Drago Cvijanovic

• Head of Faculty at University of Kragujevac

Abstract: The study focuses on the significance of empowering women, which plays a crucial role in the sustainable transformation of rural communities. It highlights the relevance of rural tourism as both an indicator of women's livelihoods and a catalyst for meaningful change. Increasingly, women are forming associations that not only foster posit...

This research analyzes gastrotourism's impact on Serbia's urban development, emphasizing economic growth, cultural heritage, community involvement, and environmental sustainability. It identifies community engagement as vital for balanced urban development, backed by advanced statistical models. Additionally, the study underscores the roles of envi...

Rural areas in the Republic of Serbia occupy about 85% of the territory, where about 55% of the total population lives, while in the Republic of Srpska rural areas occupy about 95% of the territory and about 83% of its population lives in them. Rural tourism is a common name for various activities and forms of tourism that occur outside cities, ie...

Given that we live in a very stressful time, it is clear that modern man needs rest and peace in order to restore the necessary energy. That energy is the key to success for normal functioning. Rural destinations are precisely such "oases of peace" where it is possible to return to traditional values and nature, as a healthy lifestyle prerequisites...

Tourist offers play an important role in the society of the modern consumer. Tourism represents the act of traveling for the purpose of recreation, as well as obtaining services to achieve that goal. Tourism is a service industry, which is made up of a number of tangible and intangible elements. A tourist is a person who travels at least eighty kil...

Given that we live in a very stressful time, it is clear that modern man needs rest and peace in order to restore the necessary energy. That energy is the key to success for normal functioning. Rural destinations are precisely such „oases of peace“ where it is possible to return to traditional values and nature, as a healthy lifestyle prerequisites...

Agriculture is an essential branch of the economy, and ways to improve its contribution to the overall economy should be constantly sought. One of the ways and methods to achieve this is by associating in different forms. The main objective of the paper is to analyse the importance of different connection models and the need for the improvement of...

Food and gastronomy certainly occupy a special position in rural promotion. The aim of the research was to determine to what extent the local population believes that the gastronomic offer affects rural prosperity. The results show that all the factors of the tourist offer are of satisfactory quality and have a significant influence in predicting t...

As the world slowly recovers from COVID-19 and borders gradually begin to open, changes are also expected in tourism trends. The aim of the research was to determine to what extent gastronomy as a tourism product will contribute to the development of rural tourism in some future period. By researching the quality of gastronomic products in rural ho...

Gastronomic tourism is a significant form of tourism that has great potential in Vojvodina, and in recent years, significant efforts have been made to improve it. Tourism in general, as an industry, has a great impact on the local environment and local population. Also, tourism has a great impact on the environment and other aspects of human life,...

Tourism development is a global phenomenon. The growth of the number of employees in this industry, as well as its participation in the creation of the gross domestic product of all countries is a reality. That is why its study is a necessity for accelerating the development of economic policies by further measures. This paper will be based on iden...

The rural tourist product is becoming a very important segment of the tourist offer in Serbia, but it is still not developed enough to leave positive effects on the economy in society as a whole. The authors of the paper started the research of women's participation in the development of tourism in the villages of Serbia. The study was conducted in...

Leadership continuously occupies the attention both of researchers and practitioners. At the same time, when global challenges occur, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the interest in leadership is intensified as one of the modalities for overcoming complex and demanding business conditions. The paper analysed two leadership approaches: task-oriented...

Gastronomy is a topic that is increasingly present in scientific research. The gastronomic offer is of increasing importance in rural areas of Serbia because many tourists visit these parts precisely because of gastronomy. In the last two years, due to the impact of the Covid-19 virus on a global level, activities in tourism have changed significan...

Rural tourism is not a new interest in scientific research, because villages have always attracted special profiles of tourists, both because of the ambience and because of the specific food prepared in the traditional way. Today, it is becoming a challenge to develop a rural gastronomic product, to be traditional enough, and yet to be acceptable t...

