This article adds to the debate on internationalization competences of SMEs. After an examination of the most influential papers, we systematically discuss the role of individual and organizational competence gaps before and during the internationalization phase. In more detail, we raise the...

Globalisation, new information technology, universal networking, the non-linearity of things, and environmental turbulence are changing strategies of managing and succeeding. This paper examines non-linear phenomena and their practical consequences from an organizational perspective by using...

The problem discussed in this paper is the need to understand ways to implement web-based technology to reduce the cost and time in doing business. The specific focus of this paper is to understand what the risks, challenges, and methodology are for implementing web-based technology for reducing...

When a decision-maker faces a choice between alternatives of action in a situation of uncertainty, one speaks of a ¡°game against Nature¡± when he/she faces no interaction with another player or group. In the process of global warming, mankind is the one player facing two alternatives:...

Much work has been undertaken showing that executive air travel can have stress-related consequences. As greater use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been put forward as a substitute for air travel, then such activity would appear to be a realistic strategy to relieve air...

The perspective of competition in the high technology industry has changed impressively over the last two decades and the indicators which can be defined as the traditional indicators of business performance are insufficient today. So we have identified a new set of financial and non-financial...

The article analyzes the history of the world exhibitions as part of the global industrial expansion and diffusion of innovations during the second technological revolution. We underline the importance of the world of exhibitions for the formation of the international patent system in the...

The article considers the economic globalization and its manifestations. We try to justify the objectivity of this phenomenon, including the historical context. It is argued that theoretical understanding of the processes of globalization started with studies of globalization the economic...

From 16 to 19 January at RANEPA Gaidar forum was held - the largest discussion forum, where the elite of government, business and fundamental science discussed vectors of development of the world economy. This year the main topic of the international conference were the issues of integration of...

Opportunities of the solution of housing problems are investigated from the point of view of the availability of additional families housing resources. Often households, especially families with children and families from different generations, live in cramped housing from rational...