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Public procurement in Romania: environment, stakeholders and critical success factors
Authors: Preda Ionel
Published: August 2020

Public procurement represents the most important link between the public administration and the economy of a state, through which governments buy annually very high value products, works or services. Knowing the characteristics of the environment, critical success factors and stakeholders is of great importance because these are the three main elements that contribute to the award of public procurement contracts and the efficient spending of budgetary funds. The research presents an analysis of the specialized literature, the main statistical data from the official public procurement reports and identifies the most important characteristics of the environment in which public procurement takes place in Romania, the stakeholders and the critical success factors in this field.
Improving firm sustainable performance: the role of market orientation
Authors: Appiah-Nimo Christina , Chovancová Miloslava
Published: August 2020

An outstanding objective of the UN and EU in recent years is to improve the environment in which firms operate. This has increased pressures on companies from consumers, governments, and shareholders alike to develop and implement sustainable business practices. Literature has covered other strategic decisions that will improve a firms’ sustainable performance but no study has looked at this from a market-orientation perspective. However, a firm’s market orientation is regarded its capability that enables it to identify and respond to customers’ desires in order to deliver superior value to them. Other literature has affirmed market orientation as the most critical source of sustainable competitive advantage. Evidently, market-oriented companies can incorporate sustainability activities into their overall business strategies but there is a gap in knowledge as to what extent this affects firm sustainable performance. This conceptual paper, therefore, fills this gap, hence, analysed the impact of market orientation on sustainable performance of firms, and provides an argument on the market orientation to sustainable performance relationship. To achieve this, the study reviewed literature obtained from several databases concerning the related fields. Literature search was conducted using the keywords search via Google scholar engine and other research databases including Scopus and Web of Science. The individual variables were used as key search terms, though a limited amount of information was found, literature on market orientation proved promising. Articles deemed relevant to this conceptual paper were retrieved and reviewed. Additionally, books on the topic were searched using the same key search terms used in the research database. The findings confirmed the relationship between market orientation and firm sustainable performance. Further, it evaluated the mediating and moderating variables that impact the relationship between market orientation and firm sustainable performance. It is recommended that an empirical study is done to prove the strength of the relationships.
Romanian customers’ satisfactions regarding private health services
Authors: Marin-Pantelescu Andreea , Hint Mihaela
Published: August 2020

Nowadays customers become more concerned about private health services, as performance, innovation and creativity overspread into our lives. Digital health services development in Romania has grown gradually through the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment as RMN Siemens Magnetom Essenza machine, CT Optima 520 available in Romanian health private clinics. Is the e-health the future of health services in Romania? The answer will be a strong yes. Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by leveraging the immune system to fight tumors. The hope is that someday immunotherapy options will exist for all types of tumors. On the other hand, 3-D printing allows the user to create health products specific to the patient, including prosthetics, implants, and airway stents. More than that, Virtual reality/mixed reality applications have become popular in Romanian medical education. Robotic approaches to surgery are less invasive and faster, and are often associated with improved clinical outcomes, such as decreased recovery time and reduced pain. For example, the da Vinci Surgical System translates the surgeon’s hand movements to smaller movements made by the robot inside the body, all visualized via laparoscopy. The da Vinci System has been used on more than 3 million patients globally. The present paper researched the Romanian customers’ satisfactions regarding private health services. The sample size was 400 people, of which 168 males and 232 females, with an average age of 40 years old, all from the urban area, developed standard of living with an average income of 1,500 euro per month. The results have shown that Romanian customers are willing to pay for private health services more than 500 euro per year. Romanian customers had declared in proportion of 68% that are satisfied with the prices of private healthcare networks, in proportion of 79% that are satisfied with the medical services offered by the private healthcare networks. In what it concerns the surgery performed by robots instead of doctors, only 45% customers had declared in the robots favor. Further insights will be discussed in the research paper and concussions will be drawn reflecting the assessment of the Romanian customers’ satisfaction regarding private health services.
Evolution or regress of the size and scope of global phenomenon of money laundering
Authors: Al-Kasawnih Akad
Published: August 2020

