A Predictive Model of Youth Bystanders’ Helping Attitudes

Author(s): Dana Rad,Evelina Balas,Sonia Ignat,Gavril Rad,Daniel Dixon / Language(s): English / Issue: 1 Sup2/2020

One of the direct effect of current COVID-19 pandemic’ social distancing on an unspecified period of time urges us to compensate our lack of physical connection with our readiness in the online environments, especially social media platforms. Present research investigates to which extent the internet content awareness construct, difficulties in emotional regulation and online duality have an impact on predicting future helping attitudes of bystanders. In order to investigate the eligibility of this prediction model, our team has advanced the Erasmus+ funded project Hate’s Journey. In 2019, our research team has designed a multiple specific sections online questionnaire addressing 206 youth from Latvia, Turkey, Spain and Romania. We have used a multiple linear regression analysis. The obtained results validate our hypothesis, confirming that if an individual is characterized by a decreased internet content awareness, a high level of difficulties in emotional regulation and increased online duality, then there is a 37% probability that the youth bystanders will develop a lack of helping attitudes towards the victims when facing a digital hate speech context. Conclusions and implications regarding to the current pandemic social distancing and digital closeness effects over the prosocial behaviour are discussed.

ACTION AREAS OF THE LABOUR MARKET POLICY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Author(s): Aleksandra Lozanoska,Elizabeta Djambaska,Natasha Daniloska,Diana Boshkovska / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2015

The contemporary challenges of the socio-economic development are imposing more or less the same essence of the labour market policy areas and instruments in the developed countries, as well as in the developing countries. They are directly dependent on the implementation of structural reforms aimed at stabilizing the economies and fostering economic development. Concerning this, the paper is analyzing the areas for implementation of the labour market policy and activities in the Republic of Macedonia, as well as in the European Union, regarding the challenges of the contemporary society. They relate to the work of the institutions responsible for creating and implementing the labour market policy, the legislation relating to its functioning, labour force statistics and information system. The analysis is determining the target groups of the labour market and is giving certain recommendations and guidelines for possible future actions and measures that can ensure employment growth, reduction of the unemployment, and provide more efficient functioning of the overall labour market.

Afryka – perspektywy współpracy dla polskich samorządów

Author(s): Jędrzej Czerep,Adriana Skorupska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2018

Międzynarodowa aktywność samorządów może być jednym z istotniejszych narzędzi zaangażowania Polski w państwach Afryki Subsaharyjskiej. Poprzez organizację misji gospodarczych oraz działania informacyjne jednostki samorządowe wspierają lokalne przedsiębiorstwa na rynkach afrykańskich. Innym obszarem zaangażowania miast i regionów jest pomoc rozwojowa oraz humanitarna w biedniejszych regionach kontynentu. Z uwagi na szybką urbanizację w państwach afrykańskich współpraca z władzami lokalnymi może też stać się ważnym elementem wymiany doświadczeń i promocji polskich miast.

Analiza dokumentów strategicznych w kontekście wdrażania Krajowej polityki miejskiej

Author(s): Agnieszka Ulfik / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 5.2/2015

In August 2014, Poland planed to adopt the National Municipal Policy in the perspective of 2020. The need for this document stems from the fact that urban areas most contribute to the socio – economic development of the country. In addition, in recent years a number of strategic documents changed or updated, among others: National Strategy of Regional Development 2010–2020: regions, cities, rural areas, National Spatial Planning Concept 2030. These key documents relating to the development of formed the basis of the state's policy towards territorial development. Also, horizontal strategy documents, take into account the territorial dimension as an essential element of all policies and public action character development. In the assumptions of the National Urban Policy is information that is programmed at the national level and implemented through the creation of optimal conditions for urban development and investment activities by public and private entities. Accordingly, the National Urban Policy will act on all three levels of local government: the province, districts and municipalities, both urban and urban – rural and rural to urban areas. This involves the need to apply a number of policy changes and development. Changed will also have to be development strategies of the different levels of local government. It is therefore advisable to analyze existing strategies and identify necessary changes directions.

