Volume 8 Number 4 June 2021

Issue DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4

Print version

PAPERS:

1. Home office effects on the motivation of ICT companies' employees

Kiril Anguelov, Miglena Angelova

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Anguelov, K.; Angelova, M. 2021. Home office effects on the motivation of ICT companies' employees, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 10-28. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(1)

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2. Business models of start-ups and their impact on the sustainability of nascent business

Štefan Slávik, Richard Bednár, Ivana Mišúnová Hudáková, Branislav Zagoršek

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Slávik, �.; Bednár, R.; Hudáková, I. M.; Zagoršek, B. 2021. Business models of start-ups and their impact on the sustainability of nascent business, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 29-52. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(2)

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3. Give or buy contexts and internet experience as a factor differentiating of readiness to provide different types of personal data in m-commerce

Jacek Woźniak, Alexandra Zbuchea

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Woźniak, J.; Zbuchea, A. 2021. Give or buy contexts and internet experience as a factor differentiating of readiness to provide different types of personal data in m-commerce, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 53-67. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(3)

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4. The impact of economic interests on eco-consumption: the case of the Russian Arctic Zone of Karelia

Valentina Karginova-Gubinova, Alexander Volkov, Sergey Tishkov, Anton Shcherbak

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Karginova-Gubinova, V.; Volkov, A.; Tishkov, S.; Shcherbak, A. 2021. The impact of economic interests on eco-consumption: the case of the Russian Arctic Zone of Karelia, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 68-84. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(4)

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5. Digital competencies’ assessment and challenges of academic staff: the case of Latvia

Iveta Mietule, Lienite Litavniece, Jelena Lonska, Olga Burova

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Mietule, I.; Litavniece, L.; Lonska, J.; Burova, O. 2021. Digital competencies’ assessment and challenges of academic staff: the case of Latvia, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 85-102. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(5)

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6. How we can benefit from personal finance management applications during the COVID-19 pandemic? The Polish case

Krzysztof Waliszewski, Anna Warchlewska

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Waliszewski, K.; Warchlewska, A. 2021. How we can benefit from personal finance management applications during the COVID-19 pandemic? The Polish case, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 103-121. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(6)

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7. Robotic Process Automation implementation, deployment approaches and success factors – an empirical study

Andrzej Sobczak

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Sobczak, A. 2021. Robotic Process Automation implementation, deployment approaches and success factors – an empirical study, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 122-147. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(7)

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8. The implementation of personnel processes in Poland and Slovakia

Milota Vetráková, Lukáš Smerek, Katarzyna Włodarczyk, Ewa Mazur-Wierzbicka, Sandra Misiak-Kwit

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Vetráková, M.; Smerek, L.; Włodarczyk, K.; Mazur-Wierzbicka, E.; Misiak-Kwit, S. 2021. The implementation of personnel processes in Poland and Slovakia, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 148-163. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(8)

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9. Slovak business environment development under the industry 4.0 and global pandemic outbreak issues

Adriana Grenčíková, Valentinas Navickas, Marcel Kordoš, Matej Húževka

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Grenčíková, A.; Navickas, V.; Kordoš, M.; Húževka, M. 2021. Slovak business environment development under the industry 4.0 and global pandemic outbreak issues, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 164-179. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(9)

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10. Simple Additive Weighting versus Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution: which method is better suited for assessing the sustainability of a real estate project

Nomeda Dobrovolskienė, Anastasija Pozniak

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Dobrovolskienė, N.; Pozniak, A. 2021. Simple Additive Weighting versus Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution: which method is better suited for assessing the sustainability of a real estate project, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 180-196. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(10)

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11. The role of SME s in water supply and sewerage: a case of Kazakhstan

Anna Shevyakova, Yelena Petrenko

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Shevyakova, A.; Petrenko, Y. 2021. The role of SME s in water supply and sewerage: a case of Kazakhstan, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 197-216. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(11)

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12. The effect of entrepreneurial characteristics on the entrepreneurial intention of university students in Oman and Sudan

