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Abstracts of the EBEEC th International Conference ECONOMIES OF THE BALKAN 13 AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EBEEC 2021 Pafos, Cyprus, May 14-16, 2021 ONLINE CONFERENCE Book of Abstracts INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY, NEAPOLIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND UNIVERSITY PAFOS, ACCOUNTING, KAVALA, GREECE CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING, KAVALA, GREECE NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS, CYPRUS Book of Abstracts 13th International Conference Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries EBEEC 2021 Pafos, Cyprus, May 14-16, 2021 Online Conference EDITING OF THE BOOK OF ABSTRACTS BY: Professor Anastasios Karasavvoglou International Hellenic University, Greece Professor Pantelis Sklias Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus Professor Maria Psillaki Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus Assistant Professor Persefoni Polychronidou International Hellenic University, Greece EDITING OF THE BOOK OF ABSTRACTS BY: Professor Anastasios Karasavvoglou International Hellenic University, Greece Professor Pantelis Sklias Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus Professor Maria Psillaki Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus Assistant Professor Persefoni Polychronidou International Hellenic University, Greece ΤΟ BOOK OF ABSTRACTS ΕΊΝΑΊ ΧΟΡΗΓΊΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΩΝ ΠΡΟΠΟΜΠΟΣ, ΣΤΊΣ ΟΠΟΊΕΣ ΠΑΡΑΧΩΡΟΎΝΤΑΊ ΤΑ ΔΊΚΑΊΩΜΑΤΑ ΓΊΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΗ ΤΟΎ. ΚΑΜΊΑ ΠΛΕΎΡΑ ΔΕΝ ΒΑΡΎΝΕΤΑΊ ΜΕ ΟΊΚΟΝΟΜΊΚΕΣ ΑΠΑΊΤΗΣΕΊΣ. © 2021 PROPOBOS PUBLICATIONS ISBN: 978-618-5036-74-4 PROPOBOS Publications 53, Patission str., 10433, Athens, Greece Τ: 210 5245264, 210 5245246 E: [email protected] http://www.propobos.gr Contents INVESTIGATING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FACING ENTERPRISES: EVIDENCE FROM ALBANIA Ermira Kalaj ......................................................................................................................................... 13 IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE: CASE OF USA AND CANADA Pajollari Erisa, Balomenou Chrysanthi ................................................................................................ 14 SYMBOLIC EXCHANGE AND DEATH Thanos Gkaragkounis .......................................................................................................................... 14 SOME MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION DON’T SEEM EAGER TO ADOPT THE EURO. WHY? ECONOMIC ARGUMENTS VS STYLIZED FACTS Vesna Lukovic ...................................................................................................................................... 15 THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN GREECE: THE AFTERMATH OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS Athanasios Vasilopoulos, Christos Tsitsakis ........................................................................................ 15 ECONOMIC AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF EMPLOYEE VOICE AND PARTICIPATION: THE GREEK CASE Eleni Triantafillidou ............................................................................................................................. 16 ECONOMIC CRISIS EFFECTS ON INVESTMENT PLANS: THE CASE OF THE LEADER PROGRAM IN THE REGION OF WEST MACEDONIA, GREECE Simeon Karafolas, Vasilis Ragias ......................................................................................................... 16 THE IMPACT OF TRANSPARENCY ON TRUST AND PURCHASE INTENTION – THE MODERATING ROLE OF CONSUMERS’ BLOCKCHAIN AWARENESS Christian Ploder, Thomas Dilger, Katja Kirchgasser ............................................................................ 17 THE RECOGNITION AND IMPACT OF DYNAMIC PRICING WITH ESL TECHNOLOGY ON THE PURCHASE DECISION OF CONSUMERS IN STATIONARY GROCERY STORES: CURRENT FINDINGS AND EXPERIMENT Marian Mair, Thomas Dilger, Christian Ploder, Reinhard Bernsteiner................................................. 18 MIGRANT INNO-ENTREPRENEURS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (THE HIDDEN SIDE OF LOBBYING AND SECRET INNOVATION?) Mohammed Meri ................................................................................................................................ 19 SYNOPSIS OF THE ACCOUNTING RESEARCH Yannis Yiannoulis ................................................................................................................................ 19 BROAD STROKES TOWARDS A GRAND THEORY IN THE ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A RETURN TO THE CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Giorgos Meramveliotakis and Manolis Manioudis ............................................................................. 19 PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS Ivana Ilic, Zorana Kostic ..................................................................................................................... 20 THE IMPACT OF QUANTITATIVE EASING ON STOCK MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM GREECE Sofia Karagiannopoulou, Paris Patsis, Nikolaos Sariannidis ............................................................... 