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Kiril Dimitrov, assoc. prof., Ph.D

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a lecturer & scientist of Business Management at the University of National and World Economy, URL: https://www.unwe.bg/en ORCID, URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5203-1840 ResearchGate, URL: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiril-Dimitrov-5

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Proclaimed Firm Culture - Прокламирана Фирмена Култура | Sofia Proclaimed Firm Culture - Прокламирана Фирмена Култура, Sofia. 26 likes. This page presents results of research projects, managed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kiril Dimitrov - "Organizational Leadership...

How to dream about business creation or necessary change intervention and how to implement the imagined newness?
THE PROCLAIMED FIRM CULTURE
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URL: www.facebook.com/people/Procl...

23.08.2025 15:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Some Facets of Human Resource Management in the Industrial O The current article presents a part of the results of empirical survey, conducted to explore the condition of human resource management in the privatized industrial organizations in our country. The g

How did the privatization of industrial organizations in Bulgaria influence the development and implementation of human resource management practices, and what impact did these changes have on organizational competitiveness in the post-privatization period? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/p/hal/journl...

23.08.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Emerging characteristics of business culture under the influ The current article explores and assesses the coming into being of new business culture characteristics due to the extreme conditions of Covid-19 pandemic. Based on conducted focus group with students

How has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the emergence of new business culture characteristics in business organizations, and what implications do these changes have for organizational behavior and management practices? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/espost...

23.08.2025 15:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How did COVID-19 pandemic serve as a pivotal event in reshaping the official corporate culture of organizations, and what implications did this reframing have on organizational identity, employee engagement, and strategic direction? See pp132-139
URL: www.industrialgrowth.eu/wp-content/u...

23.08.2025 15:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How did business organizations in Bulgaria adapt their human resource management practices during the COVID-19 pandemic to address challenges related to employee engagement, remote work, and organizational resilience? See
URL: departments.unwe.bg/Uploads/Depa...

23.08.2025 15:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EconPapers: Opportunities And Challenges In Publishing And Promoting Scientific Journals In Bulgaria By Kiril Dimitrov; Abstract: Presentation of scientific papers is associated with the creation of new scientific journals and the maintenance of

What are the primary challenges faced by scientific journals in Bulgaria regarding reviewer engagement and author relations, and how can the application of exponential thinking and new technologies serve as a strategic response to these challenges? See
URL: econpapers.repec.org/article/zbwe...

23.08.2025 15:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How can the proclaimed organizational culture of entities within the Bulgarian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry be structured to embed and/or identify its key sustainability-oriented characteristics? See
URL: azbuki.bg/wp-content/u...

23.08.2025 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Several Norms and Beliefs, Defining the Attitude to Human Re The current article reveals: the role of three norms from the environment, in which Bulgarian industrial enterprises operate; and the role of three beliefs, disseminated among the managers of these or

How do three prevailing norms and three managerial beliefs shape industrial organizations’ attitudes toward human resources in Bulgaria, and how might these combined influences hinder competitive advantage and full integration into the single European market?
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/espost...

23.08.2025 15:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Contemporary facets of business successes among leading comp The current article unveils and analyzes some important factors, influencing diversity in strategic decision-making approaches in local companies. Researcher’s attention is oriented to survey importan

What are the key strategic factors driving diversity in decision-making and success among Bulgaria’s leading companies, and how do these strategies differentiate in fostering competitive advantage within the local business environment? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/espost...

23.08.2025 15:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Important Shades in The Meaning of Military Culture – An E This study aims to outline and critically analyze key shades in the contemporary meaning of the military culture. An etymological study is conducted, based on a literature review of academic publicati

What distinct nuanced understandings of the term ‘military culture’ can be identified through etymological analysis and text‑mining, how are they structurally interrelated, and how can they be synthesized into a comprehensive, contemporary definition? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/nwe/natrud...

23.08.2025 15:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Characteristics Of Preferred Strategic Postures By Bulga This article presents the results of a survey of Bulgarian industrial organizations with respect to their clashes with the world financial and economic crisis’s effects on local economy. The crisis ma

What strategic postures did Bulgarian industrial firms adopt in response to the global financial and economic crisis and how did these strategic orientations reflect managerial perceptions of the crisis as either a threat or an opportunity? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/aic/journl...

23.08.2025 15:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EconPapers: Mapping organization culture with complex multi-level models By Kiril Dimitrov; Abstract: The current article reviews complex multi-level frameworks as a modern and complicated technique of describing target

How do complex multi-level frameworks - comprising at least four distinct levels of organizational culture - differ in structure, strengths, and limitations, and how can they be effectively classified and taught to diverse university audiences? See
URL: econpapers.repec.org/article/zbwe...

23.08.2025 15:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EconPapers: Exploring the nuances in the relationship "culture-strategy" for the business world By Kiril Dimitrov; Abstract: The current article explores interesting, significant and recently identified nuances in the relationship "culture-

What are the nuanced dimensions of the culture‑strategy relationship in contemporary business organizations, and how have recent scholarly and consulting perspectives reshaped our understanding of how culture and strategy interrelate? See
URL: econpapers.repec.org/paper/arxpap...

