Finance and Financial Management Commons^™

How Purchasing Departments Can Take Advantage Of The Sluggish Economy To Achieve Strategic Opportunities Through Best Practices, Peter O'Reilly

Publications

Presentation objectives:

• What is a Strategic Best Practice and Why is it Important to a Purchasing Department?

Foreign Direct Investment And Macroeconomic Changes In Cee Integrating In To The Global Market, Lucyna Kornecki

Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Information Sciences - Daytona Beach

This study relates to the post communist era in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and focuses on foreign direct investment (FDI) as a factor facilitating the globalization process while stimulating economic growth in the host countries. The first part of this study describes the globalization process and inward FDI performance index (CEE vs. World). The second part reflects macroeconomic changes in the post communist CEE and examines macroeconomic indicators, including GDP per capita, economic growth rate, unemployment and inflation. The third section focuses on the association between inward FDI stock and economic growth in the CEE.

How To Implement Best Strategic Practices In Small And Medium-Sized Procurement Organizations During Difficult Economic Times, Peter O'Reilly

Publications

Presentation objectives:

• What are Small-sized and Medium-sized Sourcing Departments?
• What is a Strategic Best Practice and Why is it Important to a Sourcing Department?