@article{Colberg2024, author = {Tim Colberg}, doi = {10.1504/IJLC.2024.137495}, issn = {1740-2875}, issue = {2/3}, journal = {International Journal of Learning and Change}, pages = {220-241}, title = {Ambidexterity in resilience: a multilevel approach}, volume = {16}, year = {2024}, } @inproceedings{Chavan2024, author = {Vaibhavi Chavan and Nagendra and Mohammad Roshif U and Abhijith R. and Amit Joshi and Deepak Jha}, doi = {10.1109/ICONSTEM60960.2024.10568704}, isbn = {979-8-3503-6509-2}, booktitle = {2024 Ninth International Conference on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (ICONSTEM)}, month = {4}, pages = {1-6}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Strategic Integration of HR, Organizational Management, Big Data, IoT, and AI: A Comprehensive Framework for Future-Ready Enterprises}, year = {2024}, } @article{Steinhart2024, abstract = {

The interest in sustainable organizational performance has increased strongly in the last decade. With the rising macroeconomic pressure and unforeseen circumstances such as global pandemic, an increased number of economies battle to ensure prosperity, performance, and target trans-formation. The aim of this study is to spot trends and developments on sustainable organizational performance observed in the academia for the last decade. More precisely, main sources of publications as well as biases within geographical, citation, authorship and thematic dimensions are to be identified. To achieve this aim, a qualitative study based on bibliometric analysis has been performed. In total, 1286 relevant articles were retrieved for the last decade that examined sustainable organizational performance, however none of them has implemented a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis and elaborate on progress within academic research. The bibliometric analysis within this study is based on a literature review of publications obtained from Scopus using an inclusive search strategy. In addition, the visualization of the data was carried out with the use of Bibliometrix and VOSviewer. The article strives to contribute to the research on sustainable organizational performance, while performing keywords and co-occurrence analysis. It further defines top productive authors, structure of the research topic in the journals and countries. In addition to that, Lotka analysis has been performed to understand the interactions and structure of publications of the subject area. The importance of the organizational framework, management and governance were identified as main keywords underlying once again that functional framework provides structure and hierarchy the entity may build on, while effective management ensures the utilization of resources within the established framework. Oversight, in turn, is organized by governance that guides both the framework and management practices. The study comes with the conclusion and recommendations for both business and academia.  ;

}, author = {Julija Steinhart}, doi = {10.17770/etr2024vol1.8011}, issn = {2256-070X}, journal = {ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES. RESOURCES. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference}, month = {6}, pages = {339-347}, title = {SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE, ITS TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS}, volume = {1}, year = {2024}, } @article{Starke2024, abstract = {

Organisations need dynamic capabilities in the ongoing digital transformation to reconfigure knowledge and learning. There is a need to define new concepts and explain mechanisms of relevant factors to build dynamic capabilities. Organisations acting in healthcare experience a dilemmatic situation. New digital processes and business models are promising benefits for cost-containment measures, improved patient-centric care, and digital services. However, investments are needed to benefit. The critical question is the following: How can individual actors in healthcare be motivated to engage in this transformational process to build and reconfigure relevant competences and establish new learning routines? Founded on the essence of the existing literature, we assume sustained learning to be a relevant dynamic capability to seize and sense competences and reconfigure human capital. This paper answers the call for deeper investigations into the mechanisms in new digitally transformed environments and sectors focussing less on performance and competitive advantages, like public administration or the healthcare sector. Based on previous research, validated in qualitative interviews and quantitative testing, we define the new construct of sustained learning with its subdimensions. By providing measures, we build the grounds for further quantitative research.

}, author = {Sandra Starke and Iveta Ludviga}, doi = {10.3390/su162310218}, issn = {2071-1050}, issue = {23}, journal = {Sustainability}, month = {11}, pages = {10218}, title = {Impeding Digital Transformation by Establishing a Continuous Process of Competence Reconfiguration: Developing a New Construct and Measurements for Sustained Learning}, volume = {16}, year = {2024}, } @inproceedings{Kumar2024, author = {Sunil Kumar and Ankita Kumari and Amit Joshi and Rohit Singh and Chitkala Venkareddy and Kamal Gulati}, doi = {10.1109/ACCAI61061.2024.10602107}, isbn = {979-8-3503-8943-2}, booktitle = {2024 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Applied Informatics (ACCAI)}, month = {5}, pages = {1-6}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Analyzing the Transformation of Higher Education: Assessing Artificial Intelligence’s Influence in the 21st Century}, year = {2024}, } @inproceedings{Patil2024, author = {Swati Mahadev Patil and Avinash Manohar Kharat and Samiksha Jain and Vipin Vihari Ram Tripathi and Gaurav Kumar Bisen and Amit Joshi}, doi = {10.1109/ACCAI61061.2024.10602227}, isbn = {979-8-3503-8943-2}, booktitle = {2024 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Applied Informatics (ACCAI)}, month = {5}, pages = {1-5}, publisher = {IEEE}, title = {Investigating the Influence and Function of Artificial Intelligence in Contemporary Marketing Management: Marketing in the AI Era}, year = {2024}, } @article{SAIDI2024, abstract = {

Existing knowledge regarding how student entrepreneurs leverage open innovation (OI) and incubation services within university business incubators (UBIs) to enhance the performance of university-incubated startups (UISs) is limited. We propose a model suggesting that the adoption of OI practices mediates the relationship between student entrepreneurs' OI motives and UISs’ performance, while UBI services mediate the relationship between the use OI practices and startup performance. To validate our model, we conducted a quantitative survey of 97 student entrepreneurs from five UBIs in Latvia. Our findings demonstrate a dual mediating effect where the use of OI practices and UBI services significantly impacts UISs’ performance while providing valuable theoretical and practical insights.

}, author = {Sana SAIDI and Simona GRAMA-VIGOUROUX and Mohamed SELLAMI and Iveta CIRULE and Inga UVAROVA}, doi = {10.59876/a-2zwt-v5jv}, issn = {12061697}, issue = {6}, journal = {Management international}, pages = {48-62}, title = {How do student entrepreneurs use open innovation and incubation services to improve the performance of university-incubated startups?}, volume = {28}, year = {2024}, } @article{Suarez2024, abstract = {

This article presents a unique exploration of the role of Strategic Management Accounting techniques in supporting decision-making. This perspective has not been extensively studied in the context of low-cost airlines. This accounting branch is characterized by providing external, financial, non-financial, long-term, and forward-looking information, expanding the informational framework for strategic management and decision-making. The methodology relies on the application questionnaires and the financial performance analysis of fifteen low-cost airlines in America and Europe. Structural equation models were applied to test the relationships among the variables. The results evidence that the strategic management accounting techniques that positively and significantly affect the financial performance of the analyzed low-cost airlines are the ones related to the group of costing and strategic decision-making.

}, author = {Jorge Suarez and Iveta Ludviga and Inese Mavlutova}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2024.21.180}, issn = {2224-2899}, journal = {WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS}, month = {11}, pages = {2190-2202}, title = {The Role of Strategic Management Accounting Techniques in the Improvement of A Company’s Financial Performance: The Case of low-cost Airlines}, volume = {21}, year = {2024}, } @article{BAAH2023, abstract = {

Topicality: Management literature largely frames business contributions to a society based on concepts of ‘responsibility’ and ‘business case’. Even though the ‘responsibility’ discourse is considered less effective, experiments on the ‘business case’ did not result in a strong positive intention of corporate managers towards society. The underpinnings of these two concepts are called into question in periods of crisis and uncertainty, where wisdom is especially required for decision-making. The research aim: This study aims to assess the effects of wisdom on corporate managers’ intentions to contribute to non-state social protection in the future. Methodology: The authors conducted a survey and mediation analysis of a serial multiple mediation model using Andrew Hayes’s PROCESS Macro as an add-in SPSS. Findings: The research finds a strong relationship between wisdom and corporate managers’ good intentions and concludes that wise corporate managers have good intentions to contribute to non-state social protection in the future. Wise corporate managers have good intentions towards society. Novelty: This research pushes the boundaries of SPW theory by empirically showing that wisdom also leads to good intentions. In addition, the study contributes to the scant literature on wise management decision-making and on non-state social protection. Keywords: Decision-making, non-state social protection, health crisis, social responsibility, wisdom, intentions. JEL Code: M140 Paper classification: Research paper

}, author = {RICHMOND BAAH and TATJANA VOLKOVA and IVETA LUDVIGA}, doi = {10.32025/JBM23003}, issn = {1691-5348}, journal = {Journal of Business Management}, pages = {64-88}, title = {EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF WISDOM ON CORPORATE MANAGERS’ INTENTIONS TO CONTRIBUTE TO NON-STATE SOCIAL PROTECTION IN THE FUTURE}, volume = {21}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Baah2024, author = {Richmond Baah and Tatjana Volkova and Iveta Ludviga}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-55813-9_1}, pages = {3-31}, title = {Measuring the Enablers of Corporate Managers’ Decisions to Contribute to Non-State Social Protection}, year = {2024}, } @article{Sedovs2024, abstract = {

This article aims to identify the relationship between sustainability and strategic management to determine whether sustainability can be considered a strategic management research fashion. This involves a bibliometric analysis of recent academic literature from 2021 to 2023 to identify the latest academic research, key trends, collaboration and keyword networks within this relationship. The analysis was conducted using two datasets from the Scopus database. These datasets focus on English-language journal articles on business, management and accounting. The first covers academic research on strategic management, while the second expands to sustainability and sustainable development. The results show that strategic management research focusing on sustainability has recently grown faster (24.70%) and with higher funding frequency (22.4%) than the whole strategic management research field (14.30% and 17.5%, respectively). Furthermore, the geographical analysis of co-authorship identified articles from 88 countries, suggesting a broad interest in this relationship. Notably, the strategic management network mapping revealed a unique, sustainable development, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability cluster. Moreover, extended mapping revealed four clusters: strategic and innovation-driven sustainability, operational corporate sustainability, crisis management and environmental economics, and sustainable supply chain and resource management. The thematic analysis further highlights well-developed sustainability and strategic management research topics like digitalisation, circular economy, sustainable supply chain management, sustainable development goals, industry 4.0, COVID-19, environmental sustainability, etc. that are contributing to the progress of sustainability and strategic management research. The results thus confirm the rapid growth and widespread coverage of research on sustainability and strategic management, highlighting sustainability as a strategic management research fashion.

}, author = {Edgars Sedovs and Tatjana Volkova}, doi = {10.3390/su16177434}, issn = {2071-1050}, issue = {17}, journal = {Sustainability}, month = {8}, pages = {7434}, title = {Sustainability: Is It a Strategic Management Research Fashion?}, volume = {16}, year = {2024}, } @inbook{Mikelsone2024, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Jean-Pierre Segers and Tatjana Volkova}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-66218-8_1}, pages = {3-27}, title = {Idea Management Type, Competencies and Capacity Impact on Innovation Results and Financial Performance}, year = {2024}, } @article{Sedovs2025, author = {Edgars Sedovs and Tatjana Volkova and Iveta Ludviga}, doi = {10.1016/j.sftr.2024.100414}, issn = {26661888}, journal = {Sustainable Futures}, month = {6}, pages = {100414}, title = {Sustainable development and strategic management - what is on the horizon in our non-ergodic world research?}, volume = {9}, year = {2025}, } @inbook{Bajare2025, author = {Diana Bajare and Gabriel Zsembinszki and Denis Rizaov and Tatjana Tambovceva and Natālija Cudečka-Purina and Dzintra Atstāja and Sakdirat Kaewunruen and Dorina Kripa and Xhesila Nano and Orestes Marangos and Olympia Nisiforou and Stylianos Yiatros and Marco Lamperti Tornaghi and Aidana Tleuken and Luís Bragança and Adriana Salles and Rand Askar and Ali Turkyilmaz and Thomas Laudal and Christina Giarma and Dina Azhgaliyeva and Ferhat Karaca and Ayfer Donmez Cavdar}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-73490-8_22}, pages = {667-735}, title = {Circular Value Chain Management—Barriers and Opportunities}, year = {2025}, } @article{, abstract = {

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has become a hot topic on which eminent researchers are working on a daily basis. A lack of clarity in the fundamental differences between SSCM and green supply chain management (GSCM) is being observed in this field of research. However, it is regrettable to note that there is a huge deficit of research in the oil and gas (OG) industry, mainly in developing countries (DCs), where this sector of activity is the most lucrative and polluting. The purpose of this research is to present the practices of SSCM in the framework of the quadruple helix approach in the oil and gas industry in specific geographical areas of developing countries by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) of papers published from 2012 to 2024 focused on both the OG industry and DCs. As part of this study’s findings, the authors highlight the distinction between SSCM and GSCM by building a conceptual framework that applies the triple bottom line of SSCM to the OG industry and demonstrates that GSCM, which is more related to environmental issues, is a part of SSCM. Therefore, in order to be more efficient and to have a great impact on their performances, OG companies in DCs should apply SSCM practices, which are close to circular business rather than GSCM practices, especially because their implementation can be influenced by certain barriers and pressures that involve the use of the QHC.

}, author = {Dzintra Atstāja and Kevin Wilclif Mukem}, doi = {10.3390/su16051776}, issn = {2071-1050}, issue = {5}, journal = {Sustainability}, month = {2}, pages = {1776}, title = {Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Oil and Gas Industry in Developing Countries as a Part of the Quadruple Helix Concept: A Systematic Literature Review}, volume = {16}, year = {2024}, } @article{, abstract = {

The societal consequences of climate change are still hard to measure, mostly because it is difficult to connect the physical effects of climate change to economic processes and because future climate change and economic estimates are unpredictable. The tourism industry is one of the areas where evaluating the effects of climate change has proven to be especially challenging. The primary influencing environmental elements in the coastal waters of the Baltic Sea are expected to alter as a result of climate change. This study investigates the impact of climate change on the growth of tourism in the Baltic Sea Region, focusing on international tourism. To analyze the possible short-run and long-run impact of climate change on international tourism, a dynamic panel model is used, with data for the period 2005–2022. International tourism is measured through the inbound travel expenditure and the number of overnight visitors. The effect of climate change is captured through the variables of temperature and precipitation, with real GDP and government effectiveness as control variables. Results show a significant negative impact of climate change variables on international tourism in the Baltic Sea countries. There are relatively few studies on the impact of climate change on the tourism industry in the Baltic region; this article complements the existing literature on this very important issue.

}, author = {Dzintra Atstāja and Edmira Cakrani}, doi = {10.3390/su16125203}, issn = {2071-1050}, issue = {12}, journal = {Sustainability}, month = {6}, pages = {5203}, title = {Impact of Climate Change on International Tourism Evidence from Baltic Sea Countries}, volume = {16}, year = {2024}, } @article{Atstaja2024, abstract = {

The consistent rise of the per capita waste generation rate has led to an escalation of waste quantities and the need to expand waste disposal methods. Efforts to develop clean and affordable energy systems are increasingly linked to waste-to-energy as part of the transition to a circular economy (CE). A resource-efficient waste-to-energy business model within a CE offers a variety of environmentally friendly waste management options based on their overall environmental impacts but also makes efficient use of available resources and technologies to convert different types of waste into energy, which helps reduce the adverse effects on the environment and create additional energy sources. This research aims to identify innovative waste management solutions to foster the implementation of CE and a more resource-efficient business model. The research methodology is based on qualitative and quantitative research, triangulation, material flow assessment, and systems dynamics. The value of this study is within the analysis of existing waste-to-energy plant case studies to identify a set of recommendations and appropriate business models for the countries that are at an early stage of evaluation of such facilities. This study found that waste-to-energy plants are critical to achieving the EU’s waste disposal targets by 2035. The findings highlight the importance of supporting mechanisms in the waste sector, such as structural funds, as the industry primarily focuses on societal health and safety and environmental protection, alongside resource efficiency and circularity potential.

}, author = {Dzintra Atstaja and Natalija Cudecka-Purina and Viktor Koval and Jekaterina Kuzmina and Janis Butkevics and Hanna Hrinchenko}, doi = {10.3390/en17164188}, issn = {1996-1073}, issue = {16}, journal = {Energies}, month = {8}, pages = {4188}, title = {Waste-to-Energy in the Circular Economy Transition and Development of Resource-Efficient Business Models}, volume = {17}, year = {2024}, } @article{, abstract = {

Construction and demolition waste (CDW) is one of the largest contributors to global waste streams, simultaneously posing significant environmental and resource management challenges. The management of CDW, particularly its potential for energy recovery and industrial symbiosis, has garnered increasing attention as part of a circular economy approach. This comprehensive review explores global practices in CDW management, analysing theoretical developments, technological advancements, and emerging resource recovery and reuse trends. Background: CDW accounts for more than a third of all waste generated in the EU. A wide variety of materials, such as concrete, bricks, wood, glass, metals, and plastics, make it a very un-homogenous waste stream with high potential for material recovery through different approaches. Methods: This review draws on an extensive analysis of scientific literature, case studies, and industry reports to assess current practices in the CDW stream and assessment of the feasibility of energy recovery, industrial symbiosis, and object reconstruction. Results: The originality of the current research is based on a Latvian case study on CDW management that provides valuable insights into household-level practices and progress towards relevant UN SDGs. Conclusions: Various CDW streams have an undeniable potential for valorization through various approaches. Currently, the most common approach is recovery and recycling, although CDW has the potential to broaden its application within the circular economy framework. For instance, industrial symbiosis is a solution that can not only boost the valorization of CDW but also significantly increase material circularity.

}, author = {Natalija Cudecka-Purina and Jekaterina Kuzmina and Janis Butkevics and Arsirii Olena and Oleksii Ivanov and Dzintra Atstaja}, doi = {10.3390/en17215506}, issn = {1996-1073}, issue = {21}, journal = {Energies}, month = {11}, pages = {5506}, title = {A Comprehensive Review on Construction and Demolition Waste Management Practices and Assessment of This Waste Flow for Future Valorization via Energy Recovery and Industrial Symbiosis}, volume = {17}, year = {2024}, } @article{Kiesnere2024, abstract = {

Wood construction waste circularity presents enormous potential to significantly de-crease total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU). Latvia could become a frontrunner due to its historic relationship with forestry, wood construction practises and unused potential of the innovative application of wood. This research examines what the potential of “circular wood” in Latvia is, how ready the Latvian wood house construction sector is to engage in a circular economy and wood waste circularity and whether the legal framework is ready to support wood waste management in the country. This study presents a combined approach for systematic wood construction product circularity assessment that includes a review of existing EU and Latvian frameworks for construction and demolition waste (CDW) management and wood construction, a general analysis of wood waste recycling systems and technologies, a quantitative data analysis of construction waste management in Latvia and qualitative data analysis of the Latvian wood house construction sector, and interviews with a focus group of Latvian wood industry representatives. The Latvian scope has allowed us to clarify the pattern methodology and impact points to be replicated, tested and measured further on a broader scale, in other countries, or throughout the whole EU. The main findings reveal a potential life cycle assessment (LCA) verifying the circularity of wood and limitations of wood construction waste circularity in Latvia in terms of wood house construction industry readiness and a legal framework as well as overall social prejudices for circular construction. Findings indicate an overall awareness and level of willingness to participate and engage in the circular construction models among Latvians; however, proactiveness and support (legal and financial) is expected from the government and municipalities. The recommendations point towards improvements in wood waste data management, the wood construction sector and the overall impact on sustainable development goals.

}, author = {Gunita Kiesnere and Dzintra Atstaja and Natalija Cudecka-Purina and Rozita Susniene}, doi = {10.3390/environments11110231}, issn = {2076-3298}, issue = {11}, journal = {Environments}, month = {10}, pages = {231}, title = {The Potential of Wood Construction Waste Circularity}, volume = {11}, year = {2024}, } @article{Aksjonenko2024, abstract = {

The literature review aims to explore how companies collaborate with management consulting service providers. Also, the review identifies collaboration impact on company’s strategy and encompasses relevant theories and research results performed and developed in the field of management consulting, strategy and its development over decades as a supportive service for companies.; Literature review results are obtained with qualitative methods - by exploring insight from diverse selection of works covering management consulting and competitive strategy. Insights are analyzed by revealing patterns of how management consulting providers use their expertise to help their clients - various size companies in their path to craft the strategy or solve business related problems. Also, how management consulting firms identify their strategy-as-practice niche and create perception of value creation ability for clients. ; Research results indicate a connection between management consulting services and strategy as a service and practice and need for external knowledge and experience-based expertise. Findings indicate that for small and medium-sized companies it is often hard to craft and implement a competitive strategy with limited resources and inner management solution generating and executing capacity.  Struggles that companies will face on the transformative path are decision taking in solving problems, change of a business model and setting up overall strategic direction and goals.; Research limitations relate to companies that experience struggle of how to craft strategies in collaboration with management consulting services that are provided by professionals that work with various size companies and industries.; The value of this paper is a literature review that covers up-to-date knowledge of what is known and what should be more deeply explored. Review includes the indication and collaboration opportunity direction of how to create a competitive strategy for various and especially small and medium-sized enterprises in modern business world. Paper can be used further for creating a theoretical model of how and when to efficiently use the management consulting services globally and is their actual impact.  ;

}, author = {Eduards Aksjonenko and Didzis Rutitis}, doi = {10.17770/etr2024vol1.7950}, issn = {2256-070X}, journal = {ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES. RESOURCES. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference}, month = {6}, pages = {19-23}, title = {LITERATURE REVIEW ON MANAGEMENT CONSULTING COLLABORATION WITH COMPANIES WHILE CRAFTING STRATEGY}, volume = {1}, year = {2024}, } @inbook{Aksjonenko2024, author = {Eduards Aksjonenko and Didzis Rutitis}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-62719-4_7}, pages = {131-140}, title = {The Impact of Digital Transformation on Corporate Identity Management within Small Sized Companies}, year = {2024}, } @article{Joshi2024, abstract = {

The combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), sometimes known as drones, has become a revolutionary approach in modern military and security operations. The purpose of this study is to explore and assess the efficiency of AI-enabled autonomous navigation and decision-making systems for drones in defense security applications. Through a comprehensive literature review, researchers analyze the various AI techniques and algorithms used in these systems, including machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. The study examines different aspects of autonomous drone navigation, such as sensors, decision-making modules, communication systems, and countermeasure systems. By reviewing scholarly articles and existing studies, researchers gain insights into the hardware and software components, including GPS modules, IMUs, cameras, and other sensors. This analysis provides a clear understanding of the current state of AI-enabled drone technology for defense security and identifies potential areas for future research and improvement. This research study discusses the working of AI-enabled drone autonomous navigation and decision-making systems designed primarily for defense security applications. The study starts by explaining the structure of drone navigation systems, which includes a wide range of hardware and software components. These comprise GPS modules for tracking location, inertial measurement units (IMUs) for estimating attitude, and cameras for seeing the environment. By incorporating these sensors into a sturdy structure, drones are able to detect their surroundings and man oeuvre independently in intricate situations. The effectiveness of AI-enabled drone navigation relies heavily on the application of sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques and algorithms. Machine learning algorithms, such as deep neural networks and reinforcement learning, are crucial in improving the decision-making abilities of drones. AI algorithms allow drones to dynamically adjust their navigation tactics, optimize flight trajectories, and intelligently respond to unforeseen obstacles or hazards by analyzing large volumes of sensor data in real-time. Furthermore, this research explores the datasets being employed in the training and evaluation of AI models for the purpose of drone navigation and decision-making. These datasets contain varied environmental conditions, topographical features, and security scenarios experienced in defensive operations.

}, author = {Amit Joshi and Aivars Spilbergs and Elīna Miķelsone}, doi = {10.17770/etr2024vol4.8237}, issn = {2256-070X}, journal = {ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES. RESOURCES. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference}, month = {6}, pages = {138-143}, title = {AI-ENABLED DRONE AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION AND DECISION MAKING FOR DEFENCE SECURITY}, volume = {4}, year = {2024}, } @article{Mikelsone2024, abstract = {

The aim of the paper is to analyse the global demand development and funding of digital healthcare innovations and also characterise idea management trends in the digital healthcare context. Web-based idea management systems (IMS) fall in line with the growing importance of information communication technologies, the spread of open innovation and co-innovation, etc. Especially systems, which are based on the Internet during COVID-19 have become important tools in all sectors. Plus, over the last few years the changes related to digital healthcare have taken place and now in this context the questions have been raised. How could they be linked with a web-based IMS? What are digital healthcare innovation demands and funding trends? The changes in search habits for health information over the last three years have become statistically significant. The growth of funding volumes has followed these changes because both digital health care and digital therapeutics have increased much faster during pandemic times than before. The growth in 2020 compared to 2019 reached 53.9%, but in 2021 compared to 2020 it even accounted 74.7%. The Asian region and Europe have also seen a sharp increase in the leverage over the past two years, but pre-pandemic levels were significantly lower than in the United States. Average annual volumes of investments in digital health have increased by about 4.2 Bn$ per year in the USA, by about 1.2 Bn$ per year in Asia, by about 0.83 Bn$ per year in Europe and by about 0.15 Bn$ per year in other regions. Such demand and funding could boost new innovations in healthcare with web-based idea management systems by internal, external, and mixed approaches in organisations with active and passive IMS. Plus, IMS could become a tool to create innovations in product or organisational innovation.

}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Jean Pierre Segers}, doi = {10.59652/jeime.v2i3.257}, issn = {3029-0791}, issue = {3}, journal = {Journal of Economics, Innovative Management and Entrepreneurship}, month = {7}, title = {Digital Healthcare Innovations and Idea Management}, volume = {2}, year = {2024}, } @inbook{Kuzmina2023, author = {Jekaterina Kuzmina and Dzintra Atstāja and Simon Grima and Graţiela Georgiana Noja and Mirela Cristea and Eleftherios Thalassinos}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A004}, month = {9}, pages = {49-59}, title = {Calculating Financial Well-being: The Case of Young Adults in Latvia}, year = {2023}, } @article{Schlosser2023, author = {Kristian P. Schlosser and Scott S. Roach}, doi = {10.14456/ajmi.2023.11}, issue = {1}, journal = {ASEAN Journal of Management & Innovation}, pages = {17-37}, title = {Using Strategic Leadership and DMAIC to Transform a Global Hospitality Market Leader: A Case Study}, volume = {10}, year = {2023}, } @inproceedings{Aksjonenko2023, author = {Eduards Aksjonenko and Airita Aksjonenko}, doi = {10.54941/ahfe1004090}, title = {What are the key components and contributing factors for effective feedback system for training programs within a field of business administration?}, year = {2023}, } @book{, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023111A}, editor = {Simon Grima and Eleftherios Thalassinos and Mirela Cristea and Marta Kadłubek and Dimitrios Maditinos and Līga Peiseniece}, isbn = {978-1-80455-254-4}, month = {9}, publisher = {Emerald Publishing Limited}, title = {Digital Transformation, Strategic Resilience, Cyber Security and Risk Management}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Schlosser2023, author = {Kristian Pultz Schlosser and Tatjana Volkova and Gratiela Georgiana Noja and Mirela Cristea and Dimitrios Maditinos}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A011}, month = {9}, pages = {159-173}, title = {Strategic Leadership Attributes for Adopting Digital Technology and Ensuring Organisational Resilience}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Auzina2023, author = {Ieva Auzina and Tatjana Volkova and Diego Norena-Chavez and Marta Kadłubek and Eleftherios Thalassinos}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A012}, month = {9}, pages = {175-190}, title = {Cyber Incident Response Managerial Approaches for Enhancing Small–Medium-Size Enterprise's Cyber Maturity}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Denis2023, author = {Arnaud Denis and Tatjana Volkova and Simon Grima and Graţiela Georgiana Noja and Mirela Cristea}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A008}, month = {9}, pages = {115-131}, title = {Adapting Information Security Policy Messaging Styles to the Targeted Audience}, year = {2023}, } @article{VOLKOVA2019, abstract = {

As the important part of European integration there is a goal till the year 2010 to create the unite higher education area, which means:  considering the needs of  European labour market in designing and improving study programs; encouraging the students and staff mobility within the unite higher education area; unification of the systems of evaluation of students' knowledge and skills acquired; increasing the competitiveness of the European universities; unification and implementation of criteria for quality evaluation  of universities and study programs in Europe. The Bologna declaration has started a new stage in the development of the higher education area. There has to be a unite responsibility for disseminating the idea of Bologna declaration and encouraging it's implementation in practise in each country which joined the declaration. The European enlargement encourages discussions and shares information among ministries, universities and society about the further ways of improving the quality efficiency and social responsibility of Universities in reaching the goals of the European Union.

}, author = {TATJANA VOLKOVA and LASMA LANCMANE}, doi = {10.37870/joqie.v9i14.194}, issn = {2028-1897}, issue = {14}, journal = {The Journal of Quality in Education}, month = {12}, pages = {12}, title = {Higher Education Quality Assurance System in Latvia}, volume = {9}, year = {2019}, } @article{, abstract = {

the aim of the study is to reveal the underlying factors from variable data collected on the results of the web-based ideas management systems related to management and tangible results in companies. The purpose of the factor analysis process is to collect the information contained in a large number of changes in such a way as to obtain latent factors with minimal data loss. Authors have conducted global survey for enterprises that apply these systems (n500). The 8 variables that fit together reveal the latent factor “tangible” or tangible results and the remaining 6 variables that together reveal the latent factor “managerial” or the management results. 

