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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Implementation of Information System in Coal Mine  Kakanj]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Safety management is one of the most important tasks in the coal mining  sector. It is argued that an appropriate information system that monitors  safety information can improve the coal mine safety management and  reduce the occurrences of disasters. Therefore, the primary aim of this  paper is to study the implementation and impact of a specific information  system implemented in the Coal Mine Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The  focus of the study was on examining employees’ satisfaction with their  implemented information system. Data were collected through interviews  of employees who were system users. Their collected responses were  analyzed using qualitative methods. The analyses performed revealed  some interesting results. Their implications for the coal mine safety  management were discussed and several plausible directions for future  research are recommended.  Keywords: Information System, Kakanj, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Coal  Mine]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1656]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1609">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Effects of European Debt Crisis on the Budget  Deficits and Debt Stocks of Developing Countries]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The crisis that had started in the US real estate market in 2007 spread to  the other countries of the world particularly with the strong financial  relations channel and turned into a global fiscal and real sector crisis. The  adverse effects of the crisis were significantly experienced in the EU. The  preliminary effects of the crisis were experienced in the weakest link,  Greece and spread to the other EU countries. The crisis caused budget  deficits and debt stocks to reach crucial levels and put risks on the  sustainability of public finance in Greece, Italia, Spain, Ireland and Portugal.  Developing countries have strong financial links with European countries  and the debt crisis burst in Europe has spread to developing countries.  European debt crisis has affected developing countries through three  different channels: financial contagion, Europe’s fiscal consolidation  effects, and exchange rate effects. In the study, the effects of the crisis on  the budget deficit and debt stock of developing countries are examined  through chosen country samples. Furthermore the fiscal effects of the  crisis on developing countries are compared. The fundamental hypothesis  of the study is that developing countries have affected from the crises less  than developed countries, developing countries are still the basic  determinant of global growth; but the crisis has retarded this growth. On  the other hand, it is thought that, the decrease in the public expenditure of  developed countries has caused financial resources that are reserved for  supporting the development of underdeveloped and developing countries  to diminish.  Two basic financial indicators of the Maastricht Criteria are the debt to  GDP and fiscal deficit to GDP ratios. These two indicators are for the  assurance of fiscal stability. Those countries that experienced the crisis  mostly could not meet these two criteria. In order to ensure budget  stability, developing countries were more successful in maintaining the  rates of debt to GDP and budget deficit to GDP around certain levels. This success is quite crucial for accomplishing significant and sustainable public  finance policies. In addition it is observed that the duration of crisis periods  in developing European countries is longer than other developing  countries. The debt stocks of European countries caused crisis to last  longer in the developing countries of the region.  Keywords: Budget Deficit, Debt Stock, Developing Countries, European  Debt Crisis, Fiscal Stability.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1648]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Improving the Productivity of Industry-University  Collaboration: The Example of Gaziantep University]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Nowadays, knowledge has become important as a competitive weapon (Van  Dierdonck et al., 1990) and competitive environment causes to pressure on  organisations to impel their boundaries, when the aim is to be leader of the  knowledge advancement. When there is an inter-organisational collaboration,  more beneficial knowledge can be created compared to each organisation working  alone, because integrative resources and capabilities that emanate from  collaboration of organisations create synergy. (Santoro &amp; Gopalakrishnan, 2000)  Universities are establishments that have strategic roles such as education,  scientific research and publication in the development of societies. The  development of the welfare of the societies requires benefiting from scientific and  technological studies effectively. Scientific thoughts should be integrated with the  lifestyles of the society to show improvements. Relationship between researchers  and external organisations is one of the most important ways for the  transformation of the knowledge to practical implementations. (Çelik &amp; Tufan,  2010)  This paper focuses on relationship between universities that employ a lot of  researchers and industrial establishments which perform practical  implementations. Research on university-industry collaboration has increased in  recent years because of globalisation. With the increasing of globalisation,  competitiveness has become more significant than previous years. Firms,  universities and other organisations must be strong to survive in their areas. To be  strong they may need help about some issues. For instance, firms need to be  innovative for new products or processes and universities need some funds for  their research and development studies.  Single case study will be used in this study and data will be collected by conducting  interview with a specialist of university-industry collaboration development in  Gaziantep University. This study proceeds as follows: First, industry-university  collaboration will be explained. Secondly, components and obstacles of this  relationship will be concatenated. Thirdly, the case of Gaziantep University will be  indicated. Finally, some suggestions will be given on how to improve the  productivity of university-industry collaboration.  Keywords: industry, university, collaboration, knowledge transfer, technology  transfer]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1535]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1611">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Forecasting EURO/TRY Exchange Rates With Artificial  Neural Networks]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Forecasting of financial data has been a field of research since the  efficiency of prediction is essential for future investments. Forecasting  exchange rates is not a simple task because it is influenced by many factors  and linear models are not able to capture nonlinear relationships in the  data. Therefore Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) have been used in  financial forecasting problems since it is capable of handling complex data.  