Analiza szans, możliwości i wyzwań związanych z wykorzystaniem Internetu Rzeczy przez współczesne organizacje gospodarcze

Author(s): Janusz Wielki / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 11.1/2016

The paper is devoted to the next phase of the Internet’s development i.e. Internet of Things. This concept provides organizations with numerous new possibilities in the context of their functioning and the process of value creation. Simultaneously, it heightens existing challenges, expanding their scope and scale. These aspects have been analyzed in the paper. It also focuses on implications for organizations arising from the development of the Internet of Things in the context of its utilization by them and their role in the emerging IoT ecosystem.

ARSIMI GJATË MBRETËRISË SHQIPTARE NË OPOJË DHE GORË TË KOSOVËS

Author(s): Muharrem Qafleshi / Language(s): Albanian / Issue: 49/2019

Quite a few archival resources found in the Inter-municipal Archive and different enquiries and studies made on the history of education in Opoja and Gora during the Albanian Kingdom 1941-1942 and 1943-1944 reveal the efforts of education enthusiasts to spread through and expand education in the sub-prefecture of Dragash, namely in the area of Opoja and Gora to open as many schools as possible. Thus, at the beginning of World War II, with the establishment of the Albanian Kingdom, education in Albanian language took on a new form, schools and summer courses for adults against illiteracy were opened, which marked a widespread dissemination in Opoja and Gora, too. Teachers who came from Albania and those from Kosovo were undoubtedly the headmen having patriotic duty to guide the education in these areas and laid the foundation of the Albanian education and paved the path to knowledge and prosperity in Opoja and Gora. According to the archive documentation in the sub-prefecture of Dragash, schools in Albanian language were opened in following villages of Opoja and Gorani: Blaç, Buce, Brrut, Rapçë, Vranishte, Brod, Restelicë and Dragash. But there was a barrier in educating children and young people in these two provinces because there was no tradition of education for of a single reason - this population was solely dealing with cattle breeding and a bit of agriculture, so every individual was more than needed to carry on their daily work and thus the number of students was not in satisfactory numbers.

Attitudes of the student population and the Serbian intellectual diaspora members about the causes and consequences of the Serbian “brain drain” phenomenon

An Overview of the Results of the Empirical Research

Author(s): Dragana Lj. Mitrović / Language(s): English,Serbian / Issue: 1/2020

Currently unfolding before us is the process of globalization, which has led to the networking of the global society and the intensification of transnational mobility of human educational capital. In the conditions of regional and class division, the process of asymmetrical globalization is also reflected in the unequal labour exchange in the gray matter market between countries belonging to different areas of the global world system. Of course, Serbia today is also under the effect of the aforementioned process. The subjects of this paper are the global, regional and national causes and consequences of the brain drain from Serbia and the innovative-creative potential of the Serbian intellectual diaspora for the development of Serbia and the protection of its interests in the contemporary world. This research is of a multidisciplinary character – sociological-demographical, ethno-culturological and communicological. Following the dictates of the so-called integral paradigm, efforts have been made to obtain valid results for scientific conclusions through a unity of theoretical problematization and synthesis of the results derived from empirical research. The paper consists of the analysis and interpretation of the results of empirical research done on the topic of causes and consequences of the brain drain, as well as the potential of the Serbian intellectual diaspora, conducted on a two-fold sample: one part consisting of the student population of Serbia and the other of the Serbian intellectual diaspora. The focus of the research was on the beliefs of the respondents regarding the motives, causes and consequences of the brain drain happening in Serbia, as well as the motives and the possibilities for the return to the native country. The sample consists of more than 950 respondents (545 students from Serbia and 413 diaspora members). The results of the research have shown that students and members of the Serbian intellectual diaspora hold identical beliefs regarding the perception of the main cause behind the brain drain in Serbia, with both groups citing the economic underdevelopment of the country and low levels of the quality of life, with both of the aforementioned factors influencing the ability to keep cadres within the country or to encourage their return. Of course, this fact is also conditioned by, among other things, the level of Serbia’s involvement in the processes of globalization, as well as by its position in the contemporary division of labour. The very end of the paper also highlights the program of possible measures and recommendations which have an action-oriented character, for the purpose of resolving this problem and creating a new policy regarding diaspora.

