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{"title":"THE PRIVATE DEMAND FOR INNOVATION: THE CASE OF EX - YU COUNTRIES","authors":"Slagjana Slagjana, bul. ta Makedonska brigade А Skopje Macedonia Integrated Business Faculty, Violeta Madzova, Biljana Gjozinska","doi":"10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.14-21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.14-21","url":null,"abstract":"In the era of high sophisticated technology, the innovation is recognized as a key driver towards better national competitiveness and economic growth, creating opportunities for better employment and better responding to global social challenges. At the company level however, innovation improves efficiency, boosts company productivity and provides numerous benefits to the consumers. Being identified as a key variable for the importance of demand for innovation, buyer sophistication signals the ability of buyers to select products and services based on performance rather than price. Furthermore, the companies witnessing more sophisticated domestic market are likely to sell products with higher quality and to better understand the customers’ needs and how they perceive the value of the product. \u0000This paper aims to provide a comparative analysis of private demand for innovation in selected ex- YU countries using the two key indicators: “buyer sophistication” and “sales of new-to-market and new-to-firm product innovations for the period 2011-2016. Although sharing the same socio-political and historical background, the analysis of these selected countries show significant discrepancies among their business leaders’ assessments about the level of their customer demand for innovation and business sophistication.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129539888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Overview of Selected Bankruptcy Prediction Models Applied in V4 Countries","authors":"Pavol Král, Slovakia Žilina, Lucia Švábová, M. Durica","doi":"10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.70-78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.70-78","url":null,"abstract":"Bankruptcy prediction models are often an applied tool for detecting unfavourable development of the financial situation of the company. The prediction of financial health of business entities is the most important information because of dynamic development of the business environment. Many prediction models are known nowadays. They are different by their reliability (predictive ability), the composition of used variables, trade union orientation, the degree of consideration of domestic market conditions etc. It is clear from this that it is not possible to create a universal, unified prediction model that would be able reliably and with sufficient time to indicate unfavourable company financial development leading to bankruptcy applied in all sectors or regions. Introductory part of contribution is devoted to the literature review of issues and the definitions of the concept of bankruptcy based on the so-called non-prosperity indicators (profit, total liquidity and equity/liabilities ratio), that take into account the current legislation of this issue in the Slovak republic. Then the contribution discusses the role and significance of prediction models in corporate practice, compares the advantages and disadvantages of models containing accounting and market indicators. The authors also devoted the space to identifying restrictions on the usability of known foreign bankruptcy models in economic conditions of V4 countries and to define a set of the most frequently applied models taking into account specific economics conditions in these countries.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127714324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CSR REPORTING AS A PRODUCT OF SOCIAL ACCOUNTING","authors":"G. Michalczuk, Urszula Konarzewska","doi":"10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.50-58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.50-58","url":null,"abstract":"The development of the concept of corporate social responsibility has become the new and extremely important challenge for accounting. It is necessary that its methods and solutions allow for reflect newer and newer information needs. Because of its systemic character, accounting has to evolve to be able to constitute a basic information system. The development of social accounting is a welcome direction in this regard. It aims to identify measure and present the social and environmental issues related to the functioning of company. The CSR report is a tool for providing information related to corporate social responsibility. It shows the influence of company’s activity on various group of stakeholders, by ensuring detailed data about management regarding aspects such as ethics, ecology, diversity in the workplace and community involvement. Instead of preparing corporate social responsibility reports some companies publish integrated reports which present in one document both financial and social issues in a holistic manner. The aim of the article is to present the problem of CSR reporting within the context of social accounting. The main subject of researches is the evaluation of trends associated with the publishing social reports in the national and international context as well as an analysis of the content of reports dealing with corporate social responsibility prepared by selected companies operating in Poland. The article is based on the analysis of Polish and English literature, selected studies and databases connected with the practice of CSR reporting as well as the reports prepared by companies covered by the survey. Results of the research lead to the conclusion that social reporting is a rapidly growing field in both national and international context. This is reflected by the number of reports dealing with corporate social responsibility submitted by companies to a databases connected with the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility reporting. However, the analysis of the content of this type of reports showed that comparison of data contained within documents prepared by individual companies may pose a problem.