment: the case of the Macedonian manufacturing sector
by Dimitar NIKOLOSKI - 167-184 Croatia’s police and security community building in the Western Balkans
by Sandro KNEZOVIĆ & Vlatko CVRTILA & Zrinka VUČINOVIĆ - 185-203 The EU vs. Russia in the foreign policy discourse of Armenia: the fragility of normative power or the power of Russian coercion?
by Aram TERZYAN - 209-209 BOOK REVIEW - Gabriela Carmen Pascariu and Maria Adelaide Pedrosa da Silva Duarte (eds.), Core-Periphery Patterns across the European Union. Case Studies and Lessons from Eastern and Southern Europe
by Gabriela PRELIPCEAN
June 2017, Volume 8(1)
- 5-28 Tackling the illegitimate under-reporting of salaries in Southeast Europe: some lessons from a 2015 survey in Bulgaria, Croatia and FYR Macedonia
by Colin C. WILLIAMS & Josip FRANIC - 29-43 Assessing the poverty-growth-inequality nexus: the case of Macedonia
by Dimitar NIKOLOSKI & Miroslav GVEROSKI