25 research outputs found
PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY OF TOURISM BY CREATIVE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: HOW FAR IS SLOVENIA?
In this paper we introduce sustainability dimensions of creative tourism and develop a model of sustainable creative tourism. The concepts of culture-based creativity and sustainability as tools for a value-adding impact on cultural tourism and local culture are discussed in the theoretical part of the paper. Our empirical analysis reveals that higher GDP per capita does not necessary correlate with higher competitiveness of an economy: a comparison analysis of Slovenian and Estonian international competitive positions in various domains shows several weaknesses of Slovenian competitiveness and offers an explanation for indispensable systemic view on tourism competitiveness. Our world wide web analysis of the steps made in creative tourism development in both countries indicates Estonian advantage, which could be taken as an example of good practice. Some suggestions for Slovenian policymaking with regard to institutional support for culture-based creativity and creative tourism development are made in the final part of the paper
WTO LIBERALISATION, EU ACCESSION, AND SENSITIVE INDUSTRIES - THE SLOVENIAN CASE
With accession to the EU, Slovenia will simultaneously become a member of customs union, meaning that existing trade barriers with partner countries should be abolished and that trade policy against third countries should be adapted to the policy of the Union. Slovenia should cede up the instruments of common commercial policy. Practical importance for Slovenia will be caused by loss of national sovereignity in the field of anti-dumping measures as well as in concluding trade agreements what will have considerable effects on trade with countries in the area of farmer Yugoslavia. According to the results of the Uruguay round negotiations, most of quantitative restrictions in trade with textiles and clothing will be abolished on 1 January 2005. Slovenia has to be prepared to confront with such keen competition in this branch, especially due to the essentially higher share of employees and exports of this branch in the manufacturing activities of Slovenian industry and its higher regional concentration. Both the Slovenian government and Slovenian companies have to make adjustments to prepare for these changes in operating environment simoultaneously with the accomplishment of all necessary processes before accession to the EU internal market and to common policies of the European Union
Globalization measurement as a management tool
If the intention of an approach towards measuring globalization is to represent an economy\u27s policymaking tool, it should enable to not only analyze an economy\u27s position but also its potentials for international integration in the period of contemporary globalization. In this paper we developed a theoretical framework for analyzing an economy\u27s globalization level, and set up the hierarchical model for its assessment by the analytic hierarchy process methodology. The model is empirically tested on the case of Slovenia and nine comparable countries. Our approach can be treated as an attempt towards diminishing theoretical uncertainties and deficiencies in the methodology of other, the most well-known approaches towards measuring globalization
Dijagonalna kumulacija porijekla kao institucionalni poticajni mehanizam EU za promociju meÄunarodne trgovine i poslova
In this paper we explore the effects of a diagonal cumulation of origin as the EUās Common Commercial Policy (CCP) incentive mechanism that affects the intraregional trade and transaction cost structure of firms engaged in cross-border business operation. The research explores how firms should frame their crossborder physical flows of goods and the configuration of their value-adding processes for taking advantage of diagonal cumulation of origin. The empirical analysis is based on an in-depth case study of effects of the āSAP+ diagonal cumulation of originā on changes in the transaction cost structure of a selected Slovenian firm operating within the household-appliance sector in one of the Western Balkan Countries. Based on eligibility of local subsidiary for using origin of goods in its import/export transactions the cost calculations were made for its products and then three different business scenarios were developed for showing the effects of the mechanism on transaction cost changes of a firm. The paper concludes that, at the conceptual level, the mechanism of diagonal cumulation oforigin may serve as an effective institutional cross-border trade-promoting tool.U ovom radu istražujemo dijagonalnu kumulaciju porijekla kao institucionalni mehanizam zajedniÄke trgovinske politike EU za poticanje intra-regionalne trgovine, a koja može istovremeno pogodno utjecati i na strukturu transakcijskih troÅ”kova poduzeÄa. Ovaj rad izuÄava implikacije ovog mehanizma za transakcijske troÅ”kove poduzeÄa u meÄunarodnom poslovanju osobito iz perspektive naÄina na koje mogu poduzeÄa konfigurirati vlastite prekograniÄne fiziÄke robne tokove i procese za kreiranje dodane vrijednosti kako bi mogla iskoristiti efekte dijagonalne kumulacije porijekla. Empirijsko istraživanje je provedeno bilo pomoÄu detaljne studije sluÄaja na temelju simulacije efekata āSAP dijagonalne kumulacije porijeklaā na promjene u strukturi transakcijskih troÅ”kova odreÄenog slovenskog poduzeÄa u sektoru proizvodnje kuÄanskih aparata u jednoj od država Zapadnog Balkana. Na temelju statusa lokalne podružnice kao korisnika koncesije porijekla robe u njenim izvozno/uvoznim transakcijama napravljene su kalkulacije troÅ”kova za njene proizvode kao osnova za simulaciju tri scenarija uÄinaka mehanizma porijekla na promjene transakcijskih troÅ”kova poduzeÄa. U radu se zakljuÄuje, da na konceptualnoj razini mehanizam dijagonalne kumulacije porijekla može poslužiti kao efikasan institucionalni mehanizam za poticanje prekograniÄne trgovine