The aim of this study is to consider predictive accuracy of ANNs with SBP  (Standard Back propagation) and normalized back propagation using the  historical EUR/TRY exchange rates. The data is obtained from CBRT  (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey) and TSI (Turkish Statistical  Institute) over the period 2008-2013. Several factors affect the accuracy of  neural network in the implementation process. Various structures are built  by changing the number of neurons, number of layers and learning  algorithms to acquire higher performance. This empirical research has  been a comparative study of accuracy in different ANN architectures. The  results are evaluated by MSE (Mean Squared Error) values of each case and  it has been found out that ANNs can closely forecast the future EUR/TRY  exchange rates.  Keywords: ANN, back propagation, exchange rate forecasting, financial  time series]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1481]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1612">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Do e-metrics really matter?]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In contrast to other the most significant advantage of web site as  communication channel in terms of customer relationships is possibility to  count and track visitors’ path and thus provides valuable information regarding  their profiling. This possibility is indicated as e-Metrics. Hence, the Web site is  a great tool for a quick and inexpensive obtaining data about users-visitors. In  the process of measuring visits of Web sites there are two approaches: the  server-based measurement and user-based measurement. In this paper, we  explain the use of both approaches, server-based measurement in the case of  Google Analytics and gemiusAudience, and Alexa tool in the context of userbased  measurement. This research is focused on the user-based measurement,  which is observed through the website of the company that operates in the ICT  sector on the domestic-Bosnian market. We studied some of the key  parameters such as &quot;reach&quot;, &quot;page views&quot;. Furthermore, the identification of  „visitor profile&quot; was made using demographic and other data collected by the  Alexa tool. In line with this, research is extended to a web page in the form of  online questionnaire aimed to define user groups. Therefore, the survey  results are presented and discussed, and then compared with the data  collected by Alexa tools, which is used as a corrective tool for the results  obtained through the survey. This study highlighted possible weaknesses in  user-based measurements of the website audience. More specifically, the  user-based measurement approach could not give a real picture of the actual  website visitors. At the end, recommendations and guidelines for the future  researches are given.  Keywords: E-Metrics, Web Site, Bosnian Market.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1471]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1613">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Company’s Web Presentation Supported by Web Content  Management System]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Today, companies should be very careful when choosing their online  strategies. It is not enough to only have website at-any-cost. Precisely, it is  necessary to distinguish structure (web design) and content  (presentations), which are placed on the corporate website. To create a  web design, companies can opt for ready-made solutions (outsourcing) or  to produce their own (in-house). But, surely, companies should not  outsource web content creation, its maintenance and management,  considering that reflects their business strategy as well as image.  Implementation of a reliable Content Management System will allow that  every employee of the company can easily and quickly change or update  the content on the website, leaving IT experts to deal with the structure of  the site, not content. For the research purposes, we have analyzed the  case of a domestic company that operates in the ICT sector in Bosnia and  Herzegovina, which web presentation was organized using Website  Content Management System. The specially designed questionnaire was  used as research instrument, and it was placed on the company&#039;s Web site.  Therefore, visitors were able to share their opinion about satisfaction with:  (1) web design, (2) content found on the site, (3) optimization of the  website and (4) content for all devices from which it can be accessed. We  found that 33.1% of visitors are not satisfied with web design, while other visitors/participants in the survey considered it is good or average.  Furthermore, 68.2% of users are satisfied in one way or another how  company manages its site content. In addition, though the majority of  users (44.5%) are accessing a website via desktop PCs, 81.6% of them  considered that the website is well optimized/adjusted for all devices from  which they access to the site. However, the paper findings find that  Content Management System implementation in terms of separated web  design and content can provide quality and effective company’s web  presentation that will attract new but also retain existing customers  (visitors).  Keywords: Web Presentation, Web Content Management System, Bosnia  and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1470]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1614">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[EU Crisis: Economic Collapse]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[We consider economic crisis as one of the main problems which effect  whole population on some particular part of geographic area. There are  many factors that significantly took place in triggering the crisis, however,  the main reason was the combination of unequal distribution of wealth  and income and stock market intensified speculation which rampant  during the monitored period. In this research, we discuss the emergence of  the crisis, causes and its influence in the period from 2007 until today.  Further, our main objective will not be only European Union, it will be the  countries most affected by the crisis: Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and  Italy. These counties are frequently referred as PIGS. We will use statistical  data, graphs etc. to show what the world’s economy went through. This  information is taken from recognized sources for tracking economic  variables. With analyzes of this information, it is going to be easier to  understand what is happening in the EU economy, countries most affected  by the crisis and in the most developed countries resilient to the crisis.  