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Betina Diyanova Minkova
COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Summary:
This report aims to emphasize competitive intelligence as an activity necessary for companies in the information technology industry. In a global aspect, the IT sector not only realizes rapid adaptation, but also manages to reach completely new levels in its business history. This sector has always been distinguished by its specific innovativeness (whether subversive or not), flexibility and high reactivity to new realities, and this is precisely what arouses research curiosity to what extent the IT business owes its favorability to methods such as competitive intelligence. The topic of the place of competitive intelligence in the information technology sector is not only relevant, but also still understudied (in contrast to the food, chemical and mining industries). The processes of continuous implementation of new products and services based on specific technologies require caution for companies in relation to their competitors, especially in market conditions of perfect competition. On the other hand, underestimating the integrated system of competitive intelligence (especially in the IT sector) would prove to be a disastrous mistake with losses in financial, intellectual and reputational dimensions, and such can remove even a stable economic player.
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Fatme Mustafova Danajieva
APPLICATION OF THE INTERNET IN THE SPHERE OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Summary:
The current development aims to analyze the influence of Internet technologies on the dynamics of international business development. Web technologies provide new opportunities for connection between counterparties and development of business relations. Applications of the Internet in the field of international business include e-commerce, distance communication, social media marketing, and many others. These innovations open new opportunities for the development and growth of international business, while at the same time causing new challenges for security and data management.
In the present work, the interrelationship between Internet technologies and international business is examined, and the advantages and limitations for business are pointed out. The current state of penetration of Internet technologies and mobile communications at the level of the World, Europe and Bulgaria has been analyzed, and a comparison has been made between them. The analysis done is based on the reports published by DataReportal.
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Ekaterina Milenova Petrova, Zlatina Ivaylova Dimitrova
THE HUMAN COST OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS THROUGH THE PRISM OF COBALT MINING IN CONGO
Summary:
The report was developed based on a literature review and aims to examine the ethical issues associated with cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the prism of international business. It aims to untangle the complex web of economic interests, corporate responsibility, and human rights. Specific examples of the policies undertaken by technology leaders, the circumstances that led to their necessity, and empirical data examining the importance of cobalt on a global scale, are examined.
