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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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- Forestry Cooperatives in Strandzha (1922–1944)
- Summary/Abstract: In this study were shown the specific structure, organization and management of forestry cooperatives in “Strandzha” (The South Eastern Thrace). From methodological aspect, in the text was done the analysis of relevant data from Burgas regional archives. The main goal of Strandzha was to organize collective logging of the etat provided by the state forests to the population, processing of the timber into charcoal, wooden material or firewood and the transportation of the same to the Black Sea ports for export over the country or abroad. In this study was analyzed the nature and evolution of the cooperative’s organization, business challenges and capability of Strandzha to deal successfully with a difficult matter of new situations. In the first chapter were described historical and economic circumstances in the period before founding of cooperative. In the second chapter were analyzed the business balance and evolution of the cooperative since its founding until the 2nd World War. In the final chapter, it was analyzed the cooperative’s capability to adapt to the challenges of war economy.
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- From Charity to Investment
- Summary/Abstract: This exploratory article aims at discussing the implementation of crowdfunding projects organized by charitable organizations for the funding of developing country based entrepreneurial projects. The recourse to this type of financing is known to be structurally related to an inability of the promoters of such projects to use bank loans or venture capital. Crowdfunding, and increasingly equity crowdfunding specifically, is indeed based on trust mechanisms similar to the rationales for the use of donations by similar project bearers and non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the past. Classical regulatory mechanisms usually presented in the context of charitable organizations seem ineffective when applied to the crowds supporting these projects, mainly because of the low financial commitment of resource providers from supporting communities and their atomicity. Beyond the issue of identification of stakeholders present during the emergence of such crowdfunding projects, it is the question of the regulation and effects of potentially deviant behaviors in this transition period from donation to equity based crowdfunding that is discussed. Therefore, reducing the organizational involvement of NPOs, crowdfunding platforms could offer a set of control mechanisms in this economic context, but also operate an actual change in financing leverage operations for emerging countries’ projects.
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- Further Observations on the Restitution of Art, Judaica, and Other Cultural Property Plundered in Serbia
- Summary/Abstract: Following on the overview presented at the first annual Holocaust and Restitution Conference concerning what is known about the expropriation of cultural property in Serbia during World War II and where that cultural property is presently located, ways in which restitution of art, Judaica, and other cultural property might best be implemented are discussed. Serbia is encouraged to do historical research on the history of cultural plunder during World War II and on what was restituted to Serbia and within Serbia after the War, and to create a listing or database on the internet of what was taken in Serbia, noting what was subsequently returned and what is still missing. An entity should be responsible for provenance research in the country, either one that actually does the research as in Austria or one that oversees the research carried out by museums, libraries, and archives as in the Netherlands. Information should be made public over the internet of the results of such provenance research. A separate entity, as neutral and independent as possible, should be responsible for restitution decisions based on the provenance research. Serbia should pass legislation covering the return of private movable cultural property that is applicable to both Serbian and foreign citizens. Preferably there should be no deadline for claims for cultural property, whether individual or communal, since such cultural property is often not immediately identifiable. A non-bureaucratic process for filing claims should be established. Cultural property for which original owners and heirs are not identified (heirless property) should be listed on an internet site so that potential claimants can come forward. Such items should not necessarily move from their current location, but their provenance history should be publicly noted.
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- Global Capital Flows and Financial Disturbances in Developing and Emerging Markets
- Summary/Abstract: In this paper we analyze the relationship between the free movement of global capital and financial disturbances in developing and emerging markets and recommend strategies aiming at preventing financial crises in the short and the long run. In the short run it is of utmost importance that economic authorities in developing and emerging markets constrain indebtedness and design a correlated capital structure of domestic market participants. In the long run, the superior strategy is to build a strong industrial sector which generates economies of scale, innovations and synergies with other sectors. Control of capital flows could prove as a useful strategy in constraining indebtedness and designing a desirable capital structure of local economic actors.
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- Governance Structure Within the Cooperative “Res-Group” In Supply Chain Management of Apple Production in Prespa Region, Republic of Macedonia
- Summary/Abstract: Apple production in Republic of Macedonia is an important sector that highly contributes to the economy in terms of employment and income, especially for small-scale farmers in Prespa Region. Thus, producing around 67 percent of the total apple yield in the country in 2012 year is. Therefore, apples are mostly sold at local green markets, which are still dominant points of marketing left by the old socialist system. The rationale is that, the governance structure affects other decisions (directly or not) taken by farmers with regard to the membership status and choice of transaction partner. In apple production, traders are other transaction structures besides the cooperative that operates in the apple supply chain in R. Macedonia. With respect to each set of decisions, hypotheses were formulated as study guides. Specifically, these hypotheses relate to determinants associated with different trading partners (cooperative, traders and combined) and commitment factors in the governance structure of the cooperative.
