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Public debt has diverse effects on GDP varying from country to country and resulting from a number of different factors. This project is dedicated to research the effects of various macroeconomic indicators on GDP, with an emphasis on debt related predictors, using a multiple linear regression model. Findings of this research confirm the hypothesis that country determinants influence the efficiency of public borrowing and its effect on GDP. Surprisingly, no relation between debt crisis, level of government debt and its effect on GDP could be found. On the contrary, private borrowing showed a positive effect on the economy in every country where it resulted statistically significant. Interesting results were achieved concerning the openness of the economy and foreign direct investment. They were unequal, whereas initially supposed to be mostly positive.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.em.17.3.2108

Intensive global competition, higher customer expectations and greater focus on quality have resulted in much greater requirements placed upon employees today than decades ago. The challenge has been to internalize a new type of organizational behavior in order to operate successfully under unfamiliar conditions. Professors have to choose the best skills developing methods for students. This paper introduces students' skills development methods' evaluation. Authors look for those evaluation's differences in two older European Union countries Spain and Portugal, one of the newest European Union country's Lithuania, candidate to European Union, situated in Europe and Asia – Turkey, and then Iran – the Middle East. The empirical research is based on theoretical background and presets investigation of student's skills, developing factors and differences according to students' nationality.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.em.17.3.2142

The influences of personality traits and business barriers on entrepreneurial behaviour have been studied by numerous researchers. However, the mechanisms by which changes in institutional contexts and personality traits affect individuals' entrepreneurial motivation have not received enough attention from researchers. This paper aims to fill this gap in the literature by examining the joint effects of personality traits and business barriers on one's motivation to engage in entrepreneurial activity. A structured questionnaire was developed to capture the above linkages. To measure the latent variables, factor and reliability analyses were utilised. To examine the relationships, a regression analysis was performed on a unique dataset of respondents from three counties: Czechia, Hungary, and Serbia. The results show that personality traits positively influence motivation towards entrepreneurship. Furthermore, external barriers (ecological and technological issues), and infrastructure factors positively affect entrepreneurial motivation. From an academic viewpoint, personality traits and motivation to engage in entrepreneurial activity can be nourished by education, highlighting the role of universities in this regard. Our paper's findings should trigger the interest of policymakers who aim to introduce new instruments or change the existing ones (designing policies) to boost entrepreneurship.