scholarly journals ONLINE PLATFORMS AS MODERN TOOLS IN TOURISM IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES: CASE FOR FURTHER DIGITALIZATION IN WESTERN BALKANS

2020 ◽  
pp. 555-568
Author(s):  
Vesna Lukovic ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Internet Connectivity ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

Extraordinary times require an extraordinary response, especially when economic growth is at stake. Tourism contributes to economic growth in Western Balkans and has been robust in recent years. That was supported by new business models which make it possible for households to participate in the digital economy, including online platforms for travel accommodation. Internet connectivity and digital skills are crucial in that respect. This paper looks at the convergence of the Western Balkan candidate countries to the European Union (EU) in terms of connectivity and the digital skills needed. Analysis of data derived from questionnaires and other sources at the Eurostat show that candidate countries participate in the collaborative economy less and are below EU average in terms of digitalization. Investments supported by EU commitment to the region could improve internet connectivity and digital skills in the Western Balkans. That would benefit their economies which is especially relevant now considering the Covid-19 outbreak in the first quarter of 2020 and its disruption to achieving many goals. The argument for further digitalization is even more important.

Agent Technologies and Business Models for Electronic Commerce

2002 ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Paul Timmers ◽  
Jorge Gasos
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Developments ◽  
New Business ◽  
Commercial Applications ◽  
New Business Models

Agent technologies have proved to provide adequate solutions to some of the challenges posed by the new business models that are arising in the field of electronic commerce. In this chapter, we present some of the key challenges in turning agents’ research into commercial applications, provide an overview of the electronic commerce business models, and discuss how they can benefit from the new developments in agent technologies. We illustrate the discussion with examples of the work that is being developed by projects from the IST research program of the European Union.

Agent Technologies and Business Models for Electronic Commerce

2001 ◽  
pp. 177-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Timmers ◽  
Jorge Gasos
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Developments ◽  
New Business ◽  
Commercial Applications ◽  
New Business Models

Agent technologies have proved to provide adequate solutions to some of