}, author = {Elīna Miķelsone and Janis Frisfelds and Jean Pierre Segers}, doi = {10.17770/etr2023vol2.7189}, issn = {2256-070X}, journal = {ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES. RESOURCES. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference}, month = {6}, pages = {73-79}, title = {FACTOR ANALYSIS OF WEB-BASED IDEA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM APPLICATION RESULTS}, volume = {2}, year = {2023}, } @article{, author = {Jānis Bērziņš}, doi = {10.1111/russ.12553}, issn = {0036-0341}, issue = {4}, journal = {The Russian Review}, month = {10}, pages = {782-783}, title = {Hybrid Warriors: Proxies, Freelancers and Moscow’s Struggle for Ukraine by AnnaArutunyan, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 352 pp. $29.95. ISBN 978‐1‐78738‐795‐9}, volume = {82}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Kuzmina2023, author = {Jekaterina Kuzmina and Dimitrios Maditinos and Diego Norena-Chavez and Simon Grima and Marta Kadłubek}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A007}, month = {9}, pages = {105-113}, title = {ESG Integration as a Risk Management Tool within the Financial Decision-making Process}, year = {2023}, } @book{Mikelsone2023, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Tatjana Volkova and Elita Liela}, city = {1 Oliver’s Yard, 55 City Road, London  EC1Y 1SP  United Kingdom }, doi = {10.4135/9781529627961}, isbn = {9781529627961}, publisher = {SAGE Publications Ltd}, title = {Power of Triangulation: Conducting Idea Management Database Research to Explore How Web-Based Idea Management Systems Influence Creative Outputs}, year = {2023}, } @article{Schlosser2023, author = {Kristian Schlosser and Aivars Spilbergs and Tatjana Volkova}, doi = {10.35808/ijeba/806}, issn = {2241-4754}, issue = {Issue 2}, journal = {International Journal of Economics and Business Administration}, month = {6}, pages = {22-43}, title = {The Effect of Ambidextrous Strategic Leadership on Creating Shared Value}, volume = {XI}, year = {2023}, } @article{Kristian2023, author = {Kristian and Aivars Spilbergs and Tatjana Volkova}, doi = {10.35808/ersj/3190}, issn = {1108-2976}, issue = {Issue 2}, journal = {EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES JOURNAL}, month = {5}, pages = {577-605}, title = {The Effect of Ambidextrous Strategic Leadership and Digital Technology Adoption on Creating Shared Value}, volume = {XXVI}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Dzerve2023, author = {Biruta Dzerve and Aivars Spilbergs and Gunta Innuse and Sandra Ozolina and Astride Stonane and Dimitrios Maditinos}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A005}, month = {9}, pages = {61-82}, title = {A Shift in Paradigm: the Financial Education Under the Influence of Digital Transformation}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Spilbergs2023, author = {Aivars Spilbergs and Diego Norena-Chavez and Eleftherios Thalassinos and Graţiela Georgiana Noja and Mirela Cristea}, doi = {10.1108/S1569-37592023000111A006}, month = {9}, pages = {83-104}, title = {Challenges to Credit Risk Management in the Context of Growing Macroeconomic Instability in the Baltic States Caused by COVID-19}, year = {2023}, } @inproceedings{, author = {Aivars Spilbergs and Andris Fomins and Māris Krastiņš}, city = {Varazdin}, editor = {Romana Korez Vide and Vesna Sesar and Ivica Zdrilic}, booktitle = {103rd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development  "Digital entrepreneurship in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals" - Book of Proceedings}, month = {11}, pages = {220-242}, title = {Impact of Age, Level of Education and Employment Sector on the Risk of unemployment and Individual Credit Risk of a Borrower}, year = {2024}, } @article{Mavlutova2024, abstract = {

This study aims to investigate to what extent the construction and demolition waste generated by households is managed by the principles of circularity and to identify the main influencing factors in the behavior of households regarding the circularity-based management of construction waste in Latvia. The current research presents principles of circularity of household-generated waste based on a systematic literature review, and the data obtained from a survey were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. This study clarifies the circular economy rationale for construction and demolition waste (CDW) management in Latvia and proposes further development to promote the achievement of sustainable development goals and increased energy efficiency. The results reveal that the observance of circular economy principles in construction and demolition waste management among Latvian households does not correspond to good circular economy practices due to attitudes toward environmental issues, expenses, and logistics; thus, compliance with these principles and legislation as well as closer cooperation between municipalities and households can promote significant economic benefits.

}, author = {Inese Mavlutova and Dzintra Atstaja and Sandra Gusta and Janis Hermanis}, doi = {10.3390/en17010205}, issn = {1996-1073}, issue = {1}, journal = {Energies}, month = {12}, pages = {205}, title = {Management of Household-Generated Construction and Demolition Waste: Circularity Principles and the Attitude of Latvian Residents}, volume = {17}, year = {2024}, } @inbook{, author = {D. Atstāja and M. Purviņš and J. Butkevičs and N. Cudečka-Puriņa and I. Uvarova}, doi = {10.2991/978-2-38476-036-7_20}, journal = {Proceedings of the Erasmus Scientific Days 2022 (ESD 2022)}, pages = {210-222}, title = {Developing E-Learning Course “Circular Economy” in the Study Process and Adult Education}, year = {2023}, } @article{Zhghenti2023, abstract = {

The shift towards circular practices requires a variety of supportive actions from different parties, such as education from academic institutions, institutional support from government and policymakers, and financial aid. Our research aims to provide data on the adoption of circular practices in Georgia and selected Eastern European countries. The findings of the research summarize the trends of adoption of circular practices among firms in different economies.In today's rapidly changing business environment, companies are under increasing pressure to reduce their environmental impact and embrace sustainable practices. Circular economy is seen as a promising solution to these challenges, as it shifts the focus from linear models of production and consumption to a closed-loop system where waste is reduced and resources are conserved.The concept of circular economy has gained significant traction in recent years, as companies seek to reduce their environmental impact and achieve long-term sustainability. By adopting circular practices, companies can reduce the cost of goods sold, improve resource efficiency, and promote a cleaner environment. However, the adoption of circular practices requires a significant change in organizational culture, which can be challenging for many businesses.Our research aims to provide practical information for policymakers and stakeholders from the private sector on the adoption of circular practices in Georgia and selected Eastern European countries. The results of the research will provide valuable insights into the trends of adoption of circular practices among firms in different economies and highlight the benefits of embracing circular economy.In conclusion, the transition to circular practices is a highly sought-after trend for businesses seeking to reduce their cost of goods sold, promote sustainability, and benefit from a cleaner environment. The adoption of circular practices requires a significant change in organizational culture, which can be challenging for many businesses. Our research aims to provide practical information for policymakers and stakeholders from the private sector on the adoption of circular practices in Georgia and selected Eastern European countries and summarize the trends of adoption of circular practices among firms in different economies.

}, author = {Tsotne Zhghenti and Vakhtang Chkareuli and Manuel Rios De Haro and Valentin Molina Moreno and Dzintra Atstaja}, doi = {10.15837/aijes.v17i1.5771}, issn = {2067-7669}, issue = {1}, journal = {AGORA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMICAL SCIENCES}, month = {6}, pages = {135-144}, title = {HOW ARE BUSINESSES ADOPTING CIRCULAR PRACTICES – EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE CASE OF GEORGIA AND SELECTED EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES}, volume = {17}, year = {2023}, } @article{Mavlutova2023, abstract = {

The paper aims to search for new approaches to entrepreneurship education in the digital age-related to the use of digital tools to achieve study results, such as expanding knowledge and increasing students’ entrepreneurial intention. This study examines various sources of scientific literature on digitization trends and challenges for entrepreneurship education and provides a statistical analysis of primary data. Identification of innovative learning tools, such as digital automatic software, and empirical research on the effectiveness of using the digital tool KABADA in the study process was carried out. The study reveals that university culture, lecturers’ and students’ competencies, and industry expectations are essential factors for the introduction of digitization in entrepreneurship education. The authors identified a new approach to entrepreneurship education using the digital automated software KABADA to create structured business plans that promote entrepreneurial intentions, but its use must be combined with classical studies.

}, author = {Inese Mavlutova and Kristaps Lesinskis and Aivars Spilbergs and Liga Peiseniece}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2023.20.188}, issn = {2224-2899}, journal = {WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS}, month = {9}, pages = {2169-2176}, title = {Digitalization in Entrepreneurship Education: In Search of a New Approach}, volume = {20}, year = {2023}, } @article{, author = {Anh Nguyen‐Duc and Dron Khanna and Giang Huong Le and Des Greer and Xiaofeng Wang and Luciana Martinez Zaina and Gerardo Matturro and Jorge Melegati and Eduardo Guerra and Petri Kettunen and Sami Hyrynsalmi and Henry Edison and Afonso Sales and Rafael Chanin and Didzis Rutitis and Kai‐Kristian Kemell and Abdullah Aldaeej and Tommi Mikkonen and Juan Garbajosa and Pekka Abrahamsson}, doi = {10.1002/spe.3306}, issn = {0038-0644}, journal = {Software: Practice and Experience}, month = {12}, title = {Work‐from‐home impacts on software project: A global study on software development practices and stakeholder perceptions}, year = {2023}, } @book{Lesinskis2023, author = {K. Lesinskis and I. Mavlutova and J. Hermanis and A. Spilbergs and L. Peiseniece}, isbn = {9783631904428}, journal = {Social and Economic Studies within the Framework of Emerging Global Developments}, pages = {319-329}, title = {The impact of using a digital tool KABADA on entrepreneurial intension on generation Z higher education students in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe}, volume = {3}, year = {2023}, } @article{Mavlutova2023, abstract = {

Nowadays, European countries, while implementing the goals of sustainable development, are trying to be energy secure by reducing energy consumption and switching to renewable energy sources; the issue of green bonds is essential in the financing of these projects. This study aims to investigate the current situation and trends in green finance, identifies its problems and challenges, as well as determines the importance of green bonds in sustainability in general and renewable energy supply in particular. The authors conducted a bibliometric analysis of green finance and renewable energy, followed by an extensive literature review identifying the benefits and challenges of green bond investments, continued with an empirical study that included hypothesis testing and the creation and analysis of the EU countries clusters, which have not been sufficiently studied to date. A study examining trends in green finance, identifying its benefits and challenges, found that green bond investments have a positive impact on carbon reduction and renewable energy supply in the EU OECD countries, and cluster analysis of the European OECD countries indicated a positive relationship between economic performance and overall ESG risk.

}, author = {Inese Mavlutova and Aivars Spilbergs and Atis Verdenhofs and Jekaterina Kuzmina and Ilja Arefjevs and Andris Natrins}, doi = {10.3390/en16237712}, issn = {1996-1073}, issue = {23}, journal = {Energies}, month = {11}, pages = {7712}, title = {The Role of Green Finance in Fostering the Sustainability of the Economy and Renewable Energy Supply: Recent Issues and Challenges}, volume = {16}, year = {2023}, } @article{Uvarova2022, abstract = {

INTRODUCTION There is increased international pressure to develop sustainable and circular businesses. This raises the question of entrepreneurs’ green awareness and the ability to adopt green values ​​in their business and management practices. While this has become a hot topic on the agenda of policymakers and researchers, there is a critically low level of green awareness among entrepreneurs. This highlights the need to explore how to better foster the development of a green business mindset among entrepreneurs. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders is currently promoted as an essential resource for companies to create a positive environmental impact and circular value. However, entrepreneurs do not recognise the advantages of collaboration, but instead face growing stakeholder green pressure. Collaboration competence has been recognised as one of the essential elements of the green business mindset. The awareness of green values ​​and the importance of collaboration in this context needs to be developed at school to provide theoretical knowledge and promote green skills. This study aimed to investigate the understanding of teachers and academic staff about the green business mindset and to assess their perception of the importance of collaboration competencies within the green business mindset. Research questions: 1) What are the main competencies comprising the green business mindset model and the status quo of the collaboration within this model; 2) How do teachers and academic staff perceive the importance of collaboration in developing the green business mindset? MATERIALS AND METHODS The systematic literature analysis, content analysis and clustering of the co-occurrence of keywords and concepts were used for the research. The empirical study reflects the situation in Latvia, and accordingly, the academic staff as well as teachers from Latvia were surveyed. Interviews of experts were conducted. The descriptive analyses synthesised the research results and described the main implications and further research gaps. RESULTS The green business model encounters the development of critical thinking, creativity, initiative and leadership, reflection, sharing and collaboration, environmental concerns and the attitude towards green values. The research results reveal the increased necessity to promote green awareness among youth, entrepreneurs, families and teachers. The academic staff rather have an overall understanding of green business, but they lack detailed green knowledge. Changing the behaviour and attitudes towards environmentally friendly business is considered most important, but collaboration is less critical. DISCUSSION Latvian entrepreneurs do not recognise the benefits and positive impact of green business practices. Changing customer values and global trends of sustainable transition will foster green business practices. Therefore, it is essential to develop knowledge of the circular and green business and stimulate behavioural changes of entrepreneurs to accept and follow environmentally friendly values. Previous studies prove the vital and integral role of collaboration with and for multiple stakeholders in creating positive environmental impacts. Such stakeholder collaboration includes various managerial tasks - the establishment of the relationship, value mapping and standard value orientation, regular communication, involvement and engagement, sharing and co-creation, and requiring appropriate competencies. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders is a cross-cutting issue that should be reflected horizontally in different study courses, not just in a specific environmental or ecological curriculum. However, the entrepreneurship and management study programmes should include stakeholder collaboration topics as one of the managerial practices. CONCLUSION This study describes the green business mindset model and its multi-dimensional nature, including knowledge and skills related to entrepreneurship, sustainability, ecology, and green education on the one hand, and emotional intelligence, green values and attitudes on the other. This research reveals the shorthand situation of Latvia. The green business mindset model envisages several levels of development and assessment – raising awareness, acquiring knowledge, changing attitudes and values, changing behaviour, and initiating green actions. The academic staff and teachers consider that, in Latvia, besides green business knowledge, the emotional, intuitive and spiritual intelligence, self-awareness and self-confidence encompassing green values ​​are essential, and should be developed.

}, author = {Inga Uvarova and Dzintra Atstaja and Tatjana Volkova and Iveta Ozolina-Ozola and Viola Korpa}, doi = {10.35363/ViA.sts.2022.94}, issn = {2592-9054}, journal = {SOCIETY. TECHNOLOGY. SOLUTIONS. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference}, month = {4}, pages = {33}, title = {COLLABORATION COMPETENCIES AND GREEN BUSINESS MINDSET}, volume = {2}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Rutitis2022, author = {Didzis Rutitis and Eduards Aksjonenko}, doi = {10.54941/ahfe1002802}, title = {The impact of digital transformation on corporate identity management}, year = {2022}, } @article{NguyenDuc2022, author = {Anh NguyenDuc and Dron Khanna and Des Greer and Xiaofeng Wang and Luciana Martinez Zaina and Gerardo Matturro and Jorge Melegati and Eduardo Guerra and Giang Huong Le and Petri Kettunen and Sami Hyrynsalmi and Henry Edison and Afonso Sales and Didzis Rutitis and Kai-Kristian Kemell and Abdullah Aldaeej and Tommi Mikkonen and Juan Garbajosa and Pekka Abrahamsson}, doi = {10.2139/ssrn.4032574}, issn = {1556-5068}, journal = {SSRN Electronic Journal}, title = {Work-from-Home and its Implication for Project Management, Resilience and Innovation - a Global Survey on Software Companies}, year = {2022}, } @article{Mikelsone2022, abstract = {

Web-based idea management systems (IMS) have helped many organisations to adapt their creativity processes to the new way of working in response to the global pandemic. IMS provide a systematic and manageable idea generation and evaluation process in the virtual environment. Many well-known organisations in various industries, for example, Etsy, Panasonic, Sony, Electrolux, and Volvo, use IMS. In this paper, the authors identified a clear research gap—what kind of ideation tasks creates the best idea quality and quantity. The aim of this research is to find out how the different ideation task elements influence the quality and quantity of generated ideas. The following methods were used to fill the gap: (1) literature review (data collection: systematic data collection from scientific databases; data analysis: through content analysis) and (2) global survey of n > 500 organisations with web-based IMS experience (data collection: survey; data analysis: statistical inference). The results provide insight into: (1) correlations between the number of created ideation tasks and idea quality and quantity, (2) how results are affected by the duration of ideation tasks, and (3) analysis of different ideation task types and their impact on results.

}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Jean-Pierre Segers and Tatjana Volkova and Elita Liela}, doi = {10.3390/businesses2020009}, issn = {2673-7116}, issue = {2}, journal = {Businesses}, month = {3}, pages = {129-140}, title = {Better Ideation Task Results in Web-Based Idea Management Systems}, volume = {2}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2022, author = {E. Mikelsone and A. Spilbergs and T. Volkova and E. Liela and J.P. Segers}, booktitle = {Economic Science for Rural Development 2022}, month = {5}, pages = {517-526}, title = {Assessment of differences in web-based idea management systems: industry perspective}, year = {2022}, } @inbook{, author = {Elīna Miķelsone and Tatjana Volkova and Aivars Spilbergs and Elita Lielā}, city = {London}, doi = {10.4324/9781003161615-4}, journal = {Organizational Change, Innovation and Business Development}, month = {8}, pages = {71-98}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Idea management systems}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2022, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Jean-Pierre Segers and Janis Frisfelds}, doi = {10.3846/bm.2022.823}, month = {5}, title = {BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN WEB-BASED IDEA MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL COMPETENCES BY SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW AND FOUR CASE STUDIES}, year = {2022}, } @article{Mikelsone2022, author = {E. Mikelsone and J.P. Segers and I. Uvarova}, journal = {Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship}, title = {Design Thinking to Reinvent Values in a Business Model: a 4-Step Approach Using Ideation Virtual Tools}, year = {2022}, } @article{Kozlovska2022, author = {I. Kozlovska}, city = {Rīga}, institution = {RISEBA, Banku augstskola}, month = {4}, title = {Ilgtermiņa nefinanšu aktīvu vadība korporatīvās pārvaldības sistēmā}, year = {2022}, } @article{Koval2022, abstract = {

Despite the rather long period of solving environmental issues and research, the problems of attracting green financial instruments as sources of financing and stimulating the development and implementation of clean technologies have not been sufficiently studied. The aim of the study is to: conduct a theoretical analysis of the available data; identify trends and study green financial instruments and propose their classification; formulate hypotheses for the development of green financial instruments; and apply empirical methods of analysis to identify the dynamics of the development of environmental taxation in the EU budget. A theoretical analysis of available sources identified existing green financial instruments, which were classified as: (a) aimed at improving existing technologies for the production of goods and services through the development of greening and eco-modernization projects that contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; (b) aimed at the development and implementation of innovative projects that change the technology for the production of goods and services, completely eliminating the emission of greenhouse gases. The hypotheses put forward for the study of the management of green financial instruments through the use of financial management mechanisms are formulated through theoretical analysis based on the environmental taxation of production technologies.

}, author = {Viktor Koval and Olga Laktionova and Dzintra Atstāja and Janis Grasis and Iryna Lomachynska and Roman Shchur}, doi = {10.3390/su141710536}, issn = {2071-1050}, issue = {17}, journal = {Sustainability}, month = {8}, pages = {10536}, title = {Green Financial Instruments of Cleaner Production Technologies}, volume = {14}, year = {2022}, } @article{Cirule2022, abstract = {

The open innovation (OI) is the actual framework for exploiting external resources and wider networks in doing innovation instead of just operating with in-house resources. Business incubators ensure networking and facilitate OI collaborations both inside the incubator among entrepreneurs and outside with external stakeholders. The purpose of the qualitative study is to identify the European trends in business incubation through OI approach by setting two main tasks – 1) identify business incubation trends and 2) validate these theoretical findings by conducting the empirical study in Latvia business incubators and 3) draw the conclusions for business incubation practitioners in order to improve business incubation from OI perspective. The qualitative research methods applied – 1) literature review on business incubation trends, OI approach in business incubation such as service provision, online and onsite incubation, tenant OI competences and strategies, co-creation and collaboration and 2) the empirical qualitative research in Latvia business incubators by conducting incubator management (13) interviews. The results proved that the main national trends dominant and present in Latvian business incubation are corresponding to the European trends, namely, 1) incubators are serving as OI partners and are recognized by tenants as access providers to external resources ands networks; 2) networking as facilitating activity of the  inside-out and outside-in OI strategies; 3) tenants’ OI strategies and motivation as well as variety of OI partners (experts, mentors, clients, companies, researchers, universities) promote the better incubation results in terms of ideas validated, product developed, companies created and innovation implemented. These results are in line with the main findings on European trends from a literature review perspective. This article provides national findings on OI application in business incubation as the empirical novelty for business incubation practitioners, academia, entrepreneurship support policy makers and tenants internationally detecting the crucial role of OI activities applied in business incubation and incubators as OI partners. Business incubation trend analysis through Open innovation approach is a novelty of this research. Key words: open innovation, open innovation strategies, business incubator, business incubation trends, value co-creation Acknowledgement This research was conducted within the project “Open Innovation, No1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/426” funded by Postdoctoral Research Support Aid programme of Latvia.

}, author = {Iveta Cirule and Inga Uvarova and Ginta Caune}, doi = {10.5755/j01.eis.1.16.31635}, issn = {2335-8831}, issue = {16}, journal = {European Integration Studies}, month = {9}, pages = {111-124}, title = {European Trends in Business Incubation Through open Innovation Approach}, year = {2022}, } @inbook{Carvalho2022, author = {L. Carvalho and I. Mavlutova and K. Lesinskis}, city = {Lisbon}, editor = {L.C. Carvalho}, journal = {Temas Emergentes em Ciências Empresariais}, publisher = {Edições Sílabo}, title = {Entrepreneurship eduction and professional career – An overview.}, volume = {2}, year = {2022}, } @inbook{Atstaja2022, author = {D. Atstaja and I. Uvarova}, city = {Rīga}, editor = {A. Līviņa and A. Klepers}, journal = {2022 The 11th MMV Conference: Behavioural changes of outdoor and landscape recreational consumption in Global Green Deal context – Book of abstracts}, pages = {223-226}, title = {Empowering people involvement in the greening and modernisation of public lighting in touristic sites: Case of Jurmala Resort}, year = {2022}, } @article{Lesinskis2021, abstract = {

Models used in education that were exploited in the 20th century are now under revision, as educators attempt to identify what is suitable to be kept and what needs to be changed and redefined for the 21st century. There are wide discussions on how to appropriately adjust entrepreneurship education methods to the changing expectations of emerging generations. The goal of the study  is to identify  more appropriate teaching methods for entrepreneurship education in the case of Latvia, country that has had one of the highest entrepreneurial activity in the European Union for many years. Conclusion from the primary research done by authors is that sample of respondents representing Generation Z highly value the application and effectiveness of modern teaching methods in entrepreneurship studies, however, the evaluation of different methods differs significantly depending on the type of learning preferred.

}, author = {Kristaps Lesinskis and Inese Mavlutova and Liga Peiseniece and Janis Hermanis and Elina Peiseniece and Olga Pokatayeva}, doi = {10.25115/eea.v39i5.5202}, issn = {1697-5731}, issue = {5}, journal = {Studies of Applied Economics}, month = {5}, title = {Modern Business Teaching: The Sable Labor Market Provision for the Emerging Generations}, volume = {39}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mikelsone2022, abstract = {

Research purpose. Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST), developed by Poole and DeSanctis (1990), implies that the application of information communication technologies (ICT) alone does not automatically lead to better outcomes and is dependent on the appropriation by the users of these ICT systems. So, authors in this paper research web-based idea management system (IMS) application adaptation and their relations with different IMS types and how it is all related to idea quantity (number of ideas generated). Do different IMS application types have different adaptation and appropriation levels?