The challenges facing an international economy in which the importance of the tertiary and quaternary sectors greatly increases, sometimes to the detriment of the primary and secondary ones, in which the financial flows far outstrip the real economic ones and in which the picture of the market participants is changed radically, they are increasingly numerous, more complex and require another type of mechanism to meet them. An almost organic companion of the processes of liberalization of the cross-border economic and financial flows and of the deregulation required by the alignment with the dominant economic philosophy, the non-functionalist one, has been the phenomenon of proliferation of tax havens towards which more and more financial assets flows for decades. These developments are concomitant with the deepening of income inequalities, between states but also within them, with the amplification of the acute lack of resources which can deal with some of the effects of worrying climate developments, with the placing of analysts in the academic environment but also of the political decision makers. of the subject entitled “just transition”. The amplification of the financial transactions carried out through these areas of derogatory taxation, has led to the accumulation of great dissatisfaction among several segments of the company that demand the reform of the economic governance mechanisms so that one can hope to correct the blatant malfunctions and to bring to light and bring to light under the control of civil society of societal deviant behavior from public morality and economic rationality. As a result of scandals of great media relevance, there has been an increasing tendency in international society to take measures, both nationally and internationally, which will help reduce the money-laundering phenomenon. The author intends to analyze the effectiveness with which a series has been implemented and regulations meant to place under a stricter control the evolution of the money laundering phenomenon. The emphasis is on the particularities of money laundering through the Internet and Electronic Commerce because using such a mechanism through the use of electronic financial transfer, the huge growth in the size and speed of financial flows can reduce the chances of detecting the movement of illegal funds.
Turning cross-cultural management conflict into collaboration: Indian and Romanian experiences in Global Project Teams
Authors: Agarici Corina , Scarlat Cezar , Iorga Danuţ
Published: August 2020

Global project virtual teams are increasingly common as organizations strive to maintain a global presence, find top and diverse talent, and cope with economic constraints. They include members from multiple nations and cultures who must work together while being separated by time and space. An internal research, which has been conducted in an international company active in the industrial sector of financial services, provides few insights into how integrating the Western values of individualism and low power distance with the Eastern values of collectivism and high power distance may influence cross-cultural conflict management. The purpose of this paper is to directly examine the impact of organization-level collectivism and individualism as well as high and low power distance – in case of global project teams that include Romanian and Indian experts – in order to determine the interactive effects of these factors on cross-cultural conflict management. The authors sustain the idea that understanding intercultural dynamics can facilitate collaboration and reduce conflicts in intercultural encounters at the individual, organization, and probably societal levels. Methodological approach is to use both secondary literature survey and primary research methods as interviews and short case-examples from authors’ direct consulting experience while working with global project teams. This pilot study – as part of a larger research project – contributes to fill one gap in the understanding of culturally heterogeneous project teams and is the starting-point for additional investigation in this area.
Innovation and product management – The direction of the 21st century luxury market
Authors: Grigorescu Adriana , Ion Amalia Elena
Published: August 2020

Today, most of the so-called luxury streets are covered with advertisements and stores of the mass fashion brands. On Champs Elysées, next to Louis Vuitton and Cartier are brands like Zara and Naf-Naf. The implication of such a picture triggers much needed changes in the general strategy of the luxury brands in product management and innovation management. Constructing their whole core marketing and branding strategy on appealing to human emotions and psychology, the luxury market focuses on symbolism, rarity, extraordinariness, and, of course, aesthetics. Nevertheless, trying to opt out for the same textbook management is not an option for these businesses. Stepping up the pace in the innovation sector, starting with technology, and going all the way to the rapidly evolving consumer profile, the 21st century luxury market can truly support a long history by giving back to the community, with strong brand equity and long-term strategic and financial business innovation and product management. The paper represents a theoretical research aiming at identifying the main strategic direction of the luxury market in terms scientifically proved innovation and product management, with the scope of understanding the new trends in management, and the impact of the latter on bettering the market results of the businesses involved under the form of a model. The results of the research are consistent for both the practical and theoretical sphere of the subject, as they underline the extent to which the influence of consumer psychology and brand management affects the innovation process within the luxury goods market. The limitations of the paper are consistent with the lack of primary data, although the results were condensed in a model that could represent the basis for further research on the topic.
Neuromanagement: the scientific approach to contemporary management
Authors: Teacu Parincu Alina Mirela , Capatina Alexandru , Varon David Juarez , Bennet Pablo Ferreiros , Recuerda Ana Mengual
Published: August 2020

The last years have been marked by the attempts to approach the management discipline from a new, innovative perspective, in accordance with the present times, marked by complex challenges and highly increased competition. Given the importance and impact of scientific advances and also the explosion of research in the field of neuroscience, management had to be redefined and its critical variables had to be analyzed from a different perspective. An interdisciplinary vision was needed to enable future researches and explanations of the decision-making processes, leadership practices, change management, innovation, creativity, human resources performance, engagement of people and emotions. Literature review has been made, from the classical management theories and models, the historical concepts of man, to the new, full of perspectives spectrum of neuroscience, brain functioning and, its infinite potential, that opened new horizons, uncovered resources and tools to face the realities of the new business world. The main purpose of this article is to overview the transition from management to neuromanagement, from leadership to neuroleadership, the role and impact of these concepts on the holistic approach of management science. This evolution allows not only the confirmation of a set of assumptions but also access to a wide range of knowledge, with multiple possibilities of applications in organizational management and opens avenues for future researches.
Erasmus+ programs-the need to create a competitive space of the Romanian education system
Authors: Corbu Luminița-Claudia
Published: August 2020

