Milica Marčeta

• PhD
• Research Assistant at University of Belgrade

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The global wood trade is important for the world economy and significantly impacts the construction, paper, and bioenergy industries. Growing demand comes from industrialized countries and developing economies, which invest in urbanization and infrastructure development. As a large consumer and wood exporter, Europe is influenced by climate change,...

Financial statements are written records that convey the financial activities of a company. The main purpose of this study is to determine, forecast and evaluate the best of economic conditions and company’s performance in the future. For-profit primary financial statements include the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flow, and st...

The most important product with a commodity character on the forest products market is wood, but also various wood assortments, which are the basic raw material in the wood industry. This paper analyzes the trends related to cutting, processing and sale of wood assortments (logs for cutting and logs for veneer peeling) from state forests in Serbia....

Forestry together with the industry based on wood and non-wood forest products (NWFPs) represents an important activity and branch of the national economy. In accordance with that, the work is divided into two chapters, one of which analyzes wood, and the other of NWFPs. Therefore, the aim of the research is to examine the market trends and potenti...

The paper examines the role of distribution, as an instrument of the marketing mix, in companies dealing with the purchase, processing, and marketing of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in the territory of Serbia. Considering the specificity of NWFPs, choosing appropriate sales channels for delivery to customers is of great importance. Primarily fo...

Financial reports are a value presentation of the impact of those changes on the financial structure, business success and changes in cash flows of a company. The aim of the research is the financial analysis of the operations of the public enterprise (PE) "NP Fruška Gora". The purpose of the research is to identify problems in business and indicat...

The paper analyzed business efficiency (productivity, economy and profitability) and business indicators (liquidity, solvency and indebtedness) of PE "National park Kopaonik". The goal of the research is to identify their values, with the purpose of determining the situation and recognizing opportunities for possible improvement of certain segments...

Considering that companies in the sector of forestry and the related sector of wood processing exist in a dynamic and changing economic environment, the ability of fast adaptability to the emerging changes is a prerequisite for efficient and effective business. In that sense, a wholesome review of internal factors, as well as the external ones, is...

The paper analyzed business efficiency (productivity, economy and profitability) and business indicators (liquidity, solvency and indebtedness) of PE “National park Kopaonik“. The goal of the research is to identify their values, with the purpose of determining the situation and recognizing opportunities for possible improvement of certain segments...

The paper presents the movement of sales of commercially important beech assort­ments in the forest estate (FE) “Južni Kučaj” Despotovac.This includes forms of sales through contracts made with buyers on an annual basis, as well as through auctions conducted in this FE.On the other hand, the processes and procedures that formally follow the sales o...

In the paper, through a case study of a company from the field of forestry, an analysis of the product portfolio was carried out and the position of each product was defined within the BCG (growth/share) matrix. As well as that, based on the conducted SWOT analysis, the company’s strengths, and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and threats from...

The paper evaluates the efficiency of a forestry company, which operates in the territory of South Bačka District. For this purpose, an analysis of financial indicators of operations, i.e., liquidity, indebtedness and solvency was performed. After that, the movement of basic indicators of business efficiency is shown: productivity, cost-effectivene...

The prospects and challenges for non-native tree species (NNTS) in Southeast Europe (SEE) were analyzed using a combination of SWOT Analysis and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Preference data from three groups of opinion leaders with extensive knowledge of the silviculture, ecology and impact of climate change on NNTS in SEE (researchers, pr...

The prospects and challenges for non-native tree species (NNTS) in Southeast Europe (SEE) were analyzed using a combination of SWOT Analysis and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Preference data from three groups of opinion leaders with extensive knowledge of the silviculture, ecology and impact of climate change on NNTS in SEE (researchers, pr...

The prospects and challenges for non-native tree species (NNTS) in Southeast Europe (SEE) were analyzed using a combination of SWOT Analysis and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Preference data from three groups of opinion leaders with extensive knowledge of the silviculture, ecology and impact of climate change on NNTS in SEE (researchers, pr...

The tendency to conquer foreign markets emerges as one of the starting ideas when setting up each company. From the point of view of domestic companies, the target markets are those located within the European Union (EU), which exists and operates under the Single Market system. If you look at the part related to non-timber forest products (NTFP),...

The majority of non-native forest species, which have been brought to Europe (such as Grand fir, Black locust, Douglas fir, Red oak, Sitka spruce, Red ash, Maple ash are species with extensive natural distribution ranges. They come from different environments climatic conditions. We analyzed the prospects and challenges for non-native tree species...

The paper assesses the economic effects of the roe deer management on the case of hunting associations from Šumadija District. The aim of the research was to analyze the planned and the realized shooting of the population of the main hunting species of mammals, i.e. roe deer in the area of Šumadija District. The purpose of the research was to use t...

Abstract: The aim of the research was to examine the forestry certification procedures in the case of forest estate (FE) "Južni Kučaj" Despotovac and gain insight into the requirements that the certification sets. The purpose of the research was to identify the effects of the certification on the realization of the principle of sustainability and s...

