RECENT RESEARCHES in SOCIAL SCIENCE, DIGITAL
CONVERGENCE,
MANUFACTURING and TOURISM
International Conference on SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL ECONOMY and DIGITAL CONVERGENCE (IC-SSSE-DC '11) International Conference on MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE,
TOURISM and SERVICES (ICM-CTS '11)
Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain May 27-29, 2011
Published by WSEAS Press ISBN: 978-1-61804-003-9
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RECENT RESEARCHES in SOCIAL SCIENCE, DIGITAL
CONVERGENCE,
MANUFACTURING and TOURISM
International Conference on SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL
ECONOMY and DIGITAL CONVERGENCE (IC-SSSE-DC '11) International Conference on MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE, TOURISM and SERVICES (ICM-CTS '11)
Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain May 27-29, 2011
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RECENT RESEARCHES in SOCIAL SCIENCE, DIGITAL
CONVERGENCE,
MANUFACTURING and TOURISM
International Conference on SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL ECONOMY and DIGITAL CONVERGENCE (IC-SSSE-DC '11) International Conference on MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE,
TOURISM and SERVICES (ICM-CTS '11)
Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
May 27-29, 2011
Editors:
Prof. Vladimir Vasek, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic Prof. Yuriy Shmaliy, Guanajuato University, Mexico
Prof. Denis Trcek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, University of California Santa Cruz, USA Prof. Ryszard S. Choras, University of Technology & Life Sciences, Poland Prof. Zbigniew Klos, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
International Program Committee Members:
D. Perkins, USA
Marco Ceccarelli, ITALY
Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou, USA Leon Trilling, USA
D. L. Russell, USA Leonid Perlovsky, USA John W. Lund, USA Kent Davey, USA David Landgrebe, USA Miguel A. Marino, USA Hamido Fujita, PORTUGAL Steven H. Collicott, USA F. Akgun, TURKEY Omar Badran, JORDAN Y. Baudoin, BELGIUM M. Versan Kok, TURKEY A. Kurbatskiy, RUSSIA S. Linderoth, DENMARK P. Lunghi, ITALY
A. Midilli, CANADA
Vijayan Iyer Gurumurthy, INDIA Helmut Jaberg, AUSTRIA Leonid G. Kazovsky, USA Leon O. Chua, USA
Ar. Zuhairuse Md Darus, MALAYSIA Ioana Diaconescu, ROMANIA
J. Torres Farinha, PORTUGAL Bogdan Zygmunt, POLAND Lajos Barna, HUNGARY J. Van Mierlo, BELGIUM S. Ozdogan, TURKEY R. Tamme, GERMANY Brian A. Barsky, USA M. Teixeira, PORTUGAL R. Vigotti, ITALY G. Wolf, GERMANY G. Wisniewski, POLAND A. Van Zyl, BELGIUM Z. A. Vale, PORTUGAL K. R. Rao, USA
Bimal K. Bose, USA Joseph Sifakis, FRANCE Paul E. Dimotakis, USA Sidney Burrus, USA Steven Collicott, USA Panos Pardalos, USA Olga Martin, ROMANIA Periklis Papadopoulos, USA
Table of Contents
The Impact of Relationship Marketing on the Performance of Insurance Organisation 9 Festus M. Epetimehin
The Influence of the Prague Section of DuOeAV (1870-1938) on the Alpinism 18 Pavlina Chaloupska, Dasa Hrusova
Valorization by Tourism of Gypsy Culture in Romania 22
Teodorescu Camelia, Dinca Iulian, Popovici Adina, Tuduce Adela
Tourism Based on Vegetal Element in the UNESCO Patrimony Romanian Monasteries Frescoes 28 Teodorescu Camelia, Dinca Iulian, Tuduce Adela, Popovici Adina
The Impact of the Specific Conditions of Sandstone Rock Climbing on Climber’s Performance 34 David Chaloupsky, Blahoslav Komestik, Dagmar Hrusova
Consumers Decision Making in Buying Private Brand and Manufacturer Brand 39 Zuraidah Mohamed Isa, Norhidayah Ali, Rabitah Harun
