Eurasian Economic Perspectives: Proceedings of the 20th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference - Vol. 2

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Corruption in France: Characteristics of the Phenomenon and Statistical Data  (Joanna Brzezińska)....Pages 3-14
 Economics, Competition and Coopetition of the Italian Private Welfare State: A Cluster Analysis  (Angela Besana)....Pages 15-31
 Expenditure on Education in the Countries of the European Union in the Light of the Europe 2020 Strategy  (Katarzyna Maj-Waśniowska)....Pages 33-57
 Permitted Modifications of Public Contracts in the EU Court of Justice Case Law and in the New Directives of Public Procurement Law  (Krzysztof Horubski)....Pages 59-73
 Interdependence of Macroeconomic Indicators and Inequality in Kazakhstan and its Main Trading Partners  (Bulat Mukhamediyev, Tatyana Kudasheva, Azimzhan Khitakhunov)....Pages 75-88
 Access to Public Procurement Contracts in EU: Perspective of SMEs  (Sebastian Bobowski, Jan Gola, Wojciech Szydło)....Pages 89-103
 Control of Public Procurement in the European Union: Selected Problems  (Jan Gola)....Pages 105-112
 Freezing of Assets as a Counter-Terrorism Measure in the EU After Al-Aqsa Judgment of the Court of Justice  (Wojciech Szydło)....Pages 113-132
 The Impact of Pension Reforms on Public Finance in Poland  (Katarzyna Owsiak)....Pages 133-151
 Cluster Policy in Japan: Experiences and Prospects  (Marcin Haberla)....Pages 153-165
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 Complementarities of Innovation Strategies: Evidence from Transition Economies  (Berulava George, Gogokhia Teimuraz)....Pages 169-192
 Housing Problem in CEE Countries: Similarities and Differences  (Liudmila A. Guzikova, Ekaterina V. Plotnikova)....Pages 193-205
 How Generous Are Contemporary Pension Systems? A Comparative Study of the European Countries  (Edyta Marcinkiewicz)....Pages 207-220
 Unemployment and Social Exclusion in the Republic of Macedonia  (Remzije Rakipi)....Pages 221-231
 Britain and Its Colonies: Remembering the First World War (WWI)  (Mallika Das, E. Wanda George)....Pages 233-250
 Trade Regionalism of Tomorrow: Entanglement of Mega-Regionals Versus WTO  (Sebastian Bobowski)....Pages 251-266
 Poland and India in the Light of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions  (Aleksandra Kuźmińska-Haberla)....Pages 267-283
 How Did European Union Influence Business Environment in Czech Republic?  (Dusan Litva)....Pages 285-298
 Impact of the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on Regional Trade  (Bulat Mukhamediyev, Azimzhan Khitakhunov)....Pages 299-310
 Regional Managerial Decision-Making Based on Housing Stock Assessment  (Liudmila A. Guzikova, Ekaterina V. Plotnikova)....Pages 311-321
 The Types of Pathology in the Financial Markets in Selected Western European Countries: Analysis of Statistical Data  (Joanna Brzezińska)....Pages 323-337
 FDI Determinants, Incentive Policies and FDI Effects in the Western Balkan Countries  (Mamucevska Daniela, Nikolovska Natalija)....Pages 339-356
 Methods of Creating Innovation Indices Versus Determinants of Their Values  (Ireneusz Miciuła)....Pages 357-366
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 Total Factor Productivity Growth and Capacity Utilization in Manufacturing Industries in India  (Rajiv Khosla, Rajinder Singh Bawa)....Pages 369-384
 Relations Among Social and Economic Order in European Union Countries  (Adam P. Balcerzak, Michał Bernard Pietrzak)....Pages 385-396
 The Mega Capitalism and the Contradictory Perspectives of the European Union  (Nikolovska Natalija, Mamucevska Daniela)....Pages 397-409
 Innovation Catching Up for Developing Countries  (Pawel Dobrzanski)....Pages 411-420
 Assessment of the Sustainable Development by Means of the Human Development Concept and the Footprint Indicators  (Magdaléna Drastichová)....Pages 421-440
 Conditions for Development of Japanese Economy  (Pawel Dobrzanski)....Pages 441-454
 The Role of FDI in the Economic Development of Transition Countries: The Case of Republic of Macedonia  (Ljubica Kostovska, Jelena Tast)....Pages 455-468
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 Social Economic Inequality from the Gender Perspective: Lithuanian Case  (Egle Krinickiene)....Pages 471-484
 Socio-economic Inequality: Threat to Economic Growth and the Quality of Life of the Population (Lithuania’s Case)  (Ona Gražina Rakauskienė, Vaida Servetkienė)....Pages 485-501
 General Equilibrium Simulations on the Income Distribution  (Toshitaka Fukiharu)....Pages 503-524