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Plamen M. Pavlov
INVENTION AND PATENT ACTIVITY IN BULGARIA IN THE PERIOD 2012–2017
Summary:
Patents provide for serious protection for inventors, thereby enabling them, on the one hand, to recover costs faster and, on the other, to gain a larger market share or to protect existing positions in a competitive environment. In this regard, the purpose of the article is to identify the dynamics and trends in the invention activity of national and foreign applicants, and on this basis to draw conclusions and guidelines that would be useful for the business. The research uses a systematic approach, analysing data from the database of the Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria for the period 2012–2017. The survey shows that Bulgaria is of interest to patent holders mainly from the EU, US, Switzerland and JAPAN. On the other hand, the Bulgarian applicants are sufficiently active in the invention activity, which has an effect on the competitiveness of the national economy.
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Nigohos Kanaryan
ENHANCING THE ADJUSTMENTS OF MARKET MULTIPLES FOR BETTER OPERATING EFFICIENCY
Summary:
The study focuses on one of the specific applications of the market approach. The market approach is a valuation method whereby the fair market value of the target company is determined by reviewing comparable companies with similar operational and financial characteristics. The International Valuation Standards (2017) require that a valuer should make adjustments to the selected market multiples. Kasarova, Pramatarska and Lazarova (2009) and Todorov (2015) propose a method for adjusting market multiples for country risk and efficiency when the market approach is applied to emerging markets. We enhance their adjustment approach by removing its inherent restrictions.
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Andrey Zahariev
Financial Science in Changing Europe – Challenges and Perspectives
Summary:
With the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the first Bulgarian academic department of financial sciences (07– 08 April 2017) at D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics – Svishtov, a worthy assessment has been given and there has been a debate about what has been built over the years, what the current challenges and perspectives for future development are. The International Scientific Practical Conference “Current Challenges for the Financial Science in Changing Europe” was attended by Bulgarian and foreign scholars, working in the field of finance, as well as representatives of financial practice. One hundred and four people from seven countries and two continents, with ninety-two papers on corporate finance, investment, public finance, banking and micro-financial policy took part in the scientific forum. The host department prepared six plenary papers by its representatives of six hierarchical levels of academic development: students, PhD students, assistants professors, head assistants, associate professors and professors.