Vassil Kirov
Biographic Data
| ID | 6474550 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vassil Kirov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vassil |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirov |
| SIGNATURE | KIROV V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9004-1604 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Platform Affinity and the Geography of Platform Success
This article investigates how standardized platform rules interact with regional and national contexts to shape digital labour outcomes in Southeastern Europe. Using a multilevel analysis of Etsy shops across eleven countries, the study develops the concept of platform affinity to explain why shop performance varies across space. The results show that education and digital skills are conditional assets, activated only where labour-market time pre…
An alternative organizational model for a more democratic and equitable digital economy
Platform cooperatives, namely, businesses that sell goods or services primarily through a website, mobile app, or protocol and commit to the principles of democratic governance and shared ownership, have lately been proposed as a more sustainable, equitable and, under certain conditions, even efficient alternative to the organizational model of commercial platforms. Accordingly, they have been presented as economic institutions capable of involvi…
Decent, Inclusive, and Green? Mission Impossible
This article discusses the interconnection between the green transition and the digital transformation, known as the twin transition. The article analyses the specific role of digitalisation and its impact on a regional entrepreneurial ICT ecosystem in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the digital transformation has led to decent work in the ICT sector but is completely disconnected from the green transition. The article argues that these processes need a p…
Are Translators Afraid of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a leading technology in the digital transformation. AI is expected to cause job losses in general, initially in professions associated with routine activities, and subsequently in the field of creative professions. The present article analysed the results of the authors’ own empirical sociological survey of the attitude of Bulgarian translators towards AI, and the ways in which it will change their profession. Most…
Revue des livres Labour and Social Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Europeanization and Beyond London; New York
Cet ouvrage collectif est consacre aux questions du travail, de l’emploi et des relations professionnelles en Europe centrale et orientale post-socialiste. Les contributeurs sont des specialistes francais, britanniques, polonais, tcheques, hongrois et bulgares ; la majorite des chapitres etudient l’evolution dans l’ensemble de la region, ou dans plusieurs societes, dans une perspective comparative, cherchant a conjuguer les approches micro- et ma…
Labour and social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe . London ; New York
Employment in call centres in Bulgaria
In recent years, Bulgaria has become an important destination for call-centre outsourcing of client services from abroad. Thousands of new jobs in call centres have been created in the capital and the largest Bulgarian cities. This remarkable development has not yet been a subject of serious analysis. For this reason this article aims to present a summary of the development of the call-centre industry in Bulgaria, focusing on employment in the se…
An alternative organizational model for a more democratic and equitable digital economy
Platform cooperatives, namely, businesses that sell goods or services primarily through a website, mobile app, or protocol and commit to the principles of democratic governance and shared ownership, have lately been proposed as a more sustainable, equitable and, under certain conditions, even efficient alternative to the organizational model of commercial platforms. Accordingly, they have been presented as economic institutions capable of involvi…
Employment in call centres in Bulgaria
In recent years, Bulgaria has become an important destination for call-centre outsourcing of client services from abroad. Thousands of new jobs in call centres have been created in the capital and the largest Bulgarian cities. This remarkable development has not yet been a subject of serious analysis. For this reason this article aims to present a summary of the development of the call-centre industry in Bulgaria, focusing on employment in the se…
Revue des livres Labour and Social Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Europeanization and Beyond London; New York
Cet ouvrage collectif est consacre aux questions du travail, de l’emploi et des relations professionnelles en Europe centrale et orientale post-socialiste. Les contributeurs sont des specialistes francais, britanniques, polonais, tcheques, hongrois et bulgares ; la majorite des chapitres etudient l’evolution dans l’ensemble de la region, ou dans plusieurs societes, dans une perspective comparative, cherchant a conjuguer les approches micro- et ma…
Labour and social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe . London ; New York
Are Translators Afraid of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a leading technology in the digital transformation. AI is expected to cause job losses in general, initially in professions associated with routine activities, and subsequently in the field of creative professions. The present article analysed the results of the authors’ own empirical sociological survey of the attitude of Bulgarian translators towards AI, and the ways in which it will change their profession. Most…
Decent, Inclusive, and Green? Mission Impossible
This article discusses the interconnection between the green transition and the digital transformation, known as the twin transition. The article analyses the specific role of digitalisation and its impact on a regional entrepreneurial ICT ecosystem in Sofia, Bulgaria, where the digital transformation has led to decent work in the ICT sector but is completely disconnected from the green transition. The article argues that these processes need a p…
An alternative organizational model for a more democratic and equitable digital economy
Platform cooperatives, namely, businesses that sell goods or services primarily through a website, mobile app, or protocol and commit to the principles of democratic governance and shared ownership, have lately been proposed as a more sustainable, equitable and, under certain conditions, even efficient alternative to the organizational model of commercial platforms. Accordingly, they have been presented as economic institutions capable of involvi…
Platform Affinity and the Geography of Platform Success
This article investigates how standardized platform rules interact with regional and national contexts to shape digital labour outcomes in Southeastern Europe. Using a multilevel analysis of Etsy shops across eleven countries, the study develops the concept of platform affinity to explain why shop performance varies across space. The results show that education and digital skills are conditional assets, activated only where labour-market time pre…
Political science (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Bulgarian (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · History (2 works)