Issue 6/2016

Articles

• Georgi Shopov — Economic Research Institute аt BAS

  ENERGY POVERTY AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE OF THE ENERGY POOR PEOPLE IN BULGARIA

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  The article is focused on energy poverty and the Bulgarian programme aiming at its alleviation through targeted heating allowances. Issues researched include current situation, key changes and problems in the regulatory framework for targeted social assistance for heating since 2008. Key concepts, factors and amendments, related to energy poverty are analysed. Assessments and recommendations are made for improving national strategies and policies through the prism of the concept on energy poverty in the context of pan-European requirements and practices in this field.

• Yoana Petrova — The D.A. Tsenov Academy of Economics

  Creativity through personal and team conduct

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  There are two sets of factors for creativity - basic and extra. The specifics of creativity is explained, formulating its characteristics. The structural distinctions between creativity and ingenuity are presented by means of schemes. The analysis of the link "creativity - values" focuses on four groups of values: intellectual, moral, emotional and aesthetic. The teamwork creativity phenomenon is investigated, focusing on step-by-step achievement. Methods are proposed to maintain a good level of motivation for sharing the ideas of the team members.

• Stanislava Todorova — University of Economics – Varna

  Transformation of commercial companies: global and national aspects

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  The study analyzes the motives and factors influencing the transformation of commercial companies. It outlines the main reasons and circumstances, typical for transformation of large corporations operating in countries with developed economies. Two corporate reorganizations between foreign enterprises are examined. Based on specific financial and non-financial indicators the author proves the existence of the discussed motives for conversion. The study focuses on the reasons for transformation due to the specific procedure in Bulgaria. A comparison is made between the reasons for transformation, usual for transactions between large transnational companies and the circumstances motivating the implementation of conversion between Bulgarian companies.

• Eduard Marinov — New Bulgarian University

  NOBEL PRIZE FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES FOR 2016

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  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Swedish National Bank Prize for Excellence in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström "for their contributions to contract theory". Oliver Hart was born on 9 October 1949 in London, UK. He received his PhD in 1974 from Princeton University, USA.

• Editorial Office — Economic Research Institute at BAS

  60 Years Journal „Economic Thought“

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  The sixtieth anniversary of the academic journal "Economic Thought" is celebrated in 2016. This is not such a long period for the development of society, but if the characteristics and peculiarities of the period of its publication and distribution of the journal are taken into account, its unarguable success is remarkable. This is a time of radical social and economic changes both in the world and in Bulgaria, when economics gained new priorities, the object of research was amended, requiring innovative presentation to the scientific and public audiences.

• Aleksandar Kosuliev — no data

  Third National Conference on Political Economy

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  The first national conference on political economy was held in 2007 at the University of Economics - Varna, and the second - in 2013 at the UNWE-Sofia. The third conference (29-30 September 2016) took place at the Angel Kanchev University in Rousse and was organized by the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Business and Management on the topic "Political Economy in Bulgaria at the Beginning of the 21st Century" with an emphasis on the search for the development of political economy in the country now and in the future. The work took place in a plenary session and two breakout sessions, which were attended by scholars from seven Bulgarian higher education institutions (including the three economics universities) and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.