RECENT RESEARCHES in SOCIAL SCIENCE, DIGITAL

CONVERGENCE, MANUFACTURING and TOURISM

International Conference on SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL ECONOMY and DIGITAL CONVERGENCE (IC-SSSE-DC '11)

International Conference on MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE, TOURISM and SERVICES (ICM-CTS '11)

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain May 27-29, 2011

Published by WSEAS Press ISBN: 978-1-61804-003-9 www.wseas.org

RECENT RESEARCHES in SOCIAL SCIENCE, DIGITAL CONVERGENCE, MANUFACTURING and TOURISM International Conference on SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL ECONOMY and DIGITAL CONVERGENCE (IC-SSSE-DC '11) International Conference on MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE, TOURISM and SERVICES (ICM-CTS '11) Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain May 27-29, 2011 Published by WSEAS Press www.wseas.org Copyright © 2011, by WSEAS Press All the copyright of the present book belongs to the World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Editor of World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Press. All papers of the present volume were peer reviewed by two independent reviewers. Acceptance was granted when both reviewers' recommendations were positive. See also: http://www.worldses.org/review/index.html

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RECENT RESEARCHES in SOCIAL SCIENCE, DIGITAL

CONVERGENCE, MANUFACTURING and TOURISM

International Conference on SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL ECONOMY and DIGITAL CONVERGENCE (IC-SSSE-DC '11)

International Conference on MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE, TOURISM and SERVICES (ICM-CTS '11)

Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain May 27-29, 2011

Editors: Prof. Vladimir Vasek, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic Prof. Yuriy Shmaliy, Guanajuato University, Mexico Prof. Denis Trcek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Prof. Nobuhiko P. Kobayashi, University of California Santa Cruz, USA Prof. Ryszard S. Choras, University of Technology & Life Sciences, Poland Prof. Zbigniew Klos, Poznan University of Technology, Poland International Program Committee Members: D. Perkins, USA Marco Ceccarelli, ITALY Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou, USA Leon Trilling, USA D. L. Russell, USA Leonid Perlovsky, USA John W. Lund, USA Kent Davey, USA David Landgrebe, USA Miguel A. Marino, USA Hamido Fujita, PORTUGAL Steven H. Collicott, USA F. Akgun, TURKEY Omar Badran, JORDAN Y. Baudoin, BELGIUM M. Versan Kok, TURKEY A. Kurbatskiy, RUSSIA S. Linderoth, DENMARK P. Lunghi, ITALY A. Midilli, CANADA Vijayan Iyer Gurumurthy, INDIA Helmut Jaberg, AUSTRIA Leonid G. Kazovsky, USA Leon O. Chua, USA Ar. Zuhairuse Md Darus, MALAYSIA Ioana Diaconescu, ROMANIA J. Torres Farinha, PORTUGAL Bogdan Zygmunt, POLAND Lajos Barna, HUNGARY J. Van Mierlo, BELGIUM S. Ozdogan, TURKEY R. Tamme, GERMANY Brian A. Barsky, USA M. Teixeira, PORTUGAL R. Vigotti, ITALY G. Wolf, GERMANY G. Wisniewski, POLAND A. Van Zyl, BELGIUM Z. A. Vale, PORTUGAL K. R. Rao, USA Bimal K. Bose, USA Joseph Sifakis, FRANCE Paul E. Dimotakis, USA Sidney Burrus, USA Steven Collicott, USA Panos Pardalos, USA Olga Martin, ROMANIA Periklis Papadopoulos, USA

Table of Contents

The Impact of Relationship Marketing on the Performance of Insurance Organisation 9Festus M. Epetimehin The Influence of the Prague Section of DuOeAV (1870-1938) on the Alpinism 18Pavlina Chaloupska, Dasa Hrusova Valorization by Tourism of Gypsy Culture in Romania 22Teodorescu Camelia, Dinca Iulian, Popovici Adina, Tuduce Adela Tourism Based on Vegetal Element in the UNESCO Patrimony Romanian Monasteries Frescoes 28Teodorescu Camelia, Dinca Iulian, Tuduce Adela, Popovici Adina The Impact of the Specific Conditions of Sandstone Rock Climbing on Climber’s Performance 34David Chaloupsky, Blahoslav Komestik, Dagmar Hrusova Consumers Decision Making in Buying Private Brand and Manufacturer Brand 39Zuraidah Mohamed Isa, Norhidayah Ali, Rabitah Harun A Comparative Analysis of Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators at European Level 44Cristina Stroe, Eva Militaru, Silvia Cojanu, Isadora Lazar, Codruta Dragoiu, Eliza-Olivia Lungu Diagnosis of Poverty in Romania. Dynamics, Determinants and Future Challenges 50Cristina Stroe, Eva Militaru, Silvia Cojanu, Codruta Dragoiu, Isadora Lazar Research in Technology - A Major Instrument of the Technological Changes and Development 56Eliza Lungu, Cristina Stroe, Eva Militaru, Silvia Cojanu Transmission Mechanisms of Monetary Policy in Romania: A Bayesian VAR Model 62Cristi Spulbar, Cristian Stanciu, Mihai Nitoi Corporate Finance in Emerging & Developed Countries - Mixture between Commonality and Heterogeneity Features

