{"title":"COMPETITIVENESS OF WOMEN IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN LATGALE","authors":"A. Zvaigzne, I. Saulāja, Aija Čerpinska","doi":"10.17770/lner2014vol1.6.1174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2014vol1.6.1174","url":null,"abstract":"Competitiveness in the labour market is a range of various factors that assist an employee in getting or retaining a job, while an employer can attract and maintain a labour force adequate to meet the employer’s needs. The research aim is to examine the competitiveness of women in the labour market in Latvia and to develop proposals for its improvement. The present research deals with employment trends, especially focusing on statistical data on women. The research also examines statistical data on job vacancies, unemployment, wages, and other related data. To identify the factors influencing women’s competitiveness, 214 women were surveyed in Latgale region. According to the survey, there are several factors influencing women’s competitiveness in the labour market. Education, length of service, and experience are the most significant factors. The longer women’s unemployment period is, the more these women require support to restart their employment and to be competitive in the labour market. Research methods employed: the monographic method, the descriptive method, analysis and synthesis, the graphic method, document analysis, statistical analysis, and a sociological method – a survey. The survey results were processed using the tools of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134026978","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 CONCEPT OF BUSINESS EFFICIENCY AND ITS INTERPRETATION","authors":"Inta Kotāne","doi":"10.17770/LNER2014VOL1.6.1169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2014VOL1.6.1169","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of efficiency is one of the most important categories of economic analysis; however, there are no unambiguous translations in English-American, Latvian and Russian. There are also contradictions in the interpretations and explanations of this concept. There are several terms used in the economic literature as well as other fields’ literature to characterize the concept of efficiency and effectiveness. However, these terms are not always similarly defined in different fields. There are several variants of the concept of efficiency, thus it is important to research the explanations of it. This study is based on the analysis of special literature as well as scientific publications in Latvia and abroad about business efficiency. The aim of this research is to research the concept of business efficiency. Common research methods are used in this research: monographic or descriptive research method and comparison method by conducting detailed research of the concept of business efficiency which is based on an extensive literature review. The results of the research show the improved definitions of the concept of business efficiency.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117092527","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":"IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE SPHERE OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN REZEKNE MUNICIPALITY","authors":"M. Krūze","doi":"10.17770/LNER2014VOL1.6.1170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2014VOL1.6.1170","url":null,"abstract":"The paper explores the quality management system of Rezekne Social service and its perfection employing internal audit and self-evaluation methodology. The aim of the present study is to find out how the quality of provided services of social service and social service providers is ensured in accordance with the ISO 9001:2008 quality standard, exploring the processes of management, basic activity, internal audit and prevention of non-compliance as well as focusing on the measures to be taken in order to improve the quality management system (QMS). When elaborating the article, the economic and legal literature on quality management terminology, its application and effective social services management have been studied according to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. The paper examines the measures which ensure quality of social aid and provision of social services of Rezekne Social service highlighting the quality management system, elimination of non-compliance, QMS report results, customer level of satisfaction and self-evaluation methodology. The author has worked out proposals to improve the processes of quality management system and quality results, consequently ensuring the development of Rezekne Social service. With the help of practical examples, the hypothesis proved that internal audit of the quality management system, management processes to address non-compliance, management reports and self-evaluation provide an objective assessment of the quality and create favourable conditions to ensure the provision of qualitative social services, contributing to a better controlled social policy.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121940715","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":"ANALYSIS OF THE PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL RISK OF THE BRANCHES OF ECONOMY OF LATGALE PLANNING REGION DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME FROM 2006 TO 2012","authors":"Biruta Garanča","doi":"10.17770/lner2014vol1.6.1164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/lner2014vol1.6.1164","url":null,"abstract":"There has been calculated and analysed the profitability of the branches of economy and the basic activity of Latgale in comparison with that of Latvia during the period of time from 2006 to 2012. The impact of the profitability of the economic and the basic activity has been calculated by applying the author’s worked out methodology. There have been calculated and analysed the profitability variation quotients of the branches of economy and the basic activity, which characterize the financial risk. The advantages of the branches in Latgale have been stated by combining the analysis of profitability and the financial risks.