Eurasian Economic Perspectives: Proceedings of the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference - Vol. 2 (Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics)

Annotation This volume presents selected papers on recent management research from the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, which was held in Vienna in 2016. Its primary goal is to showcase advances in the fields of public economics, regional studies, economic development and inequality, and economic policy-making. Reflecting the contemporary political climate, many of the articles address the effectiveness, relevance and impact of European Union policies. In addition, the volume features empirical research from less-researched countries such as Kazakhstan, the Republic of Macedonia, Belarus, and Lithuania, among others Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Corruption in France: Characteristics of the Phenomenon and Statistical Data (Joanna Brzezińska)....Pages 3-14 Economics, Competition and Coopetition of the Italian Private Welfare State: A Cluster Analysis (Angela Besana)....Pages 15-31 Expenditure on Education in the Countries of the European Union in the Light of the Europe 2020 Strategy (Katarzyna Maj-Waśniowska)....Pages 33-57 Permitted Modifications of Public Contracts in the EU Court of Justice Case Law and in the New Directives of Public Procurement Law (Krzysztof Horubski)....Pages 59-73 Interdependence of Macroeconomic Indicators and Inequality in Kazakhstan and its Main Trading Partners (Bulat Mukhamediyev, Tatyana Kudasheva, Azimzhan Khitakhunov)....Pages 75-88 Access to Public Procurement Contracts in EU: Perspective of SMEs (Sebastian Bobowski, Jan Gola, Wojciech Szydło)....Pages 89-103 Control of Public Procurement in the European Union: Selected Problems (Jan Gola)....Pages 105-112 Freezing of Assets as a Counter-Terrorism Measure in the EU After Al-Aqsa Judgment of the Court of Justice (Wojciech Szydło)....Pages 113-132 The Impact of Pension Reforms on Public Finance in Poland (Katarzyna Owsiak)....Pages 133-151 Cluster Policy in Japan: Experiences and Prospects (Marcin Haberla)....Pages 153-165 Front Matter ....Pages 167-167 Complementarities of Innovation Strategies: Evidence from Transition Economies (Berulava George, Gogokhia Teimuraz)....Pages 169-192 Housing Problem in CEE Countries: Similarities and Differences (Liudmila A. Guzikova, Ekaterina V. Plotnikova)....Pages 193-205 How Generous Are Contemporary Pension Systems? A Comparative Study of the European Countries (Edyta Marcinkiewicz)....Pages 207-220 Unemployment and Social Exclusion in the Republic of Macedonia (Remzije Rakipi)....Pages 221-231 Britain and Its Colonies: Remembering the First World War (WWI) (Mallika Das, E. Wanda George)....Pages 233-250 Trade Regionalism of Tomorrow: Entanglement of Mega-Regionals Versus WTO (Sebastian Bobowski)....Pages 251-266 Poland and India in the Light of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions (Aleksandra Kuźmińska-Haberla)....Pages 267-283 How Did European Union Influence Business Environment in Czech Republic? (Dusan Litva)....Pages 285-298 Impact of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on Regional Trade (Bulat Mukhamediyev, Azimzhan Khitakhunov)....Pages 299-310 Regional Managerial Decision-Making Based on Housing Stock Assessment (Liudmila A. Guzikova, Ekaterina V. Plotnikova)....Pages 311-321 The Types of Pathology in the Financial Markets in Selected Western European Countries: Analysis of Statistical Data (Joanna Brzezińska)....Pages 323-337 FDI Determinants, Incentive Policies and FDI Effects in the Western Balkan Countries (Mamucevska Daniela, Nikolovska Natalija)....Pages 339-356 Methods of Creating Innovation Indices Versus Determinants of Their Values (Ireneusz Miciuła)....Pages 357-366 Front Matter ....Pages 367-367 Total Factor Productivity Growth and Capacity Utilization in Manufacturing Industries in India (Rajiv Khosla, Rajinder Singh Bawa)....Pages 369-384 Relations Among Social and Economic Order in European Union Countries (Adam P. Balcerzak, Michał Bernard Pietrzak)....Pages 385-396 The Mega Capitalism and the Contradictory Perspectives of the European Union (Nikolovska Natalija, Mamucevska Daniela)....Pages 397-409 Innovation Catching Up for Developing Countries (Pawel Dobrzanski)....Pages 411-420 Assessment of the Sustainable Development by Means of the Human Development Concept and the Footprint Indicators (Magdaléna Drastichová)....Pages 421-440 Conditions for Development of Japanese Economy (Pawel Dobrzanski)....Pages 441-454 The Role of FDI in the Economic Development of Transition Countries: The Case of Republic of Macedonia (Ljubica Kostovska, Jelena Tast)....Pages 455-468 Front Matter ....Pages 469-469 Social Economic Inequality from the Gender Perspective: Lithuanian Case (Egle Krinickiene)....Pages 471-484 Socio-economic Inequality: Threat to Economic Growth and the Quality of Life of the Population (Lithuania’s Case) (Ona Gražina Rakauskienė, Vaida Servetkienė)....Pages 485-501 General Equilibrium Simulations on the Income Distribution (Toshitaka Fukiharu)....Pages 503-524 This volume presents selected papers on recent management research from the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, which was held in Vienna in 2016. Its primary goal is to showcase advances in the fields of public economics, regional studies, economic development and inequality, and economic policy-making. Reflecting the contemporary political climate, many of the articles address the effectiveness, relevance and impact of European Union policies. In addition, the volume features empirical research from less-researched countries such as Kazakhstan, the Republic of Macedonia, Belarus, and Lithuania, among others.#xE000