21 THE FUTURE IS NEAR: ON THE PROSPECTS OF CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES ADOPTION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Irina Mnohoghitnei, Corina Negut, Alexandra Lavinia Horobet ........................................................ 21 6 13th International Conference - EBEEC 2021 GREEK POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE POST-CRISIS PERIOD 2010-2019 Pantelis Sklias, Spyros Roukanas, Georgios Galatsidas ...................................................................... 22 THE EASTERN EUROPEAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IN A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD: WHAT DRIVES PERFORMANCE? Alexandra Horobet, Alexandra Smedoiu Popoviciu, Marinela Luminita Emanuela Zlatea, Razvan Traian Alexe ................................................................................................................................... 23 THE ROLE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN EU PRE-ACCESSION COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF IPARD II Aleksandra Martinovska Stojcheska, Ana Kotevska, Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Dragi Dimit- rievski, Edvin Zhllima, Mirsad Spahic, Vlado Kovacevic, Ahmet Ali Koc ....................................... 24 PEST ANALYSIS OF THE E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY: THE CASE OF GREECE Georgios Deirmentzoglou, Evangelos Deirmentzoglou ...................................................................... 25 BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MIGRATION-TOURISM-TERRORISM NEXUS Daniel Dragičević, Maja Nikšić Radic, Maja Buljat ........................................................................... 25 ECOSYSTEMS WHEREIN TREES MISS LEAVES IN SPRINGTIME: A PILOT DOCUMENT REVIEW OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS Jose Carlos Ballester Miquel, Jose Manuel Guaita Martinez, Andrea Rey-Marti, Agustin Carrilero Castillo, Ferran Jordi Protilla Salas ................................................................................................ 26 HOW MUCH HAS THE GREEK ENTREPRENEURSHIP BEEN LEFT BEHIND COMPARED TO OTHER BALKAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES? CAN THE COVID-19 CRISIS BE PROVEN A NEW OPPORTUNITY OR IT IS JUST ANOTHER IMPEDIMENT DURING HARSH TIMES? Charalampos Arachovas, Manolis Maniodus ...................................................................................... 26 CROWDFUNDING RESEARCH TRENDS Carla Martinez-Climent, Dolores Botella-Carrubi, Pilar Perez-Ruiz, Marc Veciana-Belmonte, Fran- cisco Javier Sendra-Garcia ............................................................................................................. 28 SOFT SKILLS ENHANCE EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY Fratzeska Chala, Nancy Bouranta ........................................................................................................ 28 CORRUPTION AND ORGANISED CRIME SIGNALLING INDICATORS FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS: AN APPLICATION TO EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Mihai Cazacu, Alexandra Horobet, Marian Valentin Nastase, Lucian Belascu ................................... 29 AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY PERSPECTIVE FOR THE VALUATION OF LIVESTOCK ASSETS Christos Galanos, Sotirios Trigkas ....................................................................................................... 30 HEALTH CARE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) INSTRUMENTS IN TRANSITION BALKANIC COUNTRIES Besa Ombashi, Denita Cepiku, Niccolo Persiani ................................................................................. 31 INVESTING PLANS ON GREEK AGRICULTURE: A CASE STUDY ON FARMERS IN REGIONAL UNITY Marianthi Maliari, Chrisanthi Balomenou, Spyridon Mamalis, Simeon Semasis, Stavros Pavlidi ..... 32 FAMILY COUNCIL FROM A CULTURAL APPROACH: THE CASE OF EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES María Rodríguez-García, Klaus Ulrich, Jose Fernando Gallego-Nichols, Esther Pagan-Castano ........ 32 SOCIAL CAPITAL AND INCOME INEQUALITIES IN OECD COUNTRIES: CAUSALITY EVIDENCE Edgar J. Saucedo-Acosta, Patricia Bolanos .......................................................................................... 33 SPILLOVER-EFFECTS IN INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY COOPERATION: THE CASE OF V4 COUNTRIES Bálint László Tóth ............................................................................................................................. 34 MEASURING FIRM PERFORMANCE IN DAIRY INDUSTRY BY MEANS OF FINANCIAL COMPOSITE INDICATORS Nikolaos Pettas, Konstantina Pendaraki, Achilleas Kontogeorgos ..................................................... 35 Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries 7 MEASURING INNOVATION OF COUNTRIES Spyros Roukanas ................................................................................................................................. 36 EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF REAL MONEY DEMAND DETERMINANTS AND STABILITY IN CASE OF NORTH MACEDONIA Merale Fetahi-Vehapi, Petrit Pollozhani, Ali Maksuti ........................................................................
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