Based on Environmental Management to Discuss the Effect of Food Service Businesses’ Social Responsibility on Environmental Performance

Author(s): Chih-Hung PAI,Wen-Cheng WANG,Ching-Hwa YU,Hongwei XU / Language(s): English / Issue: 68/2020

When the public gets busy at work, a lot of people are used to eating out to solve the trouble with having meals. It therefore booms food service. Food service presents the responsibility to provide people with healthy food and environment and is the most important and the best place to promote food safety and hygiene. Food hygiene is an important part in nutrition education and reveals close relationship with people’s physical and mental health. Aiming at food service employees in Fujian Province, total 500 copies of questionnaire are distributed, with random sampling, in this study. 348 valid copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 70%. The retrieved questionnaire data are analyzed with statistical software. The research results show remarkable correlations between environmental management and social responsibility, social responsibility and environmental performance, and environmental management and environmental performance. According to the results, suggestions are proposed, expecting to help food service businesses present correct food hygiene cognition, attitude, and behavior, deliver correct information to food service employees, and become the learning model of food service employees. It would improve the public food hygiene and promote national health.

Beitrag zur Anthropologie Spätrömischer bis Spätmittelalterlicher Bevölkerungen Jugoslawiens

Author(s): Živko Mikić / Language(s): German / Issue: 22/1984

U priloženom radu je učinjen pokušaj, prvo, da se na jednom mestu sakupi i interpretira sav antropološki materijal istorijskih perioda Jugoslavije prikupljen i publikovan zaključno sa 1982. godinom i, drugo, da se uz pomoć multivarijabilnih biostatističkih metoda dobije slika o antropološkoj strukturi i etnogenezi stanovništva od rimskog perioda do kasnog srednjeg veka. Tematski, ovaj rad je zapravo nastavak studije o stanju i problemima fizičke antropologije praistorijskih perioda na tlu Jugoslavije. Jedan od glavnih ciljeva ostao je praćenje mikroevolutivnih procesa, pre svega procesa brahikranizacije i dinarizacije stanovništva — paralelnih bioantropoloških procesa najkarakterističnijih za antropogenezu na Balkanskom poluostrvu. Tu, svakako, spada i proces metizacije autohtonog stanovništva sa različitim doseljenicima (npr., romanska retorta, seoba naroda, slovenska ekspanzija). Osnovu za ovu studiju čine 42 raspoložive antropološke serije (pojedinačni nalazi zbog metodoloških pravila nisu uzeti u obzir, a sem toga oni svojim brojem predstavljaju sasvim zanemarljiv deo) sa ukupno oko 5000 individualnih skeleta, od čega je autor obradio 17 serija sa oko 2000 individua (lokaciju videti na karti I). Za razumevanje i diferenciranje elnogenetskih i antropogenelskih procesa neophodno je u najkraćim crtama osvrnuti se na ključne