23.08.2025 15:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Aggregate Of Professed Firm Culture Elements The current article explores interesting, significant and recently identified nuances in disclosing the professed firm culture in the virtual realm. Its emphasis is set on two exotic instruments-organ

How do unconventional professed firm culture instruments function alongside traditional cultural declarations in articulating a firm's identity in the virtual sphere, and what strategic communication roles do they play in enhancing clarity and leadership intent?
URL: ideas.repec.org/p/hal/journl...

23.08.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Human resource management in business organizations under ex The current article explores the image of success in the contemporary business environment, embedded in organizational settings as the “exponential organizations”. The essence of exponential human res

How do human resource management practices evolve across different phases of organizational growth to support exponential expansion, and what HR strategies enable sustainable performance in exponential organizations? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/espost...

23.08.2025 15:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How does the emerging concept of the ‘moonshot’ interact with proclaimed corporate culture and strategic management approaches within exponential organizations, and what are the defining characteristics of ‘moonshot thinking’ that unify these diverse manifestations?
URL: ibn.idsi.md/sites/defaul...

23.08.2025 15:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EconPapers: The Strategic Moves of Succeeding Companies in Bulgaria Midst the World Financial and Economic Crisis By Kiril Dimitrov; Abstract: The current article is aimed at surveying the strategic moves of high performing local industrial organizations that

What strategic actions did high-performing Bulgarian industrial firms implement during the global financial and economic crisis, and how did these moves enable them not only to survive but to succeed in a severely strained economic environment? See
URL: econpapers.repec.org/article/zbwe...

23.08.2025 15:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Which key components of professed firm culture dominate the online presence of holding companies in the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association, and how do these components reflect their strategic intents in the post-transition economic landscape? See
URL: arxiv.org/pdf/1810.02617

23.08.2025 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How did leadership in business organizations during the COVID‑19 pandemic operate at both organizational and individual levels and what can be learned from elite business leaders’ experiences to inform future crisis leadership? See
URL: ibn.idsi.md/sites/defaul...

23.08.2025 15:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Corporate Social Responsibility Activities Of Business Organ This article presents the results of a survey of corporate social responsibility activities, under-taken by a group of business entities in Bulgaria in the context of great political, economical and c

What are the primary motivations, focal areas, and perceived effectiveness of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives among Bulgarian companies in the context of the nation’s socio-political and economic transition since 1990? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/aic/journl...

23.08.2025 15:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EconPapers: The Professed Culture of the Business Organizations in the Defense Industry in Bulgaria. What Does it Look Like? And do they Need it? By Kiril Dimitrov and Ivaylo Ivanov; Abstract: Purpose - This article aims to outline and analyze the role, structure and dominating content of professed

How do organizations in Bulgaria’s defense industry express their professed organizational culture—particularly through mission, vision, and cultural attributes—and what implications does this have for leadership communication and strategic identity? See
URL: econpapers.repec.org/article/zbwe...

23.08.2025 15:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Organizational Leadership through the Massive Transformative Purpose: This study aims at justifying the affiliation of the massive transformative purpose as an important item in the aggregate of the proclaimed corporate culture elements. For this reason the bun

How does the integration of a ‘Massive Transformative Purpose’ (MTP) - with its nuanced cultural facets - serve as a strategic element within corporate culture (especially professed firm culture) to guide organizational leadership and future development? See
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/nwe/eajour...

23.08.2025 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Natural analogies among organizational culture models The current article presents and justifies the wise use of natural analogies in teaching Firm culture at the Universities and in consulting activities in organizations, associated with necessary study

How do natural analogies enhance the comprehension of organizational culture by revealing its visible and invisible layers to diverse stakeholders, and what does their analysis suggest about the enduring utility of these metaphors in culture change initiatives?
URL: ideas.repec.org/a/zbw/espost...

23.08.2025 15:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EconPapers: Critical review of models, containing cultural levels beyond the organizational one By Kiril Dimitrov; Abstract: The current article traces back the scientific interest to cultural levels across the organization at the University

How can a semantical framework that incorporates multiple cultural levels enhance understanding and navigation of complex intercultural environments beyond traditional organizational culture models by constituencies in the business sphere and beyond it? See
URL: econpapers.repec.org/paper/arxpap...

23.08.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How have the nuanced meanings and evolving interpretations of the term ‘talent management’ shaped its conceptual development, and what implications do these semantic layers have for guiding future research in the field? See
URL: www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiri...

23.08.2025 14:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"How does interpreting Edgar Schein’s three‑level model of organizational culture as a hologram enhance its adaptability and effectiveness across diverse application contexts in the business world and beyond?" See
URL: www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiri...

23.08.2025 14:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Why has Hofstede’s model of national cultural dimensions remained widely used despite ongoing academic criticisms of its theoretical and methodological foundations?"
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