CURRENT ISSUE - 33 REBS, Volume XVII, Issue 1/June 2024

RESEARCH ARTICLE

THE REASONS UNDERLYING THE PRESENT HIGHLY VOLATILE, UNCERTAIN, COMPLEX AND AMBIGUOUS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
By: JEFFREY YI-LIN FORREST, YONG LIU, ROGER A. SOLANO
JEL: F63, M21, O11
Keywords: competition; competitive advantage; economic development; internet; market entry; organizational efficiency; World Trade Organization; VUCA

»	POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF ADVANCED CYBERATTACKS ON CYBERSECURITY SOFTWARE BUYERSâ€™ BEHAVIOUR By: Adriana ZAIÈš, GUY WAIZEL JEL: M3, M310 Keywords: stealth techniques; buyer behavior; zero-day, supply chain attacks; cybersecurity software

»	INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF BRICS FINANCIAL MARKETS: A SPILLOVER ANALYSIS By: PREMANANDA MEHER, ROHITA KUMAR MISHRA JEL: G1 Keywords: BRICS; Financial markets; Spillover effects; Correlation analysis; VAR model

»	EVALUATING THE ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOUR (BOTH SKILLED AND UNSKILLED) IN THE INDIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR By: ARPIT GUPTA, KASHIKA ARORA JEL: F14, F10, L60, O14 Keywords: Elasticity of substitution, Factor mobility, CES production function

REAL EXCHANGE RATE MISALIGNMENT IN MONETARY POLICY CONSTRAINED ECONOMIES: EVIDENCE FROM ESWATINI, LESOTHO, AND NAMIBIA
By: MUKELA MABAKENG, MERRINAH SIBOLI, SAARA MUKUMANGENI-KASHAKA
JEL: F31
Keywords: monetary policy, real exchange rate, Misalignment, Common Monetary Area, Trade/Economic Growth, overvaluation

»	THE RUSSIAN ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION: A RETROSPECTIVE LOOK By: THOMAS L BRADLEY, PAUL B EBERLE Keywords: Russia, collapse of the Soviet Union; transition economies; reforming economies; collapse of the Soviet Union

CASE STUDY

»	PROPERTY TAX IN BULGARIA â€“ THE NEED FOR UPDATING THE TAX BASE By: DESISLAVA ZHELEVA KALCHEVA, DANIELA USHATOVA JEL: G18, H71, H20 Keywords: words: property tax; tax assessment; update; municipalities; local taxes, Bulgaria

PHD RESEARCH

»	THE IMPORTANCE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN TERMS OF ITS DEFINITION, CHANGING IMAGE AND REFRAMING IN SOCIETY By: BRIGITTE STEINHOFF JEL: M14, M38, R21 Keywords: Affordable housing, framing the issue of affordable housing, not-in-my- backyard, social acceptability, policy programmes in Germany

»	MOTIVES AFFECTING THE PROFESSIONAL IMAGE OF THE MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNICIAN PROFESSION By: SARIT H. MALUL MARKOVICH Keywords: supply, medical imaging technician, professional image

»	BANKING SERVICE RECOVERY STRATEGIES: ENHANCING RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS By: ATTIA ABDELKADER ALI JEL: G21, M31 Keywords: Apology, Explanation, empathy, relationship quality, repurchase intentions, banking sector, Egypt