The need to create a competitive framework of the Romanian education system and the current needs of the labor market have aroused the interest of the human resource in the pre-university education, which manifests its interest towards the European funds that can be attracted in the field of education and which are necessary for the creation of a context that raises the education system to the standards of the European Union, a fact also demonstrated by the legislation in force. By the Government Decision no. 76 / 27.01.2005 and the Government Decision no. 67/2007 has been designated the National Agency for Community Programs in the Field of Education and Vocational Training (“Agency”, AN), as an agency for implementing the community programs “Lifelong Learning” (LLP), “Youth in action” (YiA) and Erasmus Mundus from 2007-2013. This document included the Europass National Center, the Eurydice National Unit and the Eurodesk National Office in the AN. In 2013, through the Government Memorandum no. 10988/ 09.12.2013, AN was designated as the Implementing Agency for the Erasmus + program, from 2014-2020, having as a mission the administration of the European Union program that supports the national project for the better change of communities, attitudes and mentalities of individuals. Erasmus + is the EU program in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020. Education, training, youth and sport make a significant contribution to combating socio-economic change, to Europe’s greatest challenges by the end of the decade, and to the implementation of the European policies for growth, jobs, equity and social inclusion. Combating the rising unemployment rate - especially among young people, has become one of the most urgent tasks of European governments. Too many young people leave school prematurely, thus risking becoming unemployed and socially marginalized. The same risk threatens many low-skilled adults. The technologies change the way the company operates, so their full use is necessary. European companies need to become more competitive through talent and innovation. Europe needs more cohesive and inclusive societies that enable citizens to play an active role in democratic life. Education and youth activities are essential elements for preventing radicalization through violence and by promoting common European values, social inclusion, enhancing interculturality and a sense of belonging to a community. Erasmus + is an important tool for promoting the integration of people from disadvantaged backgrounds, of newly arrived migrants, responding to critical events affecting European countries. The Erasmus + program aims to help the countries participating in the program to effectively use Europe’s talent and social capital, in a lifelong learning perspective, by linking the support provided to formal, non-formal and informal learning in the fields of education, training and youth.
The evolution of Romanian agribusiness in the context of sustainable development of agriculture
Authors: Panait Ioana , Cucu Catalin Marian
Published: August 2020

The agricultural competitiveness of the market depends to a large extent on the sustainable development activities that can lead to the improvement of the knowledge and professional competence of all the stakeholders from agribusiness and the Romanian agricultural sector is in an excellent position to help achieve the objectives of a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy which will allow an increased social cohesion, working together will also ensure the protection of the natural environment. Agriculture and the concept of sustainable development have received special attention due to their importance in the development of humanity as well as the impact of the phenomenon of globalization on its. Currently, there are numerous scientific studies, digital platforms for monitoring specific indicators in countries, as well as strategies and objectives at community and global level on these two-priority domains, all these inputs contributing to their improvement and innovation. Starting from the question whether the Romanian agribusiness contributes to the sustainable development of the agricultural sector, in order to carry out this research, within the methodology economic modelling was used, starting from the current situation of the Romanian agribusiness where official data and statistics were presented and analysed, as well as potential values of the main indicators needed for the transition of agriculture towards a sustainable development. The paper demonstrates that for the sustainability of the agriculture sector, an integrated approach is needed which consists in applying ecological and socio-economic concepts in the management and strategies of agribusiness. The paper contributes to the creation of a future image achieving sustainability of agriculture where the Romanian agribusiness sector must be managed from a holistic perspective based on a synergy with the elements of sustainable development.
The impact of collaborative internet platforms on cultural tourism
Authors: Suciu Marta-Christina , Mitucă Mircea-Ovidiu
Published: August 2020

