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Motivational factors for the adoption of ISO 9001 standards in Eastern Europe: the case of Bulgaria

, 2015
Purpose: This study analyzes the motivational factors for ISO 9001 certification in Bulgaria from the internal/external motivations perspective, or the so-called dual model.
Svetoslav Georgiev, Emil-Alexander Georgiev   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does ESG Performance Reduce Default Risk in Insurance Firms? Evidence From Life and Non‐Life Sectors

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether environmental, social, and governance performance is associated with lower default risk in European insurance firms, and whether the strength of this association differs between life and non‐life business models.
S. Miani, M. Mantovani, E. Palmieri
wiley   +1 more source

New records of protostrongylid lungworms from wild ruminants in Bulgaria

Veterinární Medicína, 2006
A necropsy of lungs from mouflons, chamois, red deerand fallow deer from Bulgariawas performed aiming at determining the species composition of protostrongylids. For the first time in the country Muellerius capillaris, Cystocaulus ocreatus, Neostrongylus
M.S. Panayotova-Pencheva
doaj   +1 more source

Digital Transformation in Work Integration Social Enterprises: Leadership Strategies and the Role of Internal Stakeholders

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital transformation is increasingly reshaping how social enterprises organize work, engage stakeholders, and pursue social value. While prior research has examined digitalization in hybrid organizations, limited attention has been paid to how responsibility for inclusive digital transformation is enacted internally.
Riccardo Maiolini, Federica D’Alessandro, Paolo Landoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Initial Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens from Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

Nature, 2020
J. Hublin, N. Sirakov, Vera Aldeias, S. Bailey, E. Bard, Vincent Delvigne, Elena Endarova, Yoann Fagault, Helen Fewlass, M. Hajdinjak, B. Kromer, I. Krumov, João Marreiros, Naomi L. Martisius, Lindsey Paskulin, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, M. Meyer, S. Pääbo, V. Popov, Ž. Režek, Svoboda Sirakova, M. Skinner, Geoff M. Smith, Rosen Spasov, S. Talamo, T. Tuna, L. Wacker, F. Welker, A. Wilcke, Nikolay Zahariev, Shannon J. P. McPherron, Tsenka Tsanova   +31 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Between Amity, Enmity and Europeanisation: EU Energy Security Policy and the Example of Bulgaria's Russian Energy Dependence

, 2015
Considering the development of the Bulgarian energy security strategy this article analyses how the country has adapted to EU membership and to energy security challenges, such as disruptions to Russian gas supplies in 2006 and 2009 and rising gas prices.
Tomas Maltby
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Plant diversity estimates of Mediterranean islands differ among biodiversity databases

Ecography, EarlyView.
Large‐scale biodiversity databases encompass three main types of data for plants, namely single species point occurrences, co‐occurrences in vegetation plots, and checklists for specific areas. Evidence shows that such data types exhibit specific biases, reporting different species assemblages at local scales.
Francesco Santi, Julian Schrader, Riccardo Testolin, Michele Di Musciano, Olivier Argagnon, Fabio Attorre, Irena Axmanová, Federico Bombardi, Gianmaria Bonari, Vanessa Bruzzaniti, Juan Antonio Campos, Johannes Foufopoulos, Emmanuel Garbolino, Riccardo Guarino, Behlül Güler, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro, Lea Klepka, Holger Kreft, Michele Lussu, Corrado Marcenò, Frédéric Médail, Maria Panitsa, Salvatore Pasta, Sofia Prandelli, Diletta Santovito, Željko Škvorc, Enrico Tordoni, Kiril Vassilev, Marlene Volz, Piero Zannini, Alessandro Chiarucci   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global patterns and trends in kidney cancer incidence and mortality

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? Decreasing mortality from kidney cancer in developed countries contrasts with persistently high or rising mortality in less‐developed regions. Factors underlying this widening gap remain incompletely understood. Using GLOBOCAN 2022 data, the present study examined patterns in kidney cancer incidence and mortality worldwide and the relation ...
Anton Barchuk, Jerome Vignat, Kari A. O. Tikkinen, Ahmedin Jemal, Freddie Bray, Ariana Znaor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bulgaria’s Protection of the “Historic Communities” in the EU Enlargement Context [PDF]

Современная Европа
The article considers international activities of Bulgaria towards the Western Balkans states within the context of the EU further enlargement in 2018–2024.
Dmitry I. Polyvyannyy
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a validated European instrument to measure the socioeconomic impact of cancer

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
What's New? The Financial Index of Toxicity (FIT) evaluates patients' experiences of financial strain after cancer diagnosis. Originally developed in Canada for head and neck cancer patients, the applicability of FIT to other populations remains uncertain. This study assessed the validity of FIT in Europe using patient‐level data from six countries and
Jasper Ubels, Julie M. Vancoppenolle, Josephine Tetteh, Wim H. van Harten, Valesca P. Retèl, Michael Schlander, Nora Franzen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source