WTO LIBERALISATION, EU ACCESSION, AND SENSITIVE INDUSTRIES - THE SLOVENIAN CASE
With accession to the EU, Slovenia will simultaneously become a member of customs union, meaning that existing trade barriers with partner countries should be abolished and that trade policy against third countries should be adapted to the policy of the Union. Slovenia should cede up the instruments of common commercial policy. Practical importance for Slovenia will be caused by loss of national sovereignity in the field of anti-dumping measures as well as in concluding trade agreements what will have considerable effects on trade with countries in the area of farmer Yugoslavia. According to the results of the Uruguay round negotiations, most of quantitative restrictions in trade with textiles and clothing will be abolished on 1 January 2005. Slovenia has to be prepared to confront with such keen competition in this branch, especially due to the essentially higher share of employees and exports of this branch in the manufacturing activities of Slovenian industry and its higher regional concentration. Both the Slovenian government and Slovenian companies have to make adjustments to prepare for these changes in operating environment simoultaneously with the accomplishment of all necessary processes before accession to the EU internal market and to common policies of the European Union
Dijagonalna kumulacija porijekla kao institucionalni poticajni mehanizam EU za promociju meÄunarodne trgovine i poslova
In this paper we explore the effects of a diagonal cumulation of origin as the EUās Common Commercial Policy (CCP) incentive mechanism that affects the intraregional trade and transaction cost structure of firms engaged in cross-border business operation. The research explores how firms should frame their crossborder physical flows of goods and the configuration of their value-adding processes for taking advantage of diagonal cumulation of origin. The empirical analysis is based on an in-depth case study of effects of the āSAP+ diagonal cumulation of originā on changes in the transaction cost structure of a selected Slovenian firm operating within the household-appliance sector in one of the Western Balkan Countries. Based on eligibility of local subsidiary for using origin of goods in its import/export transactions the cost calculations were made for its products and then three different business scenarios were developed for showing the effects of the mechanism on transaction cost changes of a firm. The paper concludes that, at the conceptual level, the mechanism of diagonal cumulation oforigin may serve as an effective institutional cross-border trade-promoting tool.U ovom radu istražujemo dijagonalnu kumulaciju porijekla kao institucionalni mehanizam zajedniÄke trgovinske politike EU za poticanje intra-regionalne trgovine, a koja može istovremeno pogodno utjecati i na strukturu transakcijskih troÅ”kova poduzeÄa. Ovaj rad izuÄava implikacije ovog mehanizma za transakcijske troÅ”kove poduzeÄa u meÄunarodnom poslovanju osobito iz perspektive naÄina na koje mogu poduzeÄa konfigurirati vlastite prekograniÄne fiziÄke robne tokove i procese za kreiranje dodane vrijednosti kako bi mogla iskoristiti efekte dijagonalne kumulacije porijekla. Empirijsko istraživanje je provedeno bilo pomoÄu detaljne studije sluÄaja na temelju simulacije efekata āSAP dijagonalne kumulacije porijeklaā na promjene u strukturi transakcijskih troÅ”kova odreÄenog slovenskog poduzeÄa u sektoru proizvodnje kuÄanskih aparata u jednoj od država Zapadnog Balkana. Na temelju statusa lokalne podružnice kao korisnika koncesije porijekla robe u njenim izvozno/uvoznim transakcijama napravljene su kalkulacije troÅ”kova za njene proizvode kao osnova za simulaciju tri scenarija uÄinaka mehanizma porijekla na promjene transakcijskih troÅ”kova poduzeÄa. U radu se zakljuÄuje, da na konceptualnoj razini mehanizam dijagonalne kumulacije porijekla može poslužiti kao efikasan institucionalni mehanizam za poticanje prekograniÄne trgovine
Enhancing Sustainable Business by SMEsā Digitalization
