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Corporate social responsibility is a problem of enormous scientific-theoretical and practical significance. It turns out that in the conditions of economic crisis the companies do not give up on social initiatives and engagements. The objective of the presentation is to focus on the currency of the problems concerning the social audit and the European experience in this direction. The paper analyzes the standards of corporate social responsibility and their application in Bulgaria. The article presents a study of 150 Bulgarian firms and generalizes the results for applying the CSR standards. It discusses the role of the responsible institutions in Bulgaria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the current economic conditions the survival and prosperity of organizations more and more depends on the success they have in unlocking the innovation potential of their employees. To greatest extent the human resource is capable to contribute to the progress of the Bulgarian economy in the long economic crisis. The paper presents modern approaches from the practice of effective organizations developing their human resources and using their skills for developing and introducing innovations. The article analyzes the characteristics of the small and medium-sized enterprises, dominating in Bulgaria, regarding the opportunities for increasing the innovation activity of the employees. It attempts to study the available statistical information concerning the obstacles to using the approaches in selection, training and developing the human resources in the organizations for increasing the innovation activity in the Bulgarian organizations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With today's turbulence and global crisis the forming of innovation platform of development is considered a key approach for creating a sustainable social-economic dynamics at global, national, regional, local, branch and organization level. Based on short review of the international experience, the paper suggests an optimistic scenario for forming an innovation platform for development of Bulgaria. According to this scenario, based on innovation policy formatted into a concrete strategy carried out by the state, a flexible integration of economic, academic and education circles should be done. Through a cascade of events, those circles should create conditions for innovation regime of functioning in short-term, middle-term and long-term perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]