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Hristina Nikolova
INSTRUMENTS FOR ENCOURAGING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
JEL: R42, R48, O18

Keywords: public-private partnership, investments, transport infrastructure, infrastructure projects

Summary: The study presented aims to reveal the potential for expanding and intensifying public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the implementation of transport infrastructure projects. It focuses on the existing instruments for promoting PPPs in transport industry. The article presents an analysis of the European experi�ence and the results from the application of instruments for promoting PPPs in transport industry. It summarizes the experience of the European Investment Bank in using these instruments, which will become increasingly important after the change in the use of structural funds and the allocation of the EU funding for infrastructure projects after 2020. It also conducts a critical analysis of the possi-ble forms of implementing PPPs in transport industry and defines their benefits and the areas of application. The main problems faced by public and private sectors in the implementation of PPPs as a form of financing transport infra-structure projects in the country are also outlined.
Dimitar Panayotov
New Paradigms � Interactionist Perspectives of Human Behaviour in Organisations and Management
JEL: D03, D74, C81

Keywords: interactionism, paradigms, complex research approaches, correlations, methodologies, strategic thinking, management and leadership styles, human capital, career development and management of talents

Summary: The study analyzes interactionist perspectives, combining different approaches, models, and theories about understanding the multiaspect, multifactor and holistic (comprehensive) nature of human behaviour in organisations and management. It also suggests baseline theses about: substantiation of complex research approaches; intersection of paradigmatic lines of different behaviour sciences, concepts, methodologies, and correlations which establish prerequisites for empirical and applied �translation� for acquiring new knowledge, values, and behaviour to encourage human development, strategic and global thinking, human capital and management of talents

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