{"title":"CONCEPT OF VIRTUAL CURRENCIES IN MODERN ECONOMIES","authors":"Inta Kotāne","doi":"10.17770/lner2018vol1.10.3605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2018vol1.10.3605","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, development of blockchain technology and virtual currencies (VCs) have been followed not just by the media and industry professionals all over the world – there rarely could be found a person who has not ever heard the term ‘bitcoin’. Despite the popularity of VCs, there is a lack of comprehensible information in the Latvian language about what the virtual currency (VC) is, as well the concepts of digital and VCs are often misused as synonyms. The research is based on the analysis of special literature and scientific publications on the system of VCs. The aim of the research: to explore the concept of VCs in the modern economy. General scientific research methods are used in the research: the method of monographic or descriptive research, the comparative analysis method for studying the concept of VCs, the classification, legal regulation, and future development possibilities. The results of the research show that VCs are a type of digital currency, though, the opposite statement is not correct. Thus, all VCs are digital, but not all digital currencies are virtual. Exploration of the legal framework of VCs suggests that it is at an early stage of development. With the increasing number of VCs and along with strengthening of the legal framework of VCs, the issue of possible directions of the future development of VCs is raised. Two points of view dominate: the future currency or payment system, for example, smart contracts.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124646362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE EXPRESS WILL OF A PATIENT: TYPOLOGY BY NATURE OF ITS ORIGIN","authors":"L. Mazure","doi":"10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2226","url":null,"abstract":"The patient's express will, in accordance with the nature of its origin, could be categorized into initial and derivative express will. However, the regulatory framework is insufficient in Latvia, considering the significance of these institutes in the civil-law protection of the patient's express will and their specificity of different legal nature. The aim of the research is to carry out an analysis of the patient's express will types according to the nature of origin, to determine regulatory gaps and propose certain solutions for the elimination of the identified gaps. In order to achieve the aim, the following research tasks are set: 1) to analyse the patient's express will classification according to various classification criteria; 2) to study the legal nature of the patient's consent; 3) to assess the patient's refusal of a medical treatment and its legal consequences; 4) to analyse withdrawal by the patient as a derivative express will. The following research methods were applied in the paper: the semantic method; the grammatical method; the historical method; the comparative method; the systemic method; the teleological method. Research hypothesis: if all the patient’s express will types based on the nature of origin are regulated in detail, the legal status of a patient in medical treatment legal relations will be improved and stabilized. Literature, regulatory acts and legal practice materials were applied in the research as information resources. The author has developed the principles regarding the patient's express will types based on the nature of origin, which are in accordance with the legal system of Latvia and should be implemented in the regulatory framework, thus improving the civil law protection of the patient's express will.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130295875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TERRITORIAL MARKETING IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION PORT CITIES","authors":"Gunta Grīnberga Zālīte, J. Hernik","doi":"10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2672","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"265 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133799922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES","authors":"Inta Kotāne","doi":"10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2749","url":null,"abstract":"The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) comprises a significant share in total number of enterprises in national economies, the SMEs are considered to be the backbone of economic growth, and most often their significance is valued by the gross value added and a number of new jobs created. Notwithstanding the established role of SMEs in national economies and the research studies conducted by Latvian scientists, the author considers that the theoretical and practical aspects of the SME's performance have not been sufficiently studied and published in Latvia. The purpose of the current study is to explore the theoretical and practical aspects of the SME's performance. The theoretical study is based on the analysis of the research publications, and the practical aspects are analysed using statistical information. General scientific research methods – information analysis and synthesis, the logical construction, monographic, data grouping and graphical representation methods – are used in the research. In the result, the theoretical aspects of the SMEs' performance are explored and the main indicators measuring the SMEs' performance are assessed.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"241 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122054705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GUIDING PRINCIPLES: THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE ETHICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT","authors":"Liene Amantova-Salmane","doi":"10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2454","url":null,"abstract":"Science is essential to meet objectives and tasks for ethical sustainable development, as it lays the basics of new methods and technologies to identify global challenges for the future. Science can also significantly contribute to the ethics of sustainable development. It requires a wide-ranging understanding of science as such. Scientific cooperation should be encouraged in order to provide the ethics of sustainability. The aim of research is to give guiding principles of science for the ethics of sustainable development. The tasks of the research are to describe the ethical context of sustainability and to mark the role of science in the ethics of sustainable development. The methods of research are monographic, quantitative, deductive and inductive. The key result is: the drowned up science role for sustainable ethical development. Science is a crucial tool for the ethics of sustainable development, it is even more reasonable to allocate the mission of science education and provide people with tools which allow them to maintain a critical spirit related to scientific advances.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122789811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aleksandrs Larionovs, Sandra Murinska, A. Zvaigzne
