Financial Environment and Business Development : Proceedings of the 16th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference

This volume focuses on the latest findings concerning financial environment research and the effects on business. Major topics addressed range from finance-driven globalization, contagion risk transmission, financial sustainability, and bank efficiency, to oil price shocks and spot prices research. Further topics include family business, business valuation, public sector development and business organization in the globalized environment. This book features selected peer-reviewed articles from the 16th EBES conference in Istanbul, where over 270 papers were presented by 478 researchers from 56 countries. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Estimation of Efficiency Change in the Czech Banking Sector Employing the Window Malmquist Approach....Pages 3-13 An Assessment of the Paper Industry Firms Listed in Borsa Istanbul Using Entropy-Based MAUT Method....Pages 15-28 Impact of Integrated Communication on Entrepreneurial Companies’ Financial Performance: A Developing Economy....Pages 29-41 Cross-Border Contagion Risk Transmission Through Stock Markets Channel: The Case of the Baltic Countries....Pages 43-54 The Issue of Convertible Bonds on the Polish Bond Market Catalyst in the Years 2009–2013....Pages 55-66 Government Strategies Based on Sukuk Issues....Pages 67-78 Business Valuation: Premiums and Discounts in International Professional Practice....Pages 79-88 The Role and Implications of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance....Pages 89-101 Financial Liquidity and Profitability Management in Practice of Polish Business....Pages 103-112 The Business Audit as an Alternative to Discriminant Analysis in Assessing Risks of Going Concern....Pages 113-126 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Finance-Driven Globalization: Empirical Evidence from the Commonwealth of Independent States....Pages 129-136 Export Diversification in Lithuanian Traditional Technology Industry....Pages 137-153 The Impact of Environmental Taxes on Competitive Performance of Pollution-Intensive Industries Among Transition Economies: Evidence from Panel Analysis....Pages 155-169 Modeling of the Natural Resources’ Intensive Use Regions’ Innovative Development: Problems of Circumpolar Area Innovative System Formation....Pages 171-187 Challenges and Possible Consequences of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership....Pages 189-197 The Impact of Economic Globalization on the Labor Market of an Open Small Economy....Pages 199-216 Model of Region’s Food Security in Russia....Pages 217-229 Human Development and Quality of Institutions in Highly Developed Countries....Pages 231-241 Financial Sustainability of Funded Pension Systems in OECD Countries at Demographic Risks....Pages 243-252 Crude Oil Price Shocks and Macroeconomic Performances in the ASEAN Economies....Pages 253-265 Front Matter....Pages 127-127 Government Debt and GDP Growth....Pages 267-283 Oil Spot Prices’ Next Day Volatility: Comparison of European and American Short-Run Forecasts....Pages 285-296 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 The Effects of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Implementation on Process Improvements in Public Authorities: An Empirical Study of the PKI Implementation in Tax Administration of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina....Pages 299-314 The Features of Family Business in the Country with Transitional Economy: Russian Case....Pages 315-323 Proximity Offshoring Generating Considerable Savings with No Significant Increase of Risks or Losses in Quality—Nearshoring Playing a Key Role on a Business Transformation Program....Pages 325-340 The Identification of Crisis Manager Skills by Using Saaty’s Method....Pages 341-367 Learning by Negotiation: Stake and Salience in Implementing a Journal Management System....Pages 369-383 City Logistics: Is Deregulation the Answer?....Pages 385-400 Whether the Employee Commitment to Implementation of the CRM System Contributes to Customer Loyalty? Empirical Analysis of a Successful CRM Implementation in the Auto Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina....Pages 401-411 Analysis of the State and Dynamics of Chemical Industry in Russia....Pages 413-422 Tacit vs Explicit Knowledge Dichotomy: State-of-the-Art Review for Technology Transfer Purposes....Pages 423-433 The Principles of Establishment of Investment Responsibility Centres....Pages 435-448 New Challenges in External Environment and Business Strategy: The Case of Siberian Companies....Pages 449-461 Best Practices in the Employment of Knowledge Workers 65 and Over and the Benefits of Employing Them (An Empirical Approach)....Pages 463-471 Causes of Inattention on Financial Competency: A Qualitative Study....Pages 473-487 The Marketing Problems of Turkish Movies in Global Markets....Pages 489-497 Doubts and Risks in the Buying and Purchasing Processes of Business Buyers....Pages 499-509 Towards a Theoretical Framework for Analysing Blogs as User-Generated Content....Pages 511-523 The Impact of Independence and Brand Personality on Brand Evaluations Among Biculturals....Pages 525-536 Natural Resources Management in Tourism: Dimensions and Impact of Tourist Offer in the Southeastern Europe National Parks....Pages 537-562 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 Between Teaching, English Language, and Supervisor: Young Business Scholars Under the Pressure of Transforming Academia....Pages 563-573 Front Matter....Pages 575-575 Specific Features of Family Businesses: A Contribution to Literature....Pages 577-600 Institutional Approach to Enterprise Production Cost Analysis and Optimization....Pages 601-610 Russian Business Practice: Issues of Corruption and Trust....Pages 611-622 Partnership Cooperation of Companies: Key Characteristics and Influence to Innovative Activities....Pages 623-631