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Ivo Goldstein, Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb, CRO
Erik Gordi, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK
Egidio Ivetić, Universita degli Studi di Padova, ITA
Dušan Janjić, Institute of Social Sciences, SRB
Predrag Matvejević, La Sapienza, ITA.
Anđelka Mihajlov, Public Policy Institute, SRB
Aleksandar Mirković, Eastern Michigan University, US
Marc Pilkington, University of Burgundy, FRA
Ognjen Radonjić, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SRB
Christine Sinapi, CEREN/Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, France
Pritam Singh, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
Aleksandra Stupar, Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, SRB
Darko Tanasković, Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Serbia to UNESCO, FRA
Faruk Ulgen, Centre de Recherche en Economie de Grenoble and
Faculty of Economics, University of Grenoble Alpes, FRA
Josip Vrandečić, Faculty of Philosophy University of Split, CRO
Editor-in-Chief
Nikola Samardžić, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SRB
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HESPERIAedu, Belgrade, Serbia
Publisher
Zorica Stablović Bulajić
Technical Secretariat
Haris Dajč
Maja Vasiljević (sekretar/secretary)
Ivana Stojanović
Pages
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- Book Review
- Summary/Abstract: Book Review: BILJANA LEKOVIĆ, SOUND ART / ZVUKOVNA UMETNOST, MUZIKOLOŠKA PERSPEKTIVA – TEORIJE. Fakultet muzičke umetnosti – Katedra za muzikologiju, Beograd, 2019. Reviewed by Bojana Radovanović.
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- Branding a Province
- Summary/Abstract: The Habsburg presence in the Eastern Adriatic imposed a new geopolitical paradigm, the one opposed to the previous Venetian and French imperial models. Vienna court made effort to make distinct Dalmatian identity and enable as efficient control from Vienna as possible in order to prevent unionistic wishes of Pest or Zagreb. Roman heritage, with Diocletian’s Palace as one of the most significant monuments, was important basis for creation of identity of Dalmatia. The visit of imperial couple, Franz and Carolina, was marked by admiration of classic heritage of Dalmatia. Vienna created a myth that connected the emperor with things Roman and Christian in a new branding of the province that was based upon two important pillars: Christianity in the Roman times and classicism that achieved modern fulfillment through important state architectural undertakings during 19th century. The “creation” of Dalmatia involved most famous Dalmatian saints, whose Dalmatian character and specificity were specially highlighted. The period after Vienna congress was very important for Dalmatia for Vienna policy towards it did not change significantly until the end of the Empire.
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- Bring the Right One in
- Summary/Abstract: This paper shall examine the effectiveness of the varieties of privatization implemented in three counties in Ex-Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia, and Serbia. In addition to studying the effectiveness of the privatization strategies this paper shall also investigate the impact of various international actors and agencies; such as the EBRD, EU, IMF, World Bank, etc., on the choice of privatization method and on the success or failure of its implementation. What this research reveals, is a decreasing enthusiasm amongst international actors for privatization which in turn decreases the pressure on states to privatize, allowing them to prevaricate and leading to inefficient privatization outcomes.
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- British Perspective on Hungarian Revolution 1956
- Summary/Abstract: The Hungarian Revolution caught unprepared Western powers preoccupied with the Suez crisis. The clashes between the Soviets and the Hungarians were the first ‚ever armed conflict between communist countries in Europe. The British position in the Hungarian Revolution 1956, as well as the French and American one, was based on the intent not to provoke the Soviet Union. Although British officials gave assurances they would not interfere in the Hungarian crisis, diplomatic sources evidently demonstrate that those events were very important for them. After the collapse of the Imre Nagy government and the Revolution the British primary focus was not to allow Soviets and Kadar’s government to hide persecutions and humanitarian crisis that marked Hungary in the post-revolution period. The paper is based on the unpublished diplomatic reports of British diplomats in Budapest, Vienna, Moscow and New York, kept in the Foreign Office collections of the National Archives in London.
