P A R T N E R S

DUBROVNIK INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC MEETING

th and Self-Employment' financed from the ESF fund from 2020 till z Risk assessment and management 5 Dubrovnik 2023. z SME and entrepreneurship z Social capital z KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Social responsibility International Economic z Strategy and competitiveness 1. Maurizio Zollo, Professor of Strategy, Innovation and z Sustainable development Sustainability, Head of the Department of Management and z Tourism Meeting DIEM 2021 Entrepreneurship, and Scientific Director of the Leonardo z Trade and international trade Centre, Imperial College Business School, UK Papers on other relevant issues are also welcome. 2. Daniel Hjorth, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organization at the Department of Management, Politics and Global Challenges, Crisis Management and Philosophy, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark IMPORTANT DEADLINES Sustainable Development Abstract submission (max. 300 words): 19th March 2021 TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE Submission acceptance notification: 26th March 2021 Final paper submission (approx. 5000 words – up to 16 pages): The Organising Committee encourages submissions of abstracts July 2 - 3, 2021 7th May 2021 and full text papers in the following topic areas with the emphasis on Dubrovnik, Croatia global challenges, crisis management and sustainable Final paper acceptance notification: 28th May 2021 development: Note: z Banking and accounting participation in the DIEM 2021 is possible with an abstract only. University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business z Business ethics wishes to cordially invite you to participate in the 5th Dubrovnik Abstract only submission: 21st May 2021 z Business statistics/econometrics International Economic Meeting (DIEM) that will take place on July 2- Abstract only acceptance notification: 28th May 2021 z Controlling 3, 2021 at the University of Dubrovnik. z Corporate governance The Conference is an international forum for presentation of research z Crisis management results in the fields of economics and business economics with the PROGRAMME COMMITTEE z E-Business and E-Government emphasis on global challenges, crisis management and sustainable z Economic growth and macroeconomic Vrdoljak Raguž, Ivona (University of Dubrovnik, Department of development. Economics and Business, Croatia), Chairperson z Education, universities and life long learning We welcome innovative applications, theoretical contributions, Anastassova, Lina, Burgas Free University, Faculty of Business z Environmental economics, regulation and management carefully evaluated empirical papers, and we particularly welcome Studies, z EU and new member states work that combines all of these elements. Ban, Ivo (University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and z Financial markets and regulation Business, Croatia) To this end, the meeting aims to attract participants with different z Infrastructure, transport and economics Barjaktarović, Lidija (University of Applied Sciences backgrounds, to foster exchange of opinions between different z Innovation and innovative business models Krems, IMC Fachhochschule Krems, Austria) research fields, and to expose and discuss innovative theories, z International finance Benić, Đuro (University of Dubrovnik, Department of frameworks, methodologies, tools and applications. z IT management Economics and Business, Croatia) As part of the DIEM 2021 Conference, a workshop: 'How to write a z Labour economics and HRM Brūna, Inta (University of Latvia, Faculty of Economics and Scientific Paper for Scientific World Leading Journals' will be held. z Marketing Management, Latvia) The workshop is intended for young researchers, doctoral students z Management Canullo, Giuseppe (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Facolta di and scientists in general. It will be held by one of the invited lecturers- Economia, Italy) z Mass media and economics Daniel Hjorth, a day before the official start of the Conference: 1 July, De Oliveira, Fernandes Carlos (Polytechnic Institute of Viana do z Microeconomics 2021. Castelo, Portugal) z Organization in new business environment Also within the Conference, an online panel 'Start-up Nation' will be Dominici, Gandolfo (Universita degli Studi di Palermo, z Organizational change and sustainability Facolta di Economia, Italy) held as one of the activities of the European project 'Start-up Nation: z Public finance Croatian Thematic Network for the Development of Entrepreneurship Družić, Ivo (, Faculty of Economics and z Quality management Business, Croatia) www.diem-dubrovnik.com [email protected]

