FINAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

PLENARY SESSION

Thursday     
10:00 - 10:30 Gérard ROLAND (USA):
Civil Society and Institutional Change: The Great Transition
10:45 - 11:15 Giorgio DOMINESE (Italy):
New Theories of Growth and International Governance
11:15 - 11:45 DISCUSSION
Friday     
18.00 - 18.30 Janez PRAŠNIKAR (Slovenia):
Managers Culture in Transition

 

International Workshop

Friday     
12:00 - 13:30

Assessing and Benchmarking Financial Participation of Employees in the EU 27

 

 

SESSION I-1
STAKEHOLDER-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPOSNSIBILITY (CSR)
Conference room "Korčula"

Friday, 08:30 - 10:00

Chairs: Alberto Chilosi (Italy);
Josef Mugler (Austria)
    

Kuljak, Mirjana: THEORIES OF THE FIRM RECONSIDERED - SURVEY OF THE GOALS OF THE FIRM IN COMPARATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS

    

Shehaj, Entela; Hashi, Iraj: THE EVOLUTION OF OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, PATH DEPENDENCY AND ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE USING DYNAMIC PANEL DATA MODELS

    

Pučko, Danijel: THE CHOICE OF THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MODEL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

    

Čater, Tomaž: THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF A FIRM: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT

Friday, 10:15 - 11:45

Chairs: Muris Čičić (B&H)
Josef Mugler (Austria)
    

Krneta, Mira; Grubišić, Dragana: ENTREPRENEURIAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CONCEPT: CASE OF CROATIA

    

Tafra-Vlahović, Majda; Redžepagić, Denis; Stubbs, Paul: CREATING SUSTAINABILTY COMPETENCES THROUGH REPORTING IN CROATIA

    

Zagoršek, Hugo; Dimovski, Vlado; Škerlavaj, Miha: LEADING LEARNING IN ORGANIZATIONS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING

    

Chilosi, Alberto; Damiani, Mirella: STAKEHOLDERS VS. SHAREHOLDERS: ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF ALTERNATIVE CORPORATE ARRANGEMENTS

Friday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Alberto Chilosi (Italy)
Muris Čičić (B&H)
    

Mihelič, Katarina Katja; Lipičnik, Bogdan: AN INSIGHT INTO PERSONAL VALUES OF CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE MANAGERS

    

Dohnalová, Zuzana: MANAGEMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMPANY AND STAKEHOLDERS

    

Svarcova, Jena: INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY OF SME IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

    

Svitkova, Katarina: CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY IN THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLICS

  Holmgren, Jade: A VIRTUE-MATRIX APPROACH TO MEASURING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN LITHUANIA

Friday, 15:30 - 17:00

Chairs: Iraj Hashi (UK)
Josef Mugler (Austria)
    

Alfirević, Nikša; Pavičić, Jurica; Mihanović, Zoran: THE MULTIPLE CONSTITUENCY APPROACH TO SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE HIGHER EDUCATION: THE CASE OF CROATIA

    

Arnerić, Josip; Jurun, Elza; Pivac, Snježana: TIME VARYING PORTFOLIO RISK FORECASTING ON CROATIAN STOCK MARKET

    

Čevizović, Ivan; Remenarić, Branka; Sohora Bukovac, Marina: ACCOUNTING ASPECTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN IN CROATIAN COMPANIES

  Maškarin, Helga; Avelini Holjevac, Ivanka: ETHICS AS A DIMENSION OF QUALITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - CASE OF TOURISM AND BUSINESS EDUCATION IN CROATIA

 

SESSION I-2
ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN SPECIFIC INDUSTRIAL CONTEXTS
Conference room "Korčula"

Thursday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Alberto Chilosi (Italy)
Iraj Hashi (UK)
    

Šerić, Neven; Mihić, Mirela: ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS WEAKNESS OR STRENGHT ON THE MARKET IN TRANSITION

    

Sachs, Wladimir; Dieleman, Marleen: EXPROPRIATION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS OR SOCIAL DIVIDEND?

    

Baranowska-Prokop, Ewa: CSR PRACTICES IN POLAND AND SOME OTHER CEE COUNTRIES

    

Starc, Nenad: HUNDRED STRATEGIES, ONE STRATAGEM - AN INQUIRY INTO THE CROATIAN APTITUDE TO STRATEGY PRODUCTION

Thursday, 16:00 - 17:30

Chairs: Alberto Chilosi (Italy)
Iraj Hashi (UK)
    

Galetić, Lovorka; Načinović, Ivana: ETHICAL ISSUES OF COMPENSATION MANAGEMENT IN CROATIAN ENTERPRISES

    

Jones, Derek; Goić, Srećko: THE EFFECTS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE WORKPLACE PRACTICES ON FIRM AND WORKER OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM A CROATIAN ECONOMETRIC CASE STUDY