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- Budžeti kneževine Srbije od 1844. do 1858.
- Summary/Abstract: Budgeting in Serbia has existed ever since the time of Prince Miloš Obre nović, and the prince himself oversaw it. But since 1842 the State Council oversaw the budgets. Th e reason why these budgets weren’t really budgets in today’s sense of the word was the fact that the State Council didn’t assemble the budgets of revenues and expenditures on their own. In fact, the ministers would assemble budgets for their ministries and then the State Council would be given a closer look at them. Th e minister of finances would also assemble a budget of realized revenues, based on which the budgets of planned revenues would be made. This way of assembling budgets was kept in practice until 1858 when the Budget Law was passed. This law stated that a budget should take into consideration all revenues and expenditures and take care that expenditures would not be greater than revenues. In the time of the so called Defenders of the Constitution the balance between revenues and expenditures was broken due to the fact that budgets with a deficit would be passed, without a clear plan of covering the deficit. The tendency of expenditures grows and the inability to increase revenues resulted in the fact that, in the period from 1844 to 1854 five budgets years ended with a deficit.
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- Budžeti kneževine Srbije od 1844. do 1858.
- Summary/Abstract: Budgeting in Serbia has existed ever since the time of Prince Miloš Obre nović, and the prince himself oversaw it. But since 1842 the State Council oversaw the budgets. Th e reason why these budgets weren’t really budgets in today’s sense of the word was the fact that the State Council didn’t assemble the budgets of revenues and expenditures on their own. In fact, the ministers would assemble budgets for their ministries and then the State Council would be given a closer look at them. Th e minister of finances would also assemble a budget of realized revenues, based on which the budgets of planned revenues would be made. This way of assembling budgets was kept in practice until 1858 when the Budget Law was passed. This law stated that a budget should take into consideration all revenues and expenditures and take care that expenditures would not be greater than revenues. In the time of the so called Defenders of the Constitution the balance between revenues and expenditures was broken due to the fact that budgets with a deficit would be passed, without a clear plan of covering the deficit. The tendency of expenditures grows and the inability to increase revenues resulted in the fact that, in the period from 1844 to 1854 five budgets years ended with a deficit.
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- CHALLENGES OF ICT SKILLS OF SME EMPLOYEES
- Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the technology s role in the business ad dressing questions about the future of work in the organi zation. Based on a survey of 264 SMEs representatives, and interviews of 10 experts-business and technology leaders, this paper discuss the future of work in the organization influenced -by the technological changes. Whether the organizations would employ in future workers on the basis of full employment ar rangements improving their digital skills, or some platform workers-gig, crowed, machines, freelancers, and so solve the problem of their coming human resource skill shortages gaps de pends on their HR strategy. Therefore, in this paper IC varietyof aspects of HRM are discussed in new digital age and in with it enhance the field by strengthening the knowledge of the SMEs organization’s leaders considering the nature of the digital native workforce. The hypothesis of the research, that the human resource strategy of SMEs organizations in further medium run term would be significantly influenced by technological changes manifested in the six patterns of work, is confirmed. Descrip tive statistical analysis and Fuzzy DEMATEL decision-making methods are used in the research. The paper is based on the theoretical perspectives and methodological approach, reflecting the diversity in this field with the aim to contribute to the development of the evidence base for HR in the digital age.
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- Chasing Its Own Tail for Seven Decades
- Summary/Abstract: Question of balancing between the principle of fairness and the principle of efficiency is a key issue of any reform and this is where the state emerges as a key civilization instrument for ensuring nation’s progress. Unfortunately, Serbian society has made a strategic failure. Instead of building a state as a foundation for the creation of new national wealth, the state in our scenario has become a key instrument of class, regional, and inter-generational redistribution. There are very few countries like Serbia, where political elite for decades advocates designing of long-term development strategies and creates a large number of institutions for their implementation, and, at the same time, in the real-life, persistently conducts diametrically opposite policies of favouring short-term interests over long-term goals.