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- Habsburg Venetia From Status Quo to State of Exception (1815–1854)
- Summary/Abstract: This paper is intended to provide a concise overview of the political and institutional situation in the Habsburg Venetia between the reestablishment of the status quo after the Congress of Vienna (1815) and the state of emergency that began in the aftermath of the events of 1848 and lasted until the middle of the following decade. I will also briefly discuss the question of the end of Austrian presence in Italy in 1866. Through a structured and comparative examination of international bibliographic resources and a detailed analysis of complementary archive materials, the value of examined events that only apparently seemed local will be reinterpreted in the light of an overall governmental strategy designed by Vienna for the various territories of the Empire, allowing thus another view of history of the domains that had previously belonged to the former Venetian Republic visible simultaneously through rather unusual manifestations such are the size of power, society and law. The final result will be a useful guide for all those who want to deepen their knowledge of one of the most fascinating and interesting regional components of that unique European cultural mosaic that was represented by the Danube monarchy.
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- Hungarian Kaleidoscope
- Summary/Abstract: Revolutions are always highly complex events which can complicate historical remembrance. To understand their impact, it is important to take a holistic view of their progression and connections, especially in the interconnected modern world. This paper prevents some of the variety of impacts of the event and the ways in which various networks, from the individual to the international, were affected by and affected the event. Incorporating the multitude of networks and positions affected by the revolution allows for a construction of a more complex understanding of history. While the space available does not allow for a full investigation of the variety of networks touched on by the revolution of 1956 it, by providing a sample of the complex networks involved, provides a new framework for further research. Taking a holistic approach to the revolution this paper reviews the variety of complex networks affected by the revolution and the impact of existing networks and systems of belief on the responses to the crisis.
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- Industrialisation and the Triangular Rent-Seeking Relationship between Vietnam, Japan and China in Vietnam's Motorcycle Industry
- Summary/Abstract: In examining the industrial success of Vietnam’s fast growing economy, this paper firstly asks whether FDI based industrial policy in the motorcycle industry resulted in industrial success and, if so, why. Using the political economy framework of rents and rent seeking, this paper assesses the triangular rent seeking relationship between three countries – Vietnam, Japan and China – in relation to Vietnam’s motorcycle industry. The paper concludes that the Vietnamese government’s policy in offering rents for foreign investors were largely unsuccessful in the short term; however, some accidental rents have led to significant technological transformation in the production chain among assemblers and producers.
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- Information Technologies, Education and Skills for IT Jobs Challenges
- Summary/Abstract: The aim of the research is to contribute to the theoretical and practical measuring ICT skills shortages on the domestic labour market. Serbian ICT industry is taken as a case study. Key findings show that the country needs to ensure that its education system, policy settings and business practices are all working towards equipping the country’s workers with the required basic and new technological, digital skills. This will ensure that the Serbian workforce is well placed to meet the future challenges associated with digital disruption. To the usually proxied way by various measurements and concepts, while reliable and consistent data are often scarce, the efforts of the authors are built around quantitative indices or qualitative, assessment of the future needs of ICT skills of the labour market. The paper contributes to an innovative risk-based approach to identifying skills shortages and surpluses, listing ICT occupations that have been prioritized and discusses through the sector analysis the reasons underlying these mismatches and attempts that are possible to tackle them.
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- Institucionalna podrška usklađivanju profesionalne i porodične sfere u Srbiji
- Summary/Abstract: Work and family life in contemporary societies are profoundly shaped by the two mutually connected phenomena – demographic change and labor market transformation. Trends within these structural fields have far-reaching consequences, which place them high on the public policies priority list. Consequently, two of the key strategic policy goals of the European Union are aimed at combating negative consequences of population ageing and shrinking of the working age population. Pressures caused by changes in economic and demographic structures are not equally distributed along the lines of social divisions and particularly affect women. Flexibility of work arrangements, nonstandard working hours, mobility, as well as an increase of job and professional career insecurity contribute to work-family conflicts. However, many studies have confirmed that reconciliation of family and work demands does not take place in a vacuum, but is profoundly embedded in the given society’s contextual framework. Our aim in this paper to examine the ways by which the institutional setting enables or limits the reconciliation of family and work activities in Serbia. We analyze family politics, i.e. public policies and state measures which directly address issues of parenthood and provide support for “work-family balance“ to be achieved. An overview of institutional and legal framework in Serbia will be provided, followed by the analysis and interpretation of the data obtained in this study, based on attitudes, needs and expectations of the respondents.
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- Investicije i privredni razvoj
- Summary/Abstract: Functionality and sustainability of the chosen model of economic development is reflected in its ability to create surplus and to direct thus created surplus into productive investments. The extent to which economic model is sustainable and successful in the creation of surplus depends primarily on the availability of production resources and the quality of political and social construction that is the basis for the creation of a society of knowledge and progress. This paper investigates the relationship between investment and economic development in different socio-economic models: from the classical totalitarianism (such as oriental despotism and enlightened absolutism), communist totalitarianism (including „hard” and „soft” communism) and a number of controversies surrounding the transition process in Serbia to a democratic systems such as liberal and the social-democratic states. We conclude that experience has shown that, with the implementation of certain social corrections, societies based on private property, competition and the rule of law are successful in achieving the goal of long-term growth and stability. On the other hand, totalitarian societies are unstable and frequently exposed to the destructive turbulences.