Risk is a phenomenon that should not be neglected in the decision-making process. It is a fact because there is uncertainty and the impossibility of predicting the exact time of its occurrence in otherwords, even if there is a particular risk likely to occur or occurs.

This article presents, examines and appraises the social, historical, economic and political realities of Greece from the mid-19th century to delineate and define those important turning points and features that have operated in placing the country between developing and developed nations. The...

The 21st century will witness fundamental economic transformation amongst nations. By 2050, three of the largest five economies will be Asian – China, USA, India and Japan. How they interact will be crucial for the world's economic and political stability. Asian societies are succeeding today...

The purpose of this study is to examine the role financial knowledge of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) might play in their financial behaviour. To this end, we employ a structured questionnaire survey addressed online to a convenient sample of 352 SMEs located in Greece. Using a...

The current approach toward U.S. securities regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be revamped by implementing a regime of competitive federalism.

Our main objective is to determine as a primary hypothesis, whether Romanian education is circumscribed to international tendencies in general, and European trends in particular. Education was considered mainly in terms of the types of knowledge which have to be transferred, and subsidiary seen...

This paper explores some of the processes and debates about globalisation, especially about economic and financial globalisation. It suggests that while economics has been slow to respond to its development, there are at least two ways economics can contribute to the globalisation debate. First,...