}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Jean-Pierre Segers and Janis Frisfelds}, doi = {10.2478/jec-2022-0003}, issn = {2256-0173}, issue = {1}, journal = {Economics and Culture}, month = {6}, pages = {30-42}, title = {Adaptation and Appropriation of Different Web-Based Idea Management System Types}, volume = {19}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Titko2022, abstract = {The overwhelming goal of the research is to evaluate the attitudes and behaviours of youth towards sustainability issues and sustainable entrepreneurship. The current paper reflects the results of the first research stage and aims at testing a measurement scale that consists of three groups of items: 1) statements about environmental attitudes and behaviours, 2) general intention to start a sustainable business, 3) intention to start a social business in the field of the circular economy. The reliability analysis to measure the internal consistency of the scale was performed in SPSS environment, using Cronbach alpha. A focus group discussion was organized among business students to evaluate the perceived quality of the questionnaire.}, author = {Jelena Titko and Tatjana Tambovceva and Dzintra Atstaja and Indre Lapinskaite and Marina Z Solesvik}, city = {SAULETEKIO A1. 11, VILNIUS-40, LT-10233, LITHUANIA}, doi = {10.3846/bm.2022.893}, editor = {J Stankeviciene and V Skvarciany and D Jureviciene and A Simelyte and I Lapinskaite and V Davidaviciene and I Meidute-Kavaliauskiene and R Korsakiene and I Skackauskiene and R Tamosiuniene and R Bubliene}, isbn = {978-609-476-289-5}, issn = {2029-4441}, booktitle = {12TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 2022}, keywords = {circular economy; sustainable development; Entrepreneurship; higher education; survey}, note = {12th International Scientific Conference on Business and Management, Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, Fac Business Management, Vilnius, LITHUANIA, MAY 12-13, 2022}, pages = {325-331}, publisher = {VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIV PRESS, TECHNIKA}, title = {ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG STUDENTS: TESTING A MEASUREMENT SCALE}, year = {2022}, } @article{Atstaja2022, abstract = {Introduction. Social and hostility conflicts in Ukraine have caused global changes and deterioration of the ecological and economic situation in numerous countries, resulting in higher risks to the population and giving the impetus to create a new innovative, cultural, and technological society. Greening principles, which have become popular in developed countries, are impossible to implement without the coordinated cooperation of states and their genesis in accordance with joint programs and development vectors. As a result, an increasing number of foundations and grants have recently been established to support eco-friendly products and solutions, assist in their adoption, and develop the organizational structure of an efficient system based on green economy principles, thereby improving global standards and regulations. Aim and tasks. The aim of the study is to develop a methodology for planning the modernization of constructed infrastructure, better resource efficiency, and reduce waste in the reconstruction of war-destroyed objects. Results. The best option for post-war waste disposal is the construction of mobile waste recycling complexes based on fractional waste recycling and its secondary use in further reconstruction of Ukrainian infrastructure, which after final restoration will be moved to safe areas around large cities and used as stationary waste recycling plants. To improve the environmental situation, one suggests building landscaped parks that will operate due to state-of-the-art technologies (obtaining natural energy, etc.) and creating a system of harmonious combination of anthropogenic infrastructure and natural areas, businesses, and public accessibility. Conclusions. The key goal of the reconstruction of Ukrainian territories is to establish an innovative, sustainable, and safe system of social existence by increasing the efficiency of actions and methods based on the principles of rational environmental management and increasing responsibility. When calculating the cost of the restoration of Ukrainian territories, one should take into account additional expenses caused by hostilities, which will be further considered as a stress factor having a cumulative negative impact and leading to disastrous consequences that can be estimated in monetary equivalent as the sum of the price of restoration of components of the ecological, economic, and social system under the effect of a set of factors resulting in negative changes and damages.}, author = {Dzintra Atstaja and Viktor Koval and Maris Purvins and Janis Butkevics and Inesa Mikhno}, city = {Inglezi, 6, Odessa, UKRAINE}, doi = {10.31520/2616-7107/2022.6.2-5}, issn = {2616-7107}, issue = {2}, journal = {ECONOMICS ECOLOGY SOCIUM}, keywords = {post-war restoration; construction waste; waste recycling complex; resource efficiency}, pages = {46-57}, publisher = {Dr. Viktor Koval}, title = {CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVING RESOURCE EFFICIENCY IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WAR-DESTROYED OBJECTS}, volume = {6}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2022, abstract = {The aim of the study is to analyse decent work as a value stemming from human dignity. The key factors include a safe and healthy work environment and working conditions, social protection, compliance with employment law, stability of a workplace, opportunities for development, training and self-fulfilment, mutual respect, contacts with colleagues, etc. The impact of the pandemic has changed employees' views on ``perfect job''. Remote work is only one of the new forms of employment created by digitalization, which will increasingly enter and strengthen the labour market. However, not all employers are equally prepared for change. The study will illustrate how the concept of decent work has changed in the context of the pandemic, so that the legislator and employers can reorganize themselves, creating appropriate work environment for employees and promoting the economic sustainability of the country.}, author = {Dzintra Atstaja and Sanita Osipova and Gundega Dambe}, city = {BAZNICAS STR 5, RIGA, LV-1010, LATVIA}, doi = {10.22364/iscflul.8.2.01}, isbn = {978-9934-18-825-1; 978-9934-18-826-8}, booktitle = {NEW LEGAL REALITY: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES. II}, keywords = {decent work; sustainability; work in the emergency situation; remote work; workplace well-being}, note = {8th International Conference on New Legal Reality - Challenges and Perspectives, Univ Latvia, Fac Law, Riga, LATVIA, OCT 21-22, 2021}, pages = {12-20}, publisher = {UNIV LATVIA PRESS}, title = {IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON A SUSTAINABLE WORK ENVIRONMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF DECENT WORK}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Colberg2022, abstract = {In the current unstable business environment, resilience in organisations might be an enabler to withstand this uncertainty. This study aims to separate strategic and operational resilience and discuss the simultaneous approachability to enhance the understanding of resilience. Therefore, this conceptual research applies a literature review of leading publications in organisational ambidexterity and organisational resilience. Achieving organisational resilience is possible by seeing resilience, not as a standalone function, but by sensing and seizing opportunities and threats and transforming the business model into a resilient state by pursuing an ambidextrous organisation by exploiting operational and exploring strategic resilience. Combining organisational resilience and ambidexterity into one framework can help organisations and management prepare for and deal with uncertainty by building resilience on the strategic and operational levels.}, author = {Tim Colberg}, city = {SAULETEKIO A1. 11, VILNIUS-40, LT-10233, LITHUANIA}, doi = {10.3846/bm.2022.770}, editor = {J Stankeviciene and V Skvarciany and D Jureviciene and A Simelyte and I Lapinskaite and V Davidaviciene and I Meidute-Kavaliauskiene and R Korsakiene and I Skackauskiene and R Tamosiuniene and R Bubliene}, isbn = {978-609-476-289-5}, issn = {2029-4441}, booktitle = {12TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT 2022}, keywords = {resilience; organisational resilience; strategic resilience; organisational ambidexterity; uncertainty}, note = {12th International Scientific Conference on Business and Management, Vilnius Gediminas Tech Univ, Fac Business Management, Vilnius, LITHUANIA, MAY 12-13, 2022}, pages = {744-751}, publisher = {VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIV PRESS, TECHNIKA}, title = {ORGANISATIONAL RESILIENCE: CREATING AMBIDEXTERITY IN STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE}, year = {2022}, } @article{Mikelsone2022, abstract = {This paper aims to identify the different idea management system (IMS) types impact on innovation capacity and to support companies in the selection of the most appropriate IMS approach. The main findings of the research indicate the following: First, the application of active IMS stimulates innovation culture more than the application of passive IMS. Second, the application of active IMS improves innovation potential more than the application of passive IMS. Third, the application of the internal IMS type provides higher innovation potential than the application of the external IMS type. Lastly, there is evidence that the application of active IMS accelerates innovation at a higher pace than the application of passive IMS. © 2022 World Scientific Publishing Company.}, author = {E Mikelsone and A Spilbergs and T Volkova and E Liela}, doi = {10.1142/S0219877022400016}, issue = {3}, journal = {International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management}, note = {cited By 1}, publisher = {World Scientific}, title = {Idea Management Systems in Developing Innovation Capacity}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127079532&doi=10.1142%2fS0219877022400016&partnerID=40&md5=7de8b92adfa9f4dc925ef9154e381d6d}, year = {2022}, } @article{Mikelsone2022, abstract = {Digitisation of business processes has attracted practitioner attention across a wide range of industries as it enables enterprises to better manage their processes and improve results. The rate of digitisation has grown over the last decade and has become essential for enterprises to handle unforeseen disruptions and promote better management of resources. The COVID-19 pandemic is one example of a recent major disruption that caught enterprises off-guard and had a major impact on their value chains. The adoption of digitisation of business processes has significantly sped up to improve enterprise and their value chain resilience and enable enterprises to survive and potentially thrive in today’s uncertain environment. Through this movement, innovative companies have embraced idea management to develop new business models and achieve competitive advantage. One of the major digital tools that support enterprises in their idea management efforts is web-based idea management systems. This study aims to show how enterprises can manage the rewards of platforms, such as web-based idea management systems, to achieve a first-in-class quality and quantity of ideas sourced from the stakeholders involved in these platform-based ecosystems. To reach this aim, a global survey study was conducted involving over 400 responses from enterprises that use web-based idea management systems and consequent results were analysed. The impact of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards on the results of enterprises is a well-researched area. To further verify the results, the authors have conducted ten expert interviews and a qualitative analysis of a data set sourced from a database that contained 129 company entries that utilise web-based idea management systems and was available for this research that was conducted over a two-year period. Results strongly indicate that mixed and financial reward type tasks result in a higher quantity of ideas created, however, higher idea quality—i.e., ideas selected—is higher for financial reward tasks. The research highlights that there could be differences between different web-based idea management systems application groups. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {E Mikelsone and J.-P. Segers and A Spilbergs}, doi = {10.3390/joitmc8020097}, issue = {2}, journal = {Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity}, note = {cited By 1}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Governance of Web-Based Idea Management System Rewards: From the Perspective of Open Innovation}, volume = {8}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85131820186&doi=10.3390%2fjoitmc8020097&partnerID=40&md5=15e1b90c95b16fce02112e842609d50a}, year = {2022}, } @article{Mavlutova2023, abstract = {The increase in studies on how digital transformation based on the application of digital technologies affects the sustainable development of various sectors of the economy has been observed. Although digital transformation is important for the financial sector sustainable development, the drivers and links between them are weakly addressed by researchers. The study is aimed at exploring how digital transformation due to the application of innovative technologies and solutions, especially digital payments, is leading to the financial sector sustainable development through financial inclusion and operational efficiency. The current research presents the study of the financial sector digital transformation and its sustainable development based on a systematic literature review, a secondary data analysis, and expert interviews to provide further research directions and draw practical suggestions for professionals on the financial sector digital transformation toward sustainable development in the future. A systematic literature analysis is performed based on text analytics, a bibliometric analysis, and network maps aimed at acknowledging the existing research outcomes and identifying the research gaps on the digital transformation agenda in the financial sector. The collected data on the digital payments’ dynamic in the EU were analyzed with the use of statistical methods, including a correlation and regression analysis. Structured expert interviews were used to validate research findings and to highlight key issues of the digital transformation in the financial sector of Baltic countries. The authors have paid special attention to the sustainable development of the financial sector’s economic dimension and its efficiency indicators, such as financial inclusion and digital payments’ intensity. A social dimension is limited toward financial inclusion based on digital payments’ offering. The research results indicated recent trends in digital transformation and types of usage of digital technologies in the EU and Baltic countries to ensure the sustainable development of financial institutions. Furthermore, the results revealed a significant increase in the digital payments’ intensity during the last years in the EU, as well as a close relationship between digital payments with financial inclusion and operational efficiency of financial institutions. © 2022 by the authors.}, author = {I Mavlutova and A Spilbergs and A Verdenhofs and A Natrins and I Arefjevs and T Volkova}, doi = {10.3390/su15010207}, issue = {1}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 3}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Digital Transformation as a Driver of the Financial Sector Sustainable Development: An Impact on Financial Inclusion and Operational Efficiency}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145944099&doi=10.3390%2fsu15010207&partnerID=40&md5=483cfd5fa09555f7834d1f73bdb4f355}, year = {2023}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2023, author = {D Atstaja and N Savina and V Koval}, doi = {10.1088/1755-1315/1126/1/011001}, issue = {1}, booktitle = {IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {Institute of Physics}, title = {PREFACE}, volume = {1126}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85147341224&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f1126%2f1%2f011001&partnerID=40&md5=46ebd818a3592570db1387da0d581779}, year = {2023}, } @article{Mavlutova2022, abstract = {The latest studies reveal that the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed investors in developed economies to focus more on the value attached to environmental and social responsibilities. Unfortunately, socially responsible investment and compliance with environmental, social and governance criteria are not given enough priority in Latvia at present. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the willingness of Latvians to invest in assets that meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria and factors influencing investors’ choice based on their financial literacy. Different views on sustainable investments, socially responsible investments and the relevance of environmental, social and governance criteria from private investors’ perspectives were analyzed to identify factors influencing investment decisions in favour of sustainable investments. Quantitative analysis was carried out to reveal the regularities between financial literacy, the willingness to invest to meet the ESG criteria and the level of education and income of the Latvian population, as well as their savings/investment experience. Such statistical methods as descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing were applied to perform an analysis of the results. The authors’ findings include the importance of sustainable investing to Latvian society, changes of attitude towards ESG investing in different private investors’ groups under the COVID-19 crisis, and the effects of these changes on the financial well-being of the population and, on the basis of these findings, have come to the conclusion that the willingness to invest in the assets that follow environmental, social and governance criteria depends on the level of education, savings/investment experience and income level. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {I Mavlutova and A Fomins and A Spilbergs and D Atstaja and J Brizga}, doi = {10.3390/su14010339}, issue = {1}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 14}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Opportunities to increase financial well-being by investing in environmental, social and governance with respect to improving financial literacy under covid-19: The case of Latvia}, volume = {14}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121977621&doi=10.3390%2fsu14010339&partnerID=40&md5=6e07cee67525f6563bd37d4e8230c5e1}, year = {2022}, } @article{Rutitis2022, abstract = {The COVID‐19 pandemic has been one of the most unprecedented crises of recent decades with a global effect on society and the economy. It has triggered changes in the behavior and consumption patterns of both final consumer and industrial consumers. The consumption patterns of industrial consumers are also influenced by changes in consumer values, environmental regulations, and technological developments. One of the technological highlights of the last decade is biocomposite materials being increasingly used by the packaging industry. The pandemic has highlighted the problems and challenges of the development of biocomposites to adapt to new market conditions. This study aims to investigate the industrial consumption of biocomposite materials and the influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the main stages of the value chain of sustainable industrial consumption of biocomposites. The research results reveal there is a growing interest in the use of biocomposites. Suppliers and processors of raw materials are being encouraged to optimize and adapt cleaner production processes in the sustainable transition pathway. The study highlights the positive impact of COVID‐19 on the feedstock production, raw material processing, and packaging manufacturing stages of the value chain as well as the neutral impact on the product manufacturing stage and negative impact on the retail stage. The companies willing to move toward the sustainable industrial chain have to incorporate economic, environmental, social, stakeholder, volunteer, resilience, and long‐term directions within their strategies. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {D Rutitis and A Smoca and I Uvarova and J Brizga and D Atstaja and I Mavlutova}, doi = {10.3390/en15020466}, issue = {2}, journal = {Energies}, note = {cited By 9}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Sustainable Value Chain of Industrial Biocomposite Consumption: Influence of COVID‐19 and Consumer Behavior}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122503557&doi=10.3390%2fen15020466&partnerID=40&md5=90418f28c2f7b3ecc8ca4b6cca1a3096}, year = {2022}, } @article{Atstaja2022, abstract = {Circular economy offers opportunities to boost jobs and tackle climate change. The article reflects aspects of the impact on the environment through sectoral policies to support the circular economy because current business as usual model, based on the linear economy principle leads to a staggering inefficiency in nature resources are managed, with increased pollution, loss of ecosystems and substantial losses of value with each product disposed. This requires a change not only in consumer behaviour but even more on the resource extraction and material production side. The purpose of the research paper is to develop a decision-making matrix providing a step-by-step approach for the policymakers. © 2022, Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia. All rights reserved.}, author = {D Atstaja and N Cudecka-Purina and R Hrinchenko and V Koval and J Grasis and R Vesere}, doi = {10.32933/ActaInnovations.42.1}, issue = {42}, journal = {Acta Innovations}, note = {cited By 10}, pages = {5-14}, publisher = {Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia}, title = {ALIGNMENT OF CIRCULAR ECONOMY BUSINESS MODELS FOR FRAMING NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT}, volume = {2022}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126596079&doi=10.32933%2fActaInnovations.42.1&partnerID=40&md5=ddb4f1c96f259da429d580f097d2779a}, year = {2022}, } @article{Baah2022, abstract = {COVID-19 has deepened the vulnerability of millions of people. This has reinforced the need for stronger social protection systems globally. Literature on social protection have emphasized the role of government even though it is not the main provider of social protection in many parts of Africa. The aim of this research is to explore non-state social protection from different perspectives identified in literature. A critical literature review was conducted on literature selected from the Scopus database limited to the period 2010–2021, and the main non-state social protection providers are limited to Africa. The paper finds that private corporate entities are among the key non-state actors providing social protection in some low- and medium-income countries. Based on five perspectives identified in literature, this research explains the forms and characteristics of non-state social protection, with emphasis on Africa. The paper concludes that contrary to the realities of the western world, populations in Africa generally survive by some form of non-state social protection services. These are services provided by non-state actors such as private corporate entities as a part of creating shared value for the society. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {R Baah and T Volkova}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-94672-2_20}, journal = {Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {339-354}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}, title = {The Perspectives on Non-state Social Protection}, volume = {22}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85129655201&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-94672-2_20&partnerID=40&md5=77dc264e65c7124eaa9f68279b0c87f6}, year = {2022}, } @article{Ciekurs2022, abstract = {-The beginning of Covid 19 and the establishment of restrictions to curb the development of the pandemic on the territory of Latvia have led to the changing of the lives of the youth, including their physical exercise and study habits and practices. This article investigates the role of physical activities training for young males and females and their choice of teaching platforms by different genders. The study methodology encompasses critical examination of previous research conducted on Generation Z, gender differences and the significance of physical exercise and sports in for the youth combined with statistical evaluation and assessment of primary survey data. Compare with previous articles this article is constituted by its identification of the way in which gender differences influenced changes in physical activity and in which attitudes towards healthy lifestyles and physical activity changed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors of the study observed substantial differences between the answers of males and females about their health before and during the pandemic, with Independent Samples t-Test (p=0,03) and (p=0,025), which is likewise confirmed by the answers about the presence of depressive moods, which are more pronounced in females (p=0,004). In assessing the difference between males and females in the area of physical activities, differences were observed both before and during the pandemic (p=0,001) and (p=0,005), with females doing less physical activities than males both before and during the pandemic. To direct their physical activities, females are more likely to engage an instructor or attend training sessions via special platforms than males (p=0,001). In examining the most popular applications and platforms for teaching physical activities, no substantial difference was observed in their use between the two genders. © 2022, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {K Ciekurs and I Kravalis and A Ropa and I Mavlutova and J Hermanis}, doi = {10.37394/232015.2022.18.94}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {980-991}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Changing Teaching Methods under the COVID-19 Pandemic for Generation Z Physical Activities: Gender Differences}, volume = {18}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136777925&doi=10.37394%2f232015.2022.18.94&partnerID=40&md5=7882ab2b24ca0d9cb8665f32dffc747e}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2022, abstract = {Web-based idea management systems are used by a wide range of organisations across private, public and academical sector. Organisations like NASA, Samsung, Panasonic, Virgin trains, etc. have shared cases in the past that prove the results that can be achieved by using these systems. Researchers have discovered that even web-based idea management systems that provide similar functionalities can still have technological differences. Based on this, the researchers have created idea management system type classifications. Researchers have researched which of these types will provide greater idea quality, idea quantity and involvement. But there is a research gap - there is no research that tries to explore idea quality forecasting models for different web-based idea management system types. In this paper, the authors aim to close this research gap by conducting a global survey (n > 400) of companies that apply the web-based idea management system to create idea quality forecasting models for different web-based idea management system types. The contribution of this research is as follows - it provides a forecasting model to estimate the expected idea quality (ideas selected for implementation) based on the number of people involved and quantity of ideas generated by applying different web-based idea management system types. As a result, there is a positive effect in idea quality in all IMS types. By increasing the number of generated ideas by 1000, the number of selected ideas will increase by between 1 to 3 ideas across all IMS types. By reaching the involvement level of 1000 in Internal, External and Passive IMS, the number of selected ideas will increase by between 1 to 3 ideas, while an involvement of 10000 people in Mixed and Active IMS, the number of selected ideas will increase by between 1 to 2 ideas. The results highlight that idea quantity and involvement have a direct positive impact on the idea quality. © 2022 Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. All rights reserved.}, author = {E Mikelsone and A Spilbergs and J P Segers and T Volkova and E Liela}, doi = {10.22616/ERDev.2022.21.TF209}, booktitle = {Engineering for Rural Development}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {660-668}, publisher = {Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies}, title = {IDEA QUALITY FORECASTING MODELS FOR DIFFERENT WEB-BASED IDEA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TYPES}, volume = {21}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137112665&doi=10.22616%2fERDev.2022.21.TF209&partnerID=40&md5=5a88c7c561165f1fb8ef72379e52f6c0}, year = {2022}, } @article{Spilbergs2022, abstract = {The aim of the study is to identity the main factors that affect claims amount paid by insurers in case of road accidents and to predict losses from valid third-party liability insurance (MTPLI) policies until their expiration. Such an assessment is essential to adequately cover MTPLI policies and ensure the sustainable development of insurance companies. The geography of the study covers the MTPLI market of Europe in the main areas, but a deeper analysis of the impact of various factors, interactions, and interrelationships in MTPLI product is focused on Latvian market data due to availability of high-quality primary data. The research is based on the analysis of primary Latvian MTPLI policies data of more than 128,000 road traffic accidents that have occurred during the time period from 2014 till 2020. Risk driver selection was performed based on the existing scientific studies and correlation analysis of the sample set. Both linear and nonlinear forms of relationships were used for modelling. A multivariate modeling was used to identify significant risk factors and to quantify their impact on loss of incidents. Statistical stability of the models was tested using chi-squared, t-tests and p-values. Validation of models calibrated where done using prediction errors measurements: mean square error (MSE), root mean squared error (RMSE), and mean absolute error (MAE) assessment both within sample and out of sample technics. The results indicated that the driver’s behavior (penalties and Bonus-Malus) as well as vehicle parameters (weight and age), had significant impacts on crash losses. © International Journal of Production Management and Engineering.All rights reserved.}, author = {A Spilbergs and A Fomins and M Krastiņš}, doi = {10.11118/ejobsat.2022.002}, issue = {1}, journal = {European Journal of Business Science and Technology}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {5-18}, publisher = {Mendel University in Brno}, title = {MULTIVARIATE MODELLING OF MOTOR THIRD PARTY LIABILITY INSURANCE CLAIMS}, volume = {8}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137240570&doi=10.11118%2fejobsat.2022.002&partnerID=40&md5=fe6c29b92c01f921ed1d721c486ce3fa}, year = {2022}, } @article{Koval2022, abstract = {Purpose. To substantiate an alternative investment system that would meet the needs of the further development of the modern economy and at the same time solve the problem of combining the planned development of the economy with its market functioning. Methodology. The study is based on the methodology of modern postclassical science, represented primarily by synergy, the theory of complex systems and the theory of chaos, and tends to sharpen the opposition between equilibrium functioning and nonequilibrium development of complex systems. The use of analytical tools of the post-classical methodology for analyzing the potential opposite of the mechanism of functioning and the mechanism of development of the economy in the conditions of the transition to the socialist market economy. Findings. Theoretical substantiation of the possibility of combining opposite mechanisms of functioning and development in a single economic system in the transition to the socialist market economy. This study proposes a theoretical scheme for a new investment system that includes two levels as a closed cycle of circulation of systemic capital. At the top level, there is a systematically organized process of creating new enterprises. These enterprises are created with the aim of selling them and creating new enterprises in the respective market in order to increase competitive activity. Such an investment system is able to provide a deep technological modernization of the economy “from above” through the constant creation of more and more “green” and energy-saving enterprises. However, the creation of such an investment system requires special historical conditions, since its formation is historically inaccessible to either capitalism or socialism and the system can only be created under the conditions of the socialist market economy. Originality. The originality is associated with the substantiation of the hidden opposition of the mechanisms of functioning and development of the economy, as well as the formation of an investment system that includes two levels as a closed cycle of circulation of systemic capital in the conditions of the development of the socialist market economy. Practical value. The scientific contribution is associated with the ability to practically use the methods for forming a two-level investment system in a closed cycle of circulation of systemic capital. © Koval V., Hrymalyuk A., Atstaja D., Nesenenko P., Kovshun N., Masina L., 2022.}, author = {V Koval and A Hrymalyuk and D Atstaja and P Nesenenko and N Kovshun and L Masina}, doi = {10.33271/nvngu/2022-4/138}, issue = {4}, journal = {Naukovyi Visnyk Natsionalnoho Hirnychoho Universytetu}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {138-144}, publisher = {Natsional'nyi Hirnychyi Universytet}, title = {HYPOTHESIS OF A TWO-LEVEL INVESTMENT SYSTEM AND THE PROSPECTS FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIALIST MARKET ECONOMY [Гіпотеза дворівневої інвестиційної системи та перспективи розвитку соціалістичної ринкової економіки]}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137671495&doi=10.33271%2fnvngu%2f2022-4%2f138&partnerID=40&md5=bbc2926785c8da9685e86d999cdb978f}, year = {2022}, } @article{Lesinskis2022, abstract = {-This study aims to analyse the entrepreneurial intentions of students comparing Latvia and other Central and Eastern European countries. The investigation examines the impact of factors of micro and macro level as well as entrepreneurial education. The paper contains both qualitative and quantitative analysis including inferential and descriptive statistics to analyse the deviations inside the sample of 680 respondents from Latvia and other Eastern European countries. The results reveal several statistically significant differences between students from Latvia and other countries. Latvians emphasize seeking independence as a highly important motivational factor while valuing lower formal education, business training and business experience as the factors contributing to the success in entrepreneur-ship. Students from Latvia consider the regulatory framework for doing business to be a bigger obstacle to doing business than in other Central and Eastern European countries. This paper contributes to previous studies on entrepreneurial intentions in different geographical areas of Central and Eastern European countries where this type of research is lacking. Through identification of factors that impact entrepreneurial education, micro and macro factors influencing career decisions and intentions of young people it will be possible to improve systems of education and government policies to increase the efficiency of entrepreneurial education and to encourage entrepreneurship as a career choice. © 2022, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {K Lesinskis and L Carvalho and I Mavlutova and R Dias}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2022.19.147}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {1633-1642}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Comparative Analysis of Students’ Entrepreneurial Intentions in Latvia and Other CEE Countries}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139847008&doi=10.37394%2f23207.2022.19.147&partnerID=40&md5=48d0efc4fdf89b04e37cc98c6b70f279}, year = {2022}, } @article{Uvarova2022, abstract = {The multi-stakeholder collaboration is one of enablers for circular business models (CBMs), involving various actors – the industry, academia, government and society or communities in the transdisciplinary setting. However, there is lack of approaches for sharing responsibilities and ownership in the circular value. The aim of this paper is to investigate existing concepts of collaborative approaches within CBMs, investigating following research questions: (1) What is the collaboration framework within CBMs, (2) What are enabling factors for collaborative CBMs, (3) How the collaboration is perceived within the tyre recycling CBMs. Findings reveal that the collaboration requires changes in the perception of the societal role in CBMs and the circular value chain. This research contributes to CBM theoretical concepts and practices. This study identifies dilemmas and the future research agenda related to the ownership of the shared circular value and the collaboration engagement. Copyright © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.}, author = {I Uvarova and D Atstaja}, doi = {10.1504/IJGE.2022.125556}, issue = {1}, journal = {International Journal of Green Economics}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {76-100}, publisher = {Inderscience Publishers}, title = {Collaborative circular business models in the tyre recycling}, volume = {16}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85140849143&doi=10.1504%2fIJGE.2022.125556&partnerID=40&md5=ffbbfb05ffa32118682d7f1d6cbdcd9c}, year = {2022}, } @article{Atstaja2022, abstract = {Changing business models is a topical issue in a pandemic. Recent research has shown that the search for environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions in various sectors has become relevant. The article aims to promote cooperation and adaptation of good practices between countries. Comparing the country’s history and economic situation and economic development and traditions can be seen as a precondition for success. The article examines the introduction of sharing economy and the creation of environment‐friendly trends establishing a circular economy by minimizing the population’s expenses, online business growth, and accessibility of Internet technologies. The article explores the difference between the linear economic model and the circular model by adopting sharing and the efficient joint use of materials to enhance and assess sustainable development. Based on a combination of theoretical and practical research, the article explores the dynamic system and development model of sharing a circular economy. The new concept of circular economy does not promote the overproduction of new goods but the rational use of already produced ones, which significantly reduces the amount of waste generated at all stages of the product life cycle. Population groups by different income groups for sharing services are analysed. An analysis of the price characteristics of popular sharing products was used from data from Internet portals. One concludes that due to the increase in Internet users, especially mobile apps, and social networks, C2C sharing has become quite popular over the past years. Other areas also show positive development indicators but have less demand, affecting supply. Based on an in‐depth study of the economic situation in Ukraine, the authors have critically chosen an industry to set as an example with the actual business situation. Therefore, three packages were created: pessimistic, standard and optimistic ones with different characteristics of implementing circular economic projects. The chosen method allows rational management decisions for attracting financing and sustainable solutions. The company’s business scenarios analysed in the article will allow to choose a system based on circular economy principles successfully. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {D Atstaja and V Koval and J Grasis and I Kalina and H Kryshtal and I Mikhno}, doi = {10.3390/en15030939}, issue = {3}, journal = {Energies}, note = {cited By 18}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Sharing Model in Circular Economy towards Rational Use in Sustainable Production}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85123535983&doi=10.3390%2fen15030939&partnerID=40&md5=3f4877cd08bd4e80e05a7c262e958d55}, year = {2022}, } @article{, abstract = {Circular economy is a tool based on the inclusion of environmental, social, and governance performance (ESG) in decision-making to achieve sustainable development goals (SDG). In recent years, it has become clear that business-as-usual has nothing to do with sustainability, and alternative business models, primarily on technological grounds, must be implemented to mitigate the damage caused by significant and unpredictable effects of climate change. The current situation requires unprecedented and urgent changes to policies and business development models. The current research aimed to target on industrial symbiosis as one of the business models of the circular economy. It evaluated the benefits of symbiosis and the fostering of cooperation between industries and, consequently, has a major impact on resource efficiency ratios. The research is based on quantitative and qualitative research methods, including a literature review, assessment, and application of the triangulation method. As a result of this research, the authors realized a matrix for the development of regional or cross-country industrial symbiosis that can be used by policymakers to foster the development of symbiotic interconnections on a wide scale. The authors also recommend the development of the Baltic University Program (BUP) network center of excellence and methodological justification for industries to engage in industrial symbiosis (IS). © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {N Cudečka-Puriņa and D Atstāja and V Koval and M Purviņš and P Nesenenko and O Tkach}, doi = {10.3390/en15114072}, issue = {11}, journal = {Energies}, note = {cited By 7}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals through the Implementation of Circular Economy and Developing Regional Cooperation}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132021947&doi=10.3390%2fen15114072&partnerID=40&md5=0e3cf0b8e3074426c16e9d415223f9af}, year = {2022}, } @article{Cirule2022, abstract = {Business incubators ensure networking and facilitate Open Innovation (OI) collaborations both inside the incubator among entrepreneurs and outside with external stakeholders. Recently, the sustainability and the promotion of environment-friendly businesses has become an important focus for the business incubators. Sustainability-oriented business incubation is a relatively new and emerging topic both for scholars and BI practitioners. This paper aims to explore the theoretical groundings for the business incubation perspectives in facilitating sustainable value creation through OI approaches and to test research instruments exploring determinants of the technology-driven sustainable value creation in incubated start-ups in Latvia. Through the pilot survey, this study will also increase the awareness on the importance of the OI and the creation of sustainable value, and provides the preliminary results to be considered by scholars and practitioners. Results show that climate change, as a planetary boundary, positively stimulates incubated start-ups to improve their technology-driven sustainable value creation. However, sustainability ambition, if negatively influenced by the incubator location, negatively affects the technology-driven sustainable value creation. These results on the sustainability scale within the business incubation of start-ups contribute to the new theoretical concepts, related to integration of the sustainability issues and OI practices within business incubation. © 2022 by the authors.}, author = {I Cirule and I Uvarova}, doi = {10.3390/joitmc8030162}, issue = {3}, journal = {Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity}, note = {cited By 5}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Open Innovation and Determinants of Technology-Driven Sustainable Value Creation in Incubated Start-Ups}, volume = {8}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85138694551&doi=10.3390%2fjoitmc8030162&partnerID=40&md5=c15d6c7194241a7edfdc023c33f56f5e}, year = {2022}, } @article{Mikelsone2022, abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to create and test an idea management sequence framework to reinvent or redefine the value proposition. Idea management with sequencing activities must be considered as a systematic managerial process and should not be confused with the occasional result of an individual with a design thinking mindset. This paper suggests a new approach—a systematic, 4-step idea management sequence to redefine or reinvent value proposition in a business model, which was validated through an action-based research method involving 20 managers from practice by applying the proposed framework. Based on the idea management approach, authors describe the idea generation and evaluation processes and their possible moderation elements. This research contributes to previous studies of the design thinking and innovation by substantiating a concept of the idea management sequencing and proposing a new 4-step approach that can be applied by organisations to redefine or reinvent value proposition in their business models. Being influenced by pandemic restrictions and the full or partial remote workforce, the 4-step idea management approach is beneficial for virtual group sessions as it increases the quality of outcomes, engagement of individuals, collaborative openness, and confidence. © 2022, The Author(s).}, author = {E Mikelsone and I Uvarova and J.-P. Segers}, doi = {10.1186/s13731-022-00236-1}, issue = {1}, journal = {Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH}, title = {Four-step approach to idea management sequencing: redefining or reinventing values in a business model}, volume = {11}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139180761&doi=10.1186%2fs13731-022-00236-1&partnerID=40&md5=e99b08a0df87552ff51d28c52ca71fed}, year = {2022}, } @inproceedings{Mikhno2023, abstract = {The disposal of construction waste, the amount of which is constantly growing due to hostilities in Ukraine and outdated housing stock that has lost its consumer properties is an acute problem. The study proposes adopting the circular economy and the principles of improving the security and environmental situation in Ukraine to restore the country's potential. The article analyzes the main stages and processes of construction waste disposal, taking into account their fractional recycling and reuse in the reconstruction of settlements, which is based on the rational use of resources and innovations and will reduce the cost of restoring destroyed settlement areas. Efficient construction is possible only if environmental and economic indicators are improved, the level of safety and manufacturability are improved. A methodology for assessing the effectiveness of future construction has been developed and recommendations for its improvement have been given. © 2023 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Mikhno and N Ihnatenko and O Cherniaiev and V Vynogradnya and D Atstaja and V Koval}, doi = {10.1088/1755-1315/1126/1/012003}, issue = {1}, booktitle = {IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {Institute of Physics}, title = {Construction waste recycling in the circular economy model}, volume = {1126}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85147384687&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f1126%2f1%2f012003&partnerID=40&md5=eab418b06bedf459683a1a68ac3b3c7b}, year = {2023}, } @article{, abstract = {Research examining the drivers and barriers of implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs) in national innovation ecosystems (NIEs) is scarce. This study proposes a framework of drivers and barriers to NIEs for SDGs implementation used in the Latvian context. An exploratory qualitative approach based on the Latvian case study is used to generate in-depth information on the drivers and barriers of NIEs for implementing SDGs. Our results show that at the NIE level, drivers for actors and institutions, such as legislative compliance, eco-innovations, cross-sector cooperation, and talent pools, are hindered by some barriers, such as lack of networking skills, institutional voids, totalitarian power, and academic rigidity. Despite attempts at technological convergence that facilitated distance learning, remote work, and telehealth solutions during the pandemic, the lack of collaborative platforms hinders the development of artifacts. Sustainable innovation is hindered by a lack of resources and openness that also blocks open innovation. Beyond coevolution and co-specialization initiatives, friction between the public and private sectors hinders complementary and substitute relations. Our results provide a systemic and holistic NIE tool to analyze the drivers and barriers of the SDGs. IEEE}, author = {S Grama-Vigouroux and S Saidi and I Uvarova and I Cirule and M Sellami}, doi = {10.1109/TEM.2022.3233859}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {4188-4204}, publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}, title = {Drivers and Barriers of National Innovation Ecosystems for Implementing Sustainable Development Goals: A Latvian Case Study}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85149388754&doi=10.1109%2fTEM.2022.3233859&partnerID=40&md5=112beb79e146ed69734a74ba992ac78f}, year = {2024}, } @article{Spilbergs2023, abstract = {Digitalization of financial services is one of the biggest challenges of the last decade, both in the EU and globally. The rapid development of digital technologies undoubtedly creates a favourable environment for significant progress in the financial sector, moreover, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the pandemic have served as additional catalysts. However, several aspects on the way to financial services digitainability are still insufficiently explored. Considering the latest trends in the financial sector and advances in digital transformation, this study aims to identify the key drivers for the implementation of digital financial services and initiatives that managers should pursue to effectively transform business processes. The methodological base of the research consists of an extensive analysis of current publications in such areas as digital transformation, sustainable development, digital financial services, etc. The article investigates two aspects of financial sustainability: financial inclusion and operational efficiency of financial institutions, based on Eurostat data on financial services provided in the EU during 2011 - 2021, the Digital Economy and Society Index variables, and European Central Bank data on operational expenses. Correlation and regression analysis methods are used to study the relationships between variables under investigation, as well as statistical tests to acquire necessary evidence for statistical inferences about the proposed hypotheses. The results of the study provide the possibility to judge current trends in the use of digital financial services in the EU countries, determine the main drivers of sustainable digital financial services, as well as to observe the benefits of digital transformation in the financial sector. © 2023, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {A Spilbergs}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2023.20.128}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {1448-1462}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Financial Services Digitainability: Financial Inclusion and Efficiency in EU Countries}, volume = {20}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85165249084&doi=10.37394%2f23207.2023.20.128&partnerID=40&md5=a9b1bd602715f18c70d1e07020556af6}, year = {2023}, } @article{Tirado2023, abstract = {Strategic management accounting is the last stage of evolution in management accounting, seeking to contribute strategic information to support strategic decision-making and strategic management; this information is obtained from the application of several strategic management accounting techniques for collecting superior information. This paper aims to determine the role of strategic management accounting in the financial performance of low-cost airlines, seeking to encourage its adoption, implementation, and use for these types of companies. It relies on a literature review regarding strategic management accounting and the airline industry, especially with documents obtained from Scopus and Web of Science. Besides, a questionnaire was applied to experts in this industry, along with the application of a spline regression model for data analysis. The study revealed that the contribution of strategic management accounting in the financial performance of the analyzed low-cost airlines is influenced by decision-making and decision-implementation processes, management accountants who provide external, non-financial, and forward-looking information are the main actors in the adoption, implementation, and the use of strategic management accounting in the analyzed low-cost airlines. © 2023, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {J S Tirado and I Mavlutova}, doi = {10.37394/232015.2023.19.74}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {786-797}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {The Impact of Strategic Management Accounting on The Financial Performance of Low-Cost Airlines}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85167345966&doi=10.37394%2f232015.2023.19.74&partnerID=40&md5=ebab64bdb02ed9836a0b626c2a9eae97}, year = {2023}, } @article{Kuzmina2023, abstract = {The world is facing several challenges, and the problem of sustainable development is one of the most important. It is worth considering that European countries are playing a significant role as pioneers in building a sustainable world, such as those promises made by signing the Paris Agreement and European Taxonomy. To achieve ambitious targets within sustainable development, a huge amount of capital is necessary, while financial and capital market participants are expected to demonstrate a high level of engagement in the domain of sustainability. Facing growing interest and demand, a relatively new product—the ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investment fund—was introduced. Scientific literature is providing some controversial views regarding the overall evaluation of this product. Therefore, additional research providing different angles would contribute to a better understanding. This study examines European ESG funds in the energy sector, from the perspective of news flows and investors. It is worth noting that the authors use the word “European” to refer to members of the European Union (EU). The paper consists of the following parts. In the introduction, the current state of this issue is discussed. The following section offers a literature review and a news flow analysis that contributes to a deeper understanding of these issues. A description of the methodology applied for the data analysis follows this, and the final section presents the research results and conclusions. The authors apply statistical analysis and the Carhart model to determine the differences in the performance of the ESG and conventional funds and use their own tool for text analysis to examine the relevance of the topic of ESG to attract client interest. The authors claim that the performance of the European ESG equity funds do not show a statistically significant difference from the non-ESG equity funds in the majority of the periods examined. The application of the adjusted Carhart model demonstrates that the factor of sustainability has a non-significant and negative effect on the fund performance. Finally, the authors highlight the urgent necessity for the unified usage of keywords and terminology, such as “ESG”, “sustainability”, etc., to ensure comparison and attribution possibilities. © 2023 by the authors.}, author = {J Kuzmina and D Atstaja and M Purvins and G Baakashvili and V Chkareuli}, doi = {10.3390/su15032716}, issue = {3}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 2}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {In Search of Sustainability and Financial Returns: The Case of ESG Energy Funds}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85148009593&doi=10.3390%2fsu15032716&partnerID=40&md5=5c13205e53bf0e4be7e00a95aa39f528}, year = {2023}, } @inproceedings{Busa2023, abstract = {Recruitment of desired employees in Latvia becomes increasingly challenging. Besides negative demography signals, competition between employers for talent is part of the tight job market. All of this and more is challenging for the businesses to effectively attract employees. Employer branding and recruitment marketing are widely known approaches used by businesses to fulfil their needs and speed up application quantities as well as promote employer attractiveness. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research discussing what effects external HR marketing brings to the labour market. The main task of this study is to analyse the recruitment marketing impact and determine how should recruitment marketing be evaluated. To achieve the goal, a literature review was performed and quantitative data from a survey were collected. The review of existing literature reflects the main factors that should be considered when evaluating recruitment. Additionally, attitudes shared by job seekers regarding recruitment marketing and expectations from employers were collected. The results of the survey showed that the recruitment marketing message can cause bias and encourages individuals to make biased decisions. This research provides a base for future studies by raising several questions - e.g., if the impact of recruitment marketing rises efficiency in the long term and if biases could be beneficial from a brand and an employee perspective, or they become less beneficial. Additionally, no research has considered whether the bias is increasing recruitment sustainability. Further research should be done to understand in what cases employer brand does not bring value to organizational image. © 2023 Ilze Busa, Didzis Rutitis. Published by Rezekne Academy of Technologies.}, author = {I Busa and D Rutitis}, doi = {10.17770/etr2023vol1.7233}, booktitle = {Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {33-37}, publisher = {Rezekne Higher Education Institution}, title = {Employer reputation building - a managerial challenge in HR marketing}, volume = {1}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85171324878&doi=10.17770%2fetr2023vol1.7233&partnerID=40&md5=7296e6c4a1e30e96a99f20f50999e095}, year = {2023}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2023, abstract = {The educational process has changed; many more technologies and solutions are involved in preparing the subject and the study process. A degree of maturity in using digital tools has been reached, allowing the student to learn the subject whenever and wherever he or she wishes. The experience gained in the USA shows that in the case of successful development of an asynchronous course, in combination with really extended feedback, even content-compliant courses can be acquired in this way very successfully. The purpose of the article is to show a success story of developing a modern e-learning course, modernizing and digitizing their study courses. A complete cycle of "learn by doing"and "do by learning"approaches are being implemented for the first time. By support Erasmus+ project is developing an innovative, asynchronous online course on the topic of Circular Economy and will to improve teachers' digital pedagogical competencies by enabling them to provide a high-quality learning process. At all levels of education, it is essential to keep up with the requirements of the 21st Century and opportunities, to change previous thinking and accept digitization is the duty, mission and task of every teacher, student and administrator. © 2023 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved.}, author = {D Atstaja and M Purvianš and J Butkevičs and I Uvarova and N Cudečka-Puriana}, doi = {10.1051/e3sconf/202337105025}, editor = {Khasanov S Muratov A.}, booktitle = {E3S Web of Conferences}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, title = {Developing E-learning course "Circular Economy" in the Study process and Adult Education}, volume = {371}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85149635952&doi=10.1051%2fe3sconf%2f202337105025&partnerID=40&md5=1620095af88358c240b5d0c69ce3bc42}, year = {2023}, } @article{, abstract = {This paper introduces the KABADA (Knowledge Alliance of Business Idea Assessment: Digital Approach) tool, together with the opinions of young people about entrepreneurship, their skills, and their experience with this tool. The focus is on non-business students who study natural sciences, engineering, and other areas at the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. The KABADA tool has been developed and tested by a team of international experts. It can be used by a wide audience, including forester management specialists. This structured, web-based platform is based on theoretical research, relevant statistics, and artificial intelligence insights. It guides entrepreneurs through business idea assessment including challenges and opportunities. The research included survey answers from 60 university students before and after using the KABADA tool. The results show that students are interested in entrepreneurship but do not have the knowledge or experience, or support from the curriculum. The majority of the students had no or very low experience with entrepreneurship, no entrepreneurship training, and had not studied entrepreneurship. After using the tool, students declared that they had a higher knowledge of entrepreneurship and the number of students who intended to become an entrepreneur increased. The tool is available online, free of charge. © 2023 by the authors.}, author = {E A Pavlíková and J Meňházová and K Lešinskis}, doi = {10.3390/f14030513}, issue = {3}, journal = {Forests}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Digital Approach to Successful Business Plans in Forestry and Related Fields}, volume = {14}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85152400515&doi=10.3390%2ff14030513&partnerID=40&md5=c554e97e807bcfe32bca5ac1349ed6f8}, year = {2023}, } @article{Mavlutova2023, abstract = {In order to create a sustainable future for the urban environment in s=Smart cities, it is necessary to develop a concept of urban transport, partially reduce the use of traditional transport, primarily cars, as well as the environmental pressure on society, which is essential to move to a sustainable urban future. In the latest discussions on the future of the urban transport system, the quality of the environment, and the possibility of its improvement are discussed, this issue became especially relevant with the onset of the pandemic, when the lockdowns were introduced. The problem of sustainable transport in urban areas has been recognized in academic studies, searching for appropriate models and solutions. The article presents the latest literature review and illustrates the newest trends with several examples. VOS Viewer software has been used to classify the different keywords, according to their co-citation, following clustering techniques. By analyzing the research conducted by other researchers, it has been possible to structure the ecosystem and trends in the Urban Transportation Concept, also mentioning likely future trends. Based on the literature analysis of the Sustainable Urban Transport, the authors of the study found that a large group of researchers deal with technical solutions and innovative business models, while the essential behavioral aspects are examined in less detail. Extensive literature analysis allowed the authors to select several solutions to achieve the transformation towards sustainable transportation in urban areas: new vehicle technologies and their environmental factors’ analysis, geographic information systems, the analytic hierarchy process method, the time series analysis of road traffic accidents using multiplicative models, electrification and use of Friedman Analysis of Variance by Ranks, as well as innovations in sharing mobility. © 2023 by the authors.}, author = {I Mavlutova and D Atstaja and J Grasis and J Kuzmina and I Uvarova and D Roga}, doi = {10.3390/en16083585}, issue = {8}, journal = {Energies}, note = {cited By 1}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Urban Transportation Concept and Sustainable Urban Mobility in Smart Cities: A Review}, volume = {16}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85156142345&doi=10.3390%2fen16083585&partnerID=40&md5=bf74f8b0f67729c3cd27127da4941014}, year = {2023}, } @article{Titko2023, abstract = {Sustainable economic development is driven by sustainable entrepreneurial activities, generated by the personal attitudes of entrepreneurs. The present and future of sustainable entrepreneurship are shaped by the youth, including students, which is why it is important to understand their attitudes towards this type of entrepreneurship. Therefore, the key goal of the research is to evaluate the attitudes and behaviours of the youth towards sustainability issues and sustainable entrepreneurship. The current article reflects the results of the second research stage and aims at evaluating attitudes towards sustainable entrepreneurship among Latvian and Lithuanian students. The results reveal that gender/age affect personal environmental attitudes, however gender/age has no effect on personal willingness to start a sustainable business. The analysis results of the personal attitudes to sustainable entrepreneurship differ by age and gender. Gender has no effect and age strongly affects personal attitudes to sustainable development. © 2023 Jelena Titko et al.}, author = {J Titko and T Tambovceva and D Atstāja and I Lapinskaitė and M Z Solesvik and A Svirina and K Uzule}, doi = {10.2478/bjes-2023-0006}, issue = {1}, journal = {TalTech Journal of European Studies}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {107-132}, publisher = {De Gruyter Open Ltd}, title = {Attitudes Towards Sustainable Entrepreneurship among Students: A Pilot Study in Latvia and Lithuania}, volume = {13}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85160762036&doi=10.2478%2fbjes-2023-0006&partnerID=40&md5=92dbce88c79042d6206dc60b9db725c7}, year = {2023}, } @article{Lesinskis2023, abstract = {This paper aims to investigate the impact of using the business planning digital tool KABADA in a study process on entrepreneurial intentions in Generation Z, based on the study conducted in selected Central and Eastern European countries and Southern European countries. The authors developed a literature review on digital transformation and digital tools in entrepreneurship education and their role in increasing entrepreneurial intentions in the context of sustainability. In the empirical part, the authors conducted a quasi-experiment, tested the digital entrepreneurship education tool KABADA among students with the analysis of sequentially obtained statistical data, using descriptive statistics, statistical tests of eight hypotheses, as well as the effect size test. The study reveals a mostly positive effect of the digital tool KABADA on the entrepreneurial intention of Generation Z, thus confirming the effectiveness of digitalization-based entrepreneurial education in promoting entrepreneurial intention. However, this effect is not statistically significant for some components forming intention, as proven by hypothesis testing. The study contributes to the role of the digital transformation of entrepreneurial education and the use of digital tools with built-in artificial intelligence algorithms in improving the effectiveness of education in terms of raising entrepreneurial intentions. © 2023 by the authors.}, author = {K Lesinskis and I Mavlutova and A Spilbergs and J Hermanis}, doi = {10.3390/su151310135}, issue = {13}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)}, title = {Digital Transformation in Entrepreneurship Education: The Use of a Digital Tool KABADA and Entrepreneurial Intention of Generation Z}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85164973577&doi=10.3390%2fsu151310135&partnerID=40&md5=d902a69fae5dd433a32aef3317965536}, year = {2023}, } @article{Uvarova2023, abstract = {The circular economy is one of the recent concepts promoted as the pathway for further green and sustainable development, yet entrepreneurs and managers lack the knowledge on implementing circular economy principles. Assuming the multi-dimensional and systemic character of the circular economy, this article provides a road map of 60R circular economy principles that can be adopted in any company to create a positive economic, environmental, and social impact. This set of circular economy principles allows the existing performance of companies within environmental regeneration to be assessed, and identifies possible improvements to business circularity. Identifying additional “R" principles could lead to increased synergy or complementarity between them. These 60R circular economy principles are classified in four groups - reduce, reuse, recycle and reverse logistics. The proposed list of CE principles provides a useful framework for business managers to structure potential tasks and develop strategies for CE implementation and serve as a roadmap for researchers to extend existing research on CE principles. This study is based on the systematic literature review critically examining 148 articles and providing a comprehensive and profound overview of circular economy principles to be considered by business practitioners and entrepreneurs. Previously, CE principles are researched in environmental sciences, engineering, and energy. This article contributes to the existing knowledge gap and builds new knowledge on the discipline of business management, as publications in these fields are scarce. The study highlights the significance of reverse logistics and calls for extensive research on how companies can incorporate material or product returns into their business models or strategies, which is a critical research question for future studies. © 2023 The Author(s)}, author = {I Uvarova and D Atstaja and T Volkova and J Grasis and I Ozolina-Ozola}, doi = {10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137189}, journal = {Journal of Cleaner Production}, note = {cited By 0}, publisher = {Elsevier Ltd}, title = {The typology of 60R circular economy principles and strategic orientation of their application in business}, volume = {409}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85153374795&doi=10.1016%2fj.jclepro.2023.137189&partnerID=40&md5=ae60b94941f04bdf60da92fb9605ab21}, year = {2023}, } @inbook{Korsaka2021, author = {T Korsaka}, city = {Riga}, editor = {D Atstaja and V Koval}, isbn = {978-9984-746-25-8}, journal = {Knowledge Management Competence for Achieving Competitive Advantage of Professional Growth and Development}, pages = {435-451}, publisher = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Sources of funding as support for development of Latvia’s regions}, year = {2021}, } @inbook{Civca2021, author = {D Civca and D Atstaja and V Koval}, city = {Riga}, editor = {D Atstaja and V Koval}, isbn = {978-9984-746-25-8}, journal = {Knowledge Management Competence for Achieving Competitive Advantage of Professional Growth and Development}, pages = {341-365}, publisher = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Business continuity plan testing methods in an international company}, year = {2021}, } @article{, author = {E Miķelsone}, city = {Rīga}, isbn = {9789934864841}, institution = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Ideju vadības sistēmu izmantošanas veidu ietekme uz ideju vadības rezultātiem uzņēmumos}, year = {2020}, } @inbook{Kuzmina2021, author = {J Kuzmina}, city = {Riga}, editor = {D Atstaja and V Koval}, isbn = {978-9984-746-25-8}, journal = {Knowledge Management Competence for Achieving Competitive Advantage of Professional Growth and Development}, pages = {51-69}, publisher = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Measuring financial health of Latvian private higher education institutions}, year = {2021}, } @inbook{Atstaja2021, author = {D Atstaja and N Cudecka-Purina and R Vesere}, city = {Riga}, editor = {D Atstaja and V Koval}, isbn = {978-9984-746-25-8}, journal = {Knowledge Management Competence for Achieving Competitive Advantage of Professional Growth and Development}, pages = {38-50}, publisher = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Influence of COVID-19 on Waste Management and Circular Economy}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Korsaka2020, author = {Tereza Korsaka and Gunta Grinberga-Zalite}, doi = {10.22616/ESRD.2020.53.022}, booktitle = {Economic Science for Rural Development 2020}, month = {6}, pages = {192-200}, title = {Theoretical characteristics of using leverage instruments in the context of rural entrepreneurship}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Tereza2020, author = {Korsaka Tereza and Gunta Grinberga Zalite}, doi = {10.5593/sws.iscss.2020.7.1/s03.12}, booktitle = {7th SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences ISCSS 2020}, month = {9}, pages = {93-102}, title = {Business Lending for Latvia Regional Developement: The Role of Regulatory Enachments}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Polovko2020, author = {Svetlana Polovko and Gunta Grinberga Zalite and Tereza Korsaka and Ilze Prizevoite and Ali Awan}, doi = {10.5593/sws.iscss.2020.7.1/s04.25}, booktitle = {7th SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences ISCSS 2020 proceedings}, month = {9}, pages = {209-216}, title = {Entrepreneurial Eco-systems and Social Entreperneurship as an Agent of Regional Developement: Case of Latvia}, year = {2020}, } @article{Muizniece2021, author = {Lauma Muizniece}, doi = {10.1007/s13132-020-00681-x}, issn = {1868-7865}, issue = {3}, journal = {Journal of the Knowledge Economy}, month = {9}, pages = {1494-1516}, title = {University Autonomy and Commercialization of Publicly Funded Research: the Case of Latvia}, volume = {12}, year = {2021}, } @inbook{, author = {T Volkova. and E Miķelsone and A Spilbergs and E Liela and J Frisfelds}, city = {Sofia}, isbn = {978-954-8590-85-3}, journal = {New trends in the economic systems management in the context of modern global challenges}, pages = {254-267}, publisher = {VUZF Publishing House}, title = {Idea Managements Systems Application Framework in Companies}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{, author = {Uvarova I and Atstaja D and Abele L and Erdmanis M}, city = {Gdansk}, booktitle = {ХVI-th International Youth Scientific and Environmental Forum of Baltic Region Countries “ECOBALTICA”}, month = {10}, title = {Solutions and perspectives of circular business models in the tyre recycling – the case of Latvia}, year = {2019}, } @article{Behmane2021, author = {Daiga Behmane and Didzis Rutitis and Vita Savicka}, doi = {10.15181/rfds.v29i3.1990}, issn = {2029-9370}, journal = {Regional Formation and Development Studies}, month = {1}, pages = {5-20}, title = {An Evaluation of Health Care Service Provider Websites in Latvia – a Medical Tourism Perspective}, year = {2021}, } @article{, author = {Inese Mavļutova and Māris Krastiņš and Jānis Hermanis and Kristaps Lešinskis}, doi = {10.36708/Littera_Scripta2019/2/5}, issn = {18059112}, journal = {Littera Scripta}, month = {1}, title = {Student-centered methods in entrepreneurship education to increase entrepreneurial intentions of students}, year = {2020}, } @inbook{Ketners2020, author = {K Ketners}, city = {Vienna}, journal = {Controlled Foreign Company Legislation}, pages = {405-418}, publisher = {WU Vienna University of Economics and Business}, title = {Controlled Foreign Company Legislation in Latvia}, volume = {17}, year = {2020}, } @book{, author = {A Ģēģere-Zetterstroma and S Ozoliņa and L Kalniņa and A Stonāne and G Zapletņuka}, city = {Rīga}, publisher = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Palīglīdzeklis svešvalodu kursu apguvei. Profesionālās komunikācijas pamatjēdzieni/terminoloģija. Grāmatvedība un nodokļi. Accounting.}, year = {2020}, } @book{, author = {N Cudecka-Purina and D Atstaja}, city = {Reading}, isbn = {978-1-913354-03-9}, publisher = {The Green Economics Institute}, title = {Landfill transition towards circular economy, case of Latvia}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2019, author = {D Atstaja and N Cudecka-Purina}, city = {Dubrovnik}, booktitle = { Proceedings of International Academic Conferences}, pages = {9-20}, publisher = {International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences}, title = {Transition towards circular economy – is monopoly in waste management a solution?}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2019, author = {Dzintra Atstaja}, doi = {10.20472/IAC.2019.049.002}, isbn = {9788087927762}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 49th International Academic Conference, Dubrovnik}, publisher = {International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences}, title = {Acquiring “green” competencies in the study process}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2020, author = {I Uvarova and D Atstaja}, city = {Melbourne}, editor = {B.F Giannetti and C.M.V.B Almeida and F Agostinho}, booktitle = {Advances in Cleaner Production, Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop}, month = {5}, title = {New paradigms of collaborative circular business models and a circular network}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2020, author = {I Uvarova and D Atstaja}, city = {Prague}, booktitle = {13th Economics & Finance Virtual Conference}, month = {9}, publisher = {Prague University of Economics and Business}, title = {Collaborative endeavor and circular business model innovations – enablers of competitive advantages and sustainability in tyre recycling}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2020, author = {I Uvarova}, city = {Riga}, booktitle = {The 13-th Annual Scientific Baltic Business Management Conference ASBBMC 2020 “BUSINESS AND FINANCE: MULTI-PERSPECTIVES OF THE DIGITAL AGE”}, month = {1}, publisher = {Banku augstskola}, title = {Contemporary discourse and future research agenda of circular business models}, year = {2020}, } @article{Spilbergs2020, author = {A Spilbergs}, doi = {10.33423/jaf.v20i8.3951}, issn = {2158-3625}, issue = {8}, journal = {Journal of Accounting and Finance}, month = {12}, title = {Non-Performing Loans Ratio Measurement and Determinants Assessment}, volume = {20}, year = {2020}, } @article{Muizniece2020, author = {L Muizniece}, city = {Tallinn}, isbn = {978-9949-83-721-2}, institution = {Tallinn University of Technology}, title = {Small States and Knowledge Governance: the Case of Latvia}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2020, author = {E Mikelsone and J.P Segers and T Volkova and A Spilbergs and E Lielā and A Barrell and J Mitra}, booktitle = {Conference: Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship}, month = {10}, publisher = {Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship}, title = {Idea Management System Application Types Impact on its Results}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2020, author = {E Mikelsone and I Cirule and I Uvarova}, city = {Melbourne}, issn = {1984-8455}, booktitle = {Advances in Cleaner Production, Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop}, month = {5}, title = {Open Innovation Diffusion for Sustainable Business Models: Enablers and Barriers}, year = {2020}, } @article{Behmane2020, abstract = {