Tariq Atiya, Zaroug Osman

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Atiya, T.; Osman, Z. 2021. The effect of entrepreneurial characteristics on the entrepreneurial intention of university students in Oman and Sudan, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 217-234. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(12)

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13. The complex relationship between entrepreneurship and its context

Fernando Fierro, Juan Manuel Andrade

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Fierro, F.; Andrade, J. M. 2021. The complex relationship between entrepreneurship and its context, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 235-249. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(13)

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14. How Covid19 affects the stock return of the Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry: event study method

Lai Cao Mai Phuong

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Phuong, L. C. 2021. How Covid19 affects the stock return of the Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry: event study method, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 250-261. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(14)

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15. Survival and growth of Hungarian start-ups

László Radácsi, Judit Csákné Filep

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Radácsi, L.; Filep, J. C. 2021. Survival and growth of Hungarian start-ups, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 262-279. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(15)

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16. High performance work system and sustainable development among Jordanian SMEs: knowledge sharing as a moderator

Zeyad Alkhazali, Khaleel Al-Daoud, Hareth Alshamayleh, Mazin Aledeinat

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Alkhazali, Z.; Al-Daoud, K.; Alshamayleh, H.; Aledeinat, M. 2021. High performance work system and sustainable development among Jordanian SMEs: knowledge sharing as a moderator, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 280-290. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(16)

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17. Factors influencing companies’ positive financial performance in digital age: a meta-analysis.

Ludmila Kasperovica, Natalja Lace

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Kasperovica, L.; Lace, N. 2021. Factors influencing companies’ positive financial performance in digital age: a meta-analysis., Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 291-311. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(17)

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18. Financial assumptions of Slovak municipalities for their active participation in regional development

Katarína Liptáková, Zuzana Rigová

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Liptáková, K.; Rigová, Z. 2021. Financial assumptions of Slovak municipalities for their active participation in regional development, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 312-330. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(18)

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19. Strategic alignment and implementation of codes of conducts in organisations

Juliane Meixner, Jozef Papula

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Meixner, J.; Papula, J. 2021. Strategic alignment and implementation of codes of conducts in organisations, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 331-348. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(19)

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20. Do Baltic investors care about environmental, social and governance (ESG)?

Ilze Zumente, Jūlija Bistrova

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Zumente, I.; Bistrova, J. 2021. Do Baltic investors care about environmental, social and governance (ESG)?, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 349-362. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(20)

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21. Analysis of factors affecting e-logistics services on urban management at Hochiminh City, Vietnam

Dinh Tuan Hai, Nguyen Xuan Quyet, Vo Thi Dieu Hien

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Hai, D. T.; Quyet, N. X.; Hien, V. T. 2021. Analysis of factors affecting e-logistics services on urban management at Hochiminh City, Vietnam, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 363-376. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(21)

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22. Intrinsic alignment with strategy as a source of business sustainability in SMEs

Romel Ramón González-Díaz, Santos Lucio Guanilo-Gómez, Ángel Eduardo Acevedo-Duque, Jorge Suárez Campos, Elena Cachicatari Vargas

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
González-Díaz, R. R.; Guanilo-Gómez, S. L.; Acevedo-Duque, �. E.; Campos, J. S.; Cachicatari Vargas, E. 2021. Intrinsic alignment with strategy as a source of business sustainability in SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 377-388. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(22)

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23. Core features for the design of remuneration systems for sustainable human resource management during the Covid-19 pandemic: Polish companies’ experiences

Hanna Kinowska

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Kinowska, H. 2021. Core features for the design of remuneration systems for sustainable human resource management during the Covid-19 pandemic: Polish companies’ experiences, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 389-402. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(23)

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24. The gender-based attainment of education and female entrepreneurship: the European perspective

Aleksandra Gawel

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Gawel, A. 2021. The gender-based attainment of education and female entrepreneurship: the European perspective, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 403-417. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(24)

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25. Factors influencing ways of organising life in old age in the context of social exclusion risk. The case of Poland

Monika Adamczyk

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Adamczyk, M. 2021. Factors influencing ways of organising life in old age in the context of social exclusion risk. The case of Poland, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 418-430. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(25)

