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(print) ISSN 2029-7017 CONTENTS Vol. 6 No 4 2017 June (online) ISSN 2029-7025 Viera Pechancová. RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR: CZECH REGIONAL CASE STUDY 537 Edvīns Šincāns, Jānis Ivančiks. EVALUATIONS OF ENERGY SECURITY MEASURES: EXPERIENCE OF DIFFERENT University of Salford The General Jonas Žemaitis Ministry of National Defence COUNTRIES IN THE FIGHT UNLAWFUL USE OF ELECTRICITY AND COMPARISON A Greater Manchester University Military Academy of Lithuania Republic of Lithuania WITH LATVIA 547 Anton Korauš, Ján Dobrovič, Rastislav Rajnoha, Ivan Brezina. THE SAFETY RISKS RELATED TO BANK CARDS AND CYBER ATTACKS 563 Journal of Angie Fernández, Santiago Calero, Humberto Parra, Raúl Fernández. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PRODUCTIVE MATRIX FOR ECUADOR SUSTAINABILITY 575 SECURITY AND Vladimir Menshikov, Olga Lavrinenko, Ludmila Sinica, Anastasiia Simakhova. NETWORK CAPITAL PHENOMENON AND ITS POSIBILITIES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 585 SUSTAINABILITY Vladas Tumalavičius, Valeriy Nikolayevskyy, Aivars Endziņš. ISSUES OF THE STATE AND SOCIETY SECURITY (Part II): MANAGEMENT OF CONTROL OVER INDIVIDUAL CRIMINAL PROCESSES 605 ISSUES Murman Kvaratskhelia. WORLD CHALLENGES AND ECONOMICS OF GEORGIA 619 International Entrepreneurial Perspectives Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Thi Anh Nhu Nguyen, Jaroslav Belás, Jozef Habánik, Jaroslav Schönfeld. and Innovative Outcomes PRECONDITIONS OF FINANCIAL SAFETY DURING LIFECYCLE: THE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND RETIREMENT PLANNING IN VIETNAM 627 Beata Gavurova, Zuzana Virglerova, Frantisek Janke. TRUST AND A SUSTAINABILITY OF THE MACROECONOMIC GROWTH INSIGHTS FROM DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE 637 Rita Bendaravičienė. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION: INTEGRATIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR EMPLOYER BRANDING 649 Nikolajs Jefimovs. TOWARDS CONFLICTS’ SETTLEMENT: DEVELOPMENT OF THE MEANING OF MEDIATION IN THE LEGAL DOCTRINE 665 Vytautas Jokubauskas. THREATS AND CHALLENGES TO THE SECURITY AND STABILITY OF THE STATE OF LITHUANIA: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 673 Yuriy Bilan, Halyna Mishchuk, Roman Pylypchuk. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIA SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP 691 Sulphey, M. M. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT THROUGH ENHANCING SAFETY OF NATURE 703 NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence Rimma Azamatova, Zalina Shadova, Bela Shorova. ECONOMIC SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 711 Sanavar Tuglukovna Azimova, Maigul Zhalelovna Kizatova, Saule Ospandiyarovna Akhmetova, Luidmila Vladimirovna Donchenko, Anna Mikhailovna Admayeva. TOWARDS FOOD SECURITY THROUGH APPLICATION OF NOVEL SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS 719 Eva Cihelková, Hung Phuoc Nguyen, Mária Wožniaková, Radka Straková. THE EU-CHINA COMPREHENSIVE STATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN CONTEXT OF EU GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE „STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP“ 729 Evgeny Lisin, Vladimir Kindra, Zuzana Horvathova. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION ENERGY MARKETS ASSOCIATION 745 Ján Dobrovič, Miroslav Gombár, Eva Benková. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AIMED AT COMBATING TAX EVASION IN SLOVAKIA 761 http://dx.doi.org/10.9770/jssi.2017.6.4 2017, 6(4) Instructions for Authors Complete guidelines for preparing and submitting area of 150×255 mm each. The length of the article your manuscript to this journal are provided below. should not be less then 8 pages and cannot exceed 25 The instructions below are specifically directed at the pages. authors who wish to submit a manuscript to the Jour- The title of the article should be printed in 11 pt bold nal of Security and Sustainability Issues. type and should be centered. 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