Апстракт: Истраживање је, са једне стране, имало за циљ идентификацију и анализу кретања продаје букових сортимената из шумског газдинаства (ШГ) „Крагујевац“. Са друге стране анализирана су четири предузећа из домена прераде дрвета која се директни откупљивачи сировине из овог газдинства. Сврха истраживања била је утврђивање динамике у откупу и пла...

The paper is, in methodological terms, based on the analysis of economic indicators of efficiency, liquidity and profitability. The analysis included six companies for processing, production and marketing of wood products, as well as FE `Kragujevac` as an integral part of the SE for forest management `Srbijašume`. The liquidity of the surveyed comp...

The volume of production and sale of timber assortments and their qualitative structure is conditioned by the condition of forests, the degree of forest openness, forest roads, the situation on the wood market, demand for certain types of wood and assortments, available of production capacities (Ranković and Keča, 2011). The plan for the sale of wo...

Šumski sortimenti mogu se prodavati na dva načina: „na panju“ (u dubećem stanju) i u obliku šumskih drvnih sortimenata. U radu su analizirane licitacije drveta na panju, u toku prve polovine 2016. godine realizovane u okviru JP "Srbijašume". Istraživanje je bazirano na sekundarnim podacima koji su generisani iz izveštaja JP „Srbijašume“. Time su ob...

The establishment of a system for the measurement and monitoring of indicators provides information on the company activity and improves its performance. The paper is based on a comparative analysis of the indicators of liquidity, productivity, economy and indebtedness of FE `Južni Kučaj` Despotovac and SE for Forest Management `Srbijašume`, Belgra...

Sale of timber assortments is done on the basis of the concluded sales contracts, based on a uniform price policy and a public call for contracting sale. The aim of the research was to analyze the procedures, methods of sale and most common contracts in 2016 for the commercially most important products of FE "Južni Kučaj". The purpose of the resear...

The research was conducted for the purpose of knowledge acquired by reviewing relevant documents which companies are doing business in the area Republic of Srpska (RS), which is required for the establishment of companies in Agency for Intermediary, IT and financial services (AIIF) documents to be used for the purchase, processing and sales of wood...

Forest Estates (FE) in the eastern part of the Republic of Srpska, the most revenue generate by realization of saw logs of softwood trees. Companies in wood processing the highest revenue achieve by sale of lumber. In commercial terms non-wood forest products have not significance attention in this area. The prevalence of individual marketing instr...

In the context of market research, special attention is paid to the analysis of data based on time series. In this research the focus is on the panel analysis. The survey was conducted in Central Serbia within the companies engaged in purchasing, processing and sales of non-wood forest products (NWFPs). The aim of the research was to investigate th...

Šumska gazdinstva (ŠG) na području istočnog dela Republike Srpske, najveći prihod ostvaruju realizacijom trupaca za rezanje četinara. Sa druge strane, preduzeća koja se bave preradom drveta najveći prihod ostvaruju plasmanom rezane građe. Nedrvnim šumskim proizvodima, u komercijalnom smislu, nije posvećena velika pažnja na ovom području. Zastupljen...

The share of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is largely present in forestry, especially in the segment related to non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in Europe. They are also a dominant category in entrepreneurship in Serbia. Therefore, the subjects of this research were the companies operating in the sector of NWFPs, within specific statist...

Forest assortments can be sold in two ways: “on the stump” (in the standing state) and in the form of forest timber assortments. The paper analyzes auctions of wood “on the stump”, during the first half of 2016, realized within PE “Srbijašume”. The research is based on secondary data, generated from the PE Srbijašume reports. These includes data re...

Forests of Romania’s region have great potential for the development of forestry in this region, both from an environmental and economic point of view. In this sense, the research is oriented at companies that exist in this region, which are engaged in the commercialization of wood and non-wood forest products. The purpose of research is reflected...

The majority of non-native forest species, which have been brought to Europe (such as Grand fir, Black locust, Douglas fir, Red oak, Sitka spruce, Red ash (Fraxinuspennsylvanica), Maple ash (Acer negundo) are species with extensive natural distribution ranges. They come from different environments climatic conditions. We analyzed the prospects and...

The research was conducted in order to determine the dynamics of purchase and placement of the most important commercial wood (WFP) and non-wood forest products (NWFPs) of the analyzed enterprises in the Romanija forest area. The purpose of the research was to examine the potential for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises engaged i...

Series of panel data are a combination of comparative data and time series. One of the most significant advantages of using an analysis based on a series of panel data refers to obtaining maximum information from a limited number of observations per unit of observation in a given period, which is very frequent in forestry. The aim of the research i...

The regulative of the non-wood forest products (NWFPs) is in the context of various laws in forestry sector and out of it. These laws are, directly or indirectly, associated with this group of products, which represent organic and functional food. This paper presents the review analysis of current Serbian laws which mentioned NWFPs, compared to law...

The book "Non Wood Forest products - Socio-economic and ecological aspects" is intended primarily for researchers who study economic, and socio-environmental components of forestry products. In addition to the scientists and researchers, manuscript is intended for the general public (profession, decision-making in the forestry sector, agriculture a...