istorijske elemente pomenutog razdoblja (prema Istoriji Jugoslavije, Beograd 1972). Da rezimiramo, jedna od najstarijih etničkih poznatih grupa na teritoriji Jugoslavije bili su Hiti, tj. plemenski savez nastao pretežno u zapadnom delu Balkanskog poluostrva. Vrlo brzo je došlo do neprijateljskih odnosa sa Rimskim Carstvom, pri čemu su Iliri bili poraženi. Osvojene su najpre seveme oblasti istočne jadranske obale, a u nastavku ratovanja — za vreme vladavine Oktavijana Avgusta — ćelo Balkansko poluostrvo je postalo deo Rimske Imperije. Na početku velike suprotnosti između balkanskih starosedelaca i rimskih pridošlica vremenom su se izmenile, tako da je iz antagonizma stvorena jedna vrsta simbioze. Jezik i kultura starosedelaca su, na određen način uključeni u rimsku svakodnevnicu na Balkanu i obrnuto. Stanovnici provincija služili su u rimskoj vojsci, tako da su veliki deo svog života provodili na granicama Carstva, šireći u isto vreme rimski način života i kulturu uopšte. rojevima od 1 do 17), polna pripadnost individualnih skeleta je određivana na osnovu 21 polno-morfološkog elementa na lobanji i postkranijalnom skeletu (1. tuber frontale et parietale, 2. glabela — arcus supercilialis, 3. processus mastoydeus, 4. protuberantia occipitalis externa, 5. squama occipitalis, 6. margo supraorbitalis, 7. arcus zygomaticus, 8. faciès malaris, 9. corpus mandibulae, 10. trigonum mentale, 11. angulus mandibulae, 12. capitulum mandibulae, 13. angulus pubis, 14. pelvis maior, 15. pelvis minor, 16. foramen obturatum, 17. incisura ischiadica maior, 18. sacrum, 19. caput femoris, 20. femur-linea asperae i 21. clavicula). Kod nepotpuno očuvanih skeleta pol je određivan na osnovu očuvanih primarnih elemenata na karlici, lobanji i femuni. Kod određivanja individualne starosti dece (do oko 14 godina života) primenjivana je lista po Kronfeldu (1954). Za period života od 15 do 21, odnosno do 23 godine korišćeni su dijagrami Wolf-Heideggera (1954). Za određivanje smrtnosti odraslih osoba korišćeni su kombinovani klasični metodi (obliteracija šavova Iobanjskog svoda, kompaktnost mase spongioze u glavama femura i humerusa, površinska struktura karličnih simfiziona (naročito važno kod ženskog pola), kao i atricija gornje krunične površine zuba-molara). Iz rimskog perioda potiče svega 6 antropološki obrađenih serija iz Jugoslavije. Brojem su nešto bogatije serije ranog srednjeg veka, koje u osnovi prezentiraju predslovensko stanovništvo. Dendrogram 12 pokazuje koeficijente međusobne sličnosti tog stanovništva na osnovu Penroseove distance. Razgranatost klastera nije signifikantna, nego, naprotiv — relativna homogenost. Svega nekoliko rastojanja parova povezano je na nivou najveće sličnosti, konkretno ispod 2,00: Između serije Ptuj 1946, s jedne strane, Grudine-Čipulić i Nin-Ždrijac, s druge strane, zatim između Radolišta i Svetog Erazma. Skala rastojanja se praktično završava kod koeficijenta 0,720. Jedini izuzetak predstavlja serija iz Daraž- Bošnjaka, koja stoji jako izolovano. Relativno je bogat skeletni materijal iz perioda