Vojvodina je severna pokrajina Republike Srbije koju čini oko 90% ruralnog područja. Tema razvoja ruralne Vojvodine pod različitim uticajima nije tako česta tema. U ovom delu Republike Srbije česte su organizacije različitih manifestacija koje privlače veliki broj turista. Cilj ovog istraživanja je bio da se analizira da li organzacije manifestacij...

Exploration and better exploitation of comparative and competitive advantages in the agricultural sector contribute to the increases and structural changes in food production, processing, and export. Investigations of such opportunities are particularly relevant for smaller countries of Eastern Europe, which possess significant advantages in agricu...

The American National Institute of Mental Health announced that 10% of the total adult population has some kind of phobia. With the appearance of the COVID - 19 infection, and the huge consequences it left behind, there is a growing fear of people deciding to travel. There is a growing fear of infection after a year, but also a fear of lack of mone...

The aim of paper is to examine students' satisfaction of teaching in the classroom and online teaching. Students' satisfaction is a key determinant of students' loyalty and the spread of positive word-of-mouth, which affects the image of the faculty and the future of its business. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were for...

Rural tourism is an insufficiently valorized resource in Serbia, although it is becoming a daily necessity of the people, as well as a segment that can significantly contribute to the development of the economic sector in the future of the country. The authors of the paper presented a research on the possibility of turning Lemeška Spa into an attra...

The paper aims to examine the impact of culture on human resource management in international business. Globalisation has created some opportunities, but also threats to companies that are not able to adapt quickly to a more complex and changing environment. When companies enter the international scene, a culture gain a whole new vision. Culture re...

Introduction: Clusters are defined as geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field. Clusters are networks which create economic connections between stakeholders, reduce operating costs and optimise production capacity. Aims: This paper aims to show that clustering in different industries generally sup...

Rural development is largely determined by the available resources and competitiveness of agriculture. The results achieved in agriculture are a significant factor that affects the improvement of the life quality in rural areas and the efficiency of the rural economy. Hence the indicators of agriculture and rural development are common and insepara...

The Republic of Serbia is in the group of European countries, which have evident problems regarding the wastewater treatment. The main goal of the entire research is to point out the future of the process organization, as well as the correlation between the conduction of a concept of business processes and achieved performances management, based on...

One of the hotel companies' key strategies in terms of increasing domestic and international competition is that the hotel service offer reflects a high quality level. Aim of this paper is to measure the guests' satisfaction level by the intangible components of offer in the Kolubara District hotels, i.e. to show the significance of this dimension...

The development of academic thought is a slow but unquestionable process that leads to a more advanced intellectual structure of the research area. The global growth of tourism demand in rural areas has conditioned the accelerated development of rural tourism, and thus the growing interest of the academic community in this tourism specialism. In th...

The main concept of this paper is focused on finding finite time intervals, where timedelay system with delay in state is stable. The problem is observed from singularvalues and fundamental matrix point of view. Although, there are some papers coveringpractical stability problems for time delay systems with delay in state, it was observedlack of ex...

With the development of medicine and awareness of the value of medicinal thermal waters, the trend of spa and medical tourism was gaining enormous proportions after the Second World War. New tourist places are being introduced and built, thus becoming centers of cultural events, sports competitions, scientific and professional gatherings. As for Vo...

With the development of medicine and awareness of the value of medicinal thermal waters, the trend of spa and medical tourism was gaining enormous proportions after the Second World War. New tourist places are being introduced and built, thus becoming centers of cultural events, sports competitions, scientific and professional gatherings. As for Vo...

Kvantitativno popuštanje (engl. quantitative easing), kao nestandardna meramonetarne ekonomije, predstavljala je rešenje najvećih svetskih finansijskih sistema ucilju suzbijanja recesije i negativnih efekata Svetske ekonomske krize, primarnoprouzrokovane na hipotekarnim tržištima SAD-a 2008. godine. Četiri najveće centralnebanke sveta (FED, ECB, BO...

