Intro; Preface; Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES); Contents; List of Contributors; Part I: Growth, Development and Finance; The Financial Benefits of Training on the Labor Market: Evidence from Romania; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review; 3 Data Description and Methodology; 4 Findings; 5 Conclusions; References; The Nexus Between Economic Development and Environmental Pollution: The Case of Lithuania; 1 Introduction; 2 Research Methodology; 3 Findings; 4 Conclusion; References; The Impact of Changes in Time to Maturity on the Risk of Geometric Options; 1 Introduction

2 Price of the Geometric Call Options3 Delta Coefficient of the Geometric Call Options; 4 Gamma Coefficient of the Geometric Call Options; 5 Vega Coefficient of the Geometric Call Options; 6 Theta Coefficient of the Geometric Call Options; 7 Rho Coefficient of the Geometric Call Options; 8 Conclusion; References; Part II: Tourism; A Conceptual Paper of the Smart City and Smart Community; 1 Introduction; 2 Definition of Smart City vs. Smart Community; 3 Smart City Threats and Issues; 4 Characteristic of Smart Community; 4.1 Smart Citizen; 4.2 Training; 4.3 Smart Governance

5 Implementation of Smart Cities in Asia5.1 China; 5.2 Japan; 5.3 Malaysia; 6 Conclusion; References; Tourist Destination Assessment by Revised Importance-Performance Analysis; 1 Introduction; 2 Weaknesses of Importance-Performance-Analysis: Theoretical Approaches; 3 Research Methodology; 4 Results and Discussions; 5 Determining the Axes in the Importance-Performance Matrix Using the Validity Indices; 6 Conclusion; References; Part III: Public Economics; Corrupt Practices in Public Procurement: Evidence from Poland; 1 Introduction; 2 Corruption in the Light of Literature

3 Identification of Corrupt Practices in Public Procurement in the Light of Own Research4 Recommendations Regarding National Economic Policy; 5 Conclusion; References; Evaluation System for the Public Institutions Employees; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 3 New Public Management and Citizen-Focused Governance; 4 Evaluation of the Civil Servants Performances; 5 Conclusions; References; Part IV: Regional Studies; An Overview of the Trends in the Evaluation System for the Public Management Performance; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 3 The Characteristics of New Public Management

4 Necessity, Specificity and Incentive Factors in the Public Management Evaluation5 Conclusion; References; Assessment of the Importance of Agri-Food Products Trade Between the European Union and China; 1 Introduction; 2 Position of the Peopleś Republic of China and the European Union in Global Economy; 3 China Joining the World Trade Organization; 4 The Development of the Cooperation Between the European Union and China in the Framework of Trade Agreements and Settlements; 5 The Assessment of the Significance of the European Union and China in the International Agri-Food Trade