Cultural tourism has seen a growing trend in the past years and beside the vast financial advantages that are brought to the host country, it must also cope with the responsibility of educating individuals in an efficient manner. This paper proposes to analyse to what extent collaborative internet based platforms can influence cultural tourism. As it is a complex relationship, we must evaluate and interpret the results of this study from different perspectives. The most appropriate example of cultural tourism in Romania is the Museum. In the past years, the concept of cultural hub became more prominent in our country and by becoming its main representative, mainly due to its intelligent use of technology and internet platforms, the Museum can actively contribute to civic education and to the increase of social cohesion - these are deficient aspects whose improvement should concern as many responsible factors in society as possible.
Employee sharing: a new type of employment, opportune in a globalized context
Authors: Marica Mihaela-Emilia
Published: August 2020

The legal contemporary framework regarding individual employment relations has proven to be generally based on the proliferation of non-standard forms of employment, which respond equally to both employer and employee’s need for flexibility. While atypical contractual arrangements are perceived as key elements in finding solutions to problems related to the reconstruction of economic life and reaching a much-wanted balance between family and professional obligations, wide debates were noted regarding the negative effects generated by such situations on a legal protection basis. From the employee’s angle, atypical contractual arrangements generate a situation surrounded by insecurity, analysed under following aspects: remuneration and limited social protection, insecurity and instability that characterizes this type of employment, work conditions of the precarious, as well as limited promotion opportunities. Since the category of atypical contractual arrangements is heterogeneous and we are not able to analyse the incidence of these negative effects related to all the atypical methods of employment, the following article emphasizes the particular features of the employee sharing as a new, flexible form of employment, considerably convenient in a globalized context. Based on a comparative law analysis conducted in order to uncover various perspectives of the European Union’s Member States, this paper highlights the usefulness of implementing the employee sharing system on a national labour market and the opportunities created for the employees.
Considerations on the void or voidable agreement under Romanian law
Authors: Chirica Simona
Published: August 2020

The concept of nullity under New Civil Code enacted on 1st of October 2011 has been amended. Thus, the New Civil Code brings more clarity and amends partially some of the former concepts of nullity and its legal regime. In this respect, new legal provisions have been enacted for the purpose of clarifying the nature and the effects, respectively the option to confirm/remedy or, to restore the null and/or voidable legal acts. The notary public becomes a new competence through which the nullity can be confirmed upon parties’ request. Such new procedure saves a lot of resources for the parties with no/low appetite to initiate and to be part of the court action. This paper aims to critically to analyze the novelties and to identify the upsides and the downsides which may incur in practice when implementing such new concepts.
Claiming the nullity of a substantive right in the levy of execution. The issue of unfair and unwritten terms
Authors: Răducan Gabriela
Published: August 2020

The present study aims at the extended interpretation of the legislative reformulation of the article 713 paragraph (2) Criminal Procedure Code through the Law no. 310/2018 on the amendments the Code of Civil Procedure, with emphasis on the possibility and, in concreto, on the admissibility to claim the nullity of the substantive law (also in respect of unfair or unwritten terms), but also other causes of ineffectiveness of the legal act constituting enforceable title, other than a court judgement. The problem of interpretation was generated by the addition of the phrase „including a common law action” at the end of the legal text which allows to invoke some de facto or de jure reasons relating to the substance of the law, in the levy of execution regarding another writ of execution than a court judgement, as long as the law does not provide another procedural way to annul it. The notion of “procedural action” being chosen and the identification of the action “of general jurisdiction” are going to generate non-unitary practice, so we opted for their explanation, but the present study aims mainly to argue that the legislative amendment does not affect however, the possibility to claim, in the levy of execution, of some causes of ineffectiveness of the legal act representing the enforceable title, such as absolute or relative nullity (total or partial) of general jurisdiction, but also when it is determined by the identification of unfair terms or terms deemed as unwritten, but also the possibility to claim the exception of non-execution of the contract, along with other permitted defences (legal compensation, statute of limitation, force majeure, causes of extinction of the claim, etc.). In particular, in the area of abusive clauses, although the debtor has the right to an action of general jurisdiction, the national judge will not be able to allow the inadmissibly of their claim by way of the levy of execution. The conclusions of the study are of the utmost importance and can contribute to the standardization of the judicial practice and, in terms of abusive clauses, to its harmonization with the jurisprudence of the C.J.E.U. (Court of Justice of the European Union).
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived stress in clinical practice: experience of doctors in Iraqi Kurdistan
Authors: Abdulah Deldar Morad , Mohammed Ayad Ahmad
Published: August 2020

Introduction. The healthcare workers are at high risk of developing stress-related problems during outbreaks. This study aimed to explore the perceived stress and its relation to the duration of dealing with COVID-19 patients in medical doctors.

Methods. The doctors who work in different medical settings in Iraqi Kurdistan during coronavirus outbreak were invited into this cross-sectional study. The doctors were invited from one pediatric, one emergency, one special corona, and one maternity and gynecology hospital. The “Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS)” measured the perceived degree of a doctor who experienced stress. The information was collected through a web-based technique to avoid the disease spread.