{"title":"EXAMINATION OF THE FEATURES OF LATVIAN SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR ENSURING COMPETITIVENESS","authors":"Aleksandrs Larionovs, Sandra Murinska, A. Zvaigzne","doi":"10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2748","url":null,"abstract":"In the era of information, the global network has become one of the ways for expanding entrepreneurship and, consequently, various kinds of network services have emerged as well. Social networks provide the spread of information, the positioning of a company and the company’s communication with its clients. There is competition among such service providers, their services are diverse and the social networking opportunities offered are increasing; accordingly, the present research analyses opportunities to raise the competitiveness of social network services. The research aim is to perform an examination of the features of social networks in Latvia for ensuring the competitiveness of the social","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122950725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OPTIMAL ROUTE DETECTION BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF REZEKNE MUNICIPALITY","authors":"P. Grabusts, Jurijs Musatovs","doi":"10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2457","url":null,"abstract":"Information about the merger of schools or their optimization periodically appears in the society. It is believed that an ideal school network is not yet ready. The paper provides an analysis of the locations of educational institutions by their availability. Theoretical research has been conducted and mathematically the shortest route has been calculated among different educational institutions. The paper also provides mapping of these educational institutions and a location analysis of the educational institutions at different levels. The main goal of the paper is to show the possibilities of applying mathematical models in solving practical tasks – to determine the shortest route among the educational institutions. This study describes an optimization method called Simulated Annealing. The Simulated Annealing method is widely used in various combinatorial optimization tasks. Simulated Annealing is a stochastic optimization method that can be used to minimize the specified cost function given a combinatorial system with multiple degrees of freedom. In this paper, the application of the Travelling Salesman Problem is demonstrated, and an experiment aimed to find the shortest route among the educational institutions of Rezekne Municipality is performed. It gives possibilities to analyse and search an optimal school network in Rezekne Municipality. Common research methods are used in this research: the descriptive research method, the statistical method, mathematical modelling.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127602797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF INNOVATION IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT","authors":"Aļona Klodāne, A. Zvaigzne","doi":"10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2747","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, an increasing role is played by innovation in the operation of companies as well as there is a constant need for new scientific research studies on innovation in crisis management. The research aim of the paper is examine the theoretical aspects of innovation in crisis","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132627604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A STUDY OF LOCAL ARTISAN AND CRAFTSMAN MARKET OPERATION IN REZEKNE","authors":"Daina Znotina, Maris Igavens","doi":"10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2017vol1.9.2746","url":null,"abstract":"Local food, both from the perspective of the producer and the consumer, is becoming all the more popular topic in modern society. One of the places where the buyers and sellers of these products meet is the market. The research aim is to study the operation of local artisan and craftsman markets in Rezekne and the opportunities for improving their operation. The theoretical and practical aspects of artisan activity are described in the study; surveys have been conducted to find out the opinions of market visitors on the supply of the artisan market; data analysis and interpretation; and to make conclusions and suggestions for improving the operation of the local artisan and craftsman market in Rezekne. Research methods: logical construction, analysis, a survey, the graphical method. The study results in a conclusion that the buyers of the local artisan and craftsman market in Rezekne are satisfied with the supply; however there are opportunities for its improvement. The main aspects with the opportunities for improvement are: spreading information about the market, i.e. its advertisement, expanding the assortment offered, extending the opening hours of the market, expanding the premises and the parking space","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128429869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"STUDY OF THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF LABOUR","authors":"I. Ziankova","doi":"10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2017VOL1.9.2668","url":null,"abstract":"The paper describes the socio-economic relations between individuals and institutions of the labour market on the subject of reaching an effective employment and development of productive labour that ensure efficient distribution of labour resources. The paper attempts to scientifically substantiate and develop a theory, methodology of employment and methodological support, conceptual frameworks of the formation of effective employment for the development of productive labour that ensure an efficient distribution of labour resources and endogenous economic growth in the Republic of","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126642127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}