A country's trade pattern reflects its supply (export) and demand (import) specialization indicating national performance and competitiveness in the foreign as well as in the domestic market. By applying two different concepts of trade specialization (one based on traditional trade theories of comparative advantages and the other based on modern tr...

By Snježana Brkić, Amira Velić

Unconventional monetary measures utilization has proven to be of great importance in maintaining monetary and economic stability after the Great Recession. However, we aim to test this conclusion through the impact of the quantitative easing implemented by the European Central Bank. Observed through generated shocks in the balance sheet of the Euro...

By Filip Peovski, Gjorgji Gockov

In this study, Bound Test Analysis (ARDL) was applied for the 2001-2016 period in order to examine the effects of the Agricultural Orientation Indices (AOI) representing the agricultural investments of countries on the Stock Exchange Index (SE) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of developed and developing countries. The independent variables of the ...

By Kaya Abdulkadir

The capital valuation of young companies differs from the assessment of mature and developed companies. Namely, some of these companies achieve business results that are negative or at a low level. Even when they can generate a higher level of profit, the history of their existence is short, it depends on the possibility of borrowing capital, which...

By Vladimir Grdinić, Jasmina Šmigić-Miladinović, Miloš Pavlović, Miloš Ranđelović

This research was conducted to identify variables that affect the efficiency of banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The required data were collected from 30 respondents (banks directors and CEOs) and a targeted set of 20 questions. For the purposes of data analysis, the statistical technique of factor analysis was used with the help of principal compo...

By Almir Alihodžić, Ilma Dedić-Grabus

Conflicts are an integral part of doing business and companies cannot avoid them. In a globalized and dynamic environment, there is a need to manage conflicts that occur within the company, in a productive and effective way. Conflict management styles are influenced by a number of factors, including the national culture of employees, who will have ...

By Dijana Husaković, Anida Šabanović

Earnings management literature extensively explores tax regime and debt contracting as possible incentives in financial reporting. Firms engage with aggressive financial reporting to bias earnings in periods when the need for external financing increases. Contrary to this, the tax burden represents incentive for more conservative reporting. We argu...

By Nino Serdarević, Ajla Muratović-Dedić

Strategic management can be said to have evolved over time and will continue to evolve. In order for companies to be more successful in their operations, they need a methodological approach to developing a strategic plan. Strategy implementati-on is a complex process because it is a consequence of complex relationships. In accordance with the above...

By Valentina Vinšalek Stipić

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in the economic deve- lopment of both advanced and developing countries. Some earlier research showed that taxation and compliance costs have a significant effect on economic growth, development and performance of the business sector. For this reason, our research focuses on tax compliance...

By Vernesa Lavić, Azra Hadžiahmetović

The goal of this work is to explore the effects of various factors that affect the em- ployment of graduates of the University of Zenica. Additional analysis of variables as well as the links between variables will offer the input information that can contri- bute to the decision-making process in the development of new curriculums. The sur- vey wa...

By Suvad Isaković, Alaudin Brkić, Dženan Kulović