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Morar Teodor Adrian Can We Blame the Housing Boom for Causing the Economic Recession in Estonia? 75Tiina Nuuter, Irene Lill The Current State of the Application of International Accounting Standards in the Czech Republic

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Karel Steker, Milana Otrusinova Foreign Direct Investments and Financial Economy: Empirical Perspective at the Level of the CEE Countries

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Triandafil Cristina Maria

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Learner Perceptions of Construction Industry Knowledge and Skills Requirements 93Emlyn Witt, Irene Lill Interest of Cost Management within the Context of Accounting System Development in Romania 99Mariana Radu, Valentin Radu, George Ciprian Giju, Daniela Elena Nicolae Effect of Subcontracting on Construction Scheduling 105Erki Soekov, Irene Lill An Empirical Study on Identification in Blogs 111Mei-Ching Chen, Yu-Chuan Chen, Shung-Ming Tang, Tzu-Yi Hsu Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on Tourism in the Czech Republic 117Lubos Smrcka, Jaroslav Schonfeld A Healthy Labour Market for an Improved Quality of Life – Workers’ Perceptions 124Silvia Cojanu Experimental Assessment of Physical Characteristics of Textile Proteinic Fibres from Albanian Breeds

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Genti Guxho, Vladimir Nika, Ylli Shehu Women’s Status during the Safavid Period 137Mitra Jahandideh, Shahab Khaefi Applying the “Markow Chain” Theory in the Case of Operating Several Tools 143Dima Ioan Constantin, Novak-Marcincin Jozef, Duica Constantin Mircea, Cucui Floriana Andra The Method of Optimisation of the Service of Several Tools, Using the "Mechanisation Coefficient"

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Dima Ioan Constantin, Modrak Vladimir, Duica Anisoara, Goldbah Ioana Raluca Fair Value and Financial Instruments: Some Obstacles Again? 161Jiri Strouhal, Jirina Boksova, Carmen Bonaci, Nicolae Pasca Authors Index 167

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Authors Index

Boksova, J. 161 Morar, T. A. 69 Bonaci, C. 161 Nicolae, D. E. 99 Chaloupska, P. 18 Nika, V. 130 Chaloupsky, D. 34 Nitoi, M. 62 Chen, M.-C. 111 Norhidayah, A. 39 Chen, Y.-C. 111 Novak-Marcincin, J. 143 Cojanu, S. 44, 50, 56 Nuuter, T. 75 Cojanu, S. 124 Otrusinova, M. 81 Cucui, F. A. 143 Pasca, N. 161 Dima, I. C. 143, 152 Popovici, A. 22, 28 Dinca, I. 22, 28 Rabitah, H. 39 Dragoiu, C. 44, 50 Radu, M. 99 Duica, A. 152 Radu, V. 99 Duica, C. M. 143 Schonfeld, J. 117 Epetimehin, F. M. 9 Shehu, Y. 130 Giju, G. C. 99 Smrcka, L. 117 Goldbah, I. R. 152 Soekov, E. 105 Guxho, G. 130 Spulbar, C. 62 Hrusova, Dag. 34 Stanciu, C. 62 Hrusova, Das. 18 Steker, K. 81 Hsu, T.-Y. 111 Stroe, C. 44, 50, 56 Jahandideh, M. 137 Strouhal, J. 161 Khaefi, S. 137 Tang, S.-M. 111 Komestik, B. 34 Teodorescu, C. 22, 28 Lazar, I. 44, 50 Triandafil, C. M. 87 Lill, I. 75, 93, 105 Tuduce, A. 22, 28 Lungu, E.-O. 44, 56 Witt, E. 93 Militaru, E. 44, 50, 56 Zuraidah, M. I. 39 Modrak, V. 152

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