Issue 3, 2007

Flexibility is defined as capability of the labour market to react to external impacts and change itself. In the first aspect its reaction to the impact of the main macroeconomic factors (GDP, inflation and productivity of labour) is examined. To assess the capability of change key indicators in this area are used: mobility of labour force (the in- and outflows in the labour market), duration of the work time and the character of the labour agreements. The received results give ground to the conclusion that the labour market in Bulgaria is distinguished for it's moderate flexibility. It reacts in different degree to external impacts, has a high intersectoral mobility and limited application of flexible forms of employment.

Based on the evaluation of the respective working and social practice in Europe and in Bulgaria concrete recommendations for possible decisions and measures for achievement the balance between work and family life are suggested in the following defined problem areas: practical applying of the different forms of flexible male and female employment; stimulating of the fathers' participation in assistance of mothers after birth and raising the children; implementation of schemes for flexible use of different kinds of parental leave; giving legal rights for use of long-time family leave like "career breaks leave"; improvement of the currently functioning infrastructure for services and institutions for child care; development of a system for deinstitutionalized care for old people.

A new form of organization of the business-informational system is examined - the IT outsourcing. Examined are its advantages and risks, its different models, the development trends and the place of Bulgaria on this market. An attempt is made to analyze of the most significant advantages of the IT outsourcing over the traditionally used methods for management of the IT infrastructure. A recommended list is made of the functions that could be assigned to an external company, the approach to the choice of the most appropriate outsourcer (external executor) and the conclusion of a contract for outsourcing so that the contracting company not to lose security and control over the functions, but to achieve competitive privileges. The main steps in development of an IT outsourcing strategy of the enterprise are formulated. Analyzed are the development of the market of IT outsourcing services in Bulgaria and some problems caused by the specifics of the legislature and the IT business in our country.

The author analyses the numerical alteration of the number of hotels in Bulgaria in the recent years, the current specifics and problems in the hotel business. The correlations between this alteration and the number of fulfilled night-stays, the increase rate of the lodging base and the correspondence to the alterations in the employment in it. The dynamics in the development of the hotel business is examined in a territorial section and regarding the criteria "hotel category". The author puts an emphasis on the factors that hamper the hotel business, the current requirements and trends. On this ground general conclusions are made and some recommendations on the utilization of the existing potential of the hotel business in Bulgaria are made.

In the contemporary researches on fiscal policy the idea about Nonkeynesian effect is broadly debated. Contrary to the orthodox Keynesian paradigm this theory suggests a stimulating impact of budget consolidations on cumulative activity. The trends towards fiscal restrictions and balanced budget in the Eurozone stimulate the research on Nonkeynesian effects in the European countries. In connection with this the theoretical fundament and the results of the relevant empirical research are presented. A confirmation of the hypothesis for Nonkeynesian impact of the budget policy on the growth of GDP in the Bulgarian economy is sought.