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  THE HYPOTHESIS ABOUT ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN BANKING UNION – OPPORTUNITIES AND DANGERS FOR BULGARIA

  The idea of creating a European Banking Union occurs in times of crisis after identifying some gaps in the activities of the existing establishments and institutions and their inability to ensure the smooth functioning of the banking sector in the European Union and in the Eurozone in particular. Over the last three years (2012 – 2015), a number ... The idea of creating a European Banking Union occurs in times of crisis after identifying some gaps in the activities of the existing establishments and institutions and their inability to ensure the smooth functioning of the banking sector in the European Union and in the Eurozone in particular. Over the last three years (2012 – 2015), a number of measures for the institutionalization of the European Banking Union have been taken. These measures have led to contradictory views and have raised a number of questions regarding opportunities and dangers of its application. The subject is topical so the study tries to clarify the need for the existence of the European Banking Union and revises the mechanism of functioning of the European Banking Union through its three pillars. In this context, controversial issues in terms of the practical applicability of the ideas underlying the European Banking Union are outlined, potential positive and negative results in case Bulgaria decides to join the Union are also clarified, and a recommendation on the issue is formulated. The thesis that is defended in the study is as follows: ‘centralization of the regulatory framework of bank supervision, crisis and post-crisis management through the European Banking Union is an objective necessity in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the EU banking sector.’ As a result of its defense, the identified gaps in the national legislation after the global economic crisis and taking into account the loss of institutional trust, including in the banking sector, undertaking timely steps for Bulgaria’s accession to the European Banking Union is regarded as a positive aspect to the banking sector and the national economy.

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  BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ADOPTION IN A HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

  The basic idea of the research is inspired by the vivid controversy about the quality of higher education and the unsatisfying position of the Bulgarian higher educational institutions in the international and European charts. However, there is free potential for better institutional management of the educational institutions within the framework ... The basic idea of the research is inspired by the vivid controversy about the quality of higher education and the unsatisfying position of the Bulgarian higher educational institutions in the international and European charts. However, there is free potential for better institutional management of the educational institutions within the framework of the autonomy secured by law. This potential can be found in the presence of large datasets. Intelligence systems need to be established in the universities in order to have systematic and automatic integration, data processing and analysis of these large datasets. The objective of the research is to present the capabilities of the business intelligence system that has been developed and established at the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov. Such system would dramatically increase the capacity of the academic leaderships for taking prompt, informed, well-grounded and proactive governing decisions – to be more adequate regarding the more and more dynamic and rival educational environment, as well as the rapidly changing learning needs of the students.

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  ACCOUNTING INFORMATION – A FACTOR FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF AN ENTERPRISE (a fragmentary study)

  The complex of tasks that a governing body solves daily brings out the need to study accounting as an information system that provides accurate, timely, reliable, useful and quality information for the management of an enterprise. In order to achieve the main objective the following tasks are performed: the role of accounting information in ... The complex of tasks that a governing body solves daily brings out the need to study accounting as an information system that provides accurate, timely, reliable, useful and quality information for the management of an enterprise. In order to achieve the main objective the following tasks are performed: the role of accounting information in managing an enterprise is studied; accounting is analyzed under the conditions of the general instability of the global economic system as a tool for enhancing the information provision of optimal pricing; the principles of the environmentally oriented analytical accounting system of an enterprise is explored. The main research thesis of the study is that the successful development of any enterprise is dependent on the decisions of the governing body, therefore they must be based on reasonable, substantial, reliable and comparable accounting data on the state and changes in property. The research gives us reason to formulate the following conclusions: competitive enterprise management is modelled on the basis of timely, reliable and quality information provided to the fullest extent by accounting; the business conducted by enterprises in an economic crisis and strong intercompany indebtedness imposes the need for a new look at accounting the receivables from clients of the enterprise.