Irena Mladenova

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" · Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

The concept capacity for change in organizations reflects the dynamic capabilities view and the need of organizations to develop skills, processes and mindset to identify the need to change, and devise and implement the appropriate changes to stay successful and competitive. Capacity for change, although similar, differs from the concept Readiness...

Readiness for change is seen as an important prerequisite increasing chances for change success. While assessing the readiness level allows for tailoring of the interventions and the change process, it requires time and planning. When organizations face increasing levels of unpredictability and need to adapt to fast environmental shifts, linear cau...

This article investigates one of the organizational ambidexterity aspects – adaptability of organizations. Adaptability becomes prioritized in organizations during turbulent times. It is associated with autonomy, exploration and experimentation, with the capacity to reconfigure activities fast to meet demanding shifts in the environment. Adaptabili...

This article explores the impact of Previous experience with change on two dependent variables. The first one is Adaptability, measured as one of the organizational ambidexterity elements. Organizational ambidexterity is defined as the dynamic capability of organizations to balance exploration (experimenting, creation of new knowledge, innovation)...

This article interprets data from several empirical studies in Bulgaria in three areas of research interest-transformational leadership, adaptability, and organizational performance. The first study examines transformational leadership's influence on adaptability and organizational performance. It formulates two hypotheses and tests them by using d...

The paper presents a methodology for governance model design, implementation and transition to a Collaborative Network Organization (CNO). It is based on a study conducted within the European network of Cybersecurity centres and competence Hub for innovation and Operations (ECHO) pilot project from the EU H2020 program. During the study, theoretica...

Over the last few years, RST-TTO, as an organisation that supports the development of innovation and space technology transfer in sectors such as monitoring and prevention of natural disasters, defence and security, has organised and conducted four international hackathons and two competitions for innovative ideas. Hackathon organisation provides a...

This study aimed to develop a methodology for governance model implementation and transition for a collaborative networked organisation in the cyber domain by establishing effective stakeholder management and customer satisfaction assessment program. The article summarises the findings, describing the identified services for governance consulting a...

Earth Observation (EO) is used to monitor and assess the status of, and changes in, the natural and manmade environment via remote sensing technologies, usually involving satellites carrying imaging devices. EO applications provide important inputs to governments in planning, implementing, and monitoring the progress of the 2030 Agenda for Sustaina...

Organizational change is a widely researched area which helps us build our understanding of what drives changes and how they impact individuals and teams, organizational performance and long-term prospects. Recently, the European technological landscape sees new forms of organizing activities of various actors within technology centers and collabor...

Organizational change is a widely researched area which helps us build our understanding of what drives changes and how they impact individuals and teams, organizational performance and long-term prospects. Recently, the European technological landscape sees new forms of organizing activities of various actors within technology centers and collabor...

Готовността за промяна е сред важните фактори за успех при осъществяване на промяна в организациите. Конструктът е многопластов и най-често се свързва с ангажираност (на служителите) и вяра (споделена в групата, организацията) в колективната способност да се внедри дадена инициатива за промяна. Изхождайки от рамката на динамичните способности и орг...

Technology entrepreneurship involves the creation of a new business whose products and services are based on the application of scientific or technological knowledge. Technology entrepreneurship may play an important role for economic development in the context of increasing globalization. Little research attention has been devoted to the anteceden...

Most of the research on innovation in organizations has been conducted in Western countries and there is a lack of understanding of the innovative behaviour of firms operating in CEE. Therefore, the research objective of the present study is to examine the impact of entrepreneurs’ values on innovative behaviour in a sample of 200 Bulgarian organiza...