Financial markets are complex systems in which the market price of the financial instruments reflects the distribution of information and investors’ expectations. If we regard investors as nodes (vertices) and interacting relations between investors as links (edges), than financial markets can...

The purpose of the paper is to provide the ranking of Central and Eastern European cities, based on various elements of cities' smart performance. Our analysis enables the evaluation of social, economic and environmental aspects of urban life that represent the determinants of cities'...

The chapter explores current stance of developments in Serbian credit market, by looking at credit aggregates and interest rates. Although, there are signs of weak credit market, full scale credit crunch is so far avoided thanks to efforts coordinated by the key stakeholders: IMF, National Bank...

The aim of this paper is to draw attention on the need to strengthen institutional cooperation between local self-governments and the business community. The paper analyses the ability of socio-economic councils in Serbia, as a part of local governments, to improve the business environment and...

The paper explores the relationship between thediversification of bank activities and a set of bank performanceindicators by running multiple regression on panel data set of 22operating banks in Serbia in the time period spanning the last 15reporting years. We have found a positive influence of...

The aim of this paper is to draw attention on the need to strengthen institutional cooperation between local self-governments and the business community. The paper analyses the ability of socio-economic councils in Serbia, as a part of local governments, to improve the business environment and...