PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ivan Pavić, of Split, of , Split, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS President: Vinko Kandžija, , Faculty Evrard Claessens, University of Antwerpen, Europacentrum 1. Submissions of abstracts of Economics, Rijeka, Croatia Jean Monnet, Antwerpen, Belgium Libertas International University, Zagreb, Croatia Maria Negreponti Delivanis, CEDIMES Komotini, Greece Abstracts must be submitted to the Program Committee by ECSA BiH, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Šain, , Faculty of Economics, February 1, 2016 in order to be included in the Conference Vice-president: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Proceedings - Book of Abstracts - upon review. All submitted Andrej Kumar, ECSA , Dijana Vican, University of , Zadar, Croatia abstracts will be considered, but their acceptance is not , Slovenia Ljubomir Drakulevski, University "St. Cyril & Methodius" in guaranteed. Confirmation of acceptance, together with the Duško Pavlović, Libertas International University, Skopje, Faculty of Economics, Macedonia invitation for the full paper preparation and presentation at Zagreb,Croatia Darko Tipurić, , Faculty of Economics and the Conference will be sent after March 15, 2016. Members: Business, Zagreb, Croatia Abstracts can be sent to the following e-mail addresses: Pero Lučin, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia Nikola Milović, University of Podgorica, Faculty of Economics, [email protected] Enrique Banύs, ECSA World Podgorica, Montenegro Claude Albagli, Institute CEDIMES, Paris, France Mario Pines, , Trieste, Italy Submissions of abstracts have to meet the following criteria: Zoran Grubišić, Belgrade Banking Academy, Belgrade, Christos Pitelis, University of Cambridge, UK abstracts and papers are to be in English or French Serbia Alain Redslob, University of Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Paris, (presentations as well), Jovan Zubović, Institute of Economic Sciences France no changes in titles, authors or order of authorship will be Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia But Dedaj, University of Prishtina, Faculty of Economics, possible after submission, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo Željko Turkalj, , Osijek, Croatia the title page must include names, affiliations, complete Bojan Rosi, University of , Faculty of Logistics, , Mila Gadžić, , Faculty of Economics, addresses (mail, e-mail, telephone, facsimile numbers) for all Slovenia Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina authors, and indicate who will serve as presenter; and state Sanel Jakupović, Pan-European University Apeiron, at the bottom of the page the area of interest, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ORGANIZING COMMITTEE the second page should include the name(s) of author(s), MaksTajnikar, , Faculty of title and abstract not less than 300and not more than 500 Economics, Ljubljana, Slovenia President: Vladimir Filipović, [email protected] words, Alfio Barbieri, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Member: Luka Matek abstracts should be written in letter quality type Times New Croatia Roman, font 12, once spaced, margins 2.5 cm on both Djordje Mitrović, , Faculty of CALL FOR PAPERS sides. Economics, Belgrade, Serbia Jovan Zafirovski, University “St. Cyril & Methodius”, University and government economists, businessexperts and 2. Paper acceptance and instructions for the authors Skopje, Macedonia researchers are invited to submit abstracts. Potential papers Ion Cucui, Valahia University of Targoviste, should address any of the following, or related topics: Authors of accepted abstracts will be kindly asked to prepare Targoviste, Romania 1. Global trade liberalization vs. regional economic final papers for a presentation at the Conference. Each Ion Stegăroiu, Valahia University of Targoviste, integration presentation will be allowed to take between 10 to 20 minutes, Targoviste, Romania 2. Competitiveness and challenges of the enlarged EU depending on the number of accepted papers for each Ioana Panagoret, ValahiaUniversity of Targoviste, 3. Business and government perspectives of EU session. Targoviste, Romania enlargements Kadrija Hodžić, , Tuzla, Bosnia and 4. New knowledge and the Western Balkan's future 3. Conference participation Herzegovina 5. Case studies on specifics of national economic Pavel Hromenkov, Moscow State Regional University, policies related to economic integration All participants (selected presenters of the papers, discussants Moscow, Russia 6. International business in changing global environment- and sessions chairs) have to register and attend the Srdjan Redzepagic, University of Nice Sophia theory and practices Conference. The authors of the papers have to personally Antipolis,Nice, France 7. Regulatory environment of the EU; EU and national present their papers. Selected papers will not be included in Xavier Richet, University of Paris III (Sorbonne perspective, harmonization the process of reviewing for publishing after the Conference Nouvelle), Paris, France unless at least one of the authors has registered for the Margarita Shivergueva, New Bulgarian University Sofia, Interested parties are also invited to volunteer as reviewers, Conference. Presentation of papers at this Conference does Sofia, Bulgaria discussants and session chairs. In addition to sharing and not preclude subsequent publication. Metka Tekavčič, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of discussing ideas, this International Conference is designed to Economics, Ljubljana, Slovenia strengthen the spirit of European economic and business Kamil Tugen, Dokuz Eylül University, Turkey cooperation and promote Western Balkan accession to the EU. 4. Proceedings Marjan Svetličić, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana, Slovenia The Conference Proceedings will include Program of the Organizers: Conference and the book of all abstracts of selected and Libertas International University presented papers. Authors are free to distribute as many ECSA BIH copies of their papers as they wish during the Conference. After the Conference the selected papers will ECSA Slovenia be published in a special publication and in international Chair Jean Monnet AD Personam of indexed and refereed research journal upon review by the University of Rijeka members of the Program Committee. Partners: University of Rijeka 5. Deadlines University of Antwerp- Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence

University of Ljubljana – Faculty of Economics – Chair Jean The submission deadline for the abstracts is February Monnet 1, 2016. The Program Committee will make selection of Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) the papers to be presented at the Conference by Institute CEDIMES Paris March 15, 2016. Organisers will immediately notify CEDIMES Rijeka authors of accepted abstracts. Authors are kindly University of Osijek requested to prepare the final texts of their Conference University of Mostar, Faculty of Economics papers and give 3 paper copies and CD in MS Word Juraj Dobrila University of Pula format, to the organisers when registering for the ECSA Conference at their arrival. Eventual earlier receipts of the SLOVENIA Institute of Economic Sciences Belgrade final texts of the papers are welcome on the following e- University of Beograd, Faculty of Economics mail address:[email protected]. Please note that this Moscow State Regional University form is NOT A REPLACEMENT for paper form handed New Bulgarian University in at the registration. University “St. Cyril & Methodius” in Skopje, Faculty of Economics 6. Registration Valahia University of Trgoviste

University of Nice Sophie Antipolis Please be sure to complete the registration form and return it to indicated address. The registration fee is 250

EUR (150 EUR for students) in advance, per each author, or 300 EUR (200 EUR for students) on site. The registration fee includes organization of the Conference, reviewing, one copy of the Book of Abstracts, keynote dinner and refreshments during breaks. A study excursion will be organized according to number of interested participants (deadline for registration is March 25, 2016). International Conference Libertas International University Prof. VinkoKandžija, Ph.D. Trg J.F. Kennedy 6b Economic Integrations, Competition and Cooperation For the Program Committee HR – 10000 Zagreb CROATIA Zagreb, November, 2016 Phone: +3851 23 23 377

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