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26. The transition towards to the circular economy: European SMEs' trajectories

Alfonso Marino, Paolo Pariso

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Marino, A.; Pariso, P. 2021. The transition towards to the circular economy: European SMEs' trajectories, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 431-455. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(26)

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27. Critical success factors throughout the life cycle of information technology start-ups

José Santisteban, Jorge Inche, David Mauricio

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Santisteban, J.; Inche, J.; Mauricio, D. 2021. Critical success factors throughout the life cycle of information technology start-ups, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 446-466. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(27)

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28. Marketing and branding strategy for the South Baltic Sea Region: reinforcing regional innovation in SMEs through cross-border collaboration models in the age of transformation

Laima Gerlitz, Christopher Meyer, Gunnar Prause

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Gerlitz, L.; Meyer, C.; Prause, G. 2021. Marketing and branding strategy for the South Baltic Sea Region: reinforcing regional innovation in SMEs through cross-border collaboration models in the age of transformation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 467-487. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(28)

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29. Helping intention, trust and performance appraisal in the context of culture, power and group: a scenario-based experiment

Adem Baltacı

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Baltacı, A. 2021. Helping intention, trust and performance appraisal in the context of culture, power and group: a scenario-based experiment, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 488-507. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(29)

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30. Strategic directions for increasing the gross value added of the high-tech sector (on the example of the Ukrainian economy)

Borys Burkynskyi, Olga Iermakova, Oleksandr Laiko

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Burkynskyi, B.; Iermakova, O.; Laiko, O. 2021. Strategic directions for increasing the gross value added of the high-tech sector (on the example of the Ukrainian economy), Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 508-523. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(30)

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31. Selected determinants of digital transformation and their influence on the number of women in the ICT sector

Hana Krchová, Katarína Švejnová Höesová

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Krchová, H.; Höesová, K. �. 2021. Selected determinants of digital transformation and their influence on the number of women in the ICT sector, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 524-535. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(31)

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32. How to evaluate the digital economy scale and potential?

Roman Chinoracky, Tatiana Corejova

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Chinoracky, R.; Corejova, T. 2021. How to evaluate the digital economy scale and potential?, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 536-552. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(32)

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33. Employment of foreign students after graduation in Hungary in the context of entrepreneurship and sustainability

Janka Betáková, Jingjing Wu, Ildiko Rudnak, Robert Magda

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Betáková, J.; Wu, J.; Rudnak, I.; Magda, R. 2021. Employment of foreign students after graduation in Hungary in the context of entrepreneurship and sustainability, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 553-570. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(33)

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34. Understanding the nature of the economic game ultimatum through the prism of personality traits

Pavel Ziaran, Radovan Bačík, Beata Gavurova, Richard Fedorko

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Ziaran, P.; Bačík, R.; Gavurova, B.; Fedorko, R. 2021. Understanding the nature of the economic game ultimatum through the prism of personality traits, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 571-583. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(34)

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35. Selection of the supplier of production means as a risk element in farm logistics

Krzysztof Pakuła, Krystyna Pieniak-Lendzion, Marcin Becher, Beata Kuziemska

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Pakuła, K.; Pieniak-Lendzion, K.; Becher, M.; Kuziemska, B. 2021. Selection of the supplier of production means as a risk element in farm logistics, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 585-594. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(35)

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36. Corporate governance and the performance of non-financial firms: the case of Oman

Hana Bawazir, Anis Khayati, Fatema AbdulMajeed

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Bawazir, H.; Khayati, A.; AbdulMajeed, F. 2021. Corporate governance and the performance of non-financial firms: the case of Oman, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 595-609. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(36)

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37. Sustainable leadership and sustainable performance of hospitality firms in South Africa

Olawale Fatoki

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Fatoki, O. 2021. Sustainable leadership and sustainable performance of hospitality firms in South Africa, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 610-621. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(37)

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38. Borrowing for health, sustainability, credit card use and ownership: a study of 74 countries

