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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Economic Assumptions for the Success of Inclusive  Education]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Educational policy for children with special needs and inclusive education  in a decentralized system in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in the  processes of reform that has been implemented does not offer enough  optimism in terms of ensuring the secure basis for the implementation of  objectives. Inclusion in education is only one aspect of inclusion within  regular school regardless of gender, color, ethnicity, socio-economic and  religious background, psycho-physical capabilities and health of children,  especially children with special needs. Through this research, a great focus  will be on the education system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the legal  framework focused on inclusion, teacher training, curriculum and the  school management, economic conditions for implementation of  development strategies of development policies for improving the  situation of children with special needs.  Keywords: Disability and Child Development, Inclusion, Inclusive  Education.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1517]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Stock Selection Based On Discriminant Analysis: Case of  Capital Market of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The main goal of this paper is to scientifically examine and propose new  approach of stock selection and analysis based on multivariate technique, i.e.  discriminant analysis, in order to help investors, individual and institutional, in  their decision making process, especially in case of underdeveloped capital  markets. These markets are generally characterized by low market  capitalization, poor liquidity and turnover, weak legal protection for minority  shareholders, low correlation with developed and emerging capital markets,  etc. All of this directly determines investment decision making process on one  hand and on the other may have crucial impact on portfolio performance as  well. Therefore, in this paper we investigate the cross—sectional relation  between the independent variables of the model, comprised of beta  coefficient and some fundamental (market values, price to earnings ratio, etc.)  variables and the average stock returns, as dependent variable, on the  underdeveloped capital market of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Basically, capital  market of Bosnia and Herzegovina is characterized by territorial division, the  incompatibility of entity institutions and of legal regulations; which negatively  affect the investment climate and the liquidity of securities. Therefore, in this  paper, we created the sample which consists of stocks traded on capital  market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, both on the Sarajevo Stock Exchange and  the Banja Luka Stock Exchange, during the period of January 2004 to December  2012. Based on the realized historical returns, we split issuers into two groups.  The first group consists of those stocks whose returns were in the top quintile  (highest returns), and the second one consists of those stocks whose returns  were in the lowest quintile (lowest returns). The main limitations of this study  are to be found in the shorter available financial time series in newly formed  capitalistic economy, missing data due to the lack of collective records on  levels of securities offerings issues.  Keywords: Discriminant Analysis, Stock Selection, Stock Return, Beta  Coefficient, Capital Market of Bosnia And Herzegovina.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1638]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[According to Baktashi References the Mutual  Perceptions between Muslim Peoples and other Balkan  Peoples in Europe]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Analysis of miscellaneous booklets such as “Vucûd-nâme”, “Ahid-nâme”,  “Risâla Âyin-i Cem” which were written in the special Baktashi literature  called “Erkannâma” should make a significant contribution to studies on  Baktashiyya in Balkans. Baktashiyya tradition is important in the regulation  of social and political life in Bosnia, Albania, Kosova and Balkans.  A variety of manuscripts, which are a type of such booklets in the  Erkannâmas like “Vücûd-namas” are religious and mystical texts in which  earthly elements were correlated to parts of human body and various  religious and sufistic conceptions implied on these together with letters. In  this study we tried to define how social and political elements reflected on  Bektashi References by analyzing Baktashi booklets.  Baktashi Erkannamas, which were recorded by Balım Sultan who was the  head of Baktashi order in Dimatoca in the Balkans, are still being read and  practiced in this geography. This paper investigates the mutual perceptions  between Muslim peoples and other Balkan peoples in Europe. As well as  traditions, which is an important social bond between the Balkan  communities and one of the problems in the production of social policy has  been the center of cultural differences. These issues will be evaluated in  terms of socio- political and relations between Balkan peoples and  Bektashi communities belonging to the tradition of Bektashi. We will be  evaluated historical, social, economic results of sosyo- politic attitudes in  this presentation.  Keywords: Balkans, Mystical, Social Life, Baktashi, Culture, Organisation.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1580]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Economic Aspects of Human Resource Management in  Lifelong Learning Process]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Fundamental economic aspects of human resource management in lifelong  learning process have been identified particularly in the processes of  human resources information field (the employees awareness of what is  important for their activity and relationships within the process of labor,  management and relations within the company); the detection of the  management resources (communication skills, creativity, efficiency,  management, reliability, respectful attitude toward the work and the  company); employment (jobs, human resource planning, selection of  people for employment); encouraging success at work (creativity, activity,  motivation and performance assessment); and professional development  (education in the workplace, career development, the system of  improvement and redundancy). The results of the study can be the useful  resource for future research.  Keywords: Management, Manager, Professional Development, Lifelong  Learning.