Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.167
Tin Primorac, T. Kozina, Ivan Turčić
One of the most important purposes of an enterprise is to generate profit for their shareholders. In order to continuously fulfill their main purpose, enterprises constantly strive to achieve the state of being free from danger or threat, especially in an economic sense. This article aims to explore different views of an interdisciplinary connection between economics and security i.e. the economic security of enterprises. Methods used in this paper are literature review, systematization, analysis and synthesis of the most important factors influencing the economic security of an enterprise. A synthesis of analyzed literature is important for the future development of the economic security concept for enterprises as a basis for enterprises and their leading management to identify and improve their efforts in tackling certain risks threatening the economic security of their enterprise.
{"title":"ECONOMIC SECURITY OF ENTERPRISES","authors":"Tin Primorac, T. Kozina, Ivan Turčić","doi":"10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.167","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most important purposes of an enterprise is to generate profit for their shareholders. In order to continuously fulfill their main purpose, enterprises constantly strive to achieve the state of being free from danger or threat, especially in an economic sense. This article aims to explore different views of an interdisciplinary connection between economics and security i.e. the economic security of enterprises. Methods used in this paper are literature review, systematization, analysis and synthesis of the most important factors influencing the economic security of an enterprise. A synthesis of analyzed literature is important for the future development of the economic security concept for enterprises as a basis for enterprises and their leading management to identify and improve their efforts in tackling certain risks threatening the economic security of their enterprise.","PeriodicalId":52844,"journal":{"name":"Poslovna Izvrsnost","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48345214","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}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.81
Dora Naletina, G. Zelenika, Kristina Petljak
{"title":"EMPIRICAL RESEARCH OF SATISFACTION OF USERS WITH CROATIAN MOTORWAYS","authors":"Dora Naletina, G. Zelenika, Kristina Petljak","doi":"10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.81","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52844,"journal":{"name":"Poslovna Izvrsnost","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68229096","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}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.105
I. Ban, D. Peručić, V. Vrtiprah
Atraktivni kulturno-povijesni i prirodni resursi, razvijenost turisticke i lucke infrastrukture i dobar geografski položaj prednosti su Dubrovnika kao kruzerske destinacije. Danas je Dubrovnik, prema broju pristajanja brodova, peta tranzitna luka na Mediteranu i nezaobilazni dio itinerara svjetskih kruzerskih kompanija. Temeljno obilježje kruzerskoga turizma u Dubrovniku je sezonsko. Velika dnevna koncentracija putnika na relativno ogranicenom gradskom prostoru uglavnom u sestomjesecnom razdoblju (svibanj- listopad) stvara probleme koji su izuzetno složeni. Postavlja se pitanje u kojemu smjeru dugorocno razvijati Dubrovnik kao kruzersku destinaciju u kontekstu globalnih trendova i održivog razvoja. U radu se istražuju promjene u mjesecnoj, tjednoj i dnevnoj dinamici putnika i ticanja brodova, vremenu pristajanja brodova, prosjecnom stajanju u luci u Dubrovniku u razdoblju 2013.- 2017., trendovi na tržistu pomorskih krstarenja i predlaže model razvoja Dubrovnika kao kruzerske destinacije. Nalazi ukazuju na pozitivne i negativne trendove, na potrebu rjesavanja postojecih problema upravljanja potražnjom i destinacijskim proizvodom. Dubrovnik, da bi iskoristio prilike, a prijetnje sveo na minimum, treba razvijati kao kruzerski centar, tj. kao tranzitnu i baznu luku uz implementaciju strategije diferencijacije. Takav razvoj zahtijeva proaktivno djelovanje svih dionika izravno i neizravno ukljucenih u kruzerski turizam, daljnja ulaganja u lucku i gradsku infrastrukturu i suprastrukturu, u poboljsanje turisticke ponude, u bolju prometnu dostupnost ali i vece razumijevanje građana. Vise nego dosad, valja razvijati Dubrovnik kao baznu luku, sto bi bilo korisno za luku i za dubrovacki turizam.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.59
O. Lobonț, Alexandru Bociu, Nicoleta-Claudia Moldovan, I. Para
Public utility services are an important vector for the development of regional and local communities. Providing these services is equally important to citizens, central, regional and local authorities, and academics. The management of public utility services needs to be completed in the spirit of an efficient and performant process. This paper highlights the perception of the users of public utility services regarding the quality of various public services. Also, it identifies potential improvement measures that can be adopted by the authorities with competences in the field of utility services. In this respect, we apply a methodology based on the survey method, considering a sample of 220 respondents, between December 2014 and April 2015 at the level of the Western Region of Romania, namely the counties of Timis, Caras-Severin, Arad and Hunedoara. The main conclusion of the study reveals users’ dissatisfaction with the quality of public utility services provision, as well as the lack of communication between authorities and citizens.The results of the present paper can form a basis for well-grounded proposals for efficient measures which need to be implemented by local and regional authorities in order to improve the provision of public utility services.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.177
Željko Tuličić, Ivan Marić
{"title":"VETERAN CENTERS AS EXAMPLE OF COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR CROATIAN HOMELAND WAR VETERANS","authors":"Željko Tuličić, Ivan Marić","doi":"10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.177","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52844,"journal":{"name":"Poslovna Izvrsnost","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49329574","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}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.71
S. Manwani, M. Lancelott
Both academic and professional researchers have identifi ed signifi cant challenges in moving from business strategy to operational execution. A key tool to close this gap is business design, with both entrepreneurial start-ups and large enterprises desiring innovation seeking to design new business and operating models. Th e big gap between strategy and execution highlights a need for management education that is both rigorous and relevant. Academic theories are a key component but need to be combined with practical leadership insights.
