This volume is a collection of the research papers presented at the colloquium Baltic Business Development, which took place in the environment of the 3rd international conference Economies of Central and Eastern Europe (ECEE) in Tallinn in 2012. The colloquium was organised by Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology in cooperation with Hamburg University of Technology and the Baltic-German University Liaison Office in Riga. The colloquium offered a great platform for promoting cooperation and for disseminating knowledge and experience on the development of international business in the Baltic Sea Region in the frame of the Baltic Sea Strategy and the Agenda EU2020.

Auteur

Gunnar Prause is Professor for International Business at the School of Economics and Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). He holds a DAAD long-term lectureship at Tallinn University of Technology.
Urve Venesaar is Professor for Entrepreneurship and Vice Dean for Research at the School of Economics and Business Administration of Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia). She heads the Centre for Business Research and Development along with Gunnar Prause.
Wolfgang Kersten is Professor for Production Management at Hamburg University of Technology and heads the Institute of Business Logistics and General Management. He also chairs the Academic Advisory Council of AiF (Allianz Industrieforschung) and is member of the Academic Advisory Council of BVL (Bundesvereinigung Logistik).

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Contents: Wolfgang Kersten/Meike Schroeder/Caroline Singer/Mareike Boeger: Competitiveness of Companies - Logistics in the Baltic Sea Region - Joachim R. Daduna: Financing of Logistics Facilities by Applying Public Private Partnership Models - Solutions for the North-East European Area - Tarvo Niine/Gunnar Prause/Ene Kolbre/Bartosz Dziugiel: Air Cargo Outlooks of Regional Airports in the Baltic Sea Region: the Cases of Tallinn and Katowice - Kristina Hunke: Transnational E-services for Efficient Oversize Logistics - Eneken Titov/Karin Kuimet/Mari Meel: Post-recession Values in Estonian Organisations - Anu Virovere/Eneken Titov/Karin Kuimet/Mari Meel: Propagated and Real Values in Estonian Organisations according to Conflict Management Analysis - Anu Leppiman/Iivi Riivits-Arkonsuo/Kristel Kaljund: Improving Non-profit Organizations' Capability through Open Architecture Model - Tarmo Koppel/Ülo Kristjuhan: Europe's Goal for Better Workplaces: Development of the Legislation for Occupational Exposure to the Electromagnetic Fields - Ruth Alas/Ülle Übius/Mary Ann Gaal: Organizational Culture as Predictor of Innovation Climate - Maret Kirsipuu/Juhan Teder/Urve Venesaar: Strategic Management and Organisational Culture of Family Business in Estonia - Andreas von Schubert: Tough Competition and Burnt-out Employees: Why Internal Customer Orientation Could be the Answer - Aleksandr Miina/Maksim Saat/Ene Kolbre: Critical Success Factors of Lean Thinking Implementation Process: Example of Estonian Manufacturing Companies - Hannes Ling: Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Students' Metacognitive Awareness: Analysis Based on Students' Self-assessments - Rünno Lumiste/Gunnar Prause/Christian Feuerhake/Urve Venesaar/Ann Vihalem/Marianne Kallaste: International Trade Fairs for Facilitating the Internationalisation of Enterprises - Iivi Riivits-Arkonsuo/Anu Leppiman: Consumer Behaviour in Social Media: Patterns of Sharing Commercial Messages.