    

Knežević Cvelbar, Ljubica; Domadenik, Polona; Prašnikar, Janez: MANAGEMENT TURNOVER AS A CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISM IN SLOVENIA

    

Pecotich, Anthony; Crnjak-Karanović-Biljana; Renko, Nataša: THE EFFECTS OF EXECUTIVE MARKETING ORIENTATION, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, SIZE AND AGE ON PERFORMANCE

Thursday, 17:45 - 19:15

Chairs: Muris Čičić (B&H)
Josef Mugler (Austria)
    

Čepar, Žiga; Bojnec, Stefan: FERTILITY TRANSITION IN CROATIA AND SLOVENIA AND MODEL OF FERTILITY

    

Buljan Barbača, Domagoja: SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY OF THE CROATIAN BANKS

    

Stevens, Tom: A GAME THEORETIC LENS FOR ADDRESSING CSR IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

    

Pavičić, Jurica; Drašković, Nikola; Gnjidić, Vladimir: ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS IN CROATIA: STRATEGIC AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BEER INDUSTRY

 

SESSION II-1
FINANCE PERSPECTIVES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

THE PAPERS FROM THIS SESSION ARE PRESENTED WITHIN THE SESSION II-2

 

SESSION II-2
CHALLENGES FOR BUSINESS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT: SECTOR-SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVES
Conference room "Vis"

Thursday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Evan Kraft (USA)
Slavo Radošević (UK)
    

Bregasi, Magdalena: CHALLENGES OF CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE

    

Kozarzewski, Piotr: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN STATE-CONTROLLED ENTERPRISES IN POLAND

    

Račić, Domagoj; Cvijanović, Vladimir; Aralica, Zoran: THE EFFECTS OF THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM ON INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN CROATIA

    

Matic, Jennifer: PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS

Thursday, 16:00 - 17:30

Chairs: Michael Danson (UK)
Slavo Radošević (UK)
    

Gorynia, Marian; Owczarzak, Radosław; Jankowska, Barbara: CLUSTERS - AN ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO THE GLOBALISATION CHALLENGE? THE CASE OF POLAND

    

Molchanova, Vera Alexandrovna; Mishulina, Svetlana Ivanovna: MANAGING INNOVATION CHANGE AND CLUSTER FORMATION IN RUSSIA'S TOURIST INDUSTRY

    

Mavlutova, Inese; Lesinskis, Kristaps: THE PROGNOSTICATION OF EVENTUAL BANKRUPTCY OF ENTERPRISE

    

Bateman, Milford: THE MICROFINANCE MODEL IN POST-WAR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: A DEVELOPING COUNTRY POLICY REPRODUCING A DEVELOPING COUNTRY ECONOMY

Thursday, 17:45 - 19:15

Chairs: Michael Danson (UK)
Slavo Radošević (UK)
    

Ponikvar, Nina; Rant, Melita: ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OTHER FIRM-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF MARKUP - THE CASE OF SLOVENIAN MANUFACTURING FIRMS

    

Klepić, Zdenko: INFLUENCE OF THE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS DEVELOPMENT ON THE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF SMALL ENTERPRISES

    

Duh, Mojca; Belak, Jernej; Tominc, Polona; Rebernik, Miroslav: SOME ASPECTS OF BUsINESS ETHICS IN FAMILY ENTERPRISES IN SLOVENIA

  Podmetina, Daria; Väätänen, Juha: WHICH FACTORS AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES? - CASE OF RUSSIA

Friday, 08:30 - 10:00

Chairs: Evan Kraft (USA)
Slavo Radošević (UK)
    

Pavić, Ivan; Dulčić, Želimir; Alfirević, Nikša: RISK AVERSION OF CROATIAN BUSINESS STUDENTS: IMPLICIATIONS FOR ECONOMIC AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOUR

    

Čičić, Muris; Brkić, Nenad; Husić, Melika; Agić, Emir; Berberović, Denis: DESIRABLE OUTCOMES OF GRADUATE MARKETING EDUCATION: MANAGERS' POINT OF VIEW

    

Bakotić, Danica: LEADERSHIP STYLE DETERMINATION IN CROATIAN COMPANIES

    

Lovrinčević, Marina: ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE INSIGHT: THE CROATIAN CASE

Friday, 10:15 - 11:45

Chairs: Božidar Cerović (Serbia)
Michael Danson (UK)
    

Grbac, Bruno; Lončarić, Dina: MARKETING PARADIGMS FOR EMERGING ECONOMIES

    

Čater, Barbara: COMMITMENT AND LOYALTY IN MARKETING RELATIONSHIPS ON BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS MARKETS

    

Dlačić, Jasmina; Žabkar, Vesna: CUSTOMER ORIENTATION, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF CROATIA