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"33 3-4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125630136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS IN IMPROVING SECURITY LEVEL IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS","authors":"Jelena Jardas Antonić","doi":"10.31410/eman.2018.992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/eman.2018.992","url":null,"abstract":"Digital transformation and global trends in Smart City development have brought on serious security challenges in governing smart data assets. The implementation of two-way communication between cities and citizens requires secure communication channels and efficient data management. Fast development of information communication technologies (ICT) demands for continues investments in new security options. In this paper, the author examined the efficiency of implemented security levels in local government units (LGUs) through Data Envelopment Analysis. The Data Envelopment Analysis enables benchmarking LGUs according to obtained results. The efficient LG units were further examined and were ranked using super-efficiency analysis. The inefficient LGUs can use the obtained results to improve their performance using projections and thus reach the efficiency frontier.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116146163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"LINKING TEACHING METHODS TO THE SATISFACTION AND SUCCESS OF STUDENTS IN ONLINE STUDY MODE","authors":"Pedja Ašanin Gole, Mateja Mahnič","doi":"10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.79-84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/BALKANS.JETSS.2018.1.1.79-84","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of our article is to link teaching methods to the satisfaction and success of students in online education. The creative courses, especially in the fully online education process, is challenging innovation in teaching. The specificity of an online study with one-month performance of courses is to force the lecturer to become more effective, and students in a compact learning effort. We have found that teaching using creative methods increases the effectiveness of students' study and performance; although not equally to all, but even the less successful students did not feel \"losers\". Among the creative methods we have taken into consideration are the fun theory, the introduction of icons/references with the possibility of student identification, teaching with examples of good practices, cooperation with the economy in solving practical challenges and virtual mobility of students from various educational institutions and countries. The article presents and analyzes data from student evaluations and questionnaires in six courses, especially from the point of view of how the creative methods described in the article when innovating, such as virtual student mobility and work in international mixed online teams and cooperation with the economy, influence both the the general satisfaction of students with the subject as well as the acquisition of planned subject specific and general competence of subjects. In conclusion, we find that on-line studies require a very precise and targeted lecture. If students want to acquire the required competences, the relationship between theory and practice is about 30 : 70. Our recommendation is that students fully conquer a smaller amount of content than superficially transform the larger one. We believe that our findings will help lecturers in the field of creative subjects, in addition to creative communication and advertising, as well as subjects in the field of public relations, in introducing creative methods of teaching in everyday lectures and, consequently, with more successful outcomes of the subject.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127203360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SLOVAKIA AND AUSTRIA – A COMPARISON OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECTORS","authors":"ľudmila Bartóková","doi":"10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.1.12-19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.1.12-19","url":null,"abstract":"Input-output tables with input-output data represent a relatively simple but useful tool to analyze the structure of the economy or undergoing structural changes. These tables enable to quantify direct and indirect linkages within each economy, as well as to study demand or supply relationships between particular sectors. The aim of this paper is to present and compare the main characteristics of 2 selected sectors for Slovakia and Austria. The focus is on the agriculture and food sector and their characteristics using the input output data and analysis. We compared basic input and output multipliers in order to verify the similarities in the position and the development of these sectors in selected countries. Other objectives were analysis of sectors’ backward and forward linkages, “measuring” of their strengths, the identification of key industries and concentration of their impacts. With accordance to our previous research and general trends, we expected a certain decline of importance over the analyzed period of 2000-2014.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116348533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE AREA IN PMBOK (PROJECT MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGE): A PRELIMINARY STUDY","authors":"​Manuj Madan, A. Sahai","doi":"10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.2.124-133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.2.124-133","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study is to know the perception of varied experienced project man­agement professionals of India to measurement-based and valuation-based methods for inclusion in the imaginary environment management knowledge area of PMBOK. Results attained through SPSS using chi-square test of association conclude that there is a significant relationship between experience and choosing the right method. The current study suggests that lifecycle analysis and ecosystem service valuation should be included in the environment management knowledge area of PMBOK.