<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">
<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1621">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Economies of  Western Balkan Countries]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Globalization and integration are social phenomena that are used to  describe the diffusion and connection of production, technology and  communication throughout the world. When we talk about integration,  one of the things that comes to our minds is international trade. There are  certain benefits of this economic cooperation such as: support to  economic development and promotion of human prosperity. But, also  there are some disadventages: loss of jobs, lower wages, increase in trade  deficits etc.  The Western Balkan countries have been offered Stabilisation and  Association Agreement by European Union. The Stabilisation and  Association Agreement represents the structure of relations between the  countries of Western Balkan and European Union for the implementation  of Stabilisation and Association Process. Also, in 2006, Serbia, Albania,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and  Moldova signed the Central European Free Trade Agreement. So the  objective of this study is to investigate what impact the above mentioned  free trade agreements and relations have upon the economies of West  Balkan countries. The comparison will be done among the countries of  West Balkan by analyzing macroeconmic factors (GDP growth, GDP per  capita, GDP deflator, FDI, etc). Particular focus will be on Bosnia and  Herzegovina and its standing in relation to European Union.  Beside descriptive statistics we will use time series analyses to investigate  whether the gains from free trade are higher than costs. The statistical  data that will be analysed is taken form International Trade Center and  World Trade Organization.  Keywords: Free Trade Agreement, DEFTA, Economic Growth, International  Trade]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1560]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://omeka.ibu.edu.ba/items/show/1620">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Global and State Policy and Modern Financial Crisis]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Lately dominates the impression that most holders of economic policies at  the national and global level are not willing to give up his rigorous attitude  and follow the recommendations on which there is scientific consensus is  evident. However, consistent with considerations of instructions that the  economics have been offered, would significantly reduce the frequency of  crises and the damage that they bring with them. Until today the variety of  conclusions are crystallized. Speaking of preventing financial crisis and its  practical implementation in the process of creating the optimal  macroeconomic policy is a priori highly desirable. So in the United States  adopted a plan that aims to redeem the State risky investment, while the  EU has a similar situation, because there are also carried out bank  recapitalization. Considering the above, the paper analysed and presented  the main activities undertaken on the road to recovery from the effects of  the global financial crisis, as well as the latest developments in the global  market, with special reference to the Euro zone.  Keywords: World Economic Policy, G-20, World Economic Crisis, Answers,  Challenges.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1615]]></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/1619">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Branding B&amp;H - Sarajevo as a Touristic Destination]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[At a time when B&amp;H is on the one of the lowest levels of development in  Europe, and when most of economy branches are undeveloped, it is very  hard to say what should be considered as starter of economic  development. We decided to consider tourism sector as a field that could  contribute the most, and as a field that has biggest chances and  opportunities to increase economic well-being of people in B&amp;H. Tourism  industry is one of the most important industries in the world, especially in  Europe. Its contribution to total worlds GDP is about 7,5%, engages more  than 75.000 employees that is about 7% of total world employment, more  than 750 millions of international tourists arrive all around the world in  2011 and all these indicators increase every year.  B&amp;H has all conditions to become tourism oriented European country. It is  found in heart of Europe, on intersection of important communication and  transportation roads. It has all necessary natural and social resources,  favorable climate, geographic and geomorphologic conditions, to have  good developed tourism sector. But for progress of any branch of economy  good strategy and clear goals must be defined. In this research branding of  BiH / Sarajevo will be taken as starting point of this progress.  Keywords: Brand, Destination Branding, Image, Globalization, GDP.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1469]]></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/1618">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Environmentally-Sensitive Hospitality Enterprises: A  case study in a Green-Star certified Hotel in Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Degradation of the ecological balance is one of the important and popular  issues in the world in recent times. This fact, raised from the unconscious  use of use of natural resources by the human beings, has revealed itself in  the form of climate change, threatening or disappearance of certain plants  and animal species, natural resource depletion and air, water and soil  pollution. In order to eliminate this disadvantage, the tendency towards  the sustainable use of all resources at international, national and local  scales is on the increase today. The alternative tourism and ecotourism, as  sustainable and nature-based tourism types, have become the popular  tourism kinds in the tourism industry whose basic products are based on  the natural resources for the sustainable use of the resources.  As well as the practises of environmental protection and improvement of  environmental awareness, encouragement and promotion of positive  contributions of tourism enterprises to the environment are some of the  subjects which have gained great importance in recent years. For this  purpose, a certain standard practices for the tourism enterprises in all  countries had been developed and has continued to be improved. The  environmental sensitivity of tourism enterprises in Turkey had been tried  to develop in 1990s through the Eco-Friendly Tourism Enterprise  Certificate (a green pine symbol), but it has not seen enough interest. For  his reason, environmental awareness campaign was reviewed in 2008 and  brand new Environmentally Sensitive Accommodation Enterprise  Certificate (a Green-Star Symbol) practise was started. The main purposes  of Environmentally Sensitive Accommodation Enterprise (ESAE) are the protection of environment, improvement of environmental consciousness  and encouragement of environmentally-sensitive hospitality enterprise  constructions and operational management. ESAE practices include water  saving, energy efficiency, reducing the amount of environmentally  hazardous substances and waste, promoting the use of renewable energy  resources, environmentally-sensitive planning starting from the stage of  investment, environmental compliance, ecological architecture, raising  awareness about environmental sensitivity and provision of education.  This study aims to draw attention to Green-Star Symbol provision by  evaluating the conceptual framework of ESAE Certificate and demonstrate  the contribution of ESAE practices to the sustainability through a case  study. Semi-Structured interview questions and analysis of secondary data  related to the hospitality enterprises as qualitative research methods will  be employed within the scope of research.  Keywords: Environment, Hospitality, Turkey, Green-Star.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1606]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></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>
</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/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/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/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/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:RDF>