In this article, the authors intends to underline the major problem for cooperative banks is that they entered the 21st century with entities devised in the 19th century to function in the 20th. The strict regimenting of power relations within the framework of the hierarchical management of...

Since the beginning of the financial crisis, one of the key challenges of the economic policy has been to boost the growth of firms, particularly in the CEE region. Various research has showed that obstacles limiting and boosters enhancing companies' development potential differ across...

The aim of this study is to examine the higher education of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries from the perspective of international student mobility and international competitiveness. The WEF-GCI, the UNESCO and the QS database provided data for the analysis. The...

According to the pollution haven hypotheses differences in environmental regulation affect trade flows and plant location. Specifically, environmental stringency should decrease exports and increase imports of dirty goods. This paper estimates a gravity model to establish whether the...

Istria is often mentioned as one of the most developed tourist regions of Croatia. In order to recognize its significance in the Croatian and international tourism markets this research compares performance of Istrian hoteliers with those of domestic and foreign competitors. The other purpose of...

Istria is often mentioned as one of the most developed tourist regions of Croatia. In order to recognize its significance in the Croatian and international tourism markets this research compares performance of Istrian hoteliers with those of domestic and foreign competitors. The other purpose of...