kasnog srednjeg veka, koji obuhvata pretežno slovenske, ali i druge starosedelačke grupe. Odgovarajući dendrogram (13) ocrtava ispod kritičnog koeficijenta (ispod .200) serije Viminacium- Nad lugom, Sombor i Sentu. Optički posmatrano, u istom dendrogramu jasno se razlikuju dva supklastera. Prvi obuhvata Dobraču (1), Vrbas (2), Brestovik (5), Kalemegđan 1972 (12); drugi Rašku Gora (3), Viminacium-Nad Lugom (6), Sombor (7), Sentu (13), Vinču (4), Pavlovac (8), Kuline (9) i Glavicu (10). Sasvim izolovano mesto zauzima serija Kalemegđan 1968, a koja je pripisana mongoloidima (Mađarima). Kao što je u uvodu već napomenuto, jedan od ciljeva ovoga rada je, svakako, pokušaj tumačenja procesa brahikranizacije. Zbog toga bi se trebalo ukratko osvrnuti i na antropološke nalaze praistorijskih perioda. Još početkom ovog stoleća utvrđeno je da se između seveme i južne Evrope prostire jedan pojas »kratkoglavog stanovništva«. Prema kartama rasprostranjenosti karakterističnih kombinacija osobina (Ripley, Biasutti, Struck) , ovaj pojas recentnog stanovništva zahvata jugoistočnu Francusku, južnu Nemačku, oblast Alpa kao i oblast dinarskih planina u Jugoslaviji. Taj pojas kratkoglavog stanovništva (alpskog i dinarskog tipa) prvi put je u prošlosti pouzdano identifikovan na nalazima iz"perioda gvozdenog doba što je autor i utvrdio u ovoj studiji. Sasvim je pouzdano da je jedan centar brahikranizacije postojao i na Balkanskom poluostrvu. Ali, pojedinačno nađene brahikrane lobanje, npr. sa teritorije Jugoslavije, vezuju se i za ranije praistorijske epohe, konkretno za protoneolitske i neolitske serije u Đerdapu. Zatim se nešto kasnije pojavljuju u starčevačkim slojevima u Vinči kod Beograda i u slojevima II—IV u Smilčiću na jadranskoj obali. U mlađem neplitu i eneolitu Jugoslavije brahikrane lobanje, s obzirom na sadašnji stupanj istraženosti, nisu utvrđene. Uopšte uzevši, ovi periodi su vrlo slabo zastupljeni antropološkim nalazima. Sasvim jasno, u bronzanom dobu na Balkanskom poluostrvu dolazi do izražaja proces brahikranizacije i uporedo dinarizacije. Počeci ovog procesa verovatno sežu u dublju prošlost, koja se, međutim, na sadašnjem stupnju istraženosti ne može sasvim pouzdano odrediti. S druge strane, i etničke pođele na Balkanu poprimaju pouzdane kriterij ume u bronzanom dobu. Sasvim globalno interpretirano, zapadni delovi su nastanjeni ilirskim, a istočni tračkim etno-kulturnim grupacijama. Razlike na dijagramu ispoljene između severnih i južnih jugoslovenskih oblasti u sklopu brahikranizacionog procesa mogle bi da ocrtavaju i etno-istorijske razlike. Naime, severne jugoslovenske oblasti (iznad Save i Dunava) manje su brahikrane od južnih, što može da bude posledica činjenice da je germansko, avarsku i kasnije slovensko naseljavanje u ravničarskim oblastima bilo intenzivnije. Nasuprot ovakvoj situaciji, u južnim planinskim oblastima udeo autohtonog stanovništva (dinarskog antropološkog tipa) u daljem antropo- i etnogenetskorn razvoju u pravcu recentnog stanovništva daleko je viši nego u prethodnom slučaju.