Dwivedi, Rajeev (Fairleigh Dickinson University, Institute of - Refreshments and snacks during the breaks (not included in Management Technology (CDL) Ghaziabad, Asia Pacific INTERNATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE Institute of Management, India) Online participation fee) Vrdoljak Raguž, Ivona University of Dubrovnik, Croatia (President of Fredotović, Maja (University of Split, Faculty of Economics, - Lunch (not included in Online participation fee) the Organising Committee) Croatia) - Gala Dinner (not included in Online participation fee) Gadžić, Mila (, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia Bretyn, Agnieszka (University of Szczecin, Faculty of Management and Herzegovina) and Economics of Services, Poland) - Excursion (not included in Online participation fee) Griffin, Kevin A. (Dublin Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Buratović-Maštrapa, Sandra (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) Conference fee does NOT include: transportation and Tourism, Ireland) Druskat, Vanessa (Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics, accommodation. Groznik, Aleš (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA) Slovenia) Duoba, Kestutis (Kaunas University of Technology, School of Please note that participants are obligated to pay all bank Host, Alen (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Economics and Business, Lithuania) transfer costs as the Conference fee does NOT include bank Croatia) Grbavac, Ivan (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) transfer cost. Islam Mazhar (Drexel University's LeBow College of Klepić, Zdenko (University of Mostar, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia Business, Philladelphia, USA) and Herzegovina) Karasavvoglou, Anastasios (Kavala Institute of Technology, Krželj Čolović, Zorica (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) PUBLICATION OF CONFERENCE PAPERS Department of Accounting, Greece) Lujo, Marijana (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) All abstracts and final papers will be blind reviewed by at least two Keller, Peter (University of Lausanne, Institute for Tourism, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), Switzerland) Mancheski, Gjorgji (University of Bitola, Faculty of Economics, reviewers. Programme of the Conference and Abstracts will be published in Proceedings of DIEM conference and Final papers will Kikerova, Irena (University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"- Skopje, Macedonia) Faculty of Economics, Macedonia) Milić Beran, Ivona (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) be published in Journal DIEM (ISSN 1849-3645 (Print); ISSN 1849- Kizielewicz, Joanna (Gdynia Maritime University, Faculty Peručić, Doris (Edward Bernays University College, Croatia) 5206 (Online) that is available here: Entrepreneurship and Quality Science, Poland) Smajlović, Ermina (, Faculty of Economics, https://hrcak.srce.hr/diem?lang=en Lazibat, Tonči (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Bosnia and Herzegovina) We are pleased to inform you that after the Conference (based on Business, Croatia) Turčinović, Davorka (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) Programme Committee and decision of the Editors in Chief of Mikusova, Marie (VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Vidak, Nives (University of Dubrovnik, Croatia) journals co-operating with DIEM Conference), selected authors will Economics, Czech Republic) be invited to elaborate on their research topic and submit expanded Novák, Zsuzsanna (Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Economics, Hungary) and revised papers for further publication in different scientific journals (Economic Research, Econviews, International Journal of Ozturk, Ilhan (Cag University, Department of International CONFERENCE FEES Electronic Marketing and Retailing and Management - Journal of Trade, Faculty of Business and Economics, Turkey) Live participation: Eur 350 (VAT INCLUDED) Contemporary Management Issues) which are indexed in: Social Rahimić, Zijada (, School of Online participation: Eur 200 (VAT INCLUDED) Sciences Citation Index - Thomson Reuters, Emerging Sources Economics and Business, Bosnia and Herzegovina) PhD students, live participation*: Eur 175 (VAT INCLUDED) Citation Index - Thomson Reuters, ISI Web of Science - Thomson Saucedo Acosta, Edgar J. (University of Veracruz, Institute of Economics and Social Studies, Mexico) PhD students, online participation*: Eur 100 (VAT INCLUDED) Reuters, Web of Science, Scopus and other publishing bibliographic and research databases. Sekliuckiene, Jurgita (Kaunas University of Technology, Accompanying person**: Eur 175 (VAT INCLUDED) Department of Business Administration, Lithuania) Please note that the Conference fee is paid per paper. Shirokova, Galina (St. Petersburg University, Graduate School of Management, Russia) * PhD Students: In order to be eligible for reduced conference fee, students must submit VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION Sroka Włodzimierz (Academy of Business, University of Dąbrowa the Certificate of Enrolment for the current academic year 2020/2021. The Certificate Conference will be held at the University of Dubrovnik, Department of Górnicza, Poland) should be submitted to [email protected] **Accompanying person is a person who accompanies the participant of the conference Economics and Business, Dubrovnik, Croatia. More information Stanton, John L. (Saint Joseph's University, Haub School of (i.e. is not the co-author; co-author, if participating at the conference, needs to pay the about venue and accommodation can be found at the website: Business, USA) above specified conference fee). The registration fee for accompanying persons www.diem-dubrovnik.com Stojanova, Hana (Mendel University Brno, Faculty of includes the opening ceremony,the welcome reception, meals during the conference days, farewell dinner and excursion. Accompanying person can also participate in the Detailed information about the Conference can be found at the Business adn Economics, Czech Republic) scientific sessions or the poster sessions. Conference website: www.diem-dubrovnik.com Umihanić, Bahrija (University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, WE SINCERELY LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION! Bosnia and Herzegovina) Turkalj, Željko (University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Croatia) REGISTRATION FEE COVERS: Vrdoljak Raguž, Ivona (University of Dubrovnik, Department of - Access to the networking area (including coffee break area - Economics and Business Economics, Croatia) three coffee breaks) (not included in Online participation fee) Vrtiprah, Vesna (University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business, Croatia) - Access to Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Conference Wolska, Grazyna (University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun, - Conference materials upon confirmation of your registration Poland)