Inta Ostrovska

• Docent, Dr. paed. at Daugavpils University

The article aims to study Latvian municipal budget expenditures on transport infrastructure and production in the context of improving the local economy. The authors hypothesize that the comparative priority of municipal budget expenditures on two items is determined by the state of the local economy; in municipalities with a more developed economy...

This study is aimed to analyze changes in wealth inequality in the modern European-American civilization (EAC). The research object includes five parts of the EAC from West to East: USA, Western Europe, Latvia, Ukraine, Russia. Statistical deciles is a tool for measuring and comparing wealth inequality: the top 10% (including the top 1%), the middl...

Smart development is a problem examined by many research studies, and the scientists note that the concept of smart economy becomes increasingly popular in scientific and practical strategy documents. The documents refer to small and medium enterprises implementing the Industrial Revolution 4.0 as smart companies, which are the basis of economic gr...

There are many players in the process of sustainable development of Latvia, including the long-term viability of the country: state and local government institutions, companies, non-governmental organizations, as well as various informal interest groups and every inhabitant. As the regions of the country have different socio-economic development re...

The goal of the study is to compare the reflection of Latvias and Russias transition to the market economy in economic texts. The object of the research is Latvian and Russian textbooks on economics (N = 61) of three generations (1990s, 2000s and 2010s) in the Daugavpils University library. The first such textbooks were published in 1993, and the l...

The purpose of this article is to empirically test the role of talent in the economic development of countries in the modern world. As the main research method, the authors use regression analysis, which involved variables characterizing the talent competitiveness of countries, as well as indicators of countries’ economic development. The authors u...

In the last decade, trade unions have become an important social partner in the European Union countries, including Latvia, where, within the National Tripartite Cooperation Council, they ensure influence on taking important decisions. Surveys on working conditions in Latvia show that working conditions in companies with a trade union are significa...

The essential definition of the promotion of smart regional growth is local resource, potential, exploration of operational mechanisms. That is in order to develop the understanding of local resource feasibility and the community activities. It is important to develop cross-sectoral cooperation, which is focused on non-technological, social and on...

Rural areas are particularly important for ensuring sustainability and smart development of a state as a whole. The present study reflects the quantitative and qualitative assessment of smart growth challenges in the region of Latgale (Latvia) at the level of 19 districts. Worked out within the framework of the Latvian National Research Programme E...

The social capital of youth as a social segment is a major resource to contribute to any country's social sustainability. Social sustainability requires active youth participation in solving the issues that are important for local communities and education as a main source for youth knowledge, skills and opinions. Youth policy is a tool, which enab...

Within the framework of the Latvian National Programme EKOSOC-LV this paper focuses on the smart growth as a tool for regional development. The research aim is to evaluate the factors that influence the formation of a smart territory and to estimate interconnections of quantitative indicators and expert opinions. The present study reflects the quan...

One of the basic principles of the European Union functioning is even and balanced regional development. However, considerable socioeconomic disparities can be still observed across the regions in Latvia, with its monocentric, i.e., capital city-oriented, distribution of people and economic activities instead of a polycentric one. This factor negat...

Sustainability is becoming an integral part of vocational schools since schools are called to respond to the environmental crises and unsustainability issues in the community as well as to an unsustainable economic development. Vocational schools have to play a significant role is re-orienting students’ frames of reference towards sustainability fo...

Nowadays, much interest is devoted to the use of inno-vative (or wise) methods in assessing regional development. Rural areas have particular importance in ensuring sustainable development of any state; moreover, smart approache sto the assessment of regional development potential helpdetermining common trends in the socio-economic development of t...

Valsts pētījumu programmā EKOSOC-LV ir paredzēta aktuālu sabiedrības norišu izpēte ekonomikā, demogrāfijā, pārvaldē, tiesībās, reģionālajā attīstībā, vides aizsardzībā un citās jomās, īpašu uzmanību pievēršot tautsaimniecības transformācijas, inovācijas procesu un vides saglabāšanas jomām. Šis pētījums raksturo 5.2.3. projekta „Latvijas lauku un re...

One of the approaches to achieve sustainable development is based on smart specialization. Rural areas are of particular importance in ensuring sustainable development, the smart development of which largely determines the balanced sustainable development of a state as a whole. The present study reflects the quantitative and the qualitative assessm...

The article addresses an issue on contribution of presence of institutions of vocational education to economic activity, using the example of small municipalities in Latvia. Timeliness of the research finds roots in ongoing reforms towards consolidation of number of educational institutions in municipalities with small population. Additionally, sci...

The article is devoted to the study of organizational culture, this is being considered as a problematic topic in management but it requires a wise management. Culture should not be considered as an obstacle in business. In time of competitiveness and changes it has some advantages (Hoecklin, 1994). The culture of a particular organization determin...