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- Collaboration of the Special Police in the implementation of the “Final Solution” in occupied Serbia (1941–1944)
- Summary/Abstract: The article describes the activity of the Special police in resolving the Jewish question in occupied Serbia, primarily in assisting the Gestapo and cooperating with other quisling and autochthonous institutions. During 1941 and 1942, when the largest part of the Jewish population was recorded, imprisoned and liquidated, and during the next two years of occupation, the Special police continuously operated according to the Gestapo orders and thus entered into a collaboration, carrying out ancillary affairs, and therefore assisting in the preparation of the liquidation of the Jewish people. The purpose of the article is to present, according to literature and research of archival sources, the collaboration of the Special police in the affairs of resolving the Jewish question. Using the thematic method of presenting data, the author sought to show in general, but also in individual cases, the activities of the Special police in cooperation with occupation and quisling institutions, in the cases of Jews in occupied Serbia, but also to put it in the context of collaborationist police in Europe.
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- Conjugal Violence and The Ideological Construction of Byzantine Marriage
- Summary/Abstract: This article offers the first exploration of the role of conjugal violence in Byzantium, considering its use (and sometimes approval) as a mechanism for enforcing normative social roles as well as its representation in literary texts that seek to recuperate a damaged social order or subvert an illegitimate one. We focus on the norms encoded in Byzantine law and then offer a preliminary but wide-ranging survey of episodes from hagiography and historiography which illustrate how the Byzantines thought about this issue. The paper includes both physical and psychological forms of violence, and does not neglect the rarer cases of victimization of the man by his spouses. The Byzantine conception of such violence was malecentric and women were subject to it as “naturally” inferior beings, but there were times when they could inflict it too.
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- Connection between Theory and Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility
- Summary/Abstract: Our goal is to identify the connection between theory and practice in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The method is based on the analysis of scientific and professional publications − journals, books, relevant databases and practical business knowledge in order to reach conclusion on this topic. The CSR concept is directly connected with the ethical foundations of each organization. It shows necessity of organizational work in society, through corporative philosophy which must take into consideration internal stakeholders as well as external stakeholders. It is evident that CSR is indispensable for corporations in order to demonstrate their ethical standards in practice to the general public. Accordingly, corporations build an image of the organization that does not only bring profit, but also has obligations towards environment and society in general. The role of corporations in society is important. In the 20th century, companies already had standards to ensure human working conditions: to provide health care program, housing as well as to donate to charities, but these actions were not defined by the term Social Responsibility. However, in the 21st century due to the growing need for operational competitive performance, customer satisfaction and environmental problems, the term CSR comprehensively, coherently and professionally summarizes an approach that underlines social responsibility of corporations nowadays. Finally, when comparing major competitors across several industries we find a weak link between environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators and selected financial ratios.
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- Consulting as a Factor of Improving the Educational Potentials of Managers in Serbia
- Summary/Abstract: Management consulting may be defined as a kind of professional support to managers in analysing and solving practical problems. It enables the transfer of successful management system from one enterprise to another or from one organization to another. When an enterprise in Serbia hires consultants it can be seen as their investment in “know-how”, i.e. non-material assets of the enterprise. The economic effectiveness of such investment will be higher if it is achieved in a way that the client could henceforth independently solve or avoid an occurrence of similar business problem. Naturally, thereby a need for consulting management does not stop, because there are also other aspects of doing business, which require additional professional help regarding consulting and knowledge transfer. This research aims to determine the impact of consulting management on enterprise development in Serbia. The research deals with the identification of the key problems of the development of enterprises in Serbia and points to the need for their solution by hiring management consultants. Using factor analysis, certain factors, which have impact on the enterprises’ improvement of business performance, will be singled out, including consulting management, in order to ascertain the impact of each factor on the improvement of performance. An additional motivation for dealing with this topic is to raise awareness among stakeholders (managers, consultants, employees, and other business actors) about the role of consultants in preparing business solutions and recommendations for managers based on empirical research and the application of scientific methods.