In the paper, the authors problematize the process of approaching the Western Balkan countries to membership in the European Union through the analysis of the process of stabilization and association from the aspect of fulfilling the criteria for membership in the European Union. In fact, the main goal of the paper is to determine whether thi...

By Cvijetin Živanović, Besim Duraković

 Our personal lives and our work commitments should be in balance. Many female employees face the double burden of their careers and families. Previous studies have established that there are differences in women's work behavior by marital status, but these results are still largely unclear and sometimes questionable. The aim of this research ...

By Ivka Talić

 Current public sector reforms, aimed at improving its efficiency and effectiveness, require financial information that reflects the effects of business activities no only on engaged financial but on total economic resources. There is always a dilemma which of accounting models can be applied in the public sector to best meet the requirements ...

By Dragan Vukasović, Ognjen Bakmaz, Biljana Bjelica

 The dominant model of the economy, in the world and in our country, is still a linear model, that is, a linear economy based on the assumptions that natural resources are available in abundance, easy to obtain and cheap to dispose of. In contrast to the aforementioned, the circular economy represents a regenerative economic system within whic...

By Zoran Anišić, Jelena Demko-Rihter, Marija Pantelić

 The authors investigate the external solvency of three Balkan countries, two of which are socalled late transition countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia), while Bulgaria is a country that has completed the transition and become a member of the European Union since 2007. Two indicators of external solvency are analysed: External debt/g...

By Danijela Despotović, Srđan Milicević, Vladimir Nedić, Slobodan Cvetanović

 The paper presents the concept of competitiveness of the city's economy. Its growing importance in the theory and policy of the competitiveness of certain urban areas is highlighted. The concept of city competitiveness means a kind of theoretical and methodological unification of the general and local dimensions of the multi-level category of...

By Srđan Milicević, Danijela Despotović, Slobodan Cvetanović, Lela Ristić

 The energy certification of buildings in Serbia has brought numerous changes, related to the way new buildings are designed, but also a significant need for energy rehabilitation of existing buildings. The aim of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of the most commonly used facade assemblies, considering that the facade of a building i...

By Marina Nikolić Topalović, Snežana Bajić, Vanja Simić

 The global energy landscape is mired in persistent challenges characterized by the depletion of fossil fuel reserves and volatile, elevated energy prices. The extensive utilization of fossil fuels has engendered adverse environmental repercussions, substantially augmenting atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. This has ...

By Ivan Popović, Milan Djordjević, Marko Pantić, Jasmina Skerlić

 The use of solar panels for the production of electric energy for one's own needs is at the beginning in Serbia. The adoption of the Law on Renewable Energy Sources and by-laws on the status of prosumer has initiated a greater interest of both households and business entities in greater use of energy produced in this way.In addition to simpli...

By Ana Radojević, Ivan Popović, Marija Matejić, Marko Pantić, Jasmina Skerlić

 The main goal of the work is to describe the state, indicators, goals, policies and measures in the dimension of decarbonization, which refers to the subdimension - emission and removal of greenhouse gases in the Republic of Srpska (B&H), based on data from the still working document Energy and Climate Plan of the Republic of Srpska. This...

By Maja Mrkić-Bosančić, Novak Damjanović, Veljko Vuković