Results. Doctors’ mean duration of dealing with suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19 was 1.2 (Range: 0–16 days). The mean stress score was 18.81 out of 40. Most of the doctors had a moderate level of stress (69.4%), followed by a low (21.1%) and a high level of stress (9.6%). The general physicians and medical lab specialties had higher stress scores; 21.56 and 19.88, respectively. The high level of stress was among general physicians and community and family medicine doctors; 20.0% and 25.0%, respectively. Whether or not doctors dealt with suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19, did not have a significant difference over the perceived stress score; 19.02 vs. 18.87; P = 0.786). The mean score of stress was raised with increasing duration of dealing with suspected/confirmed cases of COVID-19; r = 0.202; P = 0.004 and decreased with increasing age (r = –0.141; P = 0.045), and clinical experience (r = –0.139, P = 0.048).

Conclusion. This study showed that medical doctors are at a moderate level of perceived stress during the COVID-19 outbreak in Iraqi Kurdistan.
“Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Three Trapped Tigers: Mirrors, Labyrinths and Linguistic Experiment”
Authors: Grigore Rodica
Published: August 2020

Among contemporary Latin American writers, the Cuban Guillermo Cabrera Infante occupies a special place. He represents the temptation of playing with words and with very complex narrative strategies, in order to make up a text, Three Trapped Tigers (1965), impossible to be analyzed with the traditional approaches frequently used by the literary critics. This magnificent text is not entirely a novel, nor a collection of short stories, the author himself defining it as a “free book”, representing his own deep nostalgia for his beloved city, Havana, which he lost forever after the complete success of the Cuban Revolution.
Ageing Abroad. The Case of Swiss Nationals in Morocco and Spain
Authors: Repetti Marion , Bolzman Claudio
Published: August 2020

Cultural, social, and economic factors have led to an increase in late-life migration of citizens from richer countries to poorer ones. Although research interest in this phenomenon has risen as well, the case of people leaving Switzerland remains little studied. Yet, in 2017, 11 % of Swiss men and women aged 65 and over lived abroad. Drawing on two case studies of older Swiss migrants to Spain and Morocco, this article contributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.
Autonomous Elderly People, Nursing Cases and Self-Employed Workers in Need of Supervision: Subject Constructions in the Context of 24-Hour Care in Austria
Authors: Prieler Veronika
Published: August 2020

The article examines the dispositif of 24-hour care in the context of socio-political activation. Based on a discourse analysis of websites of Austrian placement agencies, I show how care receivers and care workers are constructed as autonomous clients, passive nursing cases and self-employed workers in need of supervision and support. I demonstrate how the ambivalent subject constructions are related to competing dispositifs and how this reproduces social power relations.
«Good Pay for Good Work»? Legitimation and Criticism in the Regulation Process of Round-the-Clock Elderly Care in Swiss Private Households
Authors: Steiner Jennifer
Published: August 2020

This article focuses on efforts to regulate live-in care in Swiss households. Based on a sociology of legitimation, the model is conceptualised as a fragile order with a need for legitimation, and expectations towards its regulation are examined. While claims to justice serve as principles of criticism, austerity-based claims legitimise the arrangement. The need for adjustment is dealt with in a way that the model remains possible. Regulation remains fragmented and the debate about costs overshadows the question of how to (re-)organise long-term care.
Financial resources of the Russian non-profit organizations earned through income-generating activity
Authors: Kiseleva T.Yu.
Published: August 2020

Subject. The article focuses on principal types of monetary income earned by non-profit organizations through income-generating activities.
Objectives. I evaluate whether it is possible to increase the available funding of various non-profit organization with different types of monetary income.
Methods. The study is based on methods of logic and statistical analysis, synthesis, comparative analysis, generalization.
Results. The article presents the analysis of key types of business activities that non-profit organizations are allowed to engage in. I also evaluate the percentage of the respective income in total financial resources. The article indicates what restricts non-profits’ opportunities for income-generating activities.
Conclusions and Relevance. Today’s non-profit organizations have pretty many opportunities to increment their financial resources by engaging in the income-generating activities (ranked by its legal and business structure). However, due to some undeniable and disputable reasons, they do not seize the opportunities completely, thus causing non-profit organizations to disappear from the Russian market.
Foreign expertise in stress testing of the banking sector and the possibility to adapt it to the Russian practice
Authors: Khutorova N.A. , Miroshnikova V.V.
Published: August 2020