    

Leko-Šimić, Mirna; Horvat, Jasna; Forjan, Josipa: ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CROATIAN EXPORTERS

Friday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Božidar Cerović (Serbia)
Evan Kraft (USA)
    

Prokop, Jacek: WELFARE EFFECTS OF TAKEOVERS IN THE POLISH BANKING INDUSTRY

    

Kocenda, Evzen; Hanousek, Jan; Ondko, Peter: A NEW LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCY OF BANKING AND CAPITAL MARKETS IN TRANSITION: AN ANALYSIS OF SECTORAL CASH FLOWS

    

Kruszka, Michał: INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES AND THE IMPACT OF LIBERALIZATION ON TOURISM IN CEE COUNTRIES

    

Payne, James E.; Mervar, Andrea: FORECASTING TOURISM DEMAND IN CROATIA: A DISSAGGREGATED ANALYSIS OF MONTHLY OVERNIGHT STAYS

Friday, 15:30 - 17:00

Chairs: Božidar Cerović (Serbia)
Evan Kraft (USA)
    

Perčević, Hrvoje; Dražić Lutilsky, Ivana: ACCOUNTING METHODS FOR COST ALLOCATION APPLIED IN CROATIAN PRODUCTION COMPANIES

    

Alon, Ilan; Alpeza, Mirela; Erceg, Aleksandar: OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRANCHISING BUSINESS MODEL IN CROATIA

    

Vrdoljak Raguž, Ivona; Vojvodić, Katija: MANAGING AIRPORTS - THE IMPACT OF LOW-COST CARRIERS

    

Šimurina, Jurica; Gelo, Tomislav; Vukoja, Oriana: REGULATING THERMAL ENERGY: CASE OF CROATIA

 

SESSION III-1
EU ENLARGEMENT AND ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Conference room "Hvar"

Thursday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Ewa Helinska-Hughes (UK)
Milica Uvalic (Italy)
    

Kuhar, Aleš: CHALLENGES OF PRE- AND POST- ACCESSION PERIOD: THE CASE OF SLOVENIAN FOOD INDUSTRY

    

Hockmann, Heinrich; Vőneki, Éva: MARKET POWER IN THE HUNGARIAN MILK CHAIN

    

Schwarzbauer, Peter; Balabanov, Todor: ENERGY VS. MATERIAL: USES OF WOOD BIOMASS - ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS

    

Mujagić, Adnan; Čater, Tomaž: STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT IN OLD BOSNIAN COMPANIES: USING CASE STUDIES TO SUPPLEMENT SURVEY DATA

Thursday, 16:00 - 17:30

Chairs: Will Bartlett (UK)
Ewa Helinska-Hughes (UK)
    

Marijanović, Goran; Škaro, Julija; Ćućić, Dražen: REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTH - EAST EUROPE

    

Dangerfield, Martin: EU INTEGRATION CAPACITY AND EUROPEANISATION PROSPECTS FOR 'EXCLUDED' STATES

    

Molchanov, Mikhail; Yevdokimov, Yuri: UKRAINE'S POLITICAL ECONOMY AND COMPETING REGIONALIST STRATEGIES OF DEVELOPMENT

    

Sumpor, Marijana: COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES TOWARDS AN INTEGRATIVE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY

    

Maleković, Sanja; Polić, Mario; Puljiz, Jakša: INTRODUCING EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN CROATIA - AN OPTION, OBLIGATION OR NECESSITY?

Thursday, 17:45 - 19:15

Chairs: Ewa Helinska-Hughes (UK)
Michael Hughes (UK)
    

Uvalic, Milica: TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE

    

Boone, Jan; Ionaşcu, Delia; Žigić, Krešimir: NORTH-SOUTH R&D SPILLOVERS AND TRADE POLICY IN MARKETS WITH LEADERS, TACIT COLLUSION AND ENDOGENOUS INTENSITY OF COMPETITION

    

Fink, Matthias; Kessler, Alexander; Roessl, Dietmar: TRUSTING CHAMPIONS - HOW TRUST BASED INTERFIRM CO-OPERATION BOOSTS FIRM PERFORMANCE

    

Tajnikar, Maks; Pušnik, Ksenja: DIFFERENCES IN DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG SLOVENIA AND CROATIA IN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

    

Bartlett, Will; Čučković, Nevenka: SME POLICY AND THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY IN CROATIA: COMPETITIVE PRESSURES AND EMPLOYEE SKILLS

Friday, 08:30 - 10:00

Chairs: Vojmir Franičević (Croatia)
Michael Hughes (UK)
     Bađun, Marijana: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND BANKS IN FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
    

Backović, Marko; Prica, Ivana: FINANCIAL SERVICES LIBERALISATION IN SOUTH AND EAST EUROPE