Branding is of utmost importance for marketing strategy. Similar to products, the subject of branding can also be services organizations, but also tourist destinations, landscapes, cities, mountains, and states. However, the branding of tourist destinations takes place just over twenty years, so research for the mentioned area is relatively new. Th...

(Štampanje ove knjige je u celosti finansirano od strane Ministarstva prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije.)

(Štampanje ove knjige je u celosti finansirano od strane Ministarstva prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije.)

(Štampanje ove knjige je u celosti finansirano od strane Ministarstva prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije.)

(Štampanje ove knjige je u celosti finansirano od strane Ministarstva prosvete, nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije.)

The paper presents the use of the difference GMM and the system GMM for the purpose of determining the critical determinants of non-performing loans. The aim of the paper is to point out the theoretical advantages of GMM in relation to other (often used) panel data estimators in the study of NPLs, and to demonstrate its advantages in the case of th...

Practical examples affirm that the quality of a total offer of some specific destination has been directly caused by the quality of the accommodation facilities, while indirectly it has been caused by factors such as: how well the tourist and public infrastructure have been build-up and equipped, hospitality and friendly behaviour of population, th...

The purpose of the research is to identify the level of Government support to farmers’ income in the Republic of Serbia. This support is based on market measures and budgetary transfers directed towards producers. As budgetary transfers are defined in the agricultural policy, by applying the producer support estimate (PSE) methodology, it is indire...

Increasing competition in the tourism market leads to the justified need for forming tourism clusters. Joining in clusters has numerous benefits for cluster members. Clustering leads to increased competitiveness of cluster members, because of the improved productivity and efficiency of work, adopted innovations, development of new technologies and...

Satisfaction with the business is the current topic of global research, as one of the most important factors in the successful and quality business in tourist companies. The results of these surveys confirm that customer satisfaction and company profit can only be achieved through a quality service provided by satisfied employees. The authors of th...

PREDGOVOR Razlog i obaveza istraživanja na temu koja je i naslov urađene monografije »Mehanizmi i specifičnosti funkcionisanja ponude i tražnje na turističkom tržištu« jeste angažovanje autora na važnim projektima multidisciplinarnih istraživanja Ministrstva prosvete nauke i tehnološkog razvoja Republike Srbije, gde turizam ima poseban značaj. Dv...

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Communication through social networks is constantly evolving. Modern consumers show reduction in trust of traditional marketing tools such as companies advertising. The importance of electronic communication is based on the experience of anonymous consumers regarding the stay in certain hotels. Thus, the ratings of hotel services worldwide are avai...

The modern era has brought the need for the establishment of farmland real estate investment trusts. The establishment of these trusts positively affects growth and development of agricultural sector and ultimately contributes to global poverty reduction and sustainable development of the world economy and society. The research objective is to high...

Leadership is a complex, multidimensional process in which an individual, leader makes influence on group, followers to achieve mutual interest. Relative to level of competence and dedication, there are followers of different development levels that leader needs to be capable to diagnoses. There are different leadership approaches such as directing...

Agriculture is characterized by a number of specificities (seasonal and organic character, high risks of the production cycle, slow turnover of capital, inability to specialize production and low capacity utilization), due to which it is more demanding in terms of financing than other economic activities. Considering that the agriculture is one of...

One of the leading demographic problems that has hit Serbia is the demographic run off of rural areas. This is the actual problem that is being studied in world research. Rural areas are rich in natural and ethnic heritage, which is not valorized adequately or presented as a product on the tourist market to a sufficient extent. Many destinations in...

Serbia is a big chance of Europe for all its natural and resource predispositions. Primarily when it comes to soil quality, climatic conditions, and location. The entire economy of Serbia fell into a stagnation position, after all the turbulent events that hit the region in the late 1990s, and even Serbia itself. The developmental chance of Serbia...