Belarusian Millennials: A Generation Gap?

Author(s): Larisa Grigoryevna Titarenko / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2019

The authors focus on the generation of young Belarusian Millennials represented in this research by the students born in 1995–2000. Their main features include political indifference, everyday use of IT technologies, individualism and rational life attitudes. Taking into account both objective and subjective characteristics of this generation, the authors argue that it demonstrates a significant shift in societal development of Belarus. Under the social and cultural conditions of stability and political conservatism, the ‘silent revolution’ took place: Millennials transcoded the traditional values of the previous Soviet generations. The conceptualization of this phenomenon cannot be made only on the basis of quantitative data not capturing the new tendencies in youth development. The authors combine qualitative and quantitative methods that enhance a possibility to measure new meanings the youth puts into the basic values. This approach made it possible to discover the new youth features that may affect Belarusian development in the near future: its ambivalent self-identification, dominance of pragmatism and individualism. This phenomenon can be considered as a spontaneous reflection to the challenges that Belarus was facing during the post-Soviet transformation.

Bezpieczeństwo Polski w cyberprzestrzeni

Author(s): Agnieszka Stępień / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 5.3/2016

The development of Internet contributed to the development of the information society. Since the 90’s, the Internet has been developed also in Poland. A virtual world has become an environment for the new unknown risks faced by the Polish society. It is necessary to take steps and create rules regulating functioning in a virtual world.

Car-sharing – krok w stronę elektromobilności

Author(s): Adriana Skorupska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2018

Car-sharing (wynajem aut na minuty), zyskujący coraz większą popularność w Polsce, staje się innowacyjnym elementem transportu miejskiego. Miasta powinny jednak stawiać na car- -sharing elektryczny, co może stanowić ważny krok w rozwoju elektromobilności w Polsce oraz skuteczny sposób na poprawę jakości powietrza. Wsparcie samorządów dla tego środka komunikacji miejskiej to także okazja do promocji polskich miast na forum międzynarodowym jako liderów w transporcie niskoemisyjnym, sięgających po nowoczesne rozwiązania.

Car-sharing: A Step towards Electromobility

Author(s): Adriana Skorupska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2018

Car-sharing, more and more popular in Poland, is becoming an innovative element of public transport in cities. However, to make the expansion of car-sharing (rentals by the minute) an important step towards the development of electromobility in Poland and an effective way to improve air quality, cities should focus on electric car-sharing. Local government support for this initiative would be a promotional opportunity for Polish cities in international forums as leaders in low-emission transport and focused on innovative solutions.

Challenges for the German Greens

Author(s): Lidia Gibadło / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2019

The German Greens managed to strengthen their position in Bavaria and Hesse in 2018. At the federal level, they achieved the second-most support in the polls. These successes were fostered by the weakening of the CDU, the CSU and the SPD and, at the same, preserving the image of the party as an alternative for centre-left voters. For it to strengthen further requires the acquisition of new groups of voters and the expansion of its structures, especially in the east of Germany.

Condiții de viață și aspirații ale foștilor rezidenți ai Căminului Spital Cighid

Author(s): Claudia Bacter / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 03+04/2018

Child institutionalization has been and continues to be an issue at the level of our country and not only. Children’s placement in institutions affects their development in all as-pects. After reaching adulthood, many of those children who have gone through such an expe-rience face difficulties in having an autonomous life, in integrating into community and into the labour market. The purpose of this paper was to capture some relevant aspects of the lives of some young people who had been institutionalized in the Cighid Hostel Hospital for Minors with Severe Disabilities, Bihor County. The study focused on highlighting the implications of institutionalization on the young people and the factors which determined their integration, even though they were labelled as ‘hopeless’. In the study 9 young people with mild and moderate mental deficiencies were included, who were institutionalized in the communist period at the Cighid Hostel Hospital and who, at present, benefit from the services of the Romanian and Alsterdorf German Association of from Oradea. The focus group method was used. The dis-cussions focused on collecting information on the following areas of interest: aspects of the young people’s lives in the communist period/aspects of their lives in the period after 1989, how do these young people perceive institutionalization, school, their work, the support net-work, friendships, these young people’s life itinerary, wrong/inappropriate attitudes towards people with disabilities (prejudices, discriminatory actions), how they perceive their future. Our study results sustain that institutionalization determines young people’s development, with re-percussions throughout their lives. Nevertheless, the study outlines a positive image of young people, who demonstrate responsibility and wish to contribute, as much as they can, to the continuous improvement of their lives and of those from their entourage. All these aspects are possible only with a constant support from the community services and from the specialists assisting these young people.