The study evaluates foreign patients' experience and satisfaction in relation to the health care received in Latvia. By applying the gap model of service evaluation, the study reveals the difference between expected and received service outcome in Latvia, and draws conclusions about the importance of individual and patient experience factors related to the overall patient satisfaction. The study concludes that in all groups of factors matrix proposed in the study: (1) general travel or destination factors; (2) communication factors; (3) factors related to the choice of service and (4) factors related to the choice of health care institution, patients evaluated the perceived health care outcome higher than the expected outcome. The results of the study lead to the conclusion that there is a significant gap in foreign patients' knowledge regarding the possibilities of receiving a high-level health care service in Latvia. The results also reveal the most important determinants of patient experience and related satisfaction.

}, author = {Daiga Behmane and Anda Batraga and Mara Greve and Didzis Rutitis}, doi = {10.1051/shsconf/20208502009}, issn = {2261-2424}, journal = {SHS Web of Conferences}, month = {12}, pages = {02009}, title = {Experience and overall satisfaction of foreign patients with the health care services received in Latvia}, volume = {85}, year = {2020}, } @article{Antoniades2020, abstract = {

Research purpose. Social networks have become an integral part of life, making social media one of the most significant advertising platforms, which, according to many experts and scientists, is one of the most effective brand communication techniques. According to Google’s data (Think with Google, 2018), before the purchase, shoppers like to address real people, which they think could be trusted. Branding with influencers is a new way of promoting products and services. It has also recently been a much sought research topic both in terms of studying the brand communication and the influencer phenomenon. This comparative study explores the involvement of influencers in brand communication. The aim of the research is to analyse the involvement of Latvian and Cypriot influencers in brand communication, its features in theoretical and practical aspects.

