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Rosen Kolev
ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTING APPROACH FOR ELECTRICITY COMPENSATIONS TO INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES
Summary:
The growing prices of the main production resources have led to a common European policy in support of economic subjects. The established mechanisms also concern the electricity consumed by non-domestic end users. The industrial sector in Bulgaria is energy-intensive and the accounting for the electricity costs and the compensations for their high prices has become increasingly relevant because of the direct influence on the cost price and sale price of the provided services and the produced goods. The development of an alternative accounting approach for the compensations to industrial enterprises facilitates making operative, strategic, and tactical decisions concerning their activity.
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Rosen Kolev
INDUSTRY 4.0 AND KAIZEN COSTING 4.0 – OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TOWARDS CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Summary:
The importance of management accounting and cost management systems for industrial enterprises is constantly growing. In the conditions of the fourth industrial revolution, management systems of economic agents need to adapt to the new economic environment. This article is an attempt to present the influence of Industry 4.0 on a specific cost management system - Kaizen costing. Additionally, it presents the possibilities for the application of Industry 4.0 and Kaizen costing in the circular economy, which has become the main economic perspective for the EU countries.
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Iskra Panteleeva, Anatoliy Asenov
THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION CONTEXT
IN AN INTEGRATED MODEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ECONOMIES AND ENTERPRISES
Summary:
This article presents some major formulations related to innovations and the role of the entrepreneurship component for the development of economies and enterprises. The emphasis is placed on the possibilities for their integration and the identification of strategic axes for business growth. On the basis of a common framework of key drivers for the development of innovations, entrepreneurship and economic growth, we have developed a general model for the integration of innovations and entrepre¬neurship in macro- and micro- aspect.
