Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy: Volume 7 Issue 1

The implementation of global ranking rules within countries in transition and their unintended perverted effects: Case study – Romania

Ilie Rotariu

The aim of this paper is to focus on the adverse consequences, mainly the “naturalisation” of global indicators and principles that may lead to defective national rules that may…

Architecture and dynamics of Russian‐German economic relations

Anton Pakhomov, Viola von Cramon‐Taubadel, Balasanyan Marat

Trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Germany is traditionally among the most advanced areas of bilateral relations. In the framework of bilateral cooperation in both…

Specificities of EU cluster policies

Alka Obadić

During the 1990s, most European countries have increased their interest in the direction of industrial districts, clusters and local production systems as an integral part of…

The role of management innovativeness in modern organizations

Zlatko Nedelko, Vojko Potocan

The main purpose of this paper is to emphasize the role and importance of management innovativeness for development of innovative working and behavior of organization and its…

Values and the value system of the youth, using the example of student population: Comparison of Germany and Croatia

Ivana Silic, Zelimir Dulcic, Meri Visic

The youth (especially students) with their values have major influence on further value system of society in general in the future. Exploring the values and value systems focused…

The influence of international trade of goods of the Republic of Croatia

Ivan Kovač, Ivana Kovač

This paper aims to analyze the influence of international trade of goods of Croatia in the period from 2001 till 2010. The study shows contribution of exports and imports of goods…

Radical innovation culture in Croatian manufacturing industry

Tomislav Baković, Tonći Lazibat, Ines Sutić

Radical innovations are considered as a main source of competitive advantage for both small and medium enterprises and small economies such as Croatia. Although from a theoretical…

Some findings on career counselling in higher education

Marjana Merkač Skok, Tatjana Dolinšek

In the time of social and technological challenges and in the perspective of recent global crisis, the ability of students to perform on the labour market to get their first job…

Determinants of competitive advantage in tuna farming industry in Croatia

Iva Jusup, Domagoj Hruška, Dinko Primorac

The aim of the paper is to gain a wide picture of competitive aspect of tuna farming industry, show its impact on the economy and society in Croatia, and to identify possibilities…

2012 Awards for Excellence

Guest editorial

Marijan Cingula