}, author = {George Antoniades and Dace Briede and Marta Kontina and Inga Milevica and Vita Stige-Skuskovnika}, doi = {10.2478/jec-2020-0005}, issn = {2256-0173}, issue = {1}, journal = {Economics and Culture}, month = {6}, pages = {53-61}, title = {Influencers’ Engagement in a Brand Communication: Latvia and Cyprus Cases}, volume = {17}, year = {2020}, } @article{Mikelsone2021, abstract = {Nowadays cities face numerous challenges amplified to build necessary urban municipal and community capacity to ensure sustainability transformation to respond to the local and global challenges of climate change, inequality, and access to resources. This research combines the study fields of sustainability, economic development, governance of sustainability transformation, providing the multidisciplinary approach as a systemic-oriented view encompassing the social, technological and ecological aspects of urban transformation. The purpose of the paper is to explore how the concept of urban transformation could be operationalized for research of economic development under the economic strain assuming the emergency of Covid-19 grand challenge. The research methods used are a systematic literature review and the content analysis. The paper provides a detailed characterization of the urban transformation exploring this concept from the structure and system perspectives for the economic exit from the crisis. © 2021 Estudios de Economia Aplicada. All rights reserved.}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Dzintra Atstaja and Viktor Koval and Inga Uvarova and Inese Mavlutova and Jekaterina Kuzmina}, doi = {10.25115/eea.v39i5.5209}, issue = {5}, journal = {Estudios de Economia Aplicada}, note = {Cited by: 11; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access}, title = {Exploring Sustainable Urban Transformation Concepts for Economic Development}, volume = {39}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85107263578&doi=10.25115%2feea.v39i5.5209&partnerID=40&md5=5409201b28053e4b468398d90ded2f6a}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2020, abstract = {The end-of-life (EOL) tyre recycling industry in Latvia is encountering economic and sustainability challenges, which require solutions by various stakeholders. Improvement of tyre waste management and recycling is important within the context of sustainability and the new streamlining of circular business models. Its importance is also recognized at the European Union level in relation to the further strategic goals and the European Green Deal. In addition, the tyre recycling industry in Latvia demonstrates a relatively unfavourable financial situation, which is one of the most significant factors hindering the introduction of new circular business models. The aim of this research is to clarify the challenges related to the financial viability of tyre recycling companies adopting the new circular business models. The main research methods are literature review, semi-structured in-depth interviews, case studies and financial analyses. There are large stocks of EOL tyres and on average just 50 % of them are recycled. The tyre waste management companies are not motivated to supply EOL tyres to recycling companies. On the other hand, due to various reasons, most of the tyre recycling companies are not working with their maximum production capacity. The research results reveal that the tyre recycling companies mostly run traditional and inefficient business models that require large operating costs and ensure comparatively low profitability. In order to enable more efficient and environmentally friendly tyre recycling process, the companies should implement new, investment intensive technologies. Yet, they face critical issues of liquidity and financial returns. Major conclusions are related to the necessity to develop several business models interlinked within one portfolio thus ensuring the manufacturing of various products with higher added value and quality. This may maximise the profits and improve the financial viability of tyre recycling business models.}, author = {Inga Uvarova and Dzintra Atstaja and Viola Korpa and Miks Erdmanis}, city = {LIELA IELA 2, JELGAVA, LV-3001, LATVIA}, doi = {10.22616/ESRD.2020.53.028}, editor = {A Auzina}, isbn = {978-9984-48-344-3}, issn = {1691-3078}, booktitle = {ECONOMIC SCIENCE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2020}, keywords = {circular business models; entrepreneurship; financial viability; tyre recycling}, note = {21st International Scientific Conference on Economic Science for Rural Development (ESRD), Jelgava, LATVIA, MAY 12-15, 2020}, pages = {237-243}, publisher = {LATVIA UNIV LIFE SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES}, title = {FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF CIRCULAR BUSINESS MODELS IN TYRE RECYCLING INDUSTRY IN LATVIA}, volume = {53}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Petersone2021, abstract = {The clinical trial process has become a significant type of services that provides huge added value to any national economy. Undoubtedly, the primary group of stakeholders in clinical trials of medicines is pharmaceutical companies that obtain a product as a result of successful clinical trials. However, other groups involved will also obtain materials and intangible benefits from the process of clinical trials of medicines. In this context, the authors tended to find out: What are considered to be the primary economic benefits of clinical trials of medicines in a society with small population? Aim of the research is to analyse economic factors of clinical trials of medicines in countries with small population, taking Latvia as an example. Object of the research: economic factors of clinical trials of medicines. The principle of snowball has been used to make the selection of the participants' survey. The empirical analysis and evaluation of economic factors in unique clinical trials of medicines are based on the qualitative research method of semi-structured individual (in-depth) interviews. According to the survey, the most important economic type of clinical trials of medicinal products in Latvia is ``socioeconomic factors'', the average index of the factor being 0.82. The most significant three categories of the socioeconomic factors are ``Access to the latest treatment methods and preparations'' (Index max 1), ``Improved patient care (time used per patient)'' (Index 0.87) and ``Exchange of experience, transfer of knowledge on the most innovative treatment methods'' (Index 0.86). Society with small population values the primary economic benefits from clinical trials of medicines. It can be concluded that the socioeconomic factor is the most significant, compared to the direct economic factor and the alternative cost savings factor.}, author = {Mara Petersone and Dainis Krievins and Karlis Ketners and Ona Grazina Rakauskiene}, city = {LIBERATION ALLEY 90, REZEKNE, SL-4600, LATVIA}, doi = {10.17770/sie2021vol4.6143}, editor = {V Lubkina and K Laganovska and A Kaupuzs and A Strode and O Vindaca}, issn = {1691-5887}, booktitle = {SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION 2021, VOL IV: LIFELONG LEARNING, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SPORT, ART AND DESIGN, DESIGN EDUCATION}, keywords = {clinical trials; economic factors of clinical trials; small population countries}, note = {International Scientific Conference on Society, Integration, Education, Rezekne Acad Technologies, Rezekne, LATVIA, MAY 28-29, 2021}, pages = {428-438}, publisher = {REZEKNE HIGHER EDUC INST-REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA}, title = {Economic Factors of Clinical Trials of Medicines in Small Population Countries: Case Study of Latvia}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{, abstract = {Circular economy is seen as economy's development direction expected to lead to a more sustainable development and a harmonious society. It covers at least five different business models, one of which is resource recovery, tackling benefits of industrial symbiosis. In order to achieve a circular economy, there must be a greater understanding of the links between economic activity and waste generation. A consensus exists on the vital role of waste and resource management in achieving transition from a linear model to a circular one where the value of materials and resources are maintained in the supply chain Waste systematically emerges throughout the supply chain as a result of economic activities and trade. Systemic and transformative change is also reflected in the growing number of case studies analysing innovative solutions based on new systemic thinking like ``cradle to cradle'' and ``industrial symbiosis''. The aim of the research is to analyse existing Circular economy strategies in the European Union, in order to identify main priority areas and objectives. The Authors have also assessed that the three Baltic States currently have not developed circular economy strategies, but nevertheless the authors were able to gather and analyse a range of examples of circular economy companies. In order to achieve this, following methodology has been applied by the authors: critical analysis, case studies, synthesis and comparative analysis. As a result of the research, the authors identify best practices, impact of the municipalities, allowing to identify further necessary steps for the transition to circular economy.}, author = {Natalija Cudecka-Purina and Dzintra Atstaja and Rudite Vesere}, city = {19 RAINA BLVD, RIGA, LV 1586, LATVIA}, isbn = {978-9934-18-428-4}, booktitle = {NEW CHALLENGES OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - 2019: INCENTIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH}, keywords = {business models; circular economy; sustainable development; waste management}, note = {11th International Scientific Conference on New Challenges of Economic and Business Development - Incentives for Sustainable Economic Growth, Univ Latvia, Riga, LATVIA, MAY 16-18, 2019}, pages = {171-181}, publisher = {UNIV LATVIA}, title = {The Goals of Waste Framework Directive as Mechanism Securing Transition to Circular Economy TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY}, year = {2019}, } @article{Mikelsone2020, abstract = {Idea management system application considers idea quantity as the key to idea management success. The aim of this paper is to examine how different idea management system application types impact idea quantity. The authors conducted empirical research by conducting a survey based on adaptive structuration theory framework. In the research paper, an analysis of 447 responses was included. The study shows how to separate idea management system application types impact by idea quantity. The target group consisting of commercially available web-based idea management system applied enterprises bias present in the survey research may limit the generalisability of the results. The study contributes to the discussion about the idea management system application type impact on the idea management results by showing that different idea management system application types lead to different idea management results.}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Tatjana Volkova and Elita Liela and Janis Frisfelds}, city = {FAC SOCIAL SCI, ARTS & HUMANITIES, MICKEVCLAUS 37 STR, KAUNAS, 44244, LITHUANIA}, doi = {10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26381}, issn = {1822-8402}, issue = {14}, journal = {EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES}, keywords = {Idea management systems; Idea quantity; Survey research; Web-based idea management; Innovation}, pages = {192-206}, publisher = {KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIV}, title = {Idea Management System Application Type Impact on Idea Quantity}, year = {2020}, } @article{Grieze2021, abstract = {Introduction. Environmental issues have different social and economic causes. The demand on natural raw materials has led to the disappearance of different animal species, yet human waste is one of the most important elements of global and local pollution. According to the results of the survey, 56% of those surveyed in Latvia have recognised that they prefer to choose those brands that are in favour of a clean environment. Sustainability and environmentally friendly farming are becoming more and more wide spread and topical, so the authors want to explore whether biomimicry used in a product development, increases the opportunities for more sustainable products. Aim and tasks. The main aim of this research is to create a framework for using biomimicry to manufacture new interior design products. The interior design project is needed to improve the quality of life in a society. The intention for this research is to help to develop the quality of long-term solutions for the society's daily life in accordance with nature. An interior design, which is created close to natural processes using all possibly available materials and products on the basis of biomimicry methods. Results. This article explores the ways in which biomimicry techniques, based on the Design Spiral and Janine Benyus Biomimicry Design Lens Principles of Life, can be combined with the design process of an interior design, thereby to create a framework with the help of which a designer works and creates a sustainable interior design. The interior design is a complex process, it is more than just the location of objects in a room or just a decorative supplement that covers the structure of a building, it is a necessary dimension that actually transforms a simple architectural space into a habitable place with a desired order, stability, and individuality. Conclusions. The article proposes a basis for the application of biomimicry in the development of an interior design product. The main difference between an interior design and the methodology of biomimicry is that in an interior design process the main question needs to be biologized from ``What do I want to create?'' to ``What do I want to achieve with my design?''. Also, in an interior design process there are phases to follow to create a design, like there are phases to create in biomimicry based products or processes. The most important points in the creation of the framework are the milestones at which the process of designing interior design should begin to be biologized. Changing the order of the Design Spiral phases and adjusting it to the designing points of an interior design, a system can be created in which all stages of the Design Spiral are connected with the interior design process.Milestones show the progress of a project where each milestone has the actions or activities to be performed, respectively.}, author = {Elina Grieze and Elina Mikelsone}, city = {Inglezi, 6, Odessa, UKRAINE}, doi = {10.31520/2616-7107/2021.5.2-7}, issn = {2616-7107}, issue = {2}, journal = {ECONOMICS ECOLOGY SOCIUM}, keywords = {product development; biomimicry; interior design products; Design Spiral}, pages = {59-70}, publisher = {Dr. Viktor Koval}, title = {BIOMIMICRY ELEMENT APPLICATION IN THE INTERIOR DESIGN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT}, volume = {5}, year = {2021}, } @article{Petersone2019, abstract = {This paper is devoted to developing institutional arrangements viable for forthcoming reforms of university hospitals in Latvia. The aim of the article is to provide a Latvian university hospital governance approach, taking into consideration the regulation of state-owned enterprises and its relevance for public hospitals. Comparative analysis was used examining the significant factors for institutional arrangements of university hospitals to be considered during future developments based on the research of relevant legislation, policy documents, OECD reviews and WHO's evaluations. Proposals for semi-autonomous hospital governance improvement by the creation of a Supervisory Board and a new organizational form of hospitals were developed. The necessity of future research for creation of regional healthcare network organisations for Latvian healthcare system was considered.}, author = {Mara Petersone and Karlis Ketners and Dainis Krievins and Ilze Kreicberga and Ingars Erins}, city = {UNIVERSITETO G 10, AKADEMIJA, KAUNAS, 53361, LITHUANIA}, doi = {10.15544/mts.2019.17}, issn = {1822-6760}, issue = {2}, journal = {MANAGEMENT THEORY AND STUDIES FOR RURAL BUSINESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT}, keywords = {state-owned enterprises; hospital organizational models; governance; public hospitals; healthcare system}, pages = {197+}, publisher = {ALEKSANDRAS STULGINSKIS UNIV}, title = {Developing a comprehensive model for forthcoming reforms of University hospitals}, volume = {41}, year = {2019}, } @article{Bogdanova2020, abstract = {International financial trilemma is a challenge of balancing the governmental policies ensuring healthy financial sector for facilitating economic development of a country. The scientific purpose of the paper is to develop a model of the international financial trilemma, defining the three key pillars of the international financial trilemma, the corresponding relevant metrics of economy, as well as describing expansion of financial technology as a disruptive element on a trilemma balance. Taking into account the experience of other researches of trilemma concept, analogically to the Energy Trilemma index, the authors developed the trilemma concept for the financial sector. The paper proposes determining the Financial trilemma index basing it on the following pillars: financial stability, financial inclusion and transparency. The authors analyse FinTech services as disruptive element affecting the International Financial trilemma index. As statistical basis of the financial trilemma and its building blocks the set of data from publicly available databases, such as the Global Competitiveness index, the Financial Development index, Global Findex and Doing Business is determined. The generally accepted quantitative and qualitative methods of economic science, inter alia comparative analysis, parameter estimation, grouping, economically mathematical modelling, synthesis, inductive, deductive and logically constructive methods have been used for the research. The financial trilemma index could be used as a tool for modelling an impact assessment of planned policy actions, as well as for developing determined steps for rising values of particular trilemma elements.}, author = {Olga Bogdanova and Ilja Arefjevs}, city = {FAC SOCIAL SCI, ARTS & HUMANITIES, MICKEVCLAUS 37 STR, KAUNAS, 44244, LITHUANIA}, doi = {10.5755/j01.eis.1.14.26318}, issn = {1822-8402}, issue = {14}, journal = {EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES}, keywords = {finance trilemma; financial inclusion; financial stability; transparency; economy}, pages = {125-136}, publisher = {KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIV}, title = {International Finance Trilemma as a Tool for Balanced Development of an Economy}, year = {2020}, } @article{Petersone2019, abstract = {Health financing policy is one of major challenges for any health care system. The Latvian health care system faces challenges and financial pressures that threaten its long-term sustainability and the values of solidarity. The goal of this paper is to conduct the review of the financing resources of the health care in Latvia, to evaluate the development of the health care reform in Latvia and provide recommendations for future changes. To achieve the goal of the research, comparative analysis and methods of theoretical research, as well as for data processing and analysis, the statistical analysis methods are used.}, author = {Mara Petersone and Karlis Ketners and Ingars Erins}, city = {CESKOSLOVENSKE ARMADY 300, HRADEC KRALOVE, 500 03, CZECH REPUBLIC}, issn = {1804-7890}, issue = {2}, journal = {AD ALTA-JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH}, keywords = {health systems; healthcare financing; taxation; universal health coverage}, pages = {265-271}, publisher = {MAGNANIMITAS}, title = {HEALTH FINANCING POLICY REFORM TRENDS: THE CASE OF LATVIA}, volume = {9}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Prudnikova2020, abstract = {The purpose of the research is to investigate the relationship between the leadership and job engagement. The study is built on research activities and there are used both theoretical and empirical methods. Qualitative and quantitative methods in the form of questionnaires are used during the study. Transformational leadership is the independent variable in this study and the instrument used to measure leadership is the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (Bass & Avolio, 1997). Questionnaire A Great Place To Work - What Makes Some Employers So Good And Most So Bad? (Bakingems & Kofmans, 2005) as an instrument has been used to explain what makes a company a good place to work and offers specific strategies for fostering a positive work environment and the instrument used to. The statistical programme used for the analyses and presentation of data in this research is the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. In conclusion: transformational leadership is more likely to increase the levels of job engagement as opposed to transactional leadership, the results from this study support interesting directions for future research.}, author = {Ilga Prudnikova and Varis Prudnikovs}, city = {LIBERATION ALLEY 90, REZEKNE, SL-4600, LATVIA}, doi = {10.17770/sie2020vol6.5071}, editor = {V Lubkina and A Kaupuzs and D Znotina}, issn = {1691-5887}, booktitle = {SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION, VOL VI: PUBLIC HEALTH AND SPORT, RESEARCHES IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION}, keywords = {extrinsic motivation; intrinsic motivation; job engagement; leader; leadership styles}, note = {International Scientific Conference on Society, Integration, Education, Rezekne Acad Technologies, Rezekne, LATVIA, MAY 22-23, 2020}, pages = {731-742}, publisher = {REZEKNE HIGHER EDUC INST-REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA}, title = {The Interaction Analysis of Leadership, Motivation and Job Engagement}, year = {2020}, } @article{Uvarova2020, abstract = {Recently the circular economy has got a lot of attention within discussions of policy makers, academics and practitioners. The circular economy proposes the treatment of environmental and climate change problems, simultaneously promising benefits for the business. The circular economy promotes the reduction of the consumption and reuse or recycling of the resources that in various aspects contradicts traditional business models that stream to linear growth of sales of their products. Yet the circular economy concept has been more discussed regarding its global scale, but there is a lack of scientific discussions about the approaches of the adoption of circular economy principles on the business level. This paper conceptualises multi-level dimensions of the circular economy and highlights challenges related to the perception of the circular economy principles in the micro business level. The conducted research shows that rural SMEs of six EU countries have rarely heard about the circular economy and even less about circular business models. While rural SMEs are more familiar with the bio and green economies forming good base for developing circular business models, they are reluctant towards introducing new business models. This paper aims to assess the level of the advancement in introduction of the circular business models among rural SMEs of EU countries. This article emphasizes the circular economy as an inseparable part of the business models of rural SMEs and rural economies of EU countries. This study has a policy implication as we suggest that the government should play an important role in promotion of circular business models in rural SMEs. The existing public support system is fragmented, and in most cases just incidentally encourage rural SMEs to adopt new circular business models. Also, the circular economy on a local level, especially in rural areas, has an important role in ensuring social wellbeing of local inhabitants. The methodological approach and research results presented in the paper can be used further developing EU support system and priorities beyond 2020.}, author = {Inga Uvarova and Dzintra Atstaja and Viola Korpa}, city = {KAMERUNSKA 607-1, PRAGUE, 16000, CZECH REPUBLIC}, doi = {10.20472/ES.2020.9.2.008}, issn = {1804-9796}, issue = {2}, journal = {INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES}, keywords = {circular economy; circular business models; rural SMEs}, pages = {128-149}, publisher = {INT INST SOCIAL & ECONOMICS SCIENCES-IISES}, title = {Challenges of the introduction of circular business models within rural SMEs of EU}, volume = {9}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2019, abstract = {The competitiveness of rural SMEs is low due to economic inefficiency and the lack of innovations. The main challenges faced by rural SMEs are the limited scale, the distance form larger sales markets, R&D and business support institutions, and the lack of innovative spirit. The circular and bio-economies are shaping the rural SMEs towards the environmentally friendly and eco-efficient production, the minimization of the generation of waste and less use of natural resources. This potential of the adoption of new business models within rural SMEs is not fully observed. The aim of this research is to analyse the opportunities of rural SMEs in introducing the innovative business models driven by the circular economy. This research explores the innovative business models of rural SMEs that transform the environmental challenges in business opportunities and keep a balance with the growing consumption needs. The results of the research are of both theoretical and practical value, providing recommendations for facilitation of innovative business models within rural SMEs. The research methods: desk research, statistical analysis, a grounded theory approach, case study, primary data gathering through seven focus groups with more than 200 stakeholders from six European countries.}, author = {Inga Uvarova and Dzintra Atstaja and Alise Vitola}, city = {LIBERATION ALLEY 90, REZEKNE, SL-4600, LATVIA}, doi = {10.17770/sie2019vol6.3951}, editor = {V Lubkina and A Zvaigzne and I Kotane}, issn = {1691-5887}, booktitle = {SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION, VOL VI: ECONOMICS, INNOVATIVE BUSINESS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND TAX ADMINISTRATION}, keywords = {business model; circular economy; innovation; rural SMEs}, note = {International Scientific Conference on Society, Integration, Education, Rezekne Acad Technologies, Rezekne, LATVIA, MAY 24-25, 2019}, pages = {520-530}, publisher = {REZEKNE HIGHER EDUC INST-REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA}, title = {Circular Economy Driven Innovations within Business Models of Rural SMEs}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2020, abstract = {Relevance. Globalization, technological change and the development of information and communication technologies (ICT)worldwide lead to more intensive use of knowledge and ICT in companies. One of the management tools to help ensure this is the idea management systems (IMS), for which research is topical. Thereby, the research of IMS is both practical and theoretical. The use of IMS has already become a part of the innovation culture in multiple organisation around the world. The authors of this paper aim to explore web-based IMS and their usage impact on IM results. Methodological approach. The authors conducted empirical research by holding a survey based on adaptive structuration theory framework in 2018. In the research paper analysis 447 responses were included. The object of the research is companies using IMS. The subject of the research is the impact of types of IMS on IM results. Results. Basic data set analysis showed that it is possible to test the hypothesis on these data. That is the reason why in the further paper the authors conducted significance tests for population mean of ideas selection efficiency. A respondent frequency distribution shows the main trends that will be tested: (1) passive IMS provide higher idea selection efficiency than active; (2) internal IMS provide higher idea selection efficiency than external; (3) internal IMS provide higher idea selection efficiency than mixed; (4) mixed IMS provide higher idea quality than external. From test results, the authors conclude that sample data provide strong evidence to support conclusions that: (1) passive IMS provide higher idea selection efficiency than active; (2) internal IMS provide higher idea selection efficiency than external. Sample data do not give enough evidence that internal IMS provide higher idea selection efficiency than mixed and mixed provide higher idea selection efficiency than external IMS. Basic data set analysis showed that it is possible to test the hypothesis on these data. That is the reason why authors further conduct significance tests for population mean of involvement efficiency. A respondent frequency distribution shows the main trends that will be tested: (1) passive IMS provide higher involvement efficiency than active; (2) internal IMS provide higher involvement efficiency than external; (3) internal IMS provide higher involvement efficiency than mixed; (4) mixed IMS provide higher involvement than external. From test results, the authors would reject the null hypothesis and conclude that sample data provide strong evidence to support conclusions that: (1) passive IMS provide higher involvement efficiency than active; (2) internal IMS provide higher involvement efficiency than external. Sample data do not give enough evidence that internal IMS provide higher involvement efficiency than mixed and mixed provide higher involvement efficiency than external IMS. Value/Originality: (1) this paper fulfils an identified need to research IMS type application efficiency; (2) the paper provides empirical insight on how different IMS type application influence involvement and idea selection efficiency, that could help for enterprises to select the most appropriate IMS type.}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Tatjana Volkova and Elita Liela}, city = {J. F. Kennedy sq 6, Zagreb, CROATIA}, editor = {J Simurina and I N Braje and I Pavic}, issn = {2671-132X}, issue = {1}, booktitle = {PROCEEDINGS OF FEB ZAGREB 11TH INTERNATIONAL ODYSSEY CONFERENCE ON ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS}, keywords = {Idea management systems; Idea quantity; Idea quality; Involvement; Survey research}, note = {FEB Zagreb 11th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business, ELECTR NETWORK, JUN 16-20, 2020}, pages = {463-477}, publisher = {UNIV ZAGREB, FAC ECONOMICS & BUSINESS}, title = {Digitalization and Transformation of Idea Management Systems of their Efficiency}, volume = {2}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Kuzmina2021, abstract = {Since the beginning of the XXI century, there have been clear modifications in the sector of higher education, when the institutions have moved near to the economic sector. These changes were primary introduced as the consecutive response to the transformation processes within the society, which should be embedded in the following construct: there was a clear move towards a more competitive and market-based system. Due to the changes in the operating environment financial sustainability and its management for the higher education institutions became one of the core elements. The main objective of the current paper is to discuss the practical application of the methodology for the management of higher education institutions based on the example of Latvian private higher education institutions. The author would like to argue that the paper contributes to the fundamental discussion of financial sustainability in the field of higher education institution management. Moreover, it has got practical implications for the management of the organizations not only in Latvia but also in other countries when efficiency and effectiveness are primary issues.}, author = {Jekaterina Kuzmina}, city = {LIBERATION ALLEY 90, REZEKNE, SL-4600, LATVIA}, doi = {10.17770/sie2021vol6.6399}, editor = {V Lubkina and E Apsite-Berina and D Znotina and O Vindaca}, issn = {1691-5887}, booktitle = {SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION 2021, VOL VI: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: SOCIETY, CULTURE, EDUCATION, RESEARCHES IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION}, keywords = {financial sustainability; higher education institutions; management}, note = {International Scientific Conference on Society, Integration, Education, Rezekne Acad Technologies, Rezekne, LATVIA, MAY 28-29, 2021}, pages = {324-335}, publisher = {REZEKNE HIGHER EDUC INST-REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA}, title = {FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Spilbergs2019, abstract = {Housing loans play an important role in improving living condition in developed countries. In Latvia, however, residential mortgage volumes have declined throughout the post-crisis year's and were at the end of 2018 12% below end 2008 level, while the house price index ca. 25% below pre-crisis level. The main reasons for this are banks credit losses, which resulted in a revision of credit granting standards and a deteriorating in their availability. On the other hand, households have experienced increased uncertainty, both as a result of financial difficulties, experienced during the crisis years and political instability in the post-crisis years. It is therefore essential to identify the the true risk drivers and to analyse them. Based on existing researches in other countries, author has identified several dozen macro-economic indicators, such as the unemployment rate, wage growth, housing price index, etc. and micro factors such as the age of the borrower, total debt to income, loan-to-value, etc., have developed univariate and multivariate econometric models and have examined their statistical stability. Consequently, through consistent application, it is possible to take sound credit decisions, both in banks and by households, and to contribute to the sustainable development of the housing market.}, author = {Aivars Spilbergs}, city = {MIHANOVICEVA 4, VARAZDIN, 00000, CROATIA}, editor = {A L DaSilva and D Tomic and A Grilec}, issn = {1849-6903}, booktitle = {ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (ESD): 39TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT - SUSTAINABILITY FROM AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE}, keywords = {econometric models; housing loans; risk drivers}, note = {39th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development - Sustainability from an Economic and Social Perspective, Lisbon, PORTUGAL, APR 29-30, 2019}, pages = {256-266}, publisher = {VARAZDIN DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP AGENCY}, title = {Housing loans risk drivers and their impact on banking and residential market sustainability in Latvia}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Natrins2021, abstract = {Purpose: To explore information and communication technologies (ICT) impact on competences management in the financial sector in Latvia. Methodology: Focus group discussion with leading financial sector experts in the Latvia. Findings: There is a mismatch between academically provided competences and what is expected by the financial sector representatives within Latvia. Originality/value: Empirical research on what kind of competences are important in the financial sector at present and in the future. Contribute to the current literature by researching on how resulting competencies from the focus group compare to the academically provided competences for potential financial sector employees. By exploring received responses to the questions from this research, it can help policymakers, financial sector and academical representatives to stay agile to the arising changes of supplied and demanded competencies in the financial sector.}, author = {Andris Natrins and Andris Sarnovics and Elina Mikelsone}, city = {LIBERATION ALLEY 90, REZEKNE, SL-4600, LATVIA}, doi = {10.17770/sie2021vol6.6488}, editor = {V Lubkina and E Apsite-Berina and D Znotina and O Vindaca}, issn = {1691-5887}, booktitle = {SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION 2021, VOL VI: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: SOCIETY, CULTURE, EDUCATION, RESEARCHES IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION}, keywords = {Competences Management; Financial Sector; Financial Technologies (Fintech); Latvia; information and communication technologies; ICT}, note = {International Scientific Conference on Society, Integration, Education, Rezekne Acad Technologies, Rezekne, LATVIA, MAY 28-29, 2021}, pages = {423-438}, publisher = {REZEKNE HIGHER EDUC INST-REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA}, title = {BANKS AND FINTECH: IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION ON COMPETENCES MANAGEMENT IN LATVIA}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2021, abstract = {Topicality/Problem. Idea management systems (IMS) are manageable, systematic tools, tool kits or complex systems that helps to generate and evaluate ideas and are an important element of organizational development. Many well-known organizations (e.g. Volkswagen, Microsoft, GE Healthcare, Procter and Gamble, Boeing, Siemens, etc) are successfully applying web-based IMS. But there is no research that explores the impact of web-based IMS on intellectual resources development. Research aim - to research the impact of IMS on intellectual resources development and to provide recommendations to practitioners for its broader assistance in enterprises to ensure innovation acceleration. Methodological approach. The empirical research was based on 447 enterprise survey applying. The research results show the following results: IMS application has resulted in a new intellectual resource, in a patents and improved innovation acceleration. Research limitations. Survey research may limit the generalisability of the result, because the survey target group is commercially available web-based IMS applied enterprises. Originality/value. The research based on the empirical data analysis contributes to understanding the directions and significance of IMS impact on intellectual resources development.}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Tatjana Volkova and Aivars Spilbergs and Elita Liela}, city = {LIBERATION ALLEY 90, REZEKNE, SL-4600, LATVIA}, doi = {10.17770/sie2021vol6.6304}, editor = {V Lubkina and E Apsite-Berina and D Znotina and O Vindaca}, issn = {1691-5887}, booktitle = {SOCIETY, INTEGRATION, EDUCATION 2021, VOL VI: IMPLICATIONS FOR DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE: SOCIETY, CULTURE, EDUCATION, RESEARCHES IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION}, keywords = {idea management systems; innovation acceleration; intellectual resources; patents; survey research}, note = {International Scientific Conference on Society, Integration, Education, Rezekne Acad Technologies, Rezekne, LATVIA, MAY 28-29, 2021}, pages = {400-412}, publisher = {REZEKNE HIGHER EDUC INST-REZEKNES AUGSTSKOLA}, title = {THE IMPACT OF IDEA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ON INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Mikelsone2019, abstract = {Multiple information systems have been developed during the last decade to gain more from collaboration, knowledge management and ideas. One type of such tools is the idea management systems (IMS)-a manageable systematic tool to generate and evaluate ideas. However, there is a lack of research which explores what web-based IMS are, and how they materialize practically. To fill the gap, the paper aims to create classification and application description of web-based IMS by adapting the theoretical and empirical research approaches. To achieve this aim, first, scientific papers, book chapters, and proceedings focused on the idea management and IMS were analyzed using a systematic literature review method and content analysis technique. Based on the analyses, several possible classifications of IMS criteria were found. Second, commercially available web-based IMS evaluation was conducted to verify the criteria and to add data-based classification criteria. Analysis of IMS has helped to characterize parities and disparities of web-based IMS. Results prove that IMS could be classified by their application focus-as `active' and `passive'. Dominant type is the active IMS. IMS could also be classified by the sources involved in the idea management-internal, external or mixed IMS. The main structural features of the web-based IMS are idea generation, idea evaluation, and idea retention. Results prove that there are no important differences between theoretical and empirical research results.}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Tatjana Volkova and Elita Liela}, city = {LIELA IELA 2, JELGAVA, LV-3001, LATVIA}, doi = {10.22616/rrd.25.2019.080}, editor = {S Treija and S Skujeniece}, issn = {1691-4031}, booktitle = {RESEARCH FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2019, VOL 2}, keywords = {Idea Management Systems; Classification; Web-based; Application; Information Technology}, note = {25th Annual International Scientific Conference on Research for Rural Development, Latvia Univ Life Sci & Technologies, Jelgava, LATVIA, MAY 15-17, 2019}, pages = {276-283}, publisher = {LATVIA UNIV LIFE SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES}, title = {PRACTICAL EVIDENCE OF WEB-BASED IDEA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CLASSIFICATION AND APPLICATION}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Ketners2020, abstract = {One of the modern trends in public sector budget governance is evaluation of allocation of the resources, re-allocation of budget resources to achieve political goals and ensure sustainable financing for different public needs. This study is the first analysis of Latvian experience of public spending reviews in 2016 2019, characterises present patterns and proposes changes for future spending reviews. In general, the Ministry of Finance is conducting public spending review as quite technocratic exercises - an opportunity to make sure that existing public institutions' budgets are being spent as efficiently as possible and conduct decision making on the civil service level. However, involvement of political level is a possibility to ensure that public spending objectives are met and the allocation of public resources reflects policy goals. The main task of the paper is to analyse the Latvian experience of regular public spending reviews and generalize recommendations for other countries and future development of the spending reviews. It can be concluded that increasing prioritisation of budgetary spending and its relation with economic development can be supported by spending reviews as a mechanism to increase government spending in priority policy areas and to ensure reallocation of resources for underfinanced budget programmes through improvement of the efficiency of expenditures. Recommendations on improvement of the spending review process and possible changes to the budget law legislation are worked out.}, author = {Karlis Ketners}, city = {LIELA IELA 2, JELGAVA, LV-3001, LATVIA}, doi = {10.22616/ESRD.2020.53.011}, editor = {A Auzina}, isbn = {978-9984-48-344-3}, issn = {1691-3078}, booktitle = {ECONOMIC SCIENCE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2020}, keywords = {public finance management; spending review; budget governance; the budget law}, note = {21st International Scientific Conference on Economic Science for Rural Development (ESRD), Jelgava, LATVIA, MAY 12-15, 2020}, pages = {97-106}, publisher = {LATVIA UNIV LIFE SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGIES}, title = {SPENDING REVIEW AS ESSENTIAL PART OF PUBLIC SECTOR BUDGETING: LATVIAN EXPERIENCE}, volume = {53}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Mavlutova2019, abstract = {Economic development during the last decades in the developed part of the world has significantly increased incomes and social security of employees, in particular in productive sectors where large scale organizations prevail. This trend determines a decreasing percentage of those young people finding entrepreneurship an attractive occupation for earning incomes and economic stability. Nowadays it is common for young people and students to prefer paid jobs over setting up their own businesses. One of the possible ways to increase entrepreneurial aspirations is to develop new, attractive and innovative entrepreneurship teaching methods in the era of digitalization. The need for the development of an entrepreneurial mindset and skills in students was detected taking into account the problems and challenges faced by higher education institutions. The authors took into account the objectives of the whole Europe 2020 strategy and The Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan, which specifies the necessity of reigniting the culture of entrepreneurship in Europe, digitalization processes and nurturing the new generation of entrepreneurs. Even though European Commission recognizes that current entrepreneurship education in the EU in general works well and produces positive outcomes in a form of a higher probability of starting a business and lower risks of being unemployed among those who have participated in entrepreneurship education programs. There is a permanently ongoing discussion on the necessity to use more and more innovative teaching approaches, often based on a complex mix of different teaching methods. The purpose of the article is to investigate students' aspirations and readiness to start their own business and to develop new, innovative and multidisciplinary approaches to teaching entrepreneurship with an aim to improve the viability of students' business ideas.}, author = {Inese Mavlutova and Kristaps Lesinskis and Janis Hermanis and Maris Krastins}, city = {5, COACAZELOR ST, SECTOR 2, BUCHAREST, 022651, ROMANIA}, editor = {C Bratianu and A Zbuchea and B Hrib and A Vitelar and F Anghel}, isbn = {978-606-749-428-0}, issn = {2392-702X}, booktitle = {STRATEGICA: UPSCALING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS}, keywords = {Entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial mindset; students' aspirations; entrepreneurial intentions; business idea viability; teaching methods}, note = {7th International Academic Conference on Strategica - Upscaling Digital Transformation in Business and Economics, Bucharest, ROMANIA, OCT 10-11, 2019}, pages = {211-221}, publisher = {TRITONIC PUBL HOUSE}, title = {Development of Entrepreneurial Mindset and Improvement of Student's Business Idea Viability Through Innovative Teaching Methods in Higher Education}, year = {2019}, } @article{Atstaja2020, abstract = {Introduction. This case study examines the economic justification for the implementation of a circular economy. The case study is structured in 2 parts. The first part describes the principles of circular economy and business models, covering the theoretical basis of this study. The theoretical basis includes a description of the principles of circular economy and the possible implementation of these principles in business operations. The second part evaluates the impact of the introduction of circular economy principles and business model on the company's financial performance and company value. The methods used are economic evaluation and investment decision methods and financial analysis, modeling and forecasting. The limitations are the research based on one company and the fact that the financial statement for 2019 was not submitted at the time of writing; however the results obtained are applicable to other companies and industries. The principles of circular economics and business models described in this case study can serve as a example for companies considering implementing the principles of circular economy in business operations. Aim and tasks. The purpose of the study is to determine what the principles of circular economy are, how to implement them in business and how their implementation affects business results and company value. Following tasks have been defined in order to achieve the aim: describe the principles of circular economy, business and financing models; to analyze the business models of the circular economy in Latvia and in the world and to evaluate the impact of the implementation of the principles of circular economy and business model on the company's financial indicators and the company's value. Results. Evaluating the investments made by the company AS ``Cesu Alus'' and the planned investment projects related to the modernization of production equipment and improvement of efficiency, it can be concluded that the implementation of circular economy investment projects will be profitable. The company has opportunities to continue the investment project program; moreover, based on the experience of similar companies studied, AS ``Cesu Alus'' can create additional revenue streams for the company when adopting circular economy principles. Conclusions. Investing the company's funds in investment projects designed to improve the company's efficiency, ensuring resource savings and efficient use, which in turn leads to financial savings, the company's value increases significantly, thus concluding that circular economy investment projects that save resources and improve the efficiency of the company will make the greatest contribution to increasing the value of the company.}, author = {Dzintra Atstaja and Elina Spade}, city = {Inglezi, 6, Odessa, UKRAINE}, doi = {10.31520/2616-7107/2020.4.4-3}, issn = {2616-7107}, issue = {4}, journal = {ECONOMICS ECOLOGY SOCIUM}, keywords = {circular economy; sustainability; investment projects}, pages = {16-27}, publisher = {Dr. Viktor Koval}, title = {ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY}, volume = {4}, year = {2020}, } @article{Harmsone2021, abstract = {Introduction. The article explores several factors of corporate social responsibility (CSR) influencing various aspects of a company, including profitability, efficiency and employee attitude and wellbeing, further focusing on employee CSR awareness. Approximately Aim and tasks. The aim of the article is to determine how companies CSR efforts are affecting the company results and employee awareness, with discussion of latest available researches from 2020 and to date, including an analysis of employee awareness in a selected company in Latvia during 2020. A quantitative method is used in this study, using a questionnaire for analysis of Atea Global Services Ltd employee CSR awareness, conducted by the companies CSR Ambassadors team. Data was collected from the internal survey conducted among employees of the Atea Group company in Latvia, with the total of 108 company employed participants out of 465 existing employees. The main tasks of the article are 1) to indicate and discuss possible outcomes of companies CSR efforts and employee awareness based on existing recent researches; 2) to understand whether employees were aware of the existing ``CSR Ambassadors'' initiative in Atea Global Services Ltd. (AGS) based on the conducted survey; 3) to determine the employee level of knowledge of the general CSR concept and company's CSR initiatives based on their selfevaluation. Results. The article provides several theoretical aspects of CSR effort outcomes, including increased profitability, customer satisfaction, employee retention and an overall positive company image. Findings show that the employees of Atea Global Services are largely aware of the CSR Ambassadors initiative, but show a lack of understanding of the performed activities due to moderate level of internal communication on the subject. Conclusions. The theoretical research indicate several positive aspects for companies to support their CSR efforts as well as some possible implications. Theoretical research results may be applied to understand CSR efforts in various industries, however, the practical example of employee awareness research is limited to a single company in the information technology industry and requires further research for wider application.}, author = {Annija Harmsone}, city = {Inglezi, 6, Odessa, UKRAINE}, doi = {10.31520/2616-7107/2021.5.4-2}, issn = {2616-7107}, issue = {4}, journal = {ECONOMICS ECOLOGY SOCIUM}, keywords = {CSR; employees; company's profitability; employee engagement}, pages = {11-18}, publisher = {Dr. Viktor Koval}, title = {Analysis of CSR Effort Affect on Company Results and Employee Awareness}, volume = {5}, year = {2021}, } @article{Kalkis2019, abstract = {The aim of the research was to find out effective identification and prevention of ergonomics problems in industrial metal processing manufacturing plant, based on human factor workload analysis and LEAN failure mode and effect analysis. Creation of safe, effective work places, emphasizing human oriented approach and implementing ergonomics in business process management is one of the main conditions for sustainable development of an enterprise. For the research were chosen packaging, assembling and quality control manufacturing plant operations due to main complaints from workers about physical overload, intensive work pace and task complexity. Human factor analysis provides holistic understanding of work conditions that can save and avoid costs in long-term. If used in combination with LEAN methodologies, such as FMEA analysis, manufacturing operations can significantly be improved, by increasing productivity and save costs resulting in total efficiency of company, not only considering it as issue of health and safety. © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019.}, author = {H Kalkis and Z Roja and S Babris}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-94709-9_27}, editor = {Barath T Kantola J.I. Nazir S.}, journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {274-281}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, title = {Human factor and LEAN analysis at industrial manufacturing plants}, volume = {783}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049676920&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-319-94709-9_27&partnerID=40&md5=79cdf57d05f3e58da6d93901ffa124ef}, year = {2019}, } @article{Kalkis2019, abstract = {The aim of the research was to investigate the existing human resource management in a health care organization and develop guidelines for improvement, based on the analysis of the theory and empirical research results. In the research a leading health care organization in Latvia was selected. In total, the organization employs over 1300 people, including more than 600 doctors. The study analyzed in two departments: medical center and health center. Several research methods were applied, incl. SWOT analysis, survey and statistical data analysis. The results of the research indicate that employees lack knowledge and motivation that affects their development and career opportunities in the organization. The organization pays a lot of attention to the client rather than the staff because of the existing quality policy and customer service standards, but the organization lacks human resources management and development strategy. The authors offer human resources development guidelines that can be implemented by the investigated healthcare organization. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {H Kalkis and A Ventins and S Babris and Z Roja and K Bokse}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-11051-2_22}, editor = {Karwowski W Ahram T.}, journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {142-147}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, title = {Human resource development opportunities in latvian health care organization}, volume = {903}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059933765&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-11051-2_22&partnerID=40&md5=3c4e835eb5af2683b0223b275b48b6a0}, year = {2019}, } @article{Behmane2019, abstract = {The aim of the study is to evaluate significance of technology factors in the context of development of health care sector in Latvia in order to improve the external environment and performance of the health sector from the perspective of increasing the opportunity to provide medical service exports in Latvia. The study evaluates external national level conditions affecting the development of Latvian health care industry by applying the PEST analysis framework. The ranking of the PEST components was carried out using the expert method and implementing structured interviews for data collection. The study justifies that there are opportunities for increasing competition, and technological progress is indicated as the leading technology factor in the Latvian health care market. © 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {D Behmane and H Kalkis and A Villerusa and U Berkis and D Rutitis}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-11051-2_38}, editor = {Karwowski W Ahram T.}, journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {248-254}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, title = {Significance of technology factors in the context of development of health care sector in latvia}, volume = {903}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85059961865&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-11051-2_38&partnerID=40&md5=86d36761b7d77c94a1120b65dabddbba}, year = {2019}, } @article{Kalkis2019, abstract = {The aim of this study was to evaluate the exposure of individual workers to ergonomic risk factors associated with upper, lower extremities and trunk WRMSDs and to assess entire body posture for risk of WRMSDs. The company that produces finished metal products (ironing boards) was chosen for the research. Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) was used to assess the entire body posture for risk of WRMSDs. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) method was used for ironing boards employees to evaluate exposure of the neck, trunk, arms and legs in relation to physical load. Our study proved that employees are subjected to WRMSDs due to the load on certain body parts during the work: shoulder and neck area, lower back, legs and arms. Forced work postures are an essential risk factor at work. Assemblers and packers are subdued to high risk level, but inspectors – to medium risk level, which corresponds to evaluation with RULA and REBA methods. © 2019, Eesti Pollumajandusulikool. All rights reserved.}, author = {H Kalkis and Z Roja and K Bokse and S Babris and I Roja}, doi = {10.15159/AR.19.056}, journal = {Agronomy Research}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {1033-1040}, publisher = {Eesti Pollumajandusulikool}, title = {Work posture load evaluation in medium size metal processing enterprise in Latvia}, volume = {17}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067302319&doi=10.15159%2fAR.19.056&partnerID=40&md5=805bdea8e761713c5cdf6c3e5b36671e}, year = {2019}, } @article{Uvarova2019, abstract = {Adoption of innovation plays a crucial role in the transformation of the countryside towards a knowledge economy. However, rural SMEs experience various obstacles that hinder the adoption of innovation. The aim of this paper is to identify the main challenges and opportunities for the introduction of innovation in rural SMEs. The evidence is drawn from relevant literature and stakeholder discussions covering six European countries (Bulgaria Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Latvia and Slovenia). The main challenges in adopting innovation in rural SMEs are shortcomings in the environment for innovation, inappropriate innovation policies and support measures, lack of knowledge and skills within companies, difficulties to hire a new skilled work force and low competitiveness compared to urban counterparts. Consequently, policy recommendations are proposed for promoting innovation in rural SMEs by focusing on cooperation and networking, information and training, innovation support programmes, marketing and sales promotion and availability of workforce. © 2019 Mykolas Riomeris University. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Uvarova and A Vitola}, doi = {10.5755/j01.ppaa.18.1.23134}, issue = {1}, journal = {Public Policy and Administration}, note = {cited By 15}, pages = {152-166}, publisher = {Mykolas Riomeris University}, title = {Innovation challenges and opportunities in European rural SMEs}, volume = {18}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069433299&doi=10.5755%2fj01.ppaa.18.1.23134&partnerID=40&md5=35316a3f9c0fe369c86321e9b6c02765}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Natrins2019, abstract = {Digital transformation is penetrating financial sector. Financial sector is challenged by new start-up companies who combine finance and technology, thereby creating disruptive innovations. The authors perform a study on information technology impact on competency management in the financial sector of Latvia based on the technology management competency model. The authors have executed extensive academic literature review and interviews with leading fintech industry experts. The research team performed mixed research combining qualitative and qualitative methods. The process of the quantitative research was designed as a collection of publicly available financial statement data from lursoft.lv (enterprise database) for selected fintech companies and the analysis of financial data by comparing different fintech companies. The process of the qualitative research was designed as face-to-face expert interviews and the definition of central interview questions for the research based on the literature review and related sub-questions. The authors use the one-way analysis of variance technique and prove that competency management differs among fintech companies by comparing average turnover per employee of platform and credit companies. The finding persuades the authors to propose a fundamental fintech competency model to ensure competitiveness and sustainability of fintech companies. The objective of the research is to define a fundamental set of competencies linked with information technology management for financial sector companies to maintain competitiveness. Results prove that current set of competencies employed by fintech companies represents sufficient technical competencies. The conclusions demonstrate that fintech companies tend to have different competency management models. The research team concludes that soft skills development, data analytics using advanced data analytic tools, technology awareness, the ability and experience to use open source technology tools to develop technology solutions without deep technology competency, the ability to see the big picture, and interconnections between processes are competencies of the future. © 2019 Andris Natrins, Lasma Supe, Elina Mikelsone, Andris Sarnovics.}, author = {A Natrins and L Supe and E Mikelsone and A Sarnovics}, doi = {10.17770/etr2019vol2.4168}, booktitle = {Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {98-103}, publisher = {Rezekne Higher Education Institution}, title = {Information technology competency management in the financial sector in Latvia}, volume = {2}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073007912&doi=10.17770%2fetr2019vol2.4168&partnerID=40&md5=17e60bad4b4f9da62416c618099364dc}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{, abstract = {During the last decade software developers have put increasing focus on developing information systems supporting decision making, collaboration, knowledge and idea management. Idea management systems (IMS)-manageable systematic tools to generate and evaluate ideas-are an important element within this trend. Web-based IMS are used by many well-known organizations, e.g. Volkswagen, Cisco, Microsoft, Lidl, GE Healthcare, Nestle, Procter and Gamble, Tchibo, Henkel, Roche, Fujitsu, Boeing, Goodyear, Xerox, Panasonic, Pentax, Siemens, Virgin trains etc. Although the research on web-based IMS and how these systems are applied practically is very limited. Therefore, the authors of this research aim to explore practical web-based IMS application and potential benefits. Research aim is based on theoretical and empirical approaches to deliver understanding on how web-based IMS materializes and what are potential benefits from its application to increase organizational effectiveness. Web-based IMS application will be researched by analysing separate use-cases and reprocessing the results using content analysis. 1st step – analysis of 100 users cases based on available information about application cases from homepages of web-based IMS developers. 2nd step –analysis of the results from 1st step. The analysis will be conducted by analysing information from protocols of use-cases. Protocols will be organized as category maps. Category maps are based on literature studies (finding deductive elements with available data), on data (inductive elements) and organized around Adaptive Structuration Theory elements. As the 3rd step use case descriptions and comparison will be applied. The results show that the web-based IMS are universally applicable in different organisation for fulfilling the various tasks. Benefits of web-based IMS application could be divided into 4 main groups towards benefits of-the idea management, innovation management, cooperation, and overall effectiveness of organization. Academic contribution: (1) most extensive research of web-based IMS based on 100 use cases; (2) empirical overview of potential benefits of web-based IMS application; (3) Development of IMS use case analysis protocol applicable in further researches. Practical contribution: (1) Empirical overview of web-based IMS application experience in various organizations that can stimulate the application of web-based IMS in other organizations and to deliver benefits to organization; (2) The benefits are summarized and can help in decision making whether to apply and implement a web-based IMS in and an organization. © 2019 Elīna Miķelsone, Tatjana Volkova, Elita Lielā.}, author = {E Miķelsone and T Volkova and E Lielā}, doi = {10.17770/etr2019vol2.4166}, booktitle = {Vide. Tehnologija. Resursi - Environment, Technology, Resources}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {89-93}, publisher = {Rezekne Higher Education Institution}, title = {Potential benefits of web-based idea management system based on practical evidence}, volume = {2}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073024194&doi=10.17770%2fetr2019vol2.4166&partnerID=40&md5=a2157c77f667cf6c9fc2fa9629c4c4fb}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Volkova2019, abstract = {According to studies, the construction sector is one of the biggest energy consuming and waste producing sectors in Europe. It faces the most pressing need to use advanced digital solutions for enabling eco-innovations to mitigate the environmental impact. For creating a favourable business environment by facilitating the use of state-of-the-art technologies that also are enabling eco-innovations, the Digital Business Ecosystem (DBE) should be developed. The aim of the research is to provide insight into the development of the DBE and its role in delivering eco-innovation in the construction sector in general and in Latvia in particular. To achieve the aim of the present research study 1) the latest scientific literature review was performed, 2) a secondary data analysis was applied to reveal the essence of Building Information Modelling (BIM) solutions as a central part of the DBE in the construction sector to evaluate its role in delivering eco-innovation, and 3) the results of the survey on the use of BIM in the construction sector were analysed. The results of the research show that the concept of the DBE is relatively new and assumes integration of three networks: ICT, social and knowledge networks. The DBE in the context of eco-innovation has not been extensively studied in the scientific literature, although both concepts refer to socioeconomic sustainability. The survey data show that the development of the DBE in the construction sector is in its initial stage in Latvia, thus requiring close attention by policymakers to the enablers of its further development, such as widespread digital skills, education, digital infrastructures etc., to unlock the full eco-innovation potential in the construction sector. © SGEM2019.}, author = {T Volkova and E Bondars and V Bikse and B Rivza}, doi = {10.5593/sgem2019/6.2/S26.011}, issue = {6.2}, booktitle = {International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {81-88}, publisher = {International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference}, title = {Digital business ecosystem as an enabler of eco-innovation in the construction sector}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073381896&doi=10.5593%2fsgem2019%2f6.2%2fS26.011&partnerID=40&md5=f304ddc118f4b396a3eabcb3223839e1}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Supe2019, abstract = {Rapid technology development has had an evident impact on the financial sector during the last eight years. The financial sector experiences changes and it is important for the contemporary financial organizations to set a sustainable business perspective through competency management to ensure competitiveness. The current paper additionally focusses on fintech. Information technology development and competency management are the basis of the research. Authors of this research performed literature review to clarify the technology management competency model proposed by Doggett, McGee and Scott (2013) with the purpose of customizing the model for finance and technology knowledge-intensive fintech companies. © 2019 Jelgava : Latvia University of Agriculture.}, author = {L Supe and A Natrins and E Mikelsone and A Sarnovics}, doi = {10.22616/rrd.25.2019.079}, booktitle = {Research for Rural Development}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {268-275}, publisher = {Jelgava : Latvia University of Agriculture}, title = {Information technology competency management in financial sector: Literature review}, volume = {2}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85080900631&doi=10.22616%2frrd.25.2019.079&partnerID=40&md5=2c3de7d5be47954340c8ed7d1b14496f}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Bikse2019, abstract = {This paper aims to investigate the European bioeconomy policy and bio-based business development in Latvia both from the perspective of existing business practices as well from the perspective of students’ attitudes towards setting up new businesses in view of the bioeconomic challenges. The research was based on the theoretical concepts of bioeconomics and a bioeconomy, collected examples of bioeconomic business practices in Latvia, as well as the data gained from an interview of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies students’ (n=181). The results of the research indicated that the bioeconomy business activities in Latvia led to positive results, as there were the necessary preconditions for their development. Our findings contribute to research on the understanding of bioeconomics and bioeconomy. Unlike other research studies, this is a specific research study that provides insights into the situation in Latvia on the possibilities of development of bio-based business which is closely linked to the circular economy in order to ensure the sustainable production. © SGEM2019, All rights reserved.}, author = {V Bikse and I Lusena-Ezera and T Volkova and B Rivza}, doi = {10.5593/sgem2019/5.3/S21.040}, issue = {5.3}, booktitle = {International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {317-325}, publisher = {International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference}, title = {European bioeconomy policy and new opportunities for bio-based business development}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084332489&doi=10.5593%2fsgem2019%2f5.3%2fS21.040&partnerID=40&md5=36a6a61361887d60185ac61a1d0d9792}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Volkova2019, abstract = {Foresight has been on the political and research agenda already for decades, nevertheless there is still no common understanding up to which extent application of strategic foresight impacts environmental sustainability. This is also not sufficiently explored in the body of literature within the research community. Thus, the study aims to contribute to the identified gap by developing a framework for application of the strategic foresight for ensuring environmental sustainability in policy decision making. The study revealed that application of strategic foresight requires strong presence of managerial dynamic managerial capabilities by decision makers. This is because the growing environmental challenges require smart actions from policy makers demonstrating strong leadership. To develop a framework for the application of the strategic foresight, the narrative scientific literature review was performed together with the application of the content analysis focusing on strategic foresight in the environmental context. The findings were supported by applying the secondary data analysis which was executed through governmental and regional perspectives. The governmental perspective viewed the environmental policy and decision-making processes and practices in Latvia, whereas regional perspective allowed to compare these data to top 5 European countries: Sweden, Malta, France, Switzerland and Denmark according to Environmental Performance Index. The success of the application of strategic foresight towards ensuring environmental sustainability is directly linked to the strategic foresight maturity levels - the higher the level of strategic foresight, the higher level of positive impact on environmental sustainability. Higher levels of strategic foresight require presence of higher level of managerial dynamic capabilities by policy decision makers thus leading to the advancements in ensuring environmental sustainability. The article provides an additional contribution to the discussion about the impact of strategic foresight application for ensuring environmental sustainability. The proposed framework can be applied in environmental policy decision-making thus addressing the environmental challenges. © SGEM2019, All rights reserved.}, author = {T Volkova and B Dominiece-Diasa}, doi = {10.5593/sgem2019/5.3/S21.088}, issue = {5.3}, booktitle = {International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {705-712}, publisher = {International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference}, title = {Strategic foresight as an enabler of a sustainable future}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084337671&doi=10.5593%2fsgem2019%2f5.3%2fS21.088&partnerID=40&md5=f2c9f96deeea3ab5bf8994bdb05794c7}, year = {2019}, } @article{Rugina2019, abstract = {Purpose: This paper aims to review female entrepreneurship in a (post) transition context, analysing its almost three-decade development in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Little research has focussed to date on female entrepreneurship in the Baltic countries. Using an institutional perspective, this paper aims to explain the unique interplay of formal and informal contexts that have shaped the development of female entrepreneurship in (post-) transition contexts. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on an institutional reading and analysis of secondary data: statistical data, international reports and previous studies on female entrepreneurs. Findings: There are more than 130,000 female entrepreneurs in the Baltic countries who share many common features and challenges. While the formal entrepreneurship environment is considered to be very developed in the Baltic countries, women are under-represented among the population of entrepreneurs, and there is gender-based sectoral segregation of female entrepreneurs in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This indicates a need to recognise the diversity of patterns in entrepreneurial development, reflecting different inheritances from the Soviet past and the inertial character of some informal institutions, not to mention the differences in the pace of change during the transition period following the Soviet era. Practical implications: This research can be used for academics, professionals, researchers and policymakers working in the fields of small business and entrepreneurship. Its data can furthermore be used to develop evidence-based policy and actions that would foster the participation of women in entrepreneurship in Baltic countries. Originality/value: So far, little research has focussed on female entrepreneurship in the Baltic countries. The paper attempts to investigate that Baltic countries with their history of emphasis on gender equality on one hand and the award-winning business and entrepreneurship system on the other hand demonstrate relatively low levels of women’s entrepreneurship. This paper aims to contribute to the field of entrepreneurship, illustrating how entrepreneurship is linked to its social context. © 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited.}, author = {S Rugina}, doi = {10.1108/IJGE-05-2018-0055}, issue = {1}, journal = {International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship}, note = {cited By 11}, pages = {58-74}, publisher = {Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.}, title = {Female entrepreneurship in the Baltics: formal and informal context}, volume = {11}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85058929752&doi=10.1108%2fIJGE-05-2018-0055&partnerID=40&md5=d63d69c7e02107d252d019760f5c45c6}, year = {2019}, } @article{Keller2019, abstract = {In this research article, we systematically review literature on entrepreneurial affect and emotions in entrepreneurship education (EE) impact studies. In view of the increasing usage of entrepreneurial affect in the EE literature and the multiplicity of its facets, the main aim of this article is to create a definitional framework of affect. Based on the criteria of scientific standard and relevance for EE, we critically select 46 literature sources published from 1984 to 2017 and conduct a citation analysis of their impact. We then systemize and classify these sources using co-citation analyses as well as conduct a critical review of content similarities. As a result, we identify five main groups of the literature sources: (a) Affect in entrepreneurship research, (b) Affect in EE impact research, (c) Affect-cognition relationship, (d) Affect-conation relationship, and (e) Conceptual contributions. Our critical review of the literature sources further leads to the creation of the definitional framework of affect. The framework facilitates deeper understanding of affect and advocates terminological precision. It may, therefore, serve other EE researchers in conducting impact studies. In this vein, we formulate propositions for further research by combining the affect infusion model with the theory of planned behavior. © The Author(s) 2019.}, author = {P G Keller and I Kozlinska}, doi = {10.1177/2515127419860303}, issue = {4}, journal = {Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy}, note = {cited By 12}, pages = {281-307}, publisher = {SAGE Publications Inc.}, title = {Entrepreneurial Affect and Emotions in Entrepreneurship Education Impact Research: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda}, volume = {2}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088095857&doi=10.1177%2f2515127419860303&partnerID=40&md5=87a4260096bcf9c4fc944895e871915b}, year = {2019}, } @article{Roja2020, abstract = {The aim of this study is to perform physical workload analysis in metal processing industry operations (assembly operators, packaging operators and inspection staff) using objective ergonomics research methods based on the heart rate monitoring and muscle fatigue. The study was carried out in a medium sized metal manufacturing enterprise in Latvia in the department of manufacturing of ironing boards. Assembly, packaging operators and inspection staff agreed to take part in the objective heart rate monitoring and muscle myotonometry measurements. Results show that workers are at high risk of developing WMSDs, since they are subjected to heavy manual work and load on muscles during work. Accordingly to the heart rate analysis the assembly operators and packing operators can be subdivided into heavy work category, but inspection staff- in moderately heavy category. Myotonometry investigation results confirm muscle fatigue and heaviness of physical workload. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.}, author = {Z Roja and H Kalkis and S Babris and I Roja and K Bokse and A Ventins}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-20142-5_2}, editor = {Goonetilleke R S Karwowski W.}, journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {14-21}, publisher = {Springer Verlag}, title = {Physical workload analysis in processing operations: Metal processing manufacturing}, volume = {967}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85067232843&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-20142-5_2&partnerID=40&md5=16164fde35793c903394f19db3060022}, year = {2020}, } @article{, abstract = {Strategic purchasing is a significant part of any health policy and health financing reform, which theoretically may have an impact on optimization of cost-effective provision of health care services while simultaneously maximizing population health. The payment model has a direct impact on the delivery of health services. In Latvia, adoption of new purchasing procedures and criteria is one of the challenges that should be faced. The goal of this article is to identify the key determinants of the Latvian university ‘tertiary’ hospital behavior and, based on the international experience, propose a strategic purchasing model. In the paper, the authors use comparative analysis, empirical analysis, statistical data processing including the deductive and synthesis methods. The main proposals for future reforms and policy include decisions on selective contracting and the role of public and private service providers in the Latvian health care, with redefined access criteria based on population needs rather than historical supply, which aim at ensuring more equal access of providers. To ensure that university, quality service hospitals, are transparently rewarded with the capacity to provide appropriate research and education, re-invest in infrastructure and to reduce negative impact of fund allocation policy on treatment compliance, access and equity. Lessons for health policy reforms include a patient-purchaser interaction model with defined rights for patients and responsibilities for purchasers, a specific financing model to facilitate access to knowledge and provider decision autonomy. Analysis of strategic purchasing in several European counties demonstrates that the countries adopt various approaches thereto. However, there are certain clearly identifiable common tendencies. Various approaches to strategic purchasing used across Europe indicate that reforms should be mainly focused on strengthening purchase ability to respond to consumer needs and establish more Cost-efficient contract with provider. © 2020, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {M Pētersone and K Ketners and D Krieviņš and I Erins}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2020.17.6}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 7}, pages = {41-50}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Strategic purchasing and health system efficiency: Prospects for health sector reform in Latvia}, volume = {17}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85079871916&doi=10.37394%2f23207.2020.17.6&partnerID=40&md5=84a26fe49bf8d3a48c9907795752100e}, year = {2020}, } @article{Rutitis2020, abstract = {The purpose of this paper is to propose outline for a new product development framework to be utilized by Latvian ICT companies and technology startups. Design/methodology: To achieve this objective, semi-structured expert interviews with 12 executives from Latvian ICT companies and startups were held to identify common factors for these companies that have contributed to the success of new product launch in the market. Findings: The paper summarizes new product development success factors, outlines organizational management aspects to be implemented for improving product development process from the managerial perspective, and suggests possible metrics that should be used to measure these factors. Practical implication: the insights gathered for the intended new product development framework could be also applied by managers of established and mature ICT companies to ensure successful internal transformation with aim to maintain competitiveness against emerging startups and promote internal entrepreneurial activities not only in Latvia, but also abroad. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.}, author = {D Rutitis and T Volkova}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-39512-4_59}, editor = {Vergnano A Leali F Taiar R Ahram T. Karwowski W.}, journal = {Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {379-384}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {Towards conceptual new product development framework for latvian ICT sector companies and startups}, volume = {1131 AISC}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85081889362&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-39512-4_59&partnerID=40&md5=98fac3d2a55c363b46ff94539f5ecf57}, year = {2020}, } @article{Mavlutova2020, abstract = {Nowadays increase of income and social security of employees determines decreasing percentage of those young people finding entrepreneurship an attractive occupation for earning income and economic stability. In Latvia and other European countries institutions of higher education are facing challenges in teaching entrepreneurship using innovative methods of learning, including automatic tools for verification of business idea viability. The aim of the research is to find out innovative and multidisciplinary approaches for education in entrepreneurship, including the usage of digital automatic tools for checking and improving of students’ business ideas. The objectives of the research are to conduct the literature review on entrepreneurs and their role in economy and to analyse statistical data on societal values regarding entrepreneurship, and to assess the results of survey conducted among students in selected European countries to assess the perspective of usage of authors’ developed digital automatic system. The research is based on literature analysis, studies by research institutions on recent developments in entrepreneurship, analysis of statistical data and survey made by authors. It also includes identifying and discussing innovative teaching methods in entrepreneurship, in particular, the use of digital automatic tools. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.}, author = {I Mavlutova and K Lesinskis and M Liogys and J Hermanis}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-44610-9_66}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems}, note = {cited By 6}, pages = {684-693}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {The Role of Innovative Methods in Teaching Entrepreneurship in Higher Education: Multidisciplinary Approach}, volume = {117}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083988293&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-44610-9_66&partnerID=40&md5=b5f01ad470b9991520c8b9e6744d32cc}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2020, abstract = {The end-of-life tyre recycling industry in Latvia faces significant issues on a national level and on a micro business level. The aim of the research is the clarification of opportunities for new circular business models within the tyre recycling industry in Latvia. The main research methods are literature review, semi-structured in-depth interviews, case studies, content analyses, and quantitative statistical analyses, qualitative and descriptive analyses, allowing providing integrative interdisciplinary assessment. In addition, design-thinking methods contributed to conclusions on future opportunities of new tyre recycling business models. The research shows that the system is insufficiently supervised, and it does not facilitate the development of new environmentally friendly technologies and circular business models. A large share of tyres ends up in waste landfills, are incinerated or illegally stored, whereas only a small number of them are recycled. The traditional tyre incineration methods are ineffective and create adverse effects on the environment. Tyre recycling companies in Latvia are not active in adoption of new technologies and business models. This justifies the topicality of the research problem. The research results reveal that globally new opportunities are being actively explored on how to produce higher added value products from materials obtained in the tyre recycling process. In Latvia, it is possible to develop new financially viable circular business models in tyre recycling industry, for instance, by producing tyre-derived aggregates for construction materials or pavement subbases. Besides the need for dynamic innovation capabilities of entrepreneurs, development of new business models in tyre recycling requires collaboration among various stakeholders. In addition, the government has a significant role in implementing the Green Public Procurement for the industries utilizing products gained as a result of tyre recycling. © 2020 Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Uvarova and D Atstaja and V Korpa and L Avena and M Erdmanis}, doi = {10.22616/ERDev.2020.19.TF435}, booktitle = {Engineering for Rural Development}, note = {cited By 6}, pages = {1680-1691}, publisher = {Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies}, title = {End-of-life tyre recycling: Going beyond to new circular business models in Latvia}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088483766&doi=10.22616%2fERDev.2020.19.TF435&partnerID=40&md5=fce95cd2eea6670af1ffc310de2eb1f3}, year = {2020}, } @article{, abstract = {This research paper deals with the current situation regarding the implementation of Computer System Validation (CSV) in European medical technology companies. The CSV is a complex evaluation process to validate all IT systems (hardware as well as software) in a company, whether these systems are appropriate for the production of medical devices or not. Since a few years, this process has been required by various DIN standards and regulations in Europe for the manufacture of medical devices. While larger companies often have enough resources at their disposal to outsource this process, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular have problems with implementation because they often have insufficient resources in terms of time, personnel and budget. As part of this research, a survey was conducted among Latvian SMEs from the medical technology industry on the current status of implementation and execution of the CSV. The theoretical and conceptual basis of the survey as well as the corresponding results will be explained and discussed in the following chapters. As one of the results it can be stated that the medical technology industry in Latvia is mainly characterized by micro-enterprises with less than ten employees and that there are significant gaps in the understanding and implementation of the CSV. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.}, author = {M Schönberger and T Vasiljeva}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-44610-9_58}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {595-610}, publisher = {Springer}, title = {How Computer System Validation Contributes to Performance Improvements for Medical Device Manufactures: The Case of Latvian SME}, volume = {117}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85083995012&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-44610-9_58&partnerID=40&md5=42d6cee2c37e261181a11d135ccb7982}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Arefjevs2020, abstract = {The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has a significant impact on the business model of companies operating in the financial sector. Digital transformation leads to changing existing business model rapidly, as well as necessity of developing new processes specifically related to the use of ICT in business processes, development of new products and updating existing ones. At present, changes in the demand for ICT related processes in financial sector are observed both through the development of different technologies and their applications core or ancillary processes (e.g. innovations in payment systems including crypto currencies, blockchain-assisted smart contract, credit markets and insurance including peer-to-peer lending). Based on the opportunities offered by ICT, new business models need to be developed in the financial sector to transform these capabilities into new products and services that respond to changing customer demand. The aim of research to investigate the changes taking place in financial sector in the light of developments in ICT for acquisition of necessary competencies. Research methodology includes systematic review of scientific literature, analysis of selected financial sector statistics, semi-structured industry expert interviews and statistics analysis. The empirical study is limited to the financial sector of Latvia. Although due to the global nature of the financial sector the research findings could be applied internationally. © Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2020.}, author = {I Arefjevs and A Spilbergs and A Natrins and A Verdenhofs and I Mavlutova and T Volkova}, doi = {10.22616/rrd.26.2020.038}, editor = {Zvirbule A Ciprovica I Dukulis I Assouline G Dumbrauskas A Zukovskis J Jansons A Gaile Z. Arhipova I.}, booktitle = {Research for Rural Development}, note = {cited By 5}, pages = {260-267}, publisher = {Jelgava : Latvia University of Agriculture}, title = {Financial sector evolution and competencies development in the context of information and communication technologies}, volume = {35}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099776395&doi=10.22616%2frrd.26.2020.038&partnerID=40&md5=481f0e5bf589fe3fa909be242a4fb102}, year = {2020}, } @article{Mavlutova2020, abstract = {-Nowadays, in the digital age, automated software with machine learning and artificial intelligence is widely used in both business and everyday life, therefore it has to be used in education and achieving of its sustainability. The young generation makes extensive use of a wide range of software, so teaching with an automated tool would be very attractive for students, but there is a need to increase teachers' digital skills and com-petencies. When studying entrepreneurship, students prefer innovative, practical teaching methods, involving automatic tools for validation of business idea feasibility. The aim of the study is to identify multidisciplinary and innovative educational approaches and techniques in entrepreneurship, containing training that uses automated software to test and improve the viability of students' business ideas. The authors followed the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan. Digitalization creates and will create more and more possibilities in future to use automatic digital tools in education and solutions in form of artificial intelligence that might be scalable and widely applied for the distance learning as evidenced by the crisis caused by COVID-19. The research is based on existing researches and comparative analysis of teaching entrepreneurship, statistical data analysis and survey conducted by authors. Discussion on and identification of innovative learning and teaching techniques in entrepreneurship education is also included. © 2020, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Mavlutova and K Lesinskis and M Liogys and J Hermanis}, doi = {10.37394/232015.2020.16.75}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development}, note = {cited By 15}, pages = {725-733}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Innovative teaching techniques for entrepreneurship education in the era of digitalisation}, volume = {16}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85095449066&doi=10.37394%2f232015.2020.16.75&partnerID=40&md5=0621b20cd751ffe366ce923b6a7dd618}, year = {2020}, } @article{Mavlutova2020, abstract = {The fast development of new technologies has a significant impact on the financial sector development. Digitalization leads to the development of new business models, transformation of value chains, new product delivery channels, relationships between companies in the financial sector and structural landscape of the financial sector changes to the. Although, there is no common understanding formed among scholars about the drivers of these strategic changes and the future financial sector development trends. The development of financial technologies, characterized by the emergence of alternative services and new industries, can be described as highly innovative. The functional equivalent of the commonly used terms, such as digital disruption and digital transformation is digital innovation, in one case emphasizing strategic orientation, developing new products and business models using digital technologies, infrastructures, supply chain, and ecosystems, and, in the other - transforming traditional models to address to existing loyal customers providing more usable in the digital ecosystems access channels, solutions, and products. © 2020 Estudios de Economia Aplicada. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Mavlutova and T Volkova and A Natrins and A Spilbergs and I Arefjevs and I Miahkykh}, doi = {10.25115/EEA.V38I4.4055}, issue = {4}, journal = {Estudios de Economia Aplicada}, note = {cited By 8}, publisher = {Ascociacion Internacional de Economia Aplicada}, title = {Financial sector transformation in the era of digitalization}, volume = {38}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102298532&doi=10.25115%2fEEA.V38I4.4055&partnerID=40&md5=ed6844d61fd9fb55fb373e864e61818d}, year = {2020}, } @article{Mavlutova2020, abstract = {The aim of chapter is to investigate present position of companies in mechanical engineering and metalworking sector, to prepare proposals for management improvement and financial performance strengthening in these companies. We applied different methods in the research such as theoretical sources, statistical data analysis, forecasting, and other financial calculations. Quantitative research methods were used to analyze trends and structural problems in industry. Additional methods such as sector expert interviews and personal observations were used. Company’s financial independence increases the need to carry out the business analysis of the company in order to improve its efficiency and profitability. Mechanical engineering and metalworking sector is one of the leading industries in Latvia. This industry is a diverse sector encompassing many subbranches. In a saturated market with a high level of competition, it is essential for companies to plan their business strategy in order to secure a sustainable work, keep job places, and secure stability. Managers need information and knowledge about the company’s business activities and financial results of it in order to diversify internal and external resources, they need to set problem segments and modify the activity model. As a result of the research the authors have drawn the conclusions that in order to carry out business efficiency evaluation. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.}, author = {I Mavlutova and B Mavlutov}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-40160-3_8}, issue = {2}, journal = {Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {119-134}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}, title = {The Role of Business Analysis for Mechanical Engineering and Metalworking Companies}, volume = {13}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85132769637&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-40160-3_8&partnerID=40&md5=f4faec6892c0683ed15f4352832defb3}, year = {2020}, } @book{Rutitis2020, abstract = {This chapter presents a postmortem analysis of the collapse of a Latvian enterprise software company Clusterpoint that attempted to enter the global market with a Cloud-based database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering to compete with MongoDB and other vendors in the NoSQL database category. The beginning of Clusterpoint is dated back to 2006 when three co-founders established the Clusterpoint Ltd. Company in Riga, Latvia. Clusterpoint developed its proprietary, closed source Clusterpoint database software and sold it in the local Latvian market using traditional enterprise licensing model. In 2015, Clusterpoint used more than 2 million EUR for launching its Cloud-based DBaaS offering and entering primarily the US market. In 2016, it was recognized by market research agency Gartner as one of Cool Vendors in platform-as-a-service (PaaS) segment. However, by the end of 2017 the company was unable to attract another investment round for financing its operations and was forced to file for insolvency due to liquidity issues. Research results suggest that the main reason for company collapse was related to the inability to achieve product/market fit due to the lack of Clusterpoint integration with the major Cloud infrastructure vendors (Amazon WS, Microsoft Azure, etc.) and its focus on closed-source business model. The effect of these two factors was amplified by premature scaling. The authors use the research method of an empirical case study and postmortem analysis approach, analyzing the outcome in the retrospect (doing the "research-in-the-past") of a completed project. One of the co-authors has worked as an employee at Clusterpoint during from February 2015 till March 2016. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.}, author = {D Rutitis and T Volkova}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-35983-6_18}, journal = {Fundamentals of Software Startups: Essential Engineering and Business Aspects}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {299-312}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, title = {The rise and fall of a database-as-a-service Latvian unicorn}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088032757&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-35983-6_18&partnerID=40&md5=e9a5332a77377fbffad4dc5289695b2a}, year = {2020}, } @article{Mikelsone2020, abstract = {Research background:Web-based idea management systems provide local and global idea management potential for many well-known and established companies, such as Boeing, Pana-sonic, Volkswagen, Volvo and P&G. Based on previous research done by the authors, there is an existing gap in the available literature and research on the subject: (1) there is a lack of evidence on how different idea managements system types materializes in local and global contexts; (2) there is a lack of research on how frequent these systems are applied in the global context. Purpose of the article: The paper aims to clarify which of the web-based idea management system types produce significantly better results when applied in the local and in the global con-text. Methods: The following research attempts to close the existing research gap empirically by conducting a survey. In the research paper analysis of 447 responses was included — global companies that use idea management systems. The respondents were reached through idea management system providers. Findings & Value added: The research results suggest that there is a difference between the intensity of different web-based idea management system types (based on involved sources and process focus) of application if these systems are used for the global or local context. The study contributes theoretically and practically to the discussion about the potential idea management system application types in different contexts. © 2020, Institute of Economic Research. All rights reserved.}, author = {E Mikelsone and A Spilbergs and T Volkova and E Liela}, doi = {10.24136/eq.2020.008}, issue = {1}, journal = {Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy}, note = {cited By 6}, pages = {151-166}, publisher = {Institute of Economic Research}, title = {Idea management system application types in local and global context}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121342708&doi=10.24136%2feq.2020.008&partnerID=40&md5=cfb65927192d3c54e1c294ac457c496f}, year = {2020}, } @article{Spilbergs2020, abstract = {Residential mortgage loans play an important role in improving living conditions in developed countries. In Latvia, however, residential mortgage volumes have declined throughout the post-crisis year’s and were at the end of 2018 12% below the end 2008 level, while the house price index ca. 25% below pre-crisis level. The main reasons for this are banks credit losses, which resulted in a revision of credit granting standards and a deteriorating in their availability. On the other hand, households have experienced increased uncertainty, both as a result of financial difficulties, experienced during the crisis years and political instability in the post-crisis years. It is therefore essential to identify the true risk drivers and to analyse them. Based on existing researches in other countries, the author has identified several dozen macro-economic indicators, such as the unemployment rate, wage growth, housing price index, etc. and micro factors such as the age of the borrower, total debt to income, loan-to-value, etc., have developed univariate and multivariate econometric models and have examined their statistical stability. Consequently, through a consistent application, it is possible to take sound credit decisions, both in banks and by households, and to contribute to the sustainable development of the housing market. © 2020 by the authors.}, author = {A Spilbergs}, doi = {10.28991/esj-2020-01214}, issue = {2}, journal = {Emerging Science Journal}, note = {cited By 4}, pages = {104-112}, publisher = {Ital Publication}, title = {Residential mortgage loans delinquencies analysis and risk drivers assessment}, volume = {4}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087446713&doi=10.28991%2fesj-2020-01214&partnerID=40&md5=207a5d8de5655300e32c35c0bbd44646}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Deneva2020, abstract = {Extractive activities are traditional for the Bulgarian economy and are part of the economic activity of the population since the establishment of the Bulgarian state. As an autonomous sector of the economy, they are approved after 1878. The initial extractive activities are carried out with the direct participation of foreign capital, mainly French, German and Belgian. The extraction of raw materials has always been among the priority economic areas. Not surprisingly with the first economic laws adopted by the Bulgarian Government is supported its development. A typical example in this respect is the law on the promotion of the local industry since 1909. Among the promotion activities are mining, metal industry, as well as the quarry and that for the processing of soil materials. The mining industry is an indispensable part of the structure of the Bulgarian economy, regardless of its transformations. © 2020 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.}, author = {A Deneva and J Grasis}, doi = {10.1051/e3sconf/202017401026}, editor = {Janocko J Straka M Nuray D Szurgacz D Petrova M Tan Y Abay A Voth S. Cehlar M.}, booktitle = {E3S Web of Conferences}, note = {cited By 2}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, title = {Bulgarian Mining Industry between Tradition and Innovation}, volume = {174}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088502237&doi=10.1051%2fe3sconf%2f202017401026&partnerID=40&md5=9421feacd25d2b976b1b2ed1d8e84b87}, year = {2020}, } @article{Tambovceva2020, abstract = {This article provides a practical example of the development of cross-border tourism and its link to achieving sustainable development goals. Greenways (GWs) are successful and recognized initiatives in Western Europe, but have recently also shown development trends in Eastern Europe, notably, in the Baltic Sea Region and Russia. These initiatives improve the quality of life and provide opportunities for sustainable economic activities for the local communities, especially in rural areas, adding value to their natural, cultural, historical and human heritage. The authors studied examples of best practice in scientific literature and practice, encouraging the development of cross-border tourism and GWs in Europe and Russia, in order to further adapt it to other continents. Analyzing the environmental, economic, social and institutional factors in the region and their role in sustainable development, the need for institutional regulation that would allow the development of a wider development of GWs is identified. Research results reveal sustainable development dilemmas of positive socioeconomic effects of GWs and negative environmental effects of increased flows of tourists. Focus groups and expert interviews allowed us to assess the level of various factors contributing to sustainable development and clarify the directions of the future research. © 2020 by the authors.}, author = {T Tambovceva and D Atstaja and M Tereshina and I Uvarova and A Livina}, doi = {10.3390/SU12155927}, issue = {15}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 13}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Sustainability challenges and drivers of cross-border greenway tourism in rural areas}, volume = {12}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089747630&doi=10.3390%2fSU12155927&partnerID=40&md5=cb22690618e68d91db7091684ca8b651}, year = {2020}, } @article{Raza2020, abstract = {Why do some new ventures thrive while others fail? In this study, we investigate the unique relationship between external knowledge sourcing of new ventures and its innovative outcomes, and its contextual embeddedness. The investigation is based on the Knowledge-based view and theory of institutional polycentrism across entrepreneurs, nested in different institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypothesis about the negative impact of higher levels of institutional adversity, on new venture's innovation at the national level. We then found the contingent role of adversity in institutions based on the relationship between external knowledge sourcing and new venture innovation. We examine this question using data from 28,660 entrepreneurs from 47 countries. We use Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Freedom House, IEF, POLCON and Political Risk Services data for 2009–2013. We apply multilevel estimation framework to test our hypotheses. We find the new ventures that have high level of external knowledge sourcing tend to be more innovative: the ones that search widely through different external sources. Further, we find that the benefits to external knowledge sourcing depend on institutional environmental conditions, however new venture innovation should ensure the external knowledge sourcing are used robustly to develop a resource mechanism to deal with the institutional adversity. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.}, author = {A Raza and S Saeed and S Yousafzai and M U Shahid and M Muffatto}, doi = {10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.03.018}, journal = {Industrial Marketing Management}, note = {cited By 11}, pages = {633-647}, publisher = {Elsevier Inc.}, title = {Institutional adversity, external knowledge sources, and new ventures' innovation: An institutional polycentrism theory perspective}, volume = {90}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082177540&doi=10.1016%2fj.indmarman.2020.03.018&partnerID=40&md5=bdca21a9e0e6f485adb4d666a9566deb}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2020, abstract = {Depleting natural resources and large amounts of waste increase the environmental pressure affecting the economy and humans. Emerging sustainability challenges require new behavioural patterns from both the business and consumers. Responding to these constraints, the circular economy is promoted as a new way towards a sustainable future. While the circular economy provides new principles for improving resource efficiency and reducing waste, most of companies run traditional business models with the perception that competitive advantages can be achieved by increasing production. Instead circular business models seek for increase of profitability and efficiency through adapting various business model innovations. However, their adoption process and results are unclear for many industries highlighting the topicality of this article. This research shows that milk processing companies lack an experience and understanding of benefits and challenges of circular business models. In milk processing, the whey is considered as problematic waste or the production leftover, which requires new treatment. The research provides analyses of the whey recycling circular business models that ensured new revenue streams, higher profitability, return on assets and competitive advantages for milk processing companies. The COVID19 pandemia increases the importance of this issue as the dairy industry due to livestock requirements shall ensure business continuity despite a crises or other risks that slowdown the business. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.}, author = {I Uvarova and D Atstaja and U Grinbergs and J Petersons and A Gegere-Zetterstroma and S Kraze}, doi = {10.1088/1755-1315/578/1/012019}, issue = {1}, booktitle = {IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science}, note = {cited By 4}, publisher = {IOP Publishing Ltd}, title = {Transition to the circular economy and new circular business models - An in-depth study of the whey recycling}, volume = {578}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096688087&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f578%2f1%2f012019&partnerID=40&md5=2c42978e301137e258383506a33dca8c}, year = {2020}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2020, abstract = {The development of a sustainable economy and the efficient use of resources are now playing an increasingly important role in the circular economy. Unlike the linear economy, the economy contributes to keeping the value of products, materials, and resources in the economy as long as possible, while at the same time reducing both waste volume and raw material consumption and their environmental impact. The topicality of the research is illustrated by the limited amount of natural resources, climate change and sustainable economic growth, which is pursued by both countries and companies. It is in the economic interest of society as a whole to use existing resources in the best possible way. In addition, the introduction of the circular economy is expected to open up broad opportunities for economic growth for both businesses and consumers. The transition to a circular economic business model requires investment. Funding can be raised through different types of projects, but there is little or no information available in the public area about where and how to obtain financing for circular economy-related projects and what are the general benefits for the company from environmentally-friendly activities. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.}, author = {D Atstaja and I Uvarova and D Kamilla Kambala and V Alberte and K Stokmane and A Gegere-Zetterstroma and S Kraze and G Zapletnuka}, doi = {10.1088/1755-1315/578/1/012029}, issue = {1}, booktitle = {IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science}, note = {cited By 6}, publisher = {IOP Publishing Ltd}, title = {Investments to Develop Business Models and Projects in the Circular Economy}, volume = {578}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85096720536&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f578%2f1%2f012029&partnerID=40&md5=99d832e4100b1a02c2aaf94982b22e2d}, year = {2020}, } @article{Ruda2021, abstract = {This article investigates students’ evaluations of perceived entrepreneurial benefits and barriers and their desired university support within a sample of the ICSB academies in 2016 and 2017. The authors highlight differences within these evaluations depending on gender and the students’ disciplinary background, drawing on social role theory. In general, the participants of the ICSB academies show high entrepreneurial ambitions; this also holds for the generated subgroups (business/non-business and female/male). The support for our derived hypotheses is in line with our theoretical reasoning, showing differences caused by gender and disciplinary background. As a practical implication, our findings facilitate effective student support of higher education institutions. © 2020 International Council for Small Business.}, author = {W Ruda and P G Keller and A El Tarabishy and R Ascúa}, doi = {10.1080/00472778.2020.1786336}, issue = {sup1}, journal = {Journal of Small Business Management}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {S193-S214}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis Ltd.}, title = {Gender and study discipline-specific differences in the opinion about entrepreneurial aspects: An “ICSB academy” investigation}, volume = {59}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85089962430&doi=10.1080%2f00472778.2020.1786336&partnerID=40&md5=6067c1227341162757c59083f5c59c8d}, year = {2021}, } @article{, abstract = {Health system reforms in Latvia are the most ambitious and constructive in the last thirty years in the following areas: infrastructure and mapping, defining the role of local governments in the health care system, human resources, improving the selection process of state budget-paid health care providers, improvement of the health care quality system, e-health and patient identification; reorganization of the institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Health. Value-based healthcare is a new and effective management approach in the health sector, which has been introduced by leading European and global health service providers, and, in Latvia, it should be considered the next “post-reform” reform. An element of novelty is the introduction of a hybrid management approach and coordination within the health care system through the introduction of the clinics – leaders in the primary disease groups or central medical officer (CMO). © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {M Pētersone and K Ketners and D Krieviņš and I Erins and O G Rakauskiene and I Eriņa}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-80876-1_46}, editor = {Salminen V Kantola J.I. Nazir S.}, journal = {Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {363-370}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH}, title = {Network for Disease-Specific Networking Strategy to Increasing of Public Value: Latvia’s Approach}, volume = {267}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85112309296&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-80876-1_46&partnerID=40&md5=8211054ec4904a6c9c3c28935f8ba607}, year = {2021}, } @article{Behmane2021, abstract = {Given the global nature of health services and increasing competition between regions and health care providers, the aim of the study is to develop a theoretical framework and conceptual model for attracting foreign patients to the health care services. In this study, the authors have summarized the results of their previous empirical research based on integrative literature review to develop a comprehensive understanding of the dimensions and factors characterizing the phenomenon of international competitiveness of health care services. The theoretical study results were validated in expert interviews and applied research studies and the applicability of the developed model was tested in the study of experience and satisfaction of foreign patients with the health care services in Latvia. The authors proposed framework and model is based on the system of factors including five dimensions of acquisition and attributed to micro, mezzo, and macro levels. The study confirms and highlights the need for a person and patient-centered care approach in the context of cross-border health care, the importance of international requirements for ensuring service quality and patients’ rights, reinforced by general travel factors, destination marketing, health service-specific communication tools, and choice determinants. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {D Behmane and D Rutitis and A Batraga}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-77438-7_16}, journal = {Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {259-275}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}, title = {Conceptual Framework for Attracting Foreign Patients to Health Care Services}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114340785&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-77438-7_16&partnerID=40&md5=8d91614f7f06dec0ea0becf34ee70944}, year = {2021}, } @article{Rutitis2021, abstract = {Product development teams at ICT companies are using various innovation tools (e.g., Business Model Canvas, Lean Startup) and management methodologies (e.g., Lean Startup, Kaizen). The aim of this chapter is to align selection of innovation tools with company growth in subsequent stages of product development before and during commercialization stage. This chapter introduces a conceptual framework to be applied for creation of new ICT products by technology startups. This model describes the ICT product development path and availability of methods taking into account the product development stages. The choice of the tools and methods for development of innovative ICT products is found to be also correlated with the product IRL (innovation readiness level), choice of the growth financing (self-financing vs. venture money), and internal environment factors. The main findings of the research related to the validation of the proposed model for ICT product development by a number of emerging university spin-offs. The novelty of the research is related to introduction of relationship between currently available product development (innovation) tools and managerial processes, and the product development cycle. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {D Rutitis and T Volkova}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-77438-7_14}, journal = {Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {229-241}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}, title = {Model for Development of Innovative ICT Products at High-Growth Potential Startups}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114342774&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-77438-7_14&partnerID=40&md5=bac5ed0e6faa0b1bbfa0f1a397194d12}, year = {2021}, } @article{Kuzmina2021, abstract = {The decision-making process, as well as general management of the higher education institution, is nowadays becoming more and more complex and complicated; therefore, management of the higher education institution requires modern tools and methods to ensure sustainable development of the organization and to meet different shareholders’ interests and necessities. The objective of the current paper is to cover the existing gap and to provide the management of the higher education institution in Latvia with an acceptable financial efficiency measurement tool—financial health index—useful in the process of setting the institution’s strategic goals, developing and implementing strategies, as well as performance measurement. The authors are using the methodology of ratio analysis in higher education in Latvia. To solve the weight determination problem, the authors apply findings described. The major advantage of the “new” index is its clear weightings based on the simulation and not one’s opinion. So that the kind of approach would lead to the usage of the reliable tool, allowing comparison between different organizations and determination of best practice approach. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.}, author = {J Kuzmina and A Natrins and A Ziemele and E Kivrina}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-77438-7_2}, journal = {Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 0}, pages = {19-32}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}, title = {Developing Financial Efficiency Index for Higher Education Institutions}, volume = {19}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114381499&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-77438-7_2&partnerID=40&md5=40667b50591cbc45462615d5dbe386b3}, year = {2021}, } @article{Ketners2021, abstract = {For customs administrations to function effectively and to uphold European Union (EU) values, it is crucial that they work together, with consistent quality standards and with the uniform application of regulations and initiatives. This is because different approaches and standards in education and training make it difficult to share information on best practices and disseminate knowledge and skills between different customs administrations. The EU Customs Competency Framework (CustCompEU) sets out a consensus on the optimal set of knowledge, skills, and behaviours required by customs professionals in the EU. However, from the perspective of customs institutions, several practical issues arise - chiefly, how to provide their employees with the necessary knowledge and skills in a cost effective and efficient way, by investing in customs employee training. This study provides a flexible methodology for generating competency, which allows employers to systematize the requirements for specific customs positions and to connect with the requirements of international and supranational organizations. The approach provided is practical from the perspective of the customs institution, and provides educators and human resource managers with the necessary information regarding the knowledge and skills acquired as a result of the educational process. The meta-analysis of the study is based on the use of qualitative data from existing data sources which utilize the professional standards system implemented in Latvia, EU-implemented initiatives, and the principles of the process management system. The standards of the customs profession are a key element in the development of an integrated learning and management model, which would be a central element in a coordinated and harmonized vocational education and training system for professional customs officers. © 2021 Mykolo Romerio Universitetas. All rights reserved.}, author = {K Ketners and M Petersone}, doi = {10.13165/IE-21-15-1-01}, issue = {1}, journal = {Intellectual Economics}, note = {cited By 7}, pages = {5-14}, publisher = {Mykolo Romerio Universitetas}, title = {The personalized model for the sustainable development of human resources in customs}, volume = {15}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115073584&doi=10.13165%2fIE-21-15-1-01&partnerID=40&md5=c3166761feff3f9f60eea81613a28361}, year = {2021}, } @article{Carvalho2021, abstract = {This study seeks to investigate the entrepreneurial perceptions among the students regarding their professional careers analyzing macro, micro and entrepreneurial education factors in Latvia, including the analysis of gender differences. The research is based on the analysis of data collected through a survey. The paper uses statistical analysis involving the measures of descriptive statistics (absolute and relative frequencies, means and respective standard deviations) and inferential statistics to examine the differences within an original dataset of 360 young people in Latvia. The results reveal several statistically significant gender differences. This research contributes to enriching literature and also adds value to studies on entrepreneurial perceptions divided by gender. Understanding the factors which shape entrepreneurship education, macrofactors and microfactors affecting young people’s decisions and perceptions, education systems and public policies would allow adjusting and designing policies aiming to boost entrepreneurship education and enhance entrepreneurship as a career choice and balance it in a gender context. © 2021, Centre of Sociological Research. All rights reserved.}, author = {L Carvalho and I Mavlutova and K Lesinskis and R Dias}, doi = {10.14254/2071-789X.2021/14-3/12}, issue = {3}, journal = {Economics and Sociology}, note = {cited By 5}, pages = {220-241}, publisher = {Centre of Sociological Research}, title = {Entrepreneurial perceptions of students regarding business professional career: The study on gender differences in Latvia}, volume = {14}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85116627524&doi=10.14254%2f2071-789X.2021%2f14-3%2f12&partnerID=40&md5=149d183237bdc46de85159f01e25037b}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{, abstract = {Every year, efforts are applied worldwide, particularly in the European Union, to improve health care systems by increasing the added value of resources already available for health care financing by increasing the performance of health care systems. According to experts of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 20–40% of the resources are used for complications that could be avoided, for unnecessary treatment or administrative inefficiency. Therefore, a new initiative to improve health performance – the value-based health care concept (VBHC) is becoming increasingly popular in the world, and particularly in Europe. This scientific article aims to explore the possibilities of applying VBHC in Latvia and the interaction between various management tools in the field of health care. Application of the VBHC concept in Latvia is offered for discussion, where the outcome of the corresponding measure would be identified for each health service provider as part of a one-patient (care) pathway involving several independent health service providers. Based on the Health Care System Performance Assessment (HSPA), clinical (patient) pathways and indicators, to initiate an integrated VBHC model in four priority areas: circulatory system diseases, oncology, mental health, maternal and child health. Meta-analysis of the research is based on the use of qualitative data sources – the existing data sources from policies implemented by the Ministry of Health in Latvia and examples of the introduction of VBHC initiatives worldwide summarised by the VBHC Center Europe. The deductive research is based on the Value-Based Healthcare concept introduced by Porter and Teisberg (2007). © 2021, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. All rights reserved.}, author = {M Pētersone and K Ketners and D Krieviņš}, doi = {10.22616/rrd.27.2021.018}, booktitle = {Research for Rural Development}, note = {cited By 2}, pages = {122-128}, publisher = {Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies}, title = {Integrate health care system performance assessment for value-based health care implementation in latvia}, volume = {36}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122041537&doi=10.22616%2frrd.27.2021.018&partnerID=40&md5=bf5f6a698d3bf4a1768eeffdc38b955a}, year = {2021}, } @article{Kravalis2021, abstract = {Over a year has passed since the beginning of Covid-19 pandemic and the introduction of measures to limit the spread of the pandemic in Latvia. These have resulted in changes in all spheres of young people's lives, including the way they study and exercise. This study examines the role of Generation Z physical activity as a means of maintaining the well-being of the emerging workforce and the choice of teaching methods by different age groups and genders as well as the finances spent on it. The research methods include critical content analysis of scientific literature on Generation Z, modern teaching methods and the role of physical activity in young people's lives as well as descriptive statistical data analysis of primary data obtained from a questionnaire. The authors found positive correlation between age, gender, the occurrence of depressing mood or anxiety and engagement in physical activity and also identified that Generation Z spends less financial resources for their physical activities and well-being insurance (e.g., the empirical study shows that 84% of respondents spend under 20 hours per month on physical activity, with Chi-Square test p = 0.001); additionally, the study shows that the use of such teaching methods as group work, seminars and webinars for promoting physical activities are efficient under the Covid-19 pandemic situation, except for responders aged 16 – 19, who do not enjoy seminars and conferences (p=0.002) and webinars (p=0.001), albeit other age groups do not mind these teaching methods as well as group work, as shown by Chi-Squared Test (p>0.05). © 2021, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Kravalis and K Ciekurs and A Ropa and I Mavlutova and J Hermanis}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2021.18.132}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 5}, pages = {1432-1451}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Teaching Methods for Generation Z for Physical Activities: a Stable Labor Market Provision under the COVID-19 Pandemic}, volume = {18}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85126294057&doi=10.37394%2f23207.2021.18.132&partnerID=40&md5=75b1cba59dd6a7ad5018975c77e0a50b}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mavlutova2021, abstract = {The development of new technologies provided by Information and communication technologies, robotics, artificial intelligence and their application have an essential influence on the business model of the financial sector companies. Changes are taking place through a variety of technology processes in different industries of the financial sector such as payment systems (including cryptocurrencies, smart chaining), customer acquisition and management, crowdfunding, P2P lending. The aim of the research is to study the role of Fintech firms in the changes in the financial sector landscape, as well dynamics of changes in investments in Fintech by regions and by segments. This study provides empirical evidence on the development of alternative financial services and their role in the development of the financial sector. Based on the research results there is strong evidence about statistically significant difference between investments allocated to Fintech firms by regions and vintage. There have been changes in the regional distribution of investment, with North America (85-90%) dominating in the first years of the decade, and Asia and the Pacific accounting for more than a third and Europe for more than 20% of total investment in recent years. Contemporary statistics data analysis also indicates different trends in investments in various Fintech segments by years. © 2021, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Mavlutova and T Volkova and A Spilbergs and A Natrins and I Arefjevs and A Verdenhofs}, doi = {10.37394/23207.2021.18.42}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics}, note = {cited By 3}, pages = {411-423}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {The role of fintech firms in contemporary financial sector development}, volume = {18}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85127589732&doi=10.37394%2f23207.2021.18.42&partnerID=40&md5=d199b09010ab4e22a7d621ff36a0afa6}, year = {2021}, } @article{Spilbergs2021, abstract = {COVID-19 has devastated societies and economies around the world, leaving no sector untouched. The unprecedented crisis caused by Covid-19 led to unexpected changes in public behaviour: The restrictions imposed, especially during the pandemic outbreaks in March-April and November-December 2020, left a significant impact on traffic volumes. By the spring of 2020, more than half of the world's population had been isolated with tough containment measures. Opportunities to work from home reduced the need to use private cars and, consequently, the demand for motor third party liability (MTPL) insurance. In order to understand the significance of the impact of the pandemic on MTPL insurance premiums and claims, the authors studied the impact of macroeconomic factors on the insurance market in Latvia in the period from 2005-2020. Using regression analysis methods, the evidence was obtained that changes in the macroeconomic situation significantly affect one of the main non-life insurance segments MTPL insurance. A set of indicators, that most significantly affect revenues and expenses in this business segment of insurance companies, was determined. The findings provide useful recommendations for insurance companies to reduce business risks and promote sustainable development. The results of the study are important for insurance-related econometric analysis, investment decisions, forecasting, and policy development. © 2021, World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society. All rights reserved.}, author = {A Spilbergs and A Fomins and M Krastins}, doi = {10.37394/232018.2021.9.5}, journal = {WSEAS Transactions on Computer Research}, note = {cited By 1}, pages = {33-42}, publisher = {World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society}, title = {Impact of Covid-19 on the dynamics of MTPL insurance premiums and claims paid in Latvia}, volume = {9}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139413730&doi=10.37394%2f232018.2021.9.5&partnerID=40&md5=a508d33a1467ebd42fdfeb956682c3c5}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2021, abstract = {Entrepreneurship education programmes are slowly adapting to the circularity and sustainability movement. Business education lacks experiences in introducing sustainability and environmentally-friendly business topics into entrepreneurship study programmes. This article aims to research the inclusion of environmental and sustainability issues in the entrepreneurship education programmes in order to promote a green entrepreneurial mindset among students and acquire green business activities. The COVID-19 crisis has thrown a harsh spotlight on a range of sustainable development challenges, and the choices the community makes now in its path to recovery will shape the trajectory of sustainable development for years to come. Also, usage of digital technologies will become crucial in this green transition. The empirical research was based on the evaluation of a survey of 657 undergraduate students from the business administration sphere. The research results are of practical, social and scientific significance by exploring the green movement and its impacts on the entrepreneurship education curricula and their effects in developing a green entrepreneurial mindset of students. © 2021 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Uvarova and I Mavlutova and D Atstaja}, doi = {10.1088/1755-1315/628/1/012034}, issue = {1}, booktitle = {IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science}, note = {cited By 15}, publisher = {IOP Publishing Ltd}, title = {Development of the green entrepreneurial mindset through modern entrepreneurship education}, volume = {628}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100816187&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f628%2f1%2f012034&partnerID=40&md5=4a04c5e14d8d7b95128f0e6c05f4a2a3}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2021, abstract = {The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted such challenges for the world's socio-economic and financial systems Social entrepreneurship is an integral part of Europe's diverse social market economy. The aim of the paper is to tackle the social entrepreneurship field in Latvia and in particular to reveal the enterprises operating in the textile industry, as fashion industry in general is evaluated as second polluting industry, being just behind oil industry. The paper is limited to social entrepreneurship in the field of textile, as it is a new waste stream that has received particular goals and thus needs to be managed in a more sustainable way. To promote social enterprises in the field of textile production and processing it is especially important to implement elements of the circular economy in the daily activities of a social enterprise. Fostering social entrepreneurship in the textile field allows to reach a range of goals simultaneously, including, but not limited to-decrease of textile waste volume, increase of upcycling and moving towards circular economy targets. © 2021 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.}, author = {D Atstaja and N Cudečka-Puriņa and R Vesere and L Abele and S Spivakovskyy}, doi = {10.1051/e3sconf/202125501014}, editor = {Koval V Generowicz A. Burkinskyi B.}, booktitle = {E3S Web of Conferences}, note = {cited By 5}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, title = {Challenges of textile industry in the framework of Circular Economy: Case from Latvia}, volume = {255}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105727298&doi=10.1051%2fe3sconf%2f202125501014&partnerID=40&md5=d13adde3613823b471e29066a57c91ee}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Kuzmina2021, abstract = {Sustainable development of the world is one of the most discussed topics, while well-being and risk-awareness of the employees are important elements to achieve it. The aim of the study is to analyse the work environment factors that are considered important by prospective and new employees and compare them with the opinions of experienced professional HR and company managers. The second goal of the research paper is to measure the risk-awareness of young adults due to its relevance for the current discussion. The results of the study show that students consider safe and ergonomic working conditions, green thinking, flexible working hours and good pay as the most important factors in the workplace. HR professionals, on the other hand, consider the psychological climate, safety, engagement, and work-life balance as the most important factors. Young adults in Latvia show some level of risk-awareness, while a deeper understanding of the issues is necessary. © 2021 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.}, author = {J Kuzmina and D Atstaja and G Dambe and Y Kichuk and V Bykhovchenko}, doi = {10.1051/e3sconf/202125501023}, editor = {Koval V Generowicz A. Burkinskyi B.}, booktitle = {E3S Web of Conferences}, note = {cited By 3}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, title = {Well-being in the work environment as foundation to achieve sustainable development goal}, volume = {255}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85105732392&doi=10.1051%2fe3sconf%2f202125501023&partnerID=40&md5=bac8afb4174bca1928a79d1835f601d4}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Demianchuk2021, abstract = {Modern enterprises are dynamically developing due to the fourth industrial revolution, contributing to the introduction of innovative infocommunication technologies in most business processes, thereby shaping and developing the digital economy. The aim of the article is to substantiate the concept of sustainable development of enterprises in the context of digital transformations. The theoretical and methodological foundations of sustainable development at different levels of the hierarchy have been determined. The concept of sustainable development of enterprises has been developed, the implementation of which is aimed at harmonizing the economic, environmental and social activities of the enterprise. The stages of the process of implementing the concept of sustainable development of enterprises are highlighted, providing for the justification of an inert, neutral, progressive or forced vector. Ensuring the implementation of the concept of sustainable development is expected through the use of applied models, in particular, the implementation of a parametric model of joint deployment of enterprise infrastructure with other infrastructure facilities in economic activity, taking into account technical, geographical, organizational and socio-economic factors to strengthen financial stability; building a model for ensuring a balanced balance between economic efficiency and environmental and social responsibility of an enterprise using a mechanism for managing transformation processes in the process of transition to sustainable development in the context of digitalization. © 2021 EDP Sciences. All rights reserved.}, author = {M Demianchuk and V Koval and V Hordopolov and V Kozlovtseva and D Atstaja}, doi = {10.1051/e3sconf/202128002002}, editor = {Sakhno S Striuk A Iatsyshyn A Klimov S Osadchyi V Vakaliuk T Nechypurenko P Bondarenko O Danylchuk H Semerikov S. Chukharev S.}, booktitle = {E3S Web of Conferences}, note = {cited By 3}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, title = {Ensuring sustainable development of enterprises in the conditions of digital transformations}, volume = {280}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144856363&doi=10.1051%2fe3sconf%2f202128002002&partnerID=40&md5=51a31ba60fd20443e123c1fea89ee87c}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mavlutova2021, abstract = {Mobility, its current state and development perspectives in the future creates challenges with respect to sustainability, the first of which is the uncontrolled increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the last few decades, while road transport is one of the “sinners” creating long-term negative impact. The second is the dominance of car travel and car usage in the passenger transportation segment before the latest COVID-19 pandemic accelerated environmental problems. Although recent trends show new, greener patterns in consumption, there is still a relatively low share of consumers acknowledging the importance of sustainable and green preferences. This research study aims to investigate car sharing from users’ perspectives and to determine the most significant factors influencing their choice of sharing services to ensure upscaling of car sharing and, thus, contribute to urban sustainability. This research study contributes to the overall scientific discussion on car sharing and its role within urban sustainability, particularly with the following: (1) deeper investigation of car sharing and its users motivation perspectives in Latvia; (2) analyses of the most significant motivational factors for car-sharing users and aspects of sustainability; and (3) the insight into the generational differences triggering a number of car-sharing users. The existing and potential users of car sharing were surveyed in order to determine the motivational factors for its usage and attitudes towards it. Socio-demographic variables in statistical analysis were used to identify economic and environmental factors that meaningfully influence the choice of car-sharing services. The results of this study can support further development in new car-sharing business models and the value proposition for consumers in Latvia, as well as preparing policy recommendations on the promotion of sustainable transport. These findings are also useful to academics for the investigation of recent trends in car sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {I Mavlutova and J Kuzmina and I Uvarova and D Atstaja and K Lesinskis and E Mikelsone and J Brizga}, doi = {10.3390/su131910588}, issue = {19}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 8}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Does car sharing contribute to urban sustainability from user-motivation perspectives?}, volume = {13}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115812995&doi=10.3390%2fsu131910588&partnerID=40&md5=17c7369a908c0ef4c357c68c33871b83}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mavlutova2021, abstract = {Restructuring is relevant for companies that have free capital and need to expand for development purposes, as well as for companies that have relatively large problems with financial results and the relevant indicators indicate the necessary changes. Motives of the restructuring may be different, the authors put forward the following reasons: Operation operational synergy, financial synergy, diversification, economic motives. Restructuring is one of the key methods for company's financial position strengthening. Motives of restructuring are various, but the objective is company's value increase and the strengthening of financial position. The authors investigate the essence of the company's financial strategy, studied restructuring as a modern approach of company development in the crisis period, as well as the company's valuation and financial analysis methods, which were used for restructuring. © 2021 Qazvin Islamic Azad University. All rights reserved.}, author = {I Mavlutova and V Babenko and V Dykan and N Prokopenko and S Kalinichenko and I Tokmakova}, doi = {10.22094/JOIE.2020.677839}, issue = {1}, journal = {Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering}, note = {cited By 21}, pages = {129-139}, publisher = {Qazvin Islamic Azad University}, title = {Business restructuring as a method of strengtening company's financial position}, volume = {14}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85098970995&doi=10.22094%2fJOIE.2020.677839&partnerID=40&md5=359b1919a1aae3249d2e06d2fd892705}, year = {2021}, } @article{Tambovceva2021, abstract = {The overwhelming goal of large-scale cross-country research is to evaluate consumers’ perception of a sharing economy. The research was limited by the number of respondents, as well as by the countries represented in the survey. Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus were mostly represented, and only these responses (757) were analyzed. The study used multilevel modelling of sharing economy elements (dependent variable) in relation to personal characteristics (age, gender, income, industry) nested by the self-assessed level of eco-friendliness (a key predictor for the attitude towards sharing economy). Findings: The key personal characteristics, which influence a person’s intention to be involved in the sharing economy practices, are level of income, education, and also self-perceived ecological friendliness. The sharing economy is not only a topic for investigation among academicians, but also an issue on the agenda of the European Commission, because it is considered as a driver for growth and job creation in the European Union. Despite an increasing interest and many studies, there is a limited number of studies focused on difference in perception of sharing economy depending on personal characteristics of respondents. This indicates the necessity of conducting such surveys, involving participants from different European countries. The given paper could be used as a methodological framework for other European researchers who are interested in the exploration of the topic regarding perception of the sharing economy. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.}, author = {T Tambovceva and J Titko and A Svirina and D Atstaja and M Tereshina}, doi = {10.3390/su132413911}, issue = {24}, journal = {Sustainability (Switzerland)}, note = {cited By 4}, publisher = {MDPI}, title = {Evaluation of the consumer perception of sharing economy: Cases of latvia, russia, ukraine and belarus}, volume = {13}, url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85121555073&doi=10.3390%2fsu132413911&partnerID=40&md5=ca6c4a2e213489a181658dd80c4d82aa}, year = {2021}, } @inbook{, author = {L Zeiberte}, city = {Liepāja}, editor = {A Medveckis}, journal = {Sabiedrība un kultūra. Rakstu krājums}, pages = {272-279}, publisher = {LiePA}, title = {Transversālās pamatkompetences profesionālajā izglītībā}, volume = {21}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2021, author = {I Uvarova and I Platonova and Z Rascevska and T Volkova and D Atstaja}, city = {Halmstad}, editor = {M Hoveskog and F Halila}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on New Business Models: New Business Models in a Decade of Action: Sustainable, Evidence-based, Impactful}, month = {6}, pages = {382-389}, publisher = {Halmstad University Press}, title = {The value co-creation in circular business models: Quadruplex Helix perspective}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mavlutova2019, author = {I Mavlutova and I Brivers and G Olevskis}, issue = {2}, journal = {International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (IJAIEM)}, pages = {42-50}, title = {The role of service sector in compensation of job losses and the effects of wages on economy}, volume = {8}, year = {2019}, } @article{Fomins2019, author = {A Fomins and A Spilbergs and M Krastins}, journal = {Journal of Business Management}, title = {The role of mortgage payment insurance in reducing the mortgage default risk level in Latvia}, volume = {17}, year = {2019}, } @article{Zeibote2019, author = {Zane Zeibote and Tatjana Volkova and Kiril Todorov}, doi = {10.9770/ird.2019.1.1(3)}, issn = {2669-0195}, issue = {1}, journal = {Insights into Regional Development}, month = {3}, pages = {33-47}, title = {The impact of globalization on regional development and competitiveness: cases of selected regions}, volume = {1}, year = {2019}, } @article{VOLKOVA2021, abstract = {