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132553741","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":"COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING OF LATVIA’S INHABITANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE BALTIC STATES","authors":"J. Lonska","doi":"10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1157","url":null,"abstract":"In the world, during the past 10 years, when evaluating development of a particular area, there has been a tendency to take into consideration those inhabitants’ subjective appraisal and attitude to the living conditions who live in this area, more often these indicators are the general life satisfaction and feeling of happiness. Analysing Latvia’s inhabitants’ subjective attitude author concludes that inhabitants of Latvia are very pessimistic in assessing their lives in this country. As surveys indicate, the economic factors have an important influence on people’s subjective satisfaction. The problem of the research is that during the last two years, there has been a tendency to improvement of economic indicators in Latvia, and also in Lithuania and Estonia, but when comparing the closest neighbours, the Latvian inhabitants’ subjective satisfaction with life is decreasing, but in Lithuania and Estonia it is increasing together with improvement of the economic situation. As a result, the author came to a conclusion that together with changes of the GDP indicator value, development of people’s subjective appraisal greatly depends on such economic indicators as income inequality, unemployment, inflation and financial assets.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115365694","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 FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF LATGALE PLANNING REGION DURING THE PERIOD OF THE YEARS 2006 – 2011","authors":"Biruta Garanča","doi":"10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1151","url":null,"abstract":"There has been carried out the analysis of the financial situation of the commercial activities of Latgale planning region in comparison with the financial situation in Latvia in general during the period of the years 2006 – 2011. The analysis was based on the methodology of the analysis of finance worked out by the author, which in comparison with the traditional methods has been supplemented with the indexes of financial lever impact, and which included the analysis of the factors having impact on profitability. There have been calculated the numerical expression of factors, which had impact on the commercial, economic and financial profitability of the commercial activities of Latgale. As a result of the analysis the chief problems for the improvement of the commercial situation in Latgale have been identified.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133192829","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":"EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS FOR A CERTAIN POPULATION RISK GROUP IN LATGALE REGION","authors":"A. Zvaigzne, I. Saulāja, Aija Čerpinska","doi":"10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1163","url":null,"abstract":"The overall research aim is to examine employment problems for a certain population risk group in Latgale region and make proposals for tackling these problems. The research object is a population risk group – individuals after their child care leave, as this population group faces a high unemployment probability after their child/children care leave ends. According to a survey, a certain population risk group faces various employment problems in Latgale region, and the availability of the labour market and the reduction of discrimination in Latgale region have to be tackled at the national government level by imposing certain reliefs, so that any such population groups are respected in the labour market. Besides, various government support measures have to be taken to integrate individuals after their child care leave into the labour market in Latgale region.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124242493","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":"STRATEGIC ALLIANCES – THEIR DEFINITION AND FORMATION","authors":"R. Kinderis, G. Jucevičius","doi":"10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1155","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents analysis of the definition of strategic alliances, the analysis of alliance and the research of a strategic alliance concept; furthermore, it focuses on the contingent hierarchy of alliances. The motives of strategic alliances formation, their categories, groups and benefit for business have been revealed in this article. Special attention is paid to the process of strategic alliance formation and the analysis of factors that influence the formation of strategic alliances and management success. Finally, the types of strategic alliances analyzed in the scientific literature are reflected and the theoretical insights of alliance formation, acquired through systemic analysis, are also presented in this study.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127846270","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":"FRENCH “ FIDUCIE ”, LATVIAN “ TRUST ” AND ROMANIAN “ FIDUCIA ” (CONCEPTUAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES)","authors":"I. Gvelesiani","doi":"10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1154","url":null,"abstract":"An “all-embracing” process of globalization stipulates the formation of today’s globe. It enters different spheres of life and facilitates the uniformity of economy, law, politics, language and even, cultural life. In the framework of globalization, drastic changes can be seen in the legal systems of some European countries. The given research tries to answer the demands of the modern epoch. It describes the process of the emergence of the European modifications of “trust”, singles out major concepts presented in the Latvian, Romanian and French trust mechanisms and underlines their significance in today’s world. The given research is a presentation of the new outlook of the development of “trust-like” institutions of some European countries.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"57 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123404423","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":"ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL INDEXES OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPANY AND THE FACTORS EXERTING INFLUENCE ON IT AND ITS COHERENCE","authors":"Biruta Garanča","doi":"10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17770/LNER2013VOL1.5.1152","url":null,"abstract":"The analysis of the chief financial indexes (profitability, assets turnover, the capital structures and liquidities) has been supplemented with indexes of the effect of the profitability of the basic activity and the financial lever impact and the factors resulting from them, which exert influence on commercial and financial profitability. The impact of the factors upon commercial, economic and financial profitability is expressed in percentage and percentage points. By arranging the indexes of the financial analysis and the factors influencing them in certain coherence, one can clearly evaluate the impact of the factors upon the profitability indexes.","PeriodicalId":341886,"journal":{"name":"Latgale National Economy Research","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116089903","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}