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  RESEARCH OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INFLUENCE ON THE ECONOMY

  The presence of an up-to-date and sophisticated infrastructure signifies a fundamental stimulus for economic growth and hence raising people’s standard of living. Throughout its economic development our country needs fresh and unconventional decision-making in public servicing as well as modernization of infrastructure and public utilities. ... The presence of an up-to-date and sophisticated infrastructure signifies a fundamental stimulus for economic growth and hence raising people’s standard of living. Throughout its economic development our country needs fresh and unconventional decision-making in public servicing as well as modernization of infrastructure and public utilities. International experience reveals that public-private partnership (PPP) has turned out to be the most successful financial tool to provide funding for public infrastructure in times when central government and municipalities lack the necessary financial resources on the one hand and maximum effectiveness of invested capital is imperative on the other. This project relies on the theoretical consideration of the essence of public-private partnerships as well as empirical research of some operating public-private partnerships in Veliko Tarnovo region.

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  EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS INFORMATION NEEDS IN “D. A. TSENOV” ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS

  Progress of society is in strong connection with generation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge. Leading role in this process should have the educational institutions. The quality of higher education is influenced by such factors as: the student’s potential, competence and motivation of the faculty, quality and quantity of the equipment. This ... Progress of society is in strong connection with generation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge. Leading role in this process should have the educational institutions. The quality of higher education is influenced by such factors as: the student’s potential, competence and motivation of the faculty, quality and quantity of the equipment. This study is focused on the third component, in particular, on the equipment of educational process with modern information technologies. Emphases in the study are two: (a) structuring the needs of internet resources of students in the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics and (b) evaluating the potential spread of wireless internet among the student community. Results indicate that students are among the most active users of internet, mobile computers and wireless internet technologies. Students’ satisfaction with the internet resources, supplied in the Tsenov Academy of Economics is relatively low. The main recommendation for increasing the level of satisfaction is expanding the existing wireless internet network, thereby ensuring more reliable, more stable and faster data traffic.

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  SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN A VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

  The present study is focused on the social network analysis and its opportunities for identification and analysis of virtual social structures that emerge in the process of education. The social world and the relative position of the individual members and cliques within the social network is investigated and described, based on empirical data for ... The present study is focused on the social network analysis and its opportunities for identification and analysis of virtual social structures that emerge in the process of education. The social world and the relative position of the individual members and cliques within the social network is investigated and described, based on empirical data for online interactions (private messages and postings in course forums) between 901 actors (including 14 teachers, 2 administrators and 885 students) emerging in the learning environment of the elective course “Business communications in foreign language”. This can help in better understanding and managing of their behavior in the process of collaborative learning.