{"title":"BUSINESS DESIGN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: CASE INSIGHTS","authors":"S. Manwani, M. Lancelott","doi":"10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.71","url":null,"abstract":"Both academic and professional researchers have identifi ed signifi cant challenges in moving from business strategy to operational execution. A key tool to close this gap is business design, with both entrepreneurial start-ups and large enterprises desiring innovation seeking to design new business and operating models. Th e big gap between strategy and execution highlights a need for management education that is both rigorous and relevant. Academic theories are a key component but need to be combined with practical leadership insights.","PeriodicalId":52844,"journal":{"name":"Poslovna Izvrsnost","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49540347","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}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.139
Z. Miletic
{"title":"INFLUENCE OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES ON MACROECONOMIC TRENDS","authors":"Z. Miletic","doi":"10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.2.139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52844,"journal":{"name":"Poslovna Izvrsnost","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43734334","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}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22589/PI-BE/2018.12.2.123
M. Gregorić, D. Horvat, M. Gregorić
Financial statements indicate the fi nancial position and performance of a company as well as cash fl ows in accordance with the defi nitions and criteria for recognizing assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures. Th e purpose of this research paper is to analyse and compare the fi nancial statements of six leading pharmaceutical companies in the Republic of Croatia in order to determine their level of success, performance and market positioning. Market positioning is used to determine the place the company, product or service occupies in the market and in the consumer’s mind – whether it is that of a leader, follower, challenger or tamponer.
{"title":"PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND MARKET POSITIONING OF LEADING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA","authors":"M. Gregorić, D. Horvat, M. Gregorić","doi":"10.22589/PI-BE/2018.12.2.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22589/PI-BE/2018.12.2.123","url":null,"abstract":"Financial statements indicate the fi nancial position and performance of a company as well as cash fl ows in accordance with the defi nitions and criteria for recognizing assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures. Th e purpose of this research paper is to analyse and compare the fi nancial statements of six leading pharmaceutical companies in the Republic of Croatia in order to determine their level of success, performance and market positioning. Market positioning is used to determine the place the company, product or service occupies in the market and in the consumer’s mind – whether it is that of a leader, follower, challenger or tamponer.","PeriodicalId":52844,"journal":{"name":"Poslovna Izvrsnost","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47308003","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}
Pub Date : 2018-12-01DOI: 10.22598/pi-be/2018.12.2.9
Ljerka Sedlan-König, Mia Hocenski, Sofija Turjak
Growing demand for higher education and the increasing diffi culty graduates’ face when looking for and securing appropriate work upon graduation, place heavy emphasis on the importance of an enhanced understanding of what constitutes employability. Interest in graduate employability produces benefi ts for all stakeholders, including universities, employers and graduates themselves. Th is comparative study aims to investigate graduates’ perceptions of competences and attributes important for employability, and compare these with employers’ expectations, for the purpose of raising awareness about the diff erences. It also aims to understand the extent to which employers are satisfi ed with HE to train work-ready graduates. Th is investigation reports on fi ndings from 206 graduate students and 134 employers. Evidence indicates that there is a modest degree of alignment between graduates and employers regarding competences and attributes important for employability. Both groups value willingness to learn and problem-solving skills highly, and agree that practical experience, subject knowledge and use of social networks are not signifi cant for employability. Employers appreciate learning skills, enthusiasm and motivation and intelligence more than graduates do. On the other hand, graduates believe that positive attitude towards change, written communication and public speaking skills substantially contribute to future labor market outcomes. In order to stand apart and gain positional advantage in the labor market, graduates need to be aware of this mismatch and take steps to acquire these competences and attributes outside university, and it is essential that universities adjust their curriculum, assessment methods and pedagogy in partnership with employers in order to minimize the gap between what is expected from and what is delivered through higher education.
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Pub Date : 2018-06-01DOI: 10.22598/PI-BE/2018.12.1.143
F. Ćejvanović, Dragovan Miličević, Adnan Kamerić
Th e analysis of foreign trade in global trading of today requires the usage of macro-analytical activities which are based on contemporary and classical evaluation methods, trading measurements and macroeconomic indicators of economic stability and growth. Th is paper starts from the idea and the need to evaluate the infl uence of foreign trade between Bosnia and Herzegovina using the gravity model. Th e aim of this paper has been set based on this idea and is refl ected in the advantages and disadvantages of using the gravity model in evaluating foreign trade between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
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