Subject. Designated to measure the resilience of a financial system to stress in the real economy, spillover effects within the system and their induction, macroprudential stress testing is essential to the systemic risk assessment. Objectives. We examine the foreign expertise in stress testing of the banking sector and the possibility to adapt it to the Russian practice. Methods. The study is based on methods of analysis, comparison and systematization of the data collected. Results. We conducted a comparative analysis of the best foreign practices of stress testing in banking and evaluated whether it could be adapted to the Russian practice. Conclusions. Foreign stress testing practices are distinctive as the development level of financial markets and methodology of stress testing are different. The Basel Committee is a pivot in the development of principal approaches, which subnationally sets up the way the mechanism evolves. It is generalizing and analyzing regulators' practices in the leading countries. The stress testing methodology of the Central Bank of Russia is compliant with the Basel recommendations, with its quality being highly recognized under part of the IMF FSAP. The approach will help the Central Bank make stress testing more precise. It is reasonable to adapt some foreign practices, such as a stress testing horizon to be extended from a year up to 3–5 years; the use of dynamic balance sheets of banks to predict knock-on effects and an inverse reaction; the preparation of research and cyclical scenarios; the Central Bank's disclosure practice to be applicable to a greater audience; stress testing of the mala fide behavior risk.
Taxes in the digital economy and cyberphysical technology
Authors: Filin S.A. , Chaikovskaya L.A.
Published: August 2020

Subject. The article discusses the issues relating to taxation development, such as the taxation in the digital economy. Objectives. We summarize materials and recommendations on the method to enhance the taxation in the digital economy. The article analyzes factors influencing international taxation developments in terms of the taxation in the digital economy. Methods. The study is based on methods of analysis, synthesis, and logic research through the creative data approach. Results. The article analyzes the specifics of tax treatment of cryptocurrencies across the globe. We reveal key difficulties in charging taxes on digital (intangible) products in the e-commerce sector (B2C and C2C). The article also suggests improving the taxation in the digital economy, including the protection of users and developers, new projects of smartphone application, and national economies as a whole. The novelty of the article is that it suggests how taxation principles should be refined in the digital economy and the fiscal theory and methodology should be developed for the digital economy. Conclusions and Relevance. The modern tax treatment of cryptocurrency is effectively regulated just by a handful of countries. Therefore, the long-term financial strategy should rely upon identical or more stringent rules than for fiat currency. In the mid run, Russia should establish the new international cooperation on technologies, supporting it with the tax treatment incentivizing technological research and real production.
Administrative style and management in the Chinese companies
Authors: Filin S.A. , Wei Huan , Lyu Cizhui , Popescku T.
Published: August 2020

Subject. The article analyzes the management strategy of partners in China, their administrative style and corporate management.
Objectives. We outline recommendations on the management style of the Chinese companies, management and the possible adoption of the Chinese expertise in Russia.
Methods. The study involves methods of logic, economic analysis and synthesis on the basis of the systems and creative approach.
Results. We analyzed national ideas of the People's Republic of China that determine the national specifics of administrative style and management in the Chinese companies. The article points out key aspects engendering their positive and negative traits in the modern economy and show how the administrative style may be used in Russia. The novelty of the study is that it substantiates the possibility of adopting the Chinese expertise, which requires the full dedication and commitment, in Russia and other economies.
Conclusions and Relevance. Currently, the Chinese administrative style and management look more and more attractive for managers, since they demonstrate the impressive performance. The Chinese companies need to strengthen the so called weak links of management, forge the Chinese administrative style and management as an inseparable part of the Chinese traditional culture.
Trends in consumer lending development
Authors: Isaevа P.G. , Shabanovа P.M.
Published: August 2020

Subject. This article discusses theoretical and practical approaches to the issue of consumer lending to the population.
Objectives. The article aims to consider the problems and prospects of consumer lending development.
Methods. For the study, we used an empirical analysis.
Results. Based on the analysis of the Russian consumer credit market, the article outlines ways to develop bank lending to individuals.
Relevance. The results of the study can be used to further explore the problems of consumer lending.
An analysis of taxation and budget regulation of the agro-industrial complex of the Altai Krai
Authors: Shipulina I.A. , Izhboldin-Kronberg A.R. , Borovkov A.S.
Published: August 2020

