Towards a Knowledge-Based Society in Europe

Contents: Jürgen Plöhn: Introduction - Georgy Ganev: Informal Institutions, Partial Enforcement, and Impersonal Exchange: Observations from Bulgarian Streets - Anastasia Bankova/Todor Yalamov: Management, Knowledge, and Competitiveness of Organizations. A Study of Bulgarian Enterprises - Desislava Yordanova/Maria-Antonia Tarrazon: Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions Among Bulgarian University Students: An Exploratory Investigation - Diana Boyadzhieva: Data Mining - Overview of the Technology and the Potential for Adoption in the Bulgarian Banking Industry - Anastasia Paris/Ioannis Patiniotis: The Evolution of the Gross Domestic Product of all Sectors of Greek Economy since 1963 - Ainhoa Herrarte/Felipe Sáez: An Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies: the Case of Spain - Detelin S. Elenkov: Female Visionary-Transformational Leadership and Innovation: The Moderating Role of Multiple Intelligences and Ethical Leadership - Guergana Stanoeva: What Do Optimum Currency Area Criteria Tell Us about the Readiness of Central and East European Countries to Join the Eurozone? - Horst Schellhaass: Superstars as Winners of the Common Market - George Chobanov: The Dynamic Interaction of Two Markets - Jean-Pierre Gern: The Measurement of the Efficiency of Transaction Costs - Liana Badea/Nicolae Nedelco: E-Business - Perspectives and Challenges in Global Competition.

The Editors: George S. Chobanov is Associate Professor at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria), and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
Jürgen Plöhn holds a position as «Privatdozent» at the Institute for Political Science and Japanese Studies at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
Horst M. Schellhaass is Professor at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences and Vice Rector of the University of Cologne.