Tzvetan Davidkov

Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" · Department of Business Administration

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...

Книгата представя историята на българското предприемачество през няколко периода: преди и след Освобождението, комунистическия режим, прехода и членството в ЕС. Тя съдържа оригинална интерпретация на добре познати и нови факти от гледна точка на съвременните разбирания за предприемачеството.

The paper presents the opportunities for strengthening interdisciplinary relations and achieving a new level of integrity in teaching Economic and Management disciplines that are discussed in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”. The main argument is the belief that this is a winning strate...

The second volume of the collective monography of the Department of Business Administration: Theory and Practice in Bulgaria (Sofia, 2019) is in front of us. This is a promise of sustainable repeatability and tradition. The themes and problems are varied but unambiguously current and up-todate: research procedures on labor values (Tsvetan Davidkov,...

It was acknowledged that institutional environment plays an important role for shaping entrepreneurial behavior in transition economies. The present study investigates the influence of entrepreneurs' perceptions of institutional environment on their entrepreneurial plans in a large representative sample from a transition economy. The findings revea...

Although family businesses represent a significan t part of the Bulgarian economy, there are few research studies and statistical data on the characteristics and problems of this sector is also missing. This paper describes the history, economic importance, definition, characteristics, unique qualities an d challenges of succession in Bulgarian...

The increased contribution of entrepreneurs around the world necessitates the understanding of universal as well as culture-specific antecedents of entrepreneurial firm growth. Drawing upon the resource-based view and social cognitive theory, we theorize that entrepreneurial firm growth is shaped by both etic and emic forms of entrepreneurial readi...

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...

The aim of this paper is to examine similarities and differences between Bulgarian female and male entrepreneurs with regard to a number of personal characteristics, characteristics of their ventures, and characteristics of the environmental context, in which they operate. A sample of 501 companies (282 maleowned and 219 female-owned) with a single...

The article presents the results of an empiric sociological survey entitled “Organizational Culture in Bulgaria – 2000 – 2002”, which was carried out following the methodology of Geert Hofstede (Hofstede, 1980). It studies the procedure of calculating the indices of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism – collectivism and masculinity...

This research note addresses issues, concerns, and opportunities for teachers and researchers of the third sector in Central and Eastern Europe, drawing on experiences in Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, and Hungary. The paper briefly outlines the development of the third sector in the aforementioned countries, and describes the current state of third s...