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In this paper, we study the relationship between pollution and military expenditure. A distinction is drawn between the indirect and direct impact of military expenditure on pollution which operates through the impact of military expenditure on income and the resultant impact of income on pollution.…

Organizational performance in the manufacturing industry is directly influenced by quality; and through an examination of literature, critical success factors that lead to the implementation of six-sigma in the manufacturing industry are identified for organizations of different sizes: SMEs, large enterprises and general/ unspecified organizations…

Slovakia, as the European Union member state since 2004, is the biggest car producers in the world per capita. The process of globalization has contributed to this Slovak success with its foreign direct investments having been directed into the Slovak Republic.  State aid rules of…

Purpose-the aim of this paper is to identify the best scenario in the case of Brexit negotiations using the game theory.Design/Methodology/Approach-I used a payoffs matrix, including the strategies of EU for UK (World Trade Organization status (WTO), a trilateral agreement (EU-UK-US), Free Trade Agreement (FTA),…

The transport sector, having a share of about 7% in gross domestic product, represents the second category of services, after trade, of importance in the tertiary sector in Romania being at the same time an activity having a contribution to the economic growth equivalent to…

Cultural heritage is an extremely valuable set of materiality, traditions and knowledge from the Past that should be used to better understand the Past itself. However, even nowadays, there are still some difficulties to manage, preserve and disseminate cultural heritage. In this sense, the first…

The specificity of the island economy of Corsica is characterized by the ascendancy of very small farmers and producers, of tradespeople which compose 95 % of its entrepreneurial fabric. The fact remains that in the era of the globalization, this territory mediterranean islander of reduced…

The medical device industry in Europe is one of the sectors actively regulated by directives. Medical device manufacturers face the challenge of implementing the statutory regulations. In the context of current trends regarding the digitalization of enterprises, among other things, a focus is on the…

It is anticipated that by 2050, the number of people living in cities will have increased from 3.6 billion in 2011 to nearly 6.5 billion and that 70% of the world’s population will be residents of cities. This rapid increase in people will occur in…

The purpose of this article is to investigate different economic cycles and their application to the modern international business environment and more specifically the growth potential assessment of global companies. Within the framework of the analysis, the cycle theories were classified into short-term and long…