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With thanks to Niksa Alfirevic, I am forwarding the first Call for Papers
for the Fourth International "Enterprise in Transition" Conference. I am
forwarding the announcement as received. Please direct inquiries to the
contacts noted in the announcement.
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First Call for Conference Papers: Enterprise in Transition, Croatia
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Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues and friends,
we are pleased to be able to invite you to the Fourth International
Conference "Enterprise in Transition", focusing on Competitiveness,
Restructuring and Growth. The Conference will be held in May 2001, in
southern Dalmatia - one of the most beatiful parts of the Croatian coast.
This email message contains the First call for papers, which can be also
downloaded (in variety of different computer-readable formats, including
PDF, RTF and Word for Windows) from our Web site, located at:
http://www.efst.hr/eitconf/
The site is regularly updated and will, just as it was the case for the three
previous conferences, serve as a main point of contact with the Organising
committee of the Conference. So, we invite you to "bookmark" and visit it
regularly, in order to keep in touch with the preparations for the Conference.
We have included many colleagues to our mailing list - however, we ask
you kindly to forward this message and the URL of our Website to all your
friends and colleagues who might be interested in participating at the
millenium forum on the "Enterprise in Transition" in Croatia, Europe.
The printed "First call for papers" is being distributed to all the
registered participants of the previous conferences and all other
colleagues who have expressed their interest in the "Enterprise in
Transition". If you would like to receive your personal printed copy of the
Call for papers, please let us know, and we will mail it to you as soon as
possible.
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If you have any inquires about the Conference, please let us know by
email ([log in to unmask]), mail or fax (see contact details at the bottom of
the Call for papers). We are looking forward to hearing from you and to
meeting you at the Fourth Conference !
Sincerely, for the Organising committee,
Niksa Alfirevic, MSc
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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS -- Available also at http://www.efst.hr/eitconf/
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS SPLIT
Radovanova 13, 21000 Split, Croatia, Europe
Phone: +385 21 362 465, 366 033, Fax: +385 21 366 026
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
announces
Fourth International Conference
ENTERPRISE IN TRANSITION
- Competitiveness, restructuring and growth -
24th 26th May 2001.
First call for papers
The last decade has been marked by the process of transition of the former
socialist countries, which has involved a complex task of socio-economic
restructuring, aiming at re-establishing the interrupted flow of history,
as well as developing modern social, economic and political structures. The
most advanced among these countries have now passed the first stages of
transition, but there is still a long way ahead. Many countries are still
struggling with fundamental issues and problems and trying to find their
way toward economic and social progress.
The experience of living with the transition to democracy and market
economy has motivated the Faculty of Economics at the University of Split
to organise a global forum which would bring together both the scholars and
practitioners in search of solutions to the problems faced by enterprises
in transition economies.
In its previous work, the Conference Enterprise in Transition has
highlighted the need for scholarly consideration of many issues and
problems facing enterprises in transition economies. More than 300
published articles and 500 authors, coming from 40 different countries, as
well as many new links that have been forged among scholars interested in
these issues, assure that this Conference has initiated a fruitful
scientific collaboration, contributing to the further advancement of
economic science. In order to further this advancement, we believe it is
necessary to focus the authors' attention toward some pressing transitional
issues, which will prove to be very significant as we enter the third
millennium.
Therefore, the Fourth International Conference on Enterprise in Transition
will focus on the problems of ENTERPRISE COMPETITIVENESS, RESTRUCTURING AND
GROWTH.
In addition to the discussion of the transition from a socialist toward a
market economy, we would like to encourage and invite authors to consider
the issues relating to the growth and development of enterprises and
economies in transition. Such an orientation of the Conference encompasses
many different research themes, which reflects our comprehensive approach
to transitional problems, which have been key features of the Conference
from its very beginning.
Some of the issues we propose for discussion are:
COMPETITIVENESS:
- Determinants, indicators and measures of competitiveness;
- Technology, technical progress and competitiveness;
- Industrial policy and international competitiveness;
- Competitive strategies of contemporary enterprises;
- Management systems and enterprise competitiveness.
RESTRUCTURING:
- Company restructuring in the context of the process of globalisation;
- Privatization and restructuring of state-owned enterprises;
- Innovation, networks and entrepreneurship;
- Regional development and restructuring of local economies;
- Industrial restructuring and its effect on development.
GROWTH:
- Financing entrepreneurial growth and SME development;
- Direct foreign investment and its effects;
- Implications and effects of cooperation with the EU on growth in
transition economies;
- Sustainable growth: a green paradigm for the countries in transition;
- Models and theories of growth for countries in transition.
This concept preserves the breadth of our approach to the problems of
transition, but at the same time, it directs the authors' efforts toward a
serious and relevant discussion of issues and dilemmas related to the
development of enterprises in transition economies. We especially encourage
the "case study" method, which has the potential to provide a deeper
insight into the real underlying processes of enterprises in transitional
economies. We believe that, together with more theoretically oriented
papers, these studies could significantly enhance the quality of the
Conference and its Proceedings.
Prospective authors are invited to submit a short abstract (up to 250
words) in English, including author’s name, affiliation and contact details
by 30. August 2000. The detailed instructions for authors will be provided
to all the authors whose abstracts are accepted for the Conference. Papers
(2 hard copies, printed on a high-quality printer, accompanied by the text
of the paper in a computer file, in Word for Windows format) should be
received by 31. December 2000, in order to be included in the review process.
Other important dates and deadlines are as follows:
Abstract submission deadline:
30th August 2000
Abstract acceptance notification:
30th September 2000
Paper submission deadline:
31st December 2000
Paper acceptance notification:
20th February 2001
Conference to be held:
24th 26th May 2001
For further information, please contact the Organising Committee of the
Conference:
Organising Commitee of the International Conference
"Enterprise in Transition"
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS SPLIT
Radovanova 13, HR 21000 Split, Croatia
Phone: +385 21 362 465, + 385 21 366 033
Fax: +385 21 366 026
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
World Wide Web: http://www.efst.hr/eitconf
Members of the Program Committee:
Will Bartlett, United Kingdom
Joseph Bombelles, United States
Marin Buble, Croatia
Alberto Chilosi, Italy
Vojmir Franicevic, Croatia
Linda Gasser, United States
Iraj Hashi, United Kingdom
Ewan Kraft, United States
Josef Langer, Austria
Alessio Lokar, Italy
Josef Mugler, Austria
Janez Prasnikar, Slovenia
Danijel Pucko, Slovenia
Herwig Roggeman, Germany
Visnja Samardzija, Croatia
Slavica Singer, Croatia
Ivan Teodorovic, Croatia
Milica Uvalic, Italy
Dragomir Vojnic, Croatia
Allan Young, United States
Members of the Organising Committee:
Ivan Pavic, Chairman of the Committee,
Zlatan Reic, Conference Secretary,
Niksa Alfirevic,
Marin Buble,
Drazen Derado,
Srecko Goic,
Diana Mijacika
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