    

Prga, Ivica; Šverko, Ivan: CROATIAN BANKING REGULATION: PERSPECTIVES IN LIGHT OF EU ACCESSION

    

Socol, Adela; Iuga, Iulia: MEASURING THE OPERATIONAL RISK - A CHALLENGE POSED BY THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES FOR ADEQUATING THE CAPITAL IN THE ROMANIAN BANKING SYSTEM

Friday, 10:15 - 11:45

Chairs: Vojmir Franičević (Croatia)
Jan Hanousek (Czech Republic)
    

Tica, Josip; Smolić, Šime; Bogdan, Željko: ANALYSIS OF EXCHANGE RATE BASED STABILIZATION EFFECTS IN CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC PRACTICE

    

Stefanova, Elitsa: A TEST OF THE CURRENCY SUSBTITUTION HYPOTHESIS: THE CASE OF BULGARIA 1992-1997

    

Šimić, Vladimir: MONEY DEMAND IN CROATIA REVISITED

    

Aljinović, Zdravka; Pivac, Snježana; Marasović, Branka: TRANSITION CAPITAL MARKETS COMPARISON BY EFFICIENT FRONTIERS

Friday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Vojmir Franičević (Croatia)
Jan Hanousek (Czech Republic)
    

Derado, Dražen: TRADITIONAL VS. NEW EXPLANATION OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN TRANSITION COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPE

    

Danson, Michael; Helinska-Hughes, Ewa; Paul, Stuart; Whittam, Geoff; Hughes, Michael: BUSINESS ANGELS IN SCOTLAND AND POLAND: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMAL VENTURE CAPITAL MARKET

    

Lokar, Alessio L.; Bajzikova, Lubica; Mason, Michaela C.: INTERNATIONALIZATION AS A LEVER OF SUCCESS: SMES FROM ITALIAN NORTH-EASTERN INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS IN THE NEW GLOBAL COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

    

Žovnikova, Jelena: 15-YEAR PATH FROM NEW DEMOCRACY TO TOP-25 MOST COMPETITIVE WORLD ECONOMIES. ESTONIA: FOCUS ON INTERNATIONALISATION PROCESSES

  Gotcheva, Nadezhda; Miettinen, Asko: BUILDING ON RELATIONSHIPS AS AN INSTRUMENT TO ACHIEVE GOALS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN TRANSITIONAL AND STABLE DEMOCRACY

Friday, 15:30 - 17:00

Chairs: Will Bartlett (UK)
Milica Uvalic (Italy)
    

Franičević, Vojmir: BEING AT RISK: INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTIES IN CROATIAN LABOUR MARKETS

    

Borozan, Đula; Barković, Ivana; Maliszewska, Justyna: INSTITUTIONS AND UNEMPLOYMENT: CROATIA AND POLAND COMPARED

    

Lager, Christian: DOES A REDUCTION OF WAGES CREATE JOBS? UNORTHODOX RESULTS IN A MULTI-SECTOR TWO-REGION MODEL OF NORTH/SOUTH TRADE

    

Puljiz, Jakša; Maleković, Sanja: REGIONAL INCOME AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISPARITIES IN CROATIA

    

Obadić, Alka; Cipin, Ivan; Pripuzić, Dominik: FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND FERTILITY IN CROATIA - WHAT CAUSES WHAT?

 

SESSION III-2
THE ROLE OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) AND PUBLIC SECTOR INSTITUTIONS
Conference room "Šolta"

Thursday, 12:00 - 13:30

Chairs: Will Bartlett (UK)
Michael Hughes (UK)
     Pevcin, Primož: VARIATIONS IN THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SECTOR: ANALYSIS OF DETERMINANTS
     Redek, Tjasa; Godnov, Uroš: GOVERNANCE QUALITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
  Kočenda, Evžen; Hanousek, Jan: STATE, FIRMS AND CORPORATE IMPACT: CASH OR CONTROL?
     Budimir, Verica; Letinić, Svjetlana; Idlbek, Robert: SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Thursday, 16:00 - 17:30

Chairs: Jan Hanousek (Czech Republic)
Milica Uvalic (Italy)
     Cerović, Božidar; Aleksić, Ana; Nojković, Aleksandra: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN TRANSITION COUNTRIES AND CULTURAL SIMILARITIES: THE CASE OF SERBIA
     Kubyshyna, Nadiya: THE PECULARITY OF INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE
     Poghosyan, Tigran; Borovicka, Jaroslav: BANKING EFFICIENCY AND FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IN TRANSITION: IS THERE AN EVIDENCE OF A "CREAM-SKIMMING" EFFECT?
     Šohinger, Jasminka; Horvatin, Darko: FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN CROATIA 1996-2006