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1600]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Forecasting Macroeconomic Variables Using Artificial  Neural Network and Traditional Smoothing Techniques]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[For many years, economists have been using statistical tools to estimate  parameters of macroeconomic models. Forecasting plays a major role in  macroeconomic planning and it is an essential analytical tool in countries’  economic strategies. In recent years, researchers are developing new  techniques for estimation. Most of these alternative approaches have their  origins in the computational intelligence. They have the ability to  approximate nonlinear functions, parameters are updated adaptively. In  particular, this research focuses on the application of neural networks in  modeling and estimation of macroeconomic parameters. Neural networks  have received an increasing amount of attention among macroeconomic  forecasters because of the ability to approximate any linear and nonlinear  relationship with a reasonable degree of accuracy. Turkey is one of the  European Union candidate countries such as Iceland, Montenegro, Serbia,  and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In this study 13  macroeconomic indicators including gross domestic product (volume),  current account balance, general government gross debt, general  government revenue, general government total expenditure, gross  national savings, inflation, average consumer prices, population, total  investment, unemployment rate, volume of exports of goods and services,  volume of imports of goods and services. In this study classical time series  forecasting methods such as moving averages, exponential smoothing,  Brown&#039;s single parameter linear exponential smoothing, Brown’s secondorder  exponential smoothing, Holt&#039;s two parameter linear exponential  smoothing and Winter&#039;s linear and seasonal exponential smoothing were  applied to macroeconomic data. The study focuses mainly on the applicability of artificial neural network model for forecasting  macroeconomic parameters in long term and comparing the artificial  neural network’s results with the Traditional Time Series Analysis  (Smoothing Techniques). To facilitate the presentation, an empirical  example is developed to forecast Turkey’s important macroeconomic  parameters. Time Series statistical theory and methods are used to select  an adequate technique, based on residual analysis. Turkey will celebrate  the 100th anniversary of its foundation in 2023. Policies and  implementations targeted for raising economic position.  Keywords: Macro Economic Parameters, Economic Growth, Artificial  Neural Network, Forecasting, Smoothing, Time Series, Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1528]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Combining Analytical Hierarchy Process and TOPSIS  Approaches for Supplier Selection in a Cable Company]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In the competitive business environment of the 21st century, organizations  must reply quickly and precisely to customer demands. The choice of suppliers  and their performance assessment are becoming major challenges that face  supply chain managers or directors. Evaluating suppliers and selecting one of  them are complicated tasks due to the fact that various criteria or objectives  must be considered in the decision making process. Also in many real world  cases the criteria are not equally important for the purchase managers.  Numerous decision making techniques have been offered to handle with the  supplier selection problem. In this study, we proposed a supplier selection  analysis model considering both Analytic Hierarchy Process and TOPSIS  method. Subjective and objective opinions of purchase managers/experts turn  into quantitative form with Analytic Hierarchy Process. Technique for Order  Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) technique is used for  calculating the supplier’s ratings.  The aim of this paper is to determine the appropriate supplier providing the  most customer satisfaction for the criteria identified in the supply chain. In this  paper, data taken from a well-known cable manufacturing company in Turkey  is used to illustrate the supplier selection procedure. Due to the fact that main  raw material used in all cables, the company strongly focuses on supply of the  Electrolytic Copper Cathode. The company detects eight different criteria for  procurement of the Electrolytic Copper Cathode. These are origin, quality,  availability, cost, delivery requirements, cost of conveyance, and quality  certificates. Apparently, supplier selection is a multi-criteria problem that  includes both quantitative and qualitative factors. It is necessary to make  trade-off between these tangible and intangible factors while considering a  suitable supplier. There are four firms providing the Electrolytic Copper  Cathode for the company. In analyzing the data, Analytical Hierarchy Process  (AHP) and Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution  (TOPSIS) methodologies are used for the outranking of supplier alternatives.  Keywords: Supplier Selection, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Analytical  Hierarchy Process (AHP), TOPSIS Method, Cable Sector.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1510]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ranking the Strategies of Human Resource Management  During Economic Crisis Period Using Analytic Hierarchy  Process]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Choosing a right action in economic crisis period is a kind of multi-criteria  decision making problem for human resource management. The aim of this  study was to determine the precedence order of these human resource  management activities including recruitment, reducing workforce,  terminating contracts before they are due, stopping renewing labor  contracts, outsourcing business in order to reduce workforce, using more  casual workers, increasing the use of flexible working hours, freezing  recruitment, expanding workforce, cutting training budget, reducing  support for self-initiated study , reducing off-the-job training for middle  managers, reducing off-the-job training for low managers, reducing offthe-  job training for other employees, reducing on-the-job training,  increasing training budget, increasing off-the-job training for middle  managers, increasing off-the-job training for low managers, increasing offthe-  job training for other employees, increasing on-the-job training,  reducing individual performance goals, conducting appraisals more often,  conducting appraisals less often, stopping conducting appraisals, rewards  and compensation, freezing pay increments, increasing pay increments,  reducing base pay rate, increasing base pay rate, reducing performancebased  pay rate, increasing performance-based pay rate, reducing fringe  benefits, reducing superannuation contributions, restructuring working  hours by means of training, hiring part-time employees, freezing the wages  and stopping performance-related payment, etc.  