Subject. This article considers the fiscal policy as a mechanism that regulates spatial and inter-industry imbalances in economic development.
Objectives. The article aims to determine the main trends in taxation and budgetary regulation of the Altai Krai's agro-industrial complex.
Methods. For the study, we used the methods of comparative, statistical, logical analyses.
Results. The article describes the instruments of regional fiscal policy applied in the Altai Krai, contributing to the development of the agro-industrial complex to various extents.
Conclusions. The Altai Krai's regional fiscal policy should be improved to promote not agriculture only but other industries that form a diversified agribusiness, including the small and medium-sized ones, as well.
Budgetary expenditures and the public financing of the agro-industrial complex: Trends and prospects
Authors: Al-Baydani I.J.A.
Published: August 2020

Subject. This article discusses the issues of State support for agricultural producers and financing of the agricultural sector.
Objectives. The article aims to analyze the expenditures of the budgets of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Mordovia to finance agriculture and assess their changes and structure.
Methods. For the study, I used general scientific and ad hoc data analysis techniques.
Results. The article justifies the need for State budget spending to finance agriculture. It identifies the main and promising areas of financing of the agro-industrial complex at the federal and regional levels. In particular, the article proposes to provide State support to agricultural producers, taking into account the level of their development, which will help accelerate the development of the whole industry.
Conclusions. Implementing the proposed measures to allocate funds of the State budget, taking into account the level of development of the regions, will help increase the profitability of agricultural organizations and create favorable economic conditions for their development.
”Nenästä kiinni ja ponnistus ja hyppy! Kirjastot sopeutuivat koronakevääseen
Authors: Virrankoski Antti , Ala-Kyyny Juuso , Manninen Soile , Suikka Minna , Aho Marja , Kuittinen Marja , Meriläinen Mikko , Mikkonen Heta , Ovaska Tuulevi , Parviainen Harri , Rissanen Tuula , Rosti Tomi , Saarti Jarmo , Salmi Kirsi , Turunen Tarja , Lahtinen Hanna , Marjamaa Minna
Published: August 2020

Maailmanlaajuinen koronapandemia tavoitti maaliskuussa myös Suomen ja tieteelliset kirjastot siirtyivät muun yhteiskunnan mukana poikkeusoloihin. Vaikka koronakevät mullisti kirjastojen arjen, sopeutuminen uuteen tilanteeseen tapahtui kirjastoissa nopeasti ja joustavasti. Etätyöskentelyn mallit olivat monissa kirjastoissa jo entuudestaan tuttuja, mikä helpotti siirtymää. Tässä artikkelissa kirjastolaiset – Signumin koronakirjeenvaihtajat – kertovat kokemuksistaan ja havainnoistaan poikkeustilanteessa, ja välittävät tuokiokuvia digitalisoituvasta arjesta.
Avoin toimintakulttuuri yhdessä käyttöön – Open Science 2020 Berliinissä
Authors: Kärki Anne , Päällysaho Seliina , Hyyppä Hannu , Latvanen Jaana , Assinen Pauli
Published: August 2020

Maaliskuun puolivälissä pidetty Open Science 2020 -konferenssi kokosi seitsemättä kertaa yhteen avoimen tieteen parissa toimivia eri puolilta akateemista maailmaa. Konferenssi typistyi koronaviruspandemian takia yksipäiväiseksi, mutta onnistui silti antamaan hyvän kuvan avoimen tieteen tilasta Euroopassa. Samalla tuli ilmi myös haasteet, jotka liittyivät ennen muuta avoimuuden kannustimiin, tutkimusprosessien läpinäkyvyyteen ja tutkimusaineistojen potentiaalin hyödyntämiseen.
Motivation as key factor of deploying lean technologies in medical institutions (an analytic review)
Authors: Perevezentsev E. A. , Levanov V. M.
Published: August 2020

Aim. To assess the importance, role, methods and conditions for creating and sustaining positive motivation of medical personnel in deploying a modern management system based on lean production to optimise the production ﬂow in medical institutions, improve quality, availability and efﬁciency of public medical care.

Materials and methods. The authors employed historical, bibliometric and statistical methods to analyse domestic and foreign scientiﬁc archives on lean production, motivation and motivational risks as key factors in implementing lean technologies in medical institutions.

Results. Implementation of lean production (LP) as a manufacturing management system is among key conditions for creating a new model of the medical institution. Principles of LP are applied at three interfaces: with patients, personnel and resources. Positive motivation of employees is prerequisite for accomplishing a project, which requires supervisors to know and leverage the basics of motivational management. Creation of a motivating environment for various categories of employees in developing a LP system requires taking into account the type and management culture level of a medical institution.