Conferinţa de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului. Rezumate ale lucrărilor

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian / Publication Year: 2019

Includes abstracts of the papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development

Contemporary Trends of Professional Training Specialists in the Economic Field at Higher Education Institutions of Poland and Ukraine

Author(s): Nadezhda Chernukha,Alla Zagorodnya,Mariana Petrova / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2020

The purpose of the study is to identify the main tendencies of professional training of specialists in the economic field in higher education institutions of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the problem, the methodology of the research is based on a complex-integrative combination of theoretical approaches of a number of sciences, in particular pedagogy, psychology, as well as general scientific methods of system analysis, synthesis, abstraction, generalization and under. Results - common modern tendencies of professional training of economic specialists in higher education institutions of the Republic of Poland and Ukraine (diversification of educational services; mass education of higher education; modernization of vocational training; humanitarianization of vocational education; internationalization of students and undergraduate students; transition from traditional concepts of vocational training to innovative; improvement of pedagogical component of higher education), and in values of different trends in training (training globalization, invigorating training, decentralization of management of the education system). Conclusions - Taking into account the mentality, conditions, time and task sof higher education institutions of Ukraine and in order to reach world standards, a number of important steps should be taken to improve the system of higher economic education of Ukraine. Therefore, it is advisable to introduce a system of professional training of specialists in the economic sector; the link between training and continuity between theoretical training and the conditions for its practical implementation; passing different types of practice in leading financial institutions and enterprises of Ukraine and EU countries; development of academic and professional mobility; creation of research universities with the involvement of leading foreign experts.

Cooperación empresarial, la innovación y las cadenas de valor como herramientas de desarrollo regional a través de las PyMEs, una propuesta

Author(s): Luis Fernando Olachea Parra,Blanca Delia González Tirado,Juan Josué Morales Cervantes,Ernesto Ramírez Cárdenas / Language(s): Spanish / Issue: 7.2/2015

The current market situation worldwide, internationalization and technology has caused the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), can not compete easily because they do not have sufficient knowledge and resources and tend to disappear, despite their importance in generating employment and regional development. That’s why small businesses should manage their resources more efficiently and acquire even. With the intention of making them competitive, must also generate innovation and value chains, that are sufficient to generate strategic alliances reasons, which increasingly are necessary to ensure its future growth. Innovation processes are inherent in entrepreneurial companies, SMEs need to reinvent their processes and business models, since for it will have to incorporate product development, new strategies, innovation and design, among others, and are not prepared, cooperation is fundamental. Because of the importance of these companies in the regional and national growth, it is necessary to establish strategies that allow them to place their products, either a good or a service, not only in the regional and national market but also in international markets, being the value chain to analyze a strategy to convert their activities into competitive advantages.

Crony capitalism and emigration from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Mirjana Damjenić / Language(s): English / Issue: 17-18/2019

Review of: Braco Kovaćević. Bjekstvo iz Bosne i Hercegovine, Banja Luka: Evropski defendologija centar,2020.

Cum ne guvernăm singuri: analiza instituțiilor implicate în procesul de construcție a subiecților neoliberali în România

Author(s): Elena Trifan / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2019

In this article I will present who the main actors involved in the process of construction of neoliberal subjects in Romania are. The process of restructuring the economic model of Romania, during the 90s, has brought about many social changes, such as the fl exibility of labour relationships, the growth of the service sector or the commodifi cation of education and health. Concomitantly with the global transformations – globalization and automation – by the end of 2000s, it determined the emergence of a new type of activity in the socio-economic environment that is personal development. This analysis aims to present a practical application of the concept of governmentality developed by Michel Foucault, drawing from the prerequisite that the practice of personal development becomes a tool for the construction of subjects, the direction of the construction being given by the type of social and economic context of the study period, which in the article I call neoliberalism. Thus, I will describe how this practice has come to be embraced by many neoliberal actors involved in citizens’ forming process – education, the media, the church and the non-governmental sector. The article is the result of an ethnographic approach, in which I used interviews, discourse analysis and content analysis, conducted between 2011 and 2016, mostly in Bucharest.