HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND MODERN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: CASE STUDY OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS (UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE)

Higher education institutions in Southeast Europe have undergone radical transformations in the lastdecades, mainly because of the impact of turbulent changes in their environment. This has particularlyreferred to economic and business faculties, which increasingly aim their activities toward businessenvironment. Designing practice-oriented curricula and promoting immediate cooperation withcompanies have represented the main forms of these actions. Main goal of the analysis in the paperhave been the transformations in this direction carried out at the Faculty of Economics (University ofBelgrade), one of the leading higher education institutions in the region in the field of economics.