Conclusion. In order to create and sustain motivation for realising creative potential of the team, it is necessary to account for the motivation risks, develop and implement a motivation system differentially by employee categories and project stages. Effective motivational measures are necessarily based on a system of material and non-material incentives with clear and achievable criteria, amounts and forms valued by employees and rooted in medical and economic feedback of implementing the LP principles.
Selected aspects of infectious disease evolution in the modern world
Authors: Maleyev V. V.
Published: August 2020

The article presents current views on the evolution of infectious processes and the role of infectious diseases in global healthcare. The reversion of the main components of epidemic processes leads to an atypical course of many infectious diseases and to the emergence of new transmission pathways. Urbanisation, global climate change, agroindustrial boost, migration waves and other factors provoked a cross-border expansion of many wild focal infections across countries and continents. The high morbidity and mortality of infectious diseases are determined by novel and “resurrecting” infections. The possibility of appearing both epidemic and pandemic outbreaks of emergent infections is as relevant as ever.

In this context, the impact of modern scientiﬁc achievements on environmental microbiotic associations and human microbiome, as well as safety of medical technologies, is of paramount importance.

Despite current progress in the drug therapy of infectious diseases, a serious emerging challenge is ampliﬁed antimicrobial resistance and drug interference.
Preterm labour: an open problem in XXI century
Authors: Radzinsky V. E. , Orazmuradov A. A. , Savenkova I. V. , Damirova K. F. , Haddad H.
Published: August 2020

Preterm labour (PL) is a relevant problem in maternal and child healthcare displaying a persistent trend. The risk of death is 25–35 times higher in premature infants than in normal children, whilst PL-associated stillbirth is 8–13 times more frequent over term labours. Severity of complications with prematurity is inversely proportional to the term of gestation. In general, PLs account for up to 70% of perinatal mortality. At the last FIGO Congress in 2018, PL was identiﬁed as an unsolved problem with no current treatment. Lack of scientiﬁc grounds for the PL aetiology and pathogenesis precludes practical success alike in prevention and treatment of this complication of pregnancy. In the bottom line, the past 60 years have not witnessed a global decline in the PL rate, it reaches to 9.5% of total births (with a slight variation depending on national commonwealth), and 15m premature infants are born annually. Two challenges currently face improvement of the PL perinatal outcomes: understanding the mechanism of PL and developing a strategy to render support at each stage of medical care to postpone, prevent the distress syndrome and sustain the foetus. The article tackles major issues in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of preterm labour, aside with its impact on neonatal morbidity and mortality.
Effects of hypertensive heart disease on the quality of life of military personnel under the conditions of the Far north
Authors: Dybin A. S. , Menshikova L. I.
Published: August 2020

Aim: To assess the relationship between the presence of hypertension and the quality of life of contracted military personnel in the Far North, as well as to establish a correlation between the military rank and body mass index.

Materials and methods. A medical and sociological study was conducted using a questionnaire survey of 613 military personnel serving on a contract basis in the Far North. The main research tool was a short version of the World Health Organization questionnaire developed for estimating the subjective quality of life. Additionally, questions were asked regarding the health status, as well as the conditions of service and life of military personnel.

Results. A positive answer to the question about the presence of a hypertension diagnosis was given by 52 (8.5%) of the respondents. 135 (22%) of the respondents conﬁrmed episodes of increased blood pressure. According to the scale, the quality of life of the military personnel with hypertension comprised 94 points (95% CI: 90.25–97.75), whereas this value equaled 95.33 points (95% CI: 93.10–97.57) and 99.99 points (95% CI: 98.91–101.06) for people experiencing episodes of increased blood pressure and for healthy individuals, respectively. A statistically signiﬁcant difference in the general assessment of the quality of life was noted between the group of healthy individuals and the group of the personnel suffering from hypertension (U= 10861,p˂ 0.01), as well as from the group of healthy individuals and people experiencing episodes of increased blood pressure (U= 17185,p˂ 0.05). In terms of the military rank, statistically signiﬁcant differences were noted in the hypertension group — between unranked military personnel and warrant ofﬁcers (U= 78.5,p˂ 0.05), and in the group experiencing episodes of increased blood pressure — unranked military personnel and warrant ofﬁcers (U= 587.5,p˂ 0.05) and warrant ofﬁcers and junior ofﬁcers (U= 620,p˂ 0.05). Spearman correlation criterion values were obtained for the relationship between the body mass index and both hypertension (rs= –0.212,p˂ 0.001) and high blood pressure (rs= –0.231,p˂ 0.001).

Conclusion. The obtained data conﬁrm the negative impact of conditions associated with increased blood pressure on such aspects as the physical and mental well-being, self-perception, self-assessment of the quality of life and the state of health, general assessment of the quality of life. A correlation between the overall quality of life, the body mass index and the military rank of military personnel was established.