A Comparative Analysis of Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators at European Level 44 Cristina Stroe, Eva Militaru, Silvia Cojanu, Isadora Lazar, Codruta Dragoiu, Eliza-Olivia Lungu
Diagnosis of Poverty in Romania. Dynamics, Determinants and Future Challenges 50 Cristina Stroe, Eva Militaru, Silvia Cojanu, Codruta Dragoiu, Isadora Lazar
Research in Technology - A Major Instrument of the Technological Changes and Development 56 Eliza Lungu, Cristina Stroe, Eva Militaru, Silvia Cojanu
Transmission Mechanisms of Monetary Policy in Romania: A Bayesian VAR Model 62 Cristi Spulbar, Cristian Stanciu, Mihai Nitoi
Corporate Finance in Emerging & Developed Countries - Mixture between Commonality and Heterogeneity Features
69 Morar Teodor Adrian
Can We Blame the Housing Boom for Causing the Economic Recession in Estonia? 75 Tiina Nuuter, Irene Lill
The Current State of the Application of International Accounting Standards in the Czech Republic
81 Karel Steker, Milana Otrusinova
Foreign Direct Investments and Financial Economy: Empirical Perspective at the Level of the CEE Countries
87 Triandafil Cristina Maria
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Learner Perceptions of Construction Industry Knowledge and Skills Requirements 93 Emlyn Witt, Irene Lill
Interest of Cost Management within the Context of Accounting System Development in Romania 99 Mariana Radu, Valentin Radu, George Ciprian Giju, Daniela Elena Nicolae
Effect of Subcontracting on Construction Scheduling 105
Erki Soekov, Irene Lill
An Empirical Study on Identification in Blogs 111
Mei-Ching Chen, Yu-Chuan Chen, Shung-Ming Tang, Tzu-Yi Hsu
Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Tourism in the Czech Republic 117 Lubos Smrcka, Jaroslav Schonfeld
A Healthy Labour Market for an Improved Quality of Life – Workers’ Perceptions 124 Silvia Cojanu
Experimental Assessment of Physical Characteristics of Textile Proteinic Fibres from Albanian Breeds
130 Genti Guxho, Vladimir Nika, Ylli Shehu
Women’s Status during the Safavid Period 137
Mitra Jahandideh, Shahab Khaefi
Applying the “Markow Chain” Theory in the Case of Operating Several Tools 143 Dima Ioan Constantin, Novak-Marcincin Jozef, Duica Constantin Mircea, Cucui Floriana Andra
The Method of Optimisation of the Service of Several Tools, Using the "Mechanisation Coefficient"
152 Dima Ioan Constantin, Modrak Vladimir, Duica Anisoara, Goldbah Ioana Raluca
Fair Value and Financial Instruments: Some Obstacles Again? 161
Jiri Strouhal, Jirina Boksova, Carmen Bonaci, Nicolae Pasca
Authors Index 167
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Authors Index
Boksova, J. 161 Morar, T. A. 69 Bonaci, C. 161 Nicolae, D. E. 99 Chaloupska, P. 18 Nika, V. 130 Chaloupsky, D. 34 Nitoi, M. 62 Chen, M.-C. 111 Norhidayah, A. 39 Chen, Y.-C. 111 Novak-Marcincin, J. 143 Cojanu, S. 44, 50, 56 Nuuter, T. 75 Cojanu, S. 124 Otrusinova, M. 81 Cucui, F. A. 143 Pasca, N. 161 Dima, I. C. 143, 152 Popovici, A. 22, 28
Dinca, I. 22, 28 Rabitah, H. 39
Dragoiu, C. 44, 50 Radu, M. 99
Duica, A. 152 Radu, V. 99
Duica, C. M. 143 Schonfeld, J. 117 Epetimehin, F. M. 9 Shehu, Y. 130
Giju, G. C. 99 Smrcka, L. 117
Goldbah, I. R. 152 Soekov, E. 105
Guxho, G. 130 Spulbar, C. 62
Hrusova, Dag. 34 Stanciu, C. 62 Hrusova, Das. 18 Steker, K. 81 Hsu, T.-Y. 111 Stroe, C. 44, 50, 56 Jahandideh, M. 137 Strouhal, J. 161 Khaefi, S. 137 Tang, S.-M. 111 Komestik, B. 34 Teodorescu, C. 22, 28 Lazar, I. 44, 50 Triandafil, C. M. 87 Lill, I. 75, 93, 105 Tuduce, A. 22, 28
Lungu, E.-O. 44, 56 Witt, E. 93
Militaru, E. 44, 50, 56 Zuraidah, M. I. 39
Modrak, V. 152
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