When it comes to Bosnia and Herzegovina, we have identified the  following causes of the financial crisis: political instability, lack of legal  state, poor economic performance, high levels of poverty, etc. Both,  inflation rate and GDP at current prices in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2006 - 2016 was the subject of our analysis. Furthermore, we  discuss the European crisis and overcoming present financial crisis in the  EU, with special emphasis put on Germany&#039;s role in finding future  economic stability and prosperity. The role of The European Financial  Stability Facility (EFSF) is thoroughly discussed and analyzed and the role of  the organization that would continue EFSF activities after 2013, the  European Stability Mechanism. At the end, we came to conclusion that this  is a particular example how the banking crisis evolved into finance crisis,  which is followed by currency crisis and at the end it takes characteristics  of debt crisis.  Keywords: EU Crisis, Economic Collapse, EFSF, Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1473]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1615">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Speed of Financial Integration before and after European  Union Membership]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper investigates a dimension of financial integration of developing  equity markets of European Union members which are Romania, Bulgaria  and Croatia with global dominant equity markets. The analysis is  performed at the country level using daily (five days) national stock market  indices. Publicly available data (Yahoo Finance) for US’s S&amp;P500, England’s  FTSE and German DAX; data of Bulgarian SOFIX and Romanian BET indices  received from their Stock market exchange and data for Croatian CROBEX  are used. Closing prices were denominated in local currencies and  considered in three different periods: period before EU membership,  period after EU membership, and whole period starting from September  1997 to December 2012. Comparison the daily stock market indices of  Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania with these mentioned developed and  mature markets is a need to investigate the short-and long-run dynamics  of equity markets that either have been or are prospective members of the  EU and because U.S.’s, German and England’s market play an influential  role in international stock market, all international investment flows are  dominated by these developed markets. Unit root test, Augmented Dickey-  Fuller test statistic, Granger causality, Granger cointegration test and  recursive cointegration method are employed. Empirical results show that  all indices are integrated in whole period. The relationship is significant in  the period after EU membership, but not significant in the period before  EU membership. For Croatia, US’s S&amp;P500 index has the strongest impact  on CROBEX in whole period. The result implies that EU membership has  strong positive impact on the integration of developing EU countries.  Keywords: Financial Integration, European Union, Equity Market, Unit Root  Test, Granger Causality, Cointegration, Recursive Cointegration]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1477]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1616">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Concept and Development of the Civil Dialogue at EU  Level]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the concept of civil dialogue as well as its development  in the EU level. Civil dialogue is an expression of participatory democracy;  therefore the participation of citizens in decision-making and policy is  essential to democracy. However, democracy becomes quite complicated  when discussing the issue at the European level because of the structure of  the European Union which is based on an ad-hoc approach. The other  reason for the increasing validity of the dialogue with citizens in the Union  should search for partial and troubling results of public opinion surveys  that show a low level of understanding of mechanisms of action of the  European institutions among citizens of the member states of EU. As  result, French and Dutch referenda on the Constitutional Treaty have  shown that there is a serious disconnection between citizens and policy  makers at the European level. Therefore, the role and contribution of CSOs  (especially NGOs) in the process of EU policy is extremely increased, in the  last decades. Civil dialogue between civil society and public institutions at  all levels is seen as a powerful tool that could help improve communication  and citizen participation in decisions and policies made. Still difference in  the level of development of the dialogue between the various EU  institutions and NGOs is directly related to the degree of their work. From  all EU institutions, European Commission has made the most progress in  formalizing and institutionalizing consultations and dialogue with NGOs.  Importance of growing engagement NGOs within the EU is indeed  evaluated, both in terms of the policy process, and as a contribution to  solving the democratic deficit through more participating forms of  participation. The aim of this paper is to review the current practice of the  civil dialogue at EU level through the analysis of several cases, and through  them deficiencies and problems of previous practices of dialogue between  the EU and NGOs will be shown.  Keywords: European Union, Civil Dialogue, Democratic Deficit,  Participatory Democracy, Ngos, European Commission.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1644]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1617">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Budget Deficits and Democracy: The Case of Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[There is a vast body of literature on the political economy of budget  deficits. These studies used different models to explain the political  motivations behind budget deficits. There are some studies to explain  the budget deficit in developed countries and assume that budget  deficit is an expected outcome of fiscal policy in democratic countries.  However, the studies have come to conclusion before analyzing  whether the democracy affects budget deficit or not. To our  knowledge there have not been many studies to explain whether the  level of a country’s democracy affects budget deficits or not. In this  paper, we will show a country’s level of democracy has a positive effect  on budget deficit using a single country: Turkey. This research based on  a time series analysis covering 35 years between 1975 and 2010 by  using VAR (Vector Autoregressive) method. Our results suggest that  Turkey’s level of democracy has indeed effects on budget deficits. We  also find evidence that before the local election is held governments  uses expansionary fiscal policies in order to increase the reelection  probabilities.  Keywords: Budget Deficits, Democracy, Political Budget Deficit.  JEL classification: D72; H61; H63]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1509]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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