Suwastika Naidu, Fang Zhao, Atishwar Pandaram, Anand Chand, Arvind Patel

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Naidu, S.; Zhao, F.; Pandaram, A.; Chand, A.; Patel, A. 2021. Borrowing for health, sustainability, credit card use and ownership: a study of 74 countries, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 622-640. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(38)

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39. Strategic priorities for the formation of social responsibility of business

Natalya Ushenko, Viktoriia Blyzniuk, Oleksii Dniprov, Tetiana Ridel, Natalia Kurbala

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Ushenko, N.; Blyzniuk, V.; Dniprov, O.; Ridel, T.; Kurbala, N. 2021. Strategic priorities for the formation of social responsibility of business, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 641-653. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(39)

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40. The impact of the public debt of a country on the sustainable development of entrepreneurship

Dmytro Zhuravlov, Mykhailo Prokhorenko, Tamara Chernadchuk, Vitaliy Omelyanenko, Valentyna Shevchenko

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Zhuravlov, D.; Prokhorenko, M.; Chernadchuk, T.; Omelyanenko, V.; Shevchenko, V. 2021. The impact of the public debt of a country on the sustainable development of entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 654-667. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(40)

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41. Legitimization of income of clients as a factor of financial stability of banks

Stanislav Zlyvko, Serhii Shkliar, Anatoliy Kovalenko, Maksym Sykal, Oleksandr Snigerov

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Zlyvko, S.; Shkliar, S.; Kovalenko, A.; Sykal, M.; Snigerov, O. 2021. Legitimization of income of clients as a factor of financial stability of banks, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 668-681. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(41)

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42. Innovative business development in the digital economy

Sergii Bogachov, Tetiana Pluhatar, Olena Plakhotnik, Olha Alieksieieva, Volodymyr Bondar

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Bogachov, S.; Pluhatar, T.; Plakhotnik, O.; Alieksieieva, O.; Bondar, V. 2021. Innovative business development in the digital economy, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 682-696. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(42)

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43. Entrepreneurial activity of the IT sector in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-quarantine period

Vladislav Fedorenko, Natalia Filipenko, Inesa Shumilo, Volodymyr Nesterovych, Svitlana Nischymna

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Fedorenko, V.; Filipenko, N.; Shumilo, I.; Nesterovych, V.; Nischymna, S. 2021. Entrepreneurial activity of the IT sector in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the post-quarantine period, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 697-712. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(43)

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44. The growth of the country’s economic security level based on the investment infrastructure development projects

Lidiia Karpenko, Mykola Izha, Iryna Chunytska, Andrii Maiev, Kateryna Hunko

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Karpenko, L.; Izha, M.; Chunytska, I.; Maiev, A.; Hunko, K. 2021. The growth of the country’s economic security level based on the investment infrastructure development projects, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 713-729. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(44)

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45. Areas of small business development in Ukraine in the conditions of European integration

Kazimierz Pajak, Viacheslav Volik, Iryna Slovska, Yuliia Lushchyk, Hanna Tsyhanok

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Pajak, K.; Volik, V.; Slovska, I.; Lushchyk, Y.; Tsyhanok, H. 2021. Areas of small business development in Ukraine in the conditions of European integration, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 730-741. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(45)

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46. Efficiency of using the potential of small business in ensuring sustainable economic growth

Irina Skuratovych, Nataliia Lytvyn, Iryna Panova, Ievgen Ovcharenko, Olena Hryhorevska

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Skuratovych, I.; Lytvyn, N.; Panova, I.; Ovcharenko, I.; Hryhorevska, O. 2021. Efficiency of using the potential of small business in ensuring sustainable economic growth, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 742-756. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(46)

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47. How companies overcome crisis through the sharing of information and teamwork performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nadežda Jankelová, Zuzana Joniaková, Jana Blštáková, Katarína Procházková, Zuzana Skorková, Lasha Abuladze

Reference to this article should be made as follows:
Jankelová, N.; Joniaková, Z.; Blštáková, J.; Procházková, K.; Skorková, Z.; Abuladze, L. 2021. How companies overcome crisis through the sharing of information and teamwork performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 8(4): 757-772. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2021.8.4(47)

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