Although non-wood forest products (NWFPs) are traditionally linked to local communities, they are becoming increasingly involved in the international trade. Identifying the multipurpose character of NWFP is contributed to intensifying their commercial exploitation. The increasing of global demand has enabled the enterprises from Serbia, in accordan...

The value chain represents a detailed outline of the process that a product or service passes from raw materials, production and distribution to the consumer. The aim of this article is that within the analyzed companies in the area of the statistical region of South Serbia determined the dynamics of purchasing and marketing of non-wood forest prod...

Abstract: South Serbia is predominantly a mountainous area with an economy based on natural resources. It is territorially the largest region in the Republic of Serbia and occupies 29% of the whole territory. Because of the natural predisposition, there is a significant potential for the development of organic production, harvesting of medicinal pl...

Non-wood forest products (NWFPs) such as mushrooms, herbs, honey and berries have a long tradition in the human consumption. A large part of the population in rural areas of Serbia relies on NWFPs for personal use, while the other part is used for commercial purposes. Contribution to the commercialization of NWFPs has made the growing popularity of...

Community living in the forest areas in and around them, often relies on non-wood forest products (NWFPs) for the purpose of personal existence. Although NWFPs are not fully involved in the economic development programs in most states, however, they provide significant cost benefits for rural entrepreneurs across the country. This is confirmed by t...

Although non - wood forest products (NWFPs) are traditionally linked to local communities, they are becoming increasingly involved in the international trade. The increasing of global demand has enabled the companies from Serbia, in accordance with its capabilities, more oriented towards exports of final products of mushrooms. The objective of this...

Non-wood forest products (NWTPs) exceeding the local use with growing market significance, and assuming an increasing importance of the market, particularly in the expansion of organic production. The research was conducted within the statistical region of Vojvodina. For the purpose of the research twenty-two enterprises were interviewed. All of th...

Institutions in forestry have the most important role in achieving of forest policy objectives and implementation of forest development strategy and national forest programs. Multiple efforts in public forestry administration have been made in all European countries. Modernization of forest service refers to the reform objectives and organizational...

Community living in the forest areas in and around them, often relies on non-wood forest products (NWFPs) for the purpose of personal existence. Although NWFPs are not fully involved in the economic development programs in most states, however, they provide significant cost benefits for rural entrepreneurs across the country. This is confirmed by t...

With increase of their commercial use, the role of institutions that regulate purchasing and processing has been stronger. Institutions in Serbia are active in terms of granting permits as well as determining quotas and contingents of wild flora that can be collected every year. Specificity of NWFPs is that they are subject of regulations of numero...

Although it is widely considered that the consumption of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) is the result of food industry innovations, from the historical aspect, the use of these products is most likely the first use of forest resources by human beings. The interest in NWFPs as alternative products in the forest sector has increased drastically thr...

In the last period, environmental degradation obtains significant and hardly assessable proportions. It especially applies to the land, as an important multifunctional resource. Reduction in the quality and productivity of the land, directly affects mainly rural population, which is existentially dependent of agriculture. Global pressure on the env...

Although it is widely considered that the consumption of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) is the result of food industry innovations, from the historical aspect, the use of these products is most likely the first use of forest resources by human beings. The interest in NWFPs as alternative products in the forest sector has increased drastically thr...

The long represented viewpoint that forests do not have economic value if it is not used for timber production, takes a new dimension. Namely, the more often mentioned so-called "other" forestry products and services have increasingly important role in market economies of many countries. In light of this, it is possible to single out non-wood fores...

Abstract: NTFPs are not fully involved in the economic development programs in most states, but they provide significant financial benefits for rural entrepreneurs. Raw material availability and diversity of Serbia, encourages important part, especially the rural population to focus on the collection of NTFPs in nature and their offer on the market...

Abstract: Land is one of the basic elements of the environment and multi-functional versatile resource, which is particularly threatened by natural processes, and actions of human activities. Although it is difficult to assess the extent of land degradation problems, there is no doubt that people around the world feel the consequences of its effect...

Forest, as natural resource, has an important role in the economic development of Serbia. This paper presents an overview of the Laws of Forests from the World War II to nowadays, with special attention paid to review of paragraphs of Laws and innovations that were introduced to each of them. Analyzing the laws, special attention was paid to econom...

U poslednjih nekoliko godina, domaća i meñunarodna tražnja za nedrvnim šumskim proizvodima (NDŠP) je u porastu i sektor šumarstva dobija novu svest o njihovoj važnosti. Korišćenje potencijala NDŠP iz šuma Srbije je još uvek na relativno niskom nivou iz više razloga. Ključni problem je nedovoljna informisanost stanovništva kako o mogućnostima korišć...

Due to the increasing concentration of population that is existentially dependent on forest ecosystems, the issue of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) is gaining importance in the forestry policies of many countries. Excluding a range of economic, social and environmental benefits to society in general, especially emphasizes the importance of NWFPs...