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Department of Business, Investment, Real Estate

Scientific activity

The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Construction Entrepreneurship and Real Property” is held every year since 1985 by the Department of Business, Investment, Real Estate.

The initiators for the annual conference are the founders of the Department of Business, Investment, Real Estate – Prof. Stanislav Hadzhiev, PhD and Prof. Georgi Dimitrov, DEconSc. The tradition has been diligently maintained by their followers better from 40 years.

The topic of the Conference „Construction Entrepreneurship and Real Property” has not changed since 2006, but the topics of the papers are up-to-date and comprehensive. The main focus is on the issues of economics and management of construction, urban planning and real properties.

Conference website

Construction Entrepreneurship and Real Property, e-ISSN 2683-0280, is a peer-reviewed academic research journal that publishes original author manuscripts on current contemporary economic issues in the field of construction entrepreneurship and real estate. The journal seeks to give way to innovative ideas, stimulate scholarly debate and reflect the scholarly heritage by presenting it refracted through the prism of contemporary economic development.

Journal website

I. Research projects initiated by the Department of Business, Investment, Real Estate

1.1 Research projects funded by the "Scientific Research" Fund

Project Number	Project Title
FNI № KP-06 PN65/34/2022	Impact of digitalization on innovative approaches in human resource management

1.2 Internal university research projects funded by the state budget for scientific activities inherent to state higher education institutions

Project Number	Project Title
NPI-69/2023	Challenges for the construction sector in Bulgaria in the context of the circular economy
NPI-58/2022	Challenges in the management, valuation and taxation of real estate
NPI-41/2020	Improving the procurement process in the implementation of investment projects financed with public funds
NPD-250/2019	Management of entrepreneurial risks in the implementation of investment projects
NPD-263/2019	Economic aspects of the urban environment
NPI-37/2019	Contemporary practices in asset valuation in Bulgaria
NPI-34/2019	Sustainable construction and urban environment development
NPI-11/2017	Contemporary approaches in attracting investments for territorial development
NPI-131/2015	Development of construction in Bulgaria in the context of the new programming period 2014-2020
NPI-136/2014	Impact of the EU sustainable development strategy on the Bulgarian construction business (case study of construction organizations from the Northeastern and Southeastern planning regions)
NPI-130/2014	Concession as a factor for the development of the "Water supply and sewerage" sector in the Republic of Bulgaria
NP-10 NIR-1/10.07.2008	Effective use of land in urbanized areas
NP-9 NIR-3/10.07.2008	Analysis of the vocational training and qualification system in the "Construction" sector
NP-4 NIR-22/10.07.2008	The real estate market in Bulgaria
NP-3 NIR-05/10.07.2008	Relations of homeowners' associations in multi-family buildings

II. Participation in external research projects

2.1. National research projects funded by state budget subsidies

Project Number	Project Title
NID NI-20/2023/A	Multifactorial empirical study of the dependencies between mortgage lending, construction activity and residential property prices in Bulgaria under conditions of overlapping crises

2.2. Internal university research projects funded by the state budget for scientific activities inherent to state higher education institutions

Project Number	Project Title
NPI-62/2023	Digitalization of small enterprises – a driver for success and change
NPI-11/2017	Contemporary approaches in attracting investments for territorial development