Section I Markets, Management and Innovations in Knowledge Economy Margarita Bogdanova, Hristo Sirashki, Evelina Parashkevova, Mariela Stoyanova, Agile project management in public sector organizations 7 Angelin Lalev, Alexandrina Alexandrova Deep neural networks for detection of credit card fraud 39 Desislava Aleksieva, Elena Yordanova Interests and behaviour – managerial aspects 63 Section II Globalisation, Competitiveness and Cooperation for Intelligent Growth Silvia Kostova, Krum Krumov, Daniela Vatkova-Milusheva The role of internal and external auditors for identifying frauds in organizations 95 Silvia Kostova, Presiyan Vasilev, Ivana Dimova Characteristics of fraud and perpetrators of fraud 126 Tihomir Varbanov Evaluation of convergence in social protection expenditure in the European Union 157 Tanya Todorova Effects of government budget balance on economic growth 183 Section III Financial Stability, Economic Policies, Regulations and Sustainable Development Veselin Popov, Petya Emilova, Iskren Tairov, Vladislav Vasilev Information security of hospitals in Bulgaria 211 Krasimir Shishmanov, Maria Tashkova, Michaela Markova Current tendencies in e-commerce application development 243 Atanaska Reshetkova, Krista Neykova Impact of digital marketing channels on customer loyalty in the banking sector 273 Diana Imalova, Galya Ivanova-Kuzmanova, Radosveta Krasteva-Hristova Training in the doctoral program "Accounting, Control And Analysis Of Business (Accounting)" at D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics – Problems and prospects 306
One of the latest approaches to improve the operations of business organizations is the Agile Project Management. It emerged in the software industry in 2001, but gradually entered other, non-software industries. However, the transfer of the approach to the public ...
This publication presents research on the possibility of using Deep Neural Net-works (DNNs) for detection of credit card fraud. The research is based on an open da-taset and aims to determine how the varying number of hidden layers and other archi-tectural parameters ...
Managing employees’ behaviour is a challenge that every leader has to face and is closely related to managing their interests. Changing human behaviour is a gradual process because behavioural change is the most difficult and slowest to achieve, and the outcome is ...
The variety of ways and approaches to fraud necessitates the updating of measures and mechanisms to identify and limit them. By properly implementing these mechanisms and approaches, the risk assessment and the display of indicators signalling misconduct contribute to ...
The development of economic processes and activities raises the need for adequate knowledge and skills related to fraud detection. The relevance of the study is related to the continuous change and development of the means and approaches used by the control bodies, the ...
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the degree of convergence across the EU Member States in social protection expenditure for the period 2008-2016 by using statistical and econometric approaches for measuring convergence. This is achieved by accomplishing several ...
The necessity of adequate use of public budget as a fiscal instrument for economic regulation is even more tangible in conditions of slow economic growth rate. The debate on whether the public budget can maintain a balance between economic stability and social equity ...
The relevance of this study is determined by the increasing requirements of and threats to the information security of healthcare facilities. The aim of the study is to investigate the state of information security of hospitals in Bulgaria and to define the concept of ...
In today’s competitive and dynamic business environment, companies need to transform their business in order to survive. There has been a steady trend for companies to engage in e-commerce and business based on online technologies, since it has become clear that unless ...
Globally, digital sales in the personal banking sector are increasing, as well as the investment of banking institutions in digitalization. Being inspired by these trends, the objective of this study, set by the authors, is to explore the potential of digital marketing ...
Achieving an economic and social standard of society is related to the need for highly qualified scientists and specialists. Policies and activities in the field of education and science are a guarantee for such achievement. Higher schools face the problem of ...
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The present study aims at a parallel analysis of investment, and in particular stock exchange activity and government debt, as well as finding a dependency between the dynamics of these processes and highlighting those stock indicators, for which the relationship with the debt dynamics is of greater significance. The study is based on the thesis of presence of a strong influence with inverse dependence of the debt burden on the investment activity. We also maintain the hypothesis that the ...
The entrepreneurial activity can thrive in all spheres and sectors of the economy but tourism sector is of particular importance. Entrepreneurial activity in tourism is determined by the availability of suitable conditions for the development of the tourism business. Thus, the objective of the research is to study empirically the current state of entrepreneurship in the sector of tourism in Bulgaria; to outline the existing problems and the prospects for development of entrepreneurial tourism ...
MODERN DIMENSIONS OF THE MANAGEMENT OF TOURIST DESTINATION BULGARIA
The development of tourism is related to the need to manage tourist destinations. Tourist business faces issues related to establishing tourists' preferences and identifying their motives. The solutions are related to the consumer behaviour and preferences of the tourists, the resources of the region, the attractiveness of the area, the offered complex product and the organisational precision. The objective of the research is to study empirically the state of tourist destination Bulgaria. Then, ...