In the digital and knowledge society, where SMEs are predominant contributors to economic and social development, SMEsā digitalization is a lever for sustainable business. The purpose of this paper is to argue the importance of SMEsā digitalization for their sustainable business operation and for strengthening their innovation and development potentials. The theoretical part of the paper gives an overview of the topicā s backgrounds: sustainable business, the new digital business reality, digital technologies and their functionalities, the state of digital technologies adoption among European micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the existent governmental and European Unionās (EU) support to SMEsā digitalization. In the empirical analysis, we explore business digitalization in the European Union, focusing on Slovenia and Croatia. We found that both Slovenia and Croatia are on a promising path towards SMEsā digitalization; however, they still need to diminish some gaps. We propose some requisite policy responses
Foreign Direct Investment Location Choice Factors: Some Evidence for Brazil
Due to the liberalization and transformation of emerging markets economies, the attractiveness of these countries for foreign direct investors has been rising in the last decades. This paper explores foreign direct investment (FDI) location choice factors of German and Austrian companies in Brazilian regions. We perform a quantitative analysis, based on the Multinomial Nested Logit Model and supplement its findings by the qualitative analysis, based on the semi-structured expertsā interview. The analyses show that investor-nation specific agglomeration, industry specialization, workforce qualification and physical infrastructure were important FDI location choice factors for German and Austrian companies in Brazil. Suggestions for future research of the FDI location choice factors are discussed
Beitrag zur Messung und Analyse der Globalisiertheit von Nationalwirtschaften
This paper introduces a multi-criteria method for measuring the
globalization of national economies with the intention of establishing
and thoroughly studying a country\u27s position and potential
for international integration. It is based on some of the
advantages of the analytic hierarchy process methodology. By
utilizing the traditional theory of comparative advantages, the
new theory of competitive advantages, the theory of international
production and some adequate empirical studies, we have developed
a theoretical framework and set up a hierarchical model
of relevant indicators for measuring and analyzing the globalization
of national economies. Additionally, this paper offers solutions
for restructuring the hierarchy of the model to consider
data for all included indicators. The positions and potentials of
national economies ā especially the Croatian one ā were researched
in different international environments that are interesting
for international integration. For the Croatian national
economy, the empirical case study defines key success and failure
spheres of its performance in the period of contemporary globalization, and suggests some measures for economic policymaking.Älanak uvodi viÅ”ekriterijsku metodu za mjerenje ekonomske
globaliziranosti nacionalnih gospodarstava, a cilj je utvrÄivanje i
temeljito prouÄavanje položaja države i njezina potencijala za
meÄunarodnu integraciju. Metoda se zasniva na odreÄenim
prednostima metodologije analitiÄkoga hijerarhijskog procesa.
Na osnovama tradicionalne teorije komparativnih prednosti,
nove teorije kompetitivnih prednosti, teorije meÄunarodne
proizvodnje i odreÄenih empirijskih studija, razvili smo teorijski
okvir i postavili hijerarhijski model relevantnih indikatora za
mjerenje i analizu globaliziranosti nacionalnih gospodarstava.
Älanak nudi rjeÅ”enja za restrukturiranje hijerarhije modela u
konaÄni model koji omoguÄuje upotrebu svih raspoloživih
podataka. Pozicije i potencijali nacionalnih gospodarstava,
posebno hrvatskoga, istraživani su u razliÄitim internacionalnim
okruženjima zanimljivima za meÄunarodnu integraciju. U pogledu
hrvatske nacionalne ekonomije, ova empirijska studija
odreÄuje podruÄja njezina uspjeha i neuspjeha u razdoblju
suvremene globalizacije te daje odreÄene prijedloge mjera
ekonomske politike.Dieser Artikel fĆ¼hrt eine Methode mehrfacher Kriterien zur
Messung der Globalisiertheit von Nationalwirtschaften ein
mit dem Ziel, die Lage eines bestimmten Staates und seines
Potentials zur internationalen Integrierung zu ermitteln und
einer grĆ¼ndlichen Untersuchung zu unterziehen. Die Wahl
dieser Methode grĆ¼ndet auf bestimmten VorzĆ¼gen, die die
Methodologie des analytischen Hierarchieprozesses aufzuweisen hat. Auf der Basis der traditionellen Theorie
komparativer VorzĆ¼ge, der neuen Theorie kompetitiver
VorzĆ¼ge, der Theorie der internationalen Produktion und
bestimmter anderer empirischer Studien haben die Autoren
einen theoretischen Rahmen entwickelt und ein
Hierarchiemodell relevanter Indikatoren zur Messung und
Analyse der Globalisiertheit nationaler Wirtschaftssysteme
aufgestellt. Es werden Lƶsungen zur Restrukturierung des
Hierarchiemodells in ein endgĆ¼ltiges Modell angeboten,
welches die Nutzung aller verfĆ¼gbarer Daten ermƶglicht.
Position und Potential nationaler Wirtschaftssysteme, zumal
aber des kroatischen, wurden in einem jeweils
unterschiedlichen internationalen Umfeld untersucht, das fĆ¼r
eine internationale Integrierung interessant ist. Im Hinblick
auf Kroatien werden Bereiche bestimmt, in denen die
kroatische Wirtschaft, im Rahmen der zeitgenƶssischen
Globalisierung, Erfolge und Misserfolge hervorbringen
kƶnnte. Die Autoren geben abschlieĆend verschiedene
VorschlƤge zur Verbesserung der Wirtschaftspolitik