The survey participants were the human resource management  professionals and academicians. In analyzing the data, Analytical Hierarchy  Process (AHP) methodology was used. AHP was developed in the 1970s by  Thomas Saaty is a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methodology. It  has been used extensively for analyzing complex decisions. The approach can be used to help decision-makers for prioritizing alternatives and  determining the optimal alternative using pair-wise comparison  judgments. AHP is a effective decision making method especially when  subjectivity exists and it is very suitable to solve problems where the  decision criteria can be organized in a hierarchical way into sub-criteria.  The findings of previous studies about human resource management  activities in economic crisis time were first identified by literature review.  Human resource managers/experts expressed or defined a ranking for the  attributes in terms of importance/weights. Each human resource expert is  asked to fill ‘‘checked mark’’ in the 9-point scale evaluation table. The AHP  allows group decision making. One of the main advantages of the AHP  method is the simple structure. This paper analyzes the possible actions  taken by Human Resources managers that are facing the economic crisis.  Keywords: Human Resource Management, Economic Crisis, Analytic  Hierarchy Process, Multi Criteria Decision Making, Ranking Strategies]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1547]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Knowledge Economy and its Impact on the  Employment and the Employees’ Profile]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Throughout history, there has been a radical transformation concerning  the developmental stages in the lives of human beings. The first stage that  initiates with the agriculture continues with industry which is the main  turning points in the sociological perspective of work and working life. The  Industrial Revolution that was the sign of transformation from the manual  oriented economy to the machine oriented ones also shifted the  requirements of the human resource capital. The new terms about the  work entered to the literature such as the time, wage, and trade unions,  working conditions, factories and so forth. This event called as  industrialization as different from the period of agriculture isolated the  work and family life from one another. In the third period, the economic,  sociological, and the political procedures resulted in the development as  well as the importance of the knowledge and the knowledge economy.  Today, the knowledge which is the particular indicator of knowing  something and know-how is associated with the welfare and the power.  Those who can produce and utilize the knowledge can compete with the  others easily. Therefore, it can be stated that the knowledge is the main  determinant of current age called as ‘the age of information’. In a way, this  inclination shaped a great many things in the society from the education to  the employment strategies of the nations. Even more, the requirements of  the employees altered unlike those in the industrial period. As an example,  the internationalization of the human capital in terms of their  qualifications, the occurrence of the knowledge workers put a different  point to the employment based strategically approach. Within this  framework, the main aim of the study is to analyze the changing  perspectives of the employment and the employees by referencing to the  information centered society.  Keywords: Knowledge Economy, Knowledge, Knowledge Worker.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1659]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Relatıonship between Energy Consumption and  Economic Growth: Turkey Case]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study investigates the relationship between energy consumption and  economic growth. Especially energy resources are most crucial input for  developing countries. Also energy resources are not balanced distribution  around the countries. The direction of causation of this relationship is  controversial. Because, the energy consumption affect the economic  growth but also economic growth leads to the energy consumption.  Empirically this paper tries to find the direction of causality between  energy consumption and economic growth for Turkey. For the empirical  analysis is used to be co-integration analysis.  Keywords: Economic Growth, Turkey, Energy Consumption.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1665]]></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/1677">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Effect of Advertising Activities on Foreign visitors  Purchasing Preferences: The Case of İstanbul]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This study, tourism industry, aims to measure the impact of advertising in  consumer preferences. Businesses in terms of sales increase, consumers in  terms of product knowledge and the affordability, quality, purchase your  product, which enables advertising to the issue of the timeliness of the  protection and 2011, approximately one billion people travel to the tourism  industry has a great importance of this study is the necessity of show.  Turkey&#039;s most important tourism centers, which was held in İstanbul. In this  study the universe in İstanbul, 2010 from foreign tourists.  Field research based on this study, the primary data collection as a method of  the survey have been used in the survey consists of three parts. The survey is  the first part of the participants &#039; demographic characteristics of the variables  to detect the questions are given. In the second chapter, the participants in the  rest of the variables to detect the questions are given. The survey in the last  section; participants&#039; views on the activities of advertising, for the detection of  the size of the expressions given in the bottom of the ad. In 2010, a total of  289 foreign tourists views on the data obtained from the questionnaire were  analyzed through statistical software package. Of the respondents&#039; perceptions  about advertising activities, demographic and holidays differed significantly  according to the characteristics of the two groups t-test for variables with  more than two groups for variables that contain a single-factor analysis of  variance (ANOVA test) were tested. All statistical results were analyzed based  on the significance level of 0.05.  Results of this research have been identified by tourists are affected by  advertising activities. In addition, according to the results of the t and ANOVA  tests, educational status, income status, countries, number of visits, number of  days of encampment, objectives and benefit from resources such variables as  the arrival of tourists has resulted in any significant difference in submissions  for the ad, while the other variables between views on advertising no  difference was found.  Keywords: Advertising, Purchasing process, Tourism, İstanbul, Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1684]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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