The third volume of the series presents contributions to the proceedings of the 12 th and 13 th
annual conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Sofia University.
The fourteen articles by authors of six nations (Bulgaria China Germany Italy Russia and
Switzerland) have been selected by international peer reviews. The contributions are arranged
in the sections theoretic approaches empirical studies on European countries and contributions
to sustainable development in theory and application. The volume contains 33 graphs 20 tables
and three drawings.