Purpose. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current challenges of cybersecurity insurance, focusing on the identification of development constraints and opportunities and the key impact factors of this recently emerging insurance market in Latvia. Methodology. The authors used theoretical and empirical research methods, e.g., a literature review, surveys of experts from principal insurance companies and professionals from prominent mobile network operators, and interviews with experts in cybersecurity and pioneers of cybersecurity insurance in Latvia. Findings. The research results illustrate the immense difficulties in providing cyber risk insurance in Latvia. The lack of historical knowledge and evolving nature of cyber risks create significant challenges in quantifying and expressing cyber threats in monetary value. Cyber risk modelling is in its infancy, as events and threat vectors are still evolving. Due to the evolving nature of cyber risks, simulating events and fitting into traditional risk management forms are the primary challenges for insurance companies. Despite the increasing relevance of cyber risks to businesses, research on guidelines and methods of mitigating cyber risks with cyber insurance is still limited. Social implications. Cyber insurance is a direct result of public awareness of cyber threats and preparedness to mitigate business risks. Thus, cyber insurance is an integral part of educating and building a more resilient society. Originality/Value. The authors propose various approaches to cybersecurity insurance development, such as technology awareness building, standardization of mandatory reporting requirements and public–private partnerships in which the government covers part of the risk to overcome insurability limitations. Keywords: cyber insurance, cybersecurity, cyber insurance market, cyber risks

