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  INVESTIGATING THE TOURIST FIRM INFORMATION SYSTEM CAPABILITIES FOR ADAPTATION TOWARD CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

  New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption for effective tourist information systems is an extremely imperative and indispensable process. It will allow increasing the range of clients’ services, to improve business organization, to decrease the costs, to raise the effectiveness of partners’ interaction and to receive a wide ... New Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption for effective tourist information systems is an extremely imperative and indispensable process. It will allow increasing the range of clients’ services, to improve business organization, to decrease the costs, to raise the effectiveness of partners’ interaction and to receive a wide access to a variety of information resources. For the purpose of this scientific-practical research a special system of criteria for assessment of tourist firms’ information systems has been developed. The project team has investigated the information systems of 100 tourist firms and hotels. As a result of this research some solutions for raising the effectiveness and information service quality have been suggested. Some issues about online services, reservation and geographical systems were discussed and how they contribute for tourist product and services personalization.

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  PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE CONCEPT FOR VALUE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF BULGARIAN PUBLIC COMPANIES

  The evaluation of entrepreneur’s activities is directly related to the value of the company as a composite index comprising the interests of all stakeholders interested in its development. Value determination is a complex and continuous process, which is influenced by many factors in the course of time. Regardless of the difficulties related to ... The evaluation of entrepreneur’s activities is directly related to the value of the company as a composite index comprising the interests of all stakeholders interested in its development. Value determination is a complex and continuous process, which is influenced by many factors in the course of time. Regardless of the difficulties related to value determination, the management of the process of creation and preservation of value is a specific target, which more and more companies include in their strategies and practice. It is related to the value-based management concept. The paper substantiates the need for a research on the factors for efficient asset management, which increase the value of the companies. The empirical research was conducted with data for the public companies in Bulgaria included in the Dnevnik 20 index.

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  RAISING CORPORATE COMPETITIVENESS AS A COMPANY STRATEGY ELEMENT

  Raising corporate competitiveness is a fundamental problem of modern economy directly related to the optimization of company performance and its survival in a market environment. This is a permanent process which has to deal with a number of problems, and some of them have been explored in this work. This research focuses on the essence of ... Raising corporate competitiveness is a fundamental problem of modern economy directly related to the optimization of company performance and its survival in a market environment. This is a permanent process which has to deal with a number of problems, and some of them have been explored in this work. This research focuses on the essence of competitiveness as a corporate strategy element, and it identifies the differences between corporate competitiveness and corporate production competitiveness. Some major factors that determine corporate competitiveness have been considered, such as resources, finance, technical equipment available, pricing, etc. This work also focuses on practical solutions to problems related to corporate competitiveness. These solutions were prompted after conducting a survey among manufacturers of dairy products. The findings of the practical survey were also used to analyze the real condition of corporate competitiveness of companies in the branch, as well as to make some recommendations towards raising that competitiveness.