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"25 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114026963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MEASURING THE PROSPECTIVE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN NORTH MACEDONIA","authors":"Blagica Rizoska Vanikj, Mislim Zendeli","doi":"10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.2.150-157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.2.150-157","url":null,"abstract":"This research contains eclectic analyses of the theory of human resources development along with the founding’s from the empirical research with the main goal to determine the pros­pects for career development in the hospitality industry in North Macedonia. By using a sample of employees from different gender, age and education, the differences in perception have been evaluated and analyzed. Based on the founding’s, the researchers identified the current compe­tencies, the future training needs as well as the career status of the employees in the hospitality industry in North Macedonia. Additionally, the research investigated the differences in the evaluated competencies among different groups of employees (gender, age, education, career status). The measured competencies were divided into six groups: Leadership/Assertiveness, Ethics/Professionalism, Teamwork/Communication, Orientation towards success, Self-management (stress, emotions) and Learning and development. By conducting the set of questionnaires, the quanti­tative analyses were conducted on the different variables that have been analyzed by computing different statistical methods like descriptive analyses, t-test ANOVA and correlation analyses. The paper also explores the necessity for developing the human resources departments into the organizations from hospitality industry where the educated and experienced professionals will be involved in providing services for competences and career development of each employee based on the organizational and individual needs. This practical approach should increase the awareness of the leaders in the hospitality industry in North Macedonia to invest in the knowledge and development of human resources as the main resource for organizational success and development.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130005405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE ROLE AND PRESENCE OF INTERGENERATIONAL SYNERGY IN MEDIUM AND LARGE SLOVENIAN COMPANIES","authors":"M. Rožman, P. Tominc","doi":"10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.1.1-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.1.1-11","url":null,"abstract":"Intergenerational synergy and thus the exchange of knowledge, is the key element in the implementation of various tasks, finding solutions, obtaining and exchanging important information. The main aim of the paper is to present intergenerational synergy and to determine the impact of intergenerational synergy on the work engagement of employees in large and medium-sized companies in Slovenia. In the empirical research 407 companies and 814 employees were included by random sampling. Research results revealed that employers on general pay attention to intergenerational synergy in companies in Slovenia, but there are still opportunities to raise awareness among employers about intergenerational synergy and their emphasis on intergenerational synergy for better performance of business operations, such as sales activities to customers of different age profiles, and similar. Results also suggest that intergenerational synergy in companies has a statistically significant positive impact on the work engagement of employees in large and medium-sized companies in Slovenia. In this context, an appropriate environment should be created to respect the diversity of the workforce.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116784257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE CUSTOMERS’ PERCEPTION OF THE SELLERS IN THE CONTEXT OF GENDER DIFFERENCES​","authors":"J. Kovaľová, Ivana Ondrijová, Dagmara Ratnayake Kascakova","doi":"10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.1.80-87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31410/balkans.jetss.2019.2.1.80-87","url":null,"abstract":"Personal selling has its own specifics and allows sellers to interact directly with the customer. The aim of the proposed paper is to find out statistically significant differences in the perception factor affecting personal selling from the customer’s perspective in the context of gender differences. A differential analysis was conducted on the sample of 243 respondents (112 male customers and 131 female customers); on the basis of the data obtained by means of an original methodology for detecting the factors influencing the customers’ perception of the sellers in personal selling. Gender differences in customer perceptions were confirmed in six items of observed factors: seller’s image, seller’s willingness and empathy, and his or her communication skills. The results of the analysis confirmed the existence of statistically significant differences between the male and the female in their perception of the sellers. Based on these results it may be concluded that, male and female differently view the seller’s image, his or her willingness and empathy towards customers, as well as its communication skills.","PeriodicalId":360974,"journal":{"name":"Balkans Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116431715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}