}, author = {TATJANA VOLKOVA and LINDA JEKABSONE and ZITA LAVRINOVICA and ELINA SABA and MARIS SABA}, doi = {10.32025/JBM19003}, issn = {16915348}, journal = {Journal of Business Management}, pages = {61-79}, title = {The challenges of cybersecurity insurance development: The case of Latvia}, volume = {19}, year = {2021}, } @article{, abstract = {

Social acceptance of littering behaviour has changed in the recent decades, with rapidly increasing public awareness about the human health and biodiversity impacts that can result from waste-mismanagement. Littering has an important impact on landscape and overall environment. It is of vital importance to assess existing littering sources and to try to limit them at their source. During recent years European Union (EU) has significantly strengthened the waste management requirements. In terms of newer Member States it meant – inventory of the existing system, closure and recultivation of the sub-standard landfills, development of new infrastructure, using best available technologies and, of course implementation and development of separate waste collection system. In order to ensure higher quality recycling, requirements to sorted waste collection become higher. The authors see one of the solutions – implementation of the deposit refund system (DRS), especially taking into account that both plastic beverage bottles as well as bottle caps have been identified within top 10 single use plastic found in the marine litter. The research is based on the benchmarking and statistical data analysis. As the result of the research, the authors propose implementation of DRS as a solution both to Latvian waste management issues and as a tool to improve landscape from the environmental aspects.

}, author = {Natālija Cudečka-Puriņa and Lilita Ābele and Dzintra Atstāja and Vladimirs Cudečkis}, doi = {10.22616/j.landarchart.2019.14.10}, issn = {22558640}, journal = {Landscape architecture and art}, month = {7}, pages = {102-109}, title = {The Baltic countries towards the goals of waste framework directive}, volume = {14}, year = {2019}, } @article{Mikelsone2021, abstract = {

Research background: Authors have explored that there are different idea management system application types that could be used both locally and globally. But there is the question – how organizations can benefit from these systems during COVID19?

}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Tatjana Volkova and Aivars Spilbergs and Elita Liela}, doi = {10.1051/shsconf/20219201032}, issn = {2261-2424}, journal = {SHS Web of Conferences}, month = {1}, title = {The application of External and Mixed Idea Management Systems during COVID19 time}, volume = {92}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Petersone2019, author = {M Petersone and K Ketners and I Erins}, city = {Riga}, booktitle = {Book of abstracts of RTU Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship (SCEE’2019)}, month = {10}, publisher = {RTU Publishing House}, title = {Strategic purchasing of health care services: Possibilities for reform in case of Latvia}, year = {2019}, } @article{, author = {B Dominiece-Diaza and T Volkova}, journal = {Journal of Business Management}, title = {Strategic foresight capability as an enabler of management innovation}, year = {2020}, } @article{Rutitis2019, author = {D Rutitis and T Volkova}, issue = {1}, journal = {Vadyba. Journal of Management}, pages = {15-23}, title = {Product development methods within the ICT industry of Latvia}, volume = {34}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Carvalho2021, author = {L Carvalho and I Mavlutova and K Lesinskis and R Dias}, booktitle = {V Internacional Forum on Management –Connected in a multipolar world: everything becomes smart and digital}, title = {Perceptions about young entrepreneurship in Europe}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{, author = {M Pētersone and K Ketners}, city = {Rīga}, isbn = {978-9934-22-282-5}, booktitle = {Rīgas Tehniskās universitātes Inženierekonomikas un vadības fakultātes akadēmiskās konferences “Caurviju prasmēs balstītā izglītība skolās un tās ietekme uz augstāko izglītību” publikācijas}, month = {4}, pages = {29-30}, publisher = {RTU Izdevniecība}, title = {Muitas un nodokļu vēstures zināšanu nozīme programmas“ Muitas un nodokļu administrēšana” apgūšanā}, year = {2019}, } @inbook{Kozlovska2019, author = {I Kozlovska and I Kuzmina-Merlino}, city = {Cham}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-12450-2}, editor = {Igor Kabashkin and Irina Yatskiv and Olegas Prentkovskis}, isbn = {978-3-030-12449-6}, journal = {Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication}, pages = {684-694}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, title = {Linkage between Management of Long-Lived Non-Financial Assets and Performance of Latvian Companies Listed on the Baltic Stock Exchange}, volume = {68}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Dambe2019, author = {G Dambe and D Atstāja}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION.}, pages = {112-122}, title = {Izaicinājumi uz vērtībām balstīta kompetenču modeļa izveidē neatliekamās medicīnas personālam}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Arefjevs2019, author = {I Arefjevs and O Bogdanova}, city = {Riga}, isbn = {978-9934-22-368-6}, booktitle = {Book of abstracts of RTU Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship (SCEE’2019)}, month = {10}, publisher = {RTU Printing House}, title = {International finance trilemma as a tool for balanced development of an economy}, year = {2019}, } @article{Mikelsone2021, author = {E Mikelsone and V Kozlinskis and T Volkova and A Spilbergs and E Liela}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.5024676}, journal = {Concepts, strategies and mechanisms of economic systems management in the context of modern world challenges}, pages = {356-368}, title = {Innovations and modern technologies: web-based idea management systems and alternatives}, year = {2021}, } @article{Spilbergs2021, author = {A Spilbergs and A Fomins and M Krastins}, journal = {Littera Scripta}, pages = {149-163}, title = {Impact of macroeconomic factors on the MTPL insurance in Latvia}, volume = {14}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Uvarova2021, author = {I Uvarova and D Rutitis and S. Anete and J Brizga and D Atstaja and I Mavlutova}, city = {Ferrara}, booktitle = {Advances in Cleaner Production, Proceedings of the 10h International Workshop}, month = {11}, pages = {252-253}, title = {Impact of Covid-19 on Sustainable Biocomposite Value Chain: Industrial Consumption Perspective}, year = {2021}, } @inbook{Mikelsone2021, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Tatjana Volkova and Elita Lielā}, doi = {10.1142/9789811224119_0011}, month = {9}, pages = {191-212}, title = {Ideas Management: From a Management Perspective}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mikelsone2021, abstract = {

Research background: the authors have explored that there are different idea management system (IMS) application types that could be used both locally and globally for diverse reasons and expected outcomes. There is ongoing research on how IMS could be applied for manageable idea management process. But there is a question – how do these IMS types help to set and achieve goals, and improve decision making?

}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Tatjana Volkova and Aivars Spilbergs and Elita Liela}, doi = {10.1051/shsconf/202112905008}, issn = {2261-2424}, journal = {The 21st International Scientific Conference Globalization and its Socio-Economic Consequences 2021}, month = {12}, pages = {05008}, title = {Idea Management Systems as a Tool for Goals’ Setting & Achieving and Decision Making: Global Research Results}, volume = {129}, year = {2021}, } @article{Mikelsone2021, author = {E Mikelsone and A Spilbergs and T Volkova and E Liela}, issue = {3}, journal = {Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmijas Vēstis}, pages = {61-72}, title = {Idea Management System Types and Creativity}, volume = {75}, year = {2021}, } @article{Petersone2019, author = {M Petersone and K Ketners and I Erins}, issn = {2464-6733}, issue = {2}, journal = {AD ALTA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research}, pages = {265-271}, title = {Health Financing Policy Reform Trends: The Case Of Latvia}, volume = {9}, year = {2019}, } @inbook{Mavlutova2019, author = {I Mavlutova}, editor = {I Bezpartochnyi}, isbn = {978-83-937354-6-4}, journal = {Organizational-economic mechanism of management innovative development of economic entities}, pages = {218-226}, publisher = {Higher School of Social and Economic, Przeworsk}, title = {Financing for Innovative Companies: Possibilities and Obstacles}, volume = {1}, year = {2019}, } @article{Supe2019, author = {L Supe and A Natrins and E Mikelsone and A Sarnovics and I Purins}, journal = {Journal of Business Management}, title = {Financial sector changes and technologies: a look at Fintech view in Latvia}, volume = {17}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Dirk2021, author = {F Dirk and E Mikelsone and J.P Segers}, booktitle = {Conference: Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship}, title = {Ecologies of Biopharma Business Models and Aspects of Sustainability}, year = {2021}, } @inproceedings{Mavlutova2019, author = {I Mavlutova and T Volkova}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Modeling, Development and Strategic Management of Economic System (MDSMES 2019)}, publisher = {Atlantis Press}, title = {Digital Transformation of Financial Sector and Challenges for Competencies Development}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Kuzmina2019, author = {J Kuzmina and A Sarnovics and A Natrins and A Ziemele and E Kivrina}, city = {Riga}, booktitle = {Book of abstracts of RTU Scientific Conference on Economics and Entrepreneurship (SCEE’2019)}, month = {10}, publisher = {RTU Publishing House}, title = {Determining financial efficiency of higher education institutions}, year = {2019}, } @article{, abstract = {

The aim of this research is to analyse the deposit refund system and to perform economic evaluation of deposit refund system implementation in Latvia. To achieve this, the authors will use following methods: gathering and further analysis of statistical data, comparative analysis and cost benefit analysis. Main conclusions of the research reveal that despite being a costly solution, deposit refund system brings certain benefits and the payback period can be approximately ten years. Moreover, with the increase of the deposit fee the overall financial ratios of the system can be significantly improved. 

}, author = {Dzintra Atstāja and Līva Lukševica and Natālija Cudečka-Puriņa and Rudīte Vesere and Rozita Susniene}, doi = {10.17770/sie2019vol6.3823}, issn = {2256-0629}, journal = {SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference}, month = {5}, pages = {17-27}, title = {ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF DEPOSIT REFUND SYSTEM}, volume = {6}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Rutitis2021, author = {D Rutitis and E Aksjonenko and S Deruma and D Atstaja}, booktitle = {New Strategic, Social and Economic Challenges in the Age of Society 5.0 Implications for Sustainability. Proceedings of the 16th International Strategic Management Conference (ISMC 2021)}, pages = {12-22}, title = {Cyber Security Risks And Challenges In Remote Work Under The Covid-19 Pandemic}, year = {2021}, } @inbook{Mikelsone2021, author = {E Mikelsone and J.P Segers and T Volkova and A Spilbergs and E Liela}, journal = {Actual issues of modern development of socio-economic systems in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic}, pages = {353-363}, publisher = {VUZF Publishing House “St. Grigorii Bogoslov”}, title = {Commercially available web-based idea management systems: the analysis of supply on the market and tendencies}, year = {2021}, } @article{Dambe2019, abstract = {

The purpose of this paper is to clarify and analyse the understanding of the values for Ambulance personnel, to compare and integrate it with the system of competencies used in the performance assessment and evaluation of professional competence. The results of State Emergency Medical Service ambulance personnel’s survey in the 2018 are analysed in the research. The results obtained Ambulance personnel’s different understanding of the importance of organization's values and its impact in management, staff attitude and work performance. The results of the survey have showed that Ambulance personnel has contradictive understanding of system of values. Their personal values are respect, compassion, care, ethics, honesty, trust, however for their professional work they recognise teamwork, professionalism, safety, etc. as very important values.   

}, author = {Gundega Dambe and Dzintra Atstāja}, doi = {10.17770/sie2019vol4.3905}, issn = {2256-0629}, journal = {SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference}, month = {5}, pages = {112}, title = {CHALLENGES TO MADE VALUES-BASED COMPETENCE MODEL FOR AMBULANCE PERSONNEL}, volume = {4}, year = {2019}, } @article{Mikelsone2021, abstract = {

Purpose: Research web-based idea management system (IMS) application benefits and their relations with different IMS types and how it is all related to the IMS results – idea quality, idea quantity and involvement. Design/Method/Approach: On the basis of a commercially available web-based IMS study and the analysis of cases of the IMS use, the main benefits of IMS were identified. The survey verified the most typical benefits for the IMS use. On the basis of a thematic analysis of the benefits, they were grouped together in advance in the thematic groups that were addressed. Data collection: the survey of 400 enterprises with web-based IMS experience was carried out. Data analysis: descriptive statistics and MANOVA analysis were utilized. Findings: The potential benefits of IMS in 4 main groups: the benefits of an idea management (IM) process, the benefits of innovation management, the benefits of cooperation, and the benefits of general management were determined.  According to MANOVA, all groups of benefits have strong connections with all types of a web-based IMS. Originality/Value: This study fills the previously identified need to clarify the types of IMS and their impact on the results and benefits of IMS application. Academic contribution to the study is (1) it is the broadest survey-based study of the web-based IMS benefits; (2) it applies two classifications of IMS; (3) it explores relations among the results, benefits and IMS types. Practical contribution is the outcomes of the study will help companies to understand what results can be achieved using different types of IMS. Research Limitations/Future Research: This research opens avenues for the future research on the web-based IMS application in organizations exploring each of the benefit relations with the web-based IMS types.   Paper type: Empirical.

}, author = {Elina Mikelsone and Aivars Spilbergs and Jean-Pierre Segers}, doi = {10.15421/192115}, issn = {2523-451X}, issue = {3}, journal = {European Journal of Management Issues}, month = {9}, pages = {151-161}, title = {Benefits of Web-based Idea Management System Application}, volume = {29}, year = {2021}, } @article{, author = {J Lazdiņš and K Ketners}, issn = {2592-9364}, issue = {12}, journal = {Journal of the University of Latvia. Law}, pages = {68-85}, title = {Journal of the University of Latvia. Law}, volume = {12}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Susniene2019, author = {R Susniene and I Pekarskiene and D Atstaja}, city = {Kaunas}, booktitle = {6th AIB–CEE Chapter Annual Conference on „International Business in the Dynamic Environment: Changes in Digitalization, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”}, pages = {101}, title = {Assessment of Manufacturing Globalisation of a Small Country}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{Atstaja2019, author = {D Atstaja and L Luksevica and N. Cudecka-Purina and R Vesere and R Susniene}, city = {Rezekne}, booktitle = {International Scientific Conference SOCIETY. INTEGRATION. EDUCATION.}, pages = {17-27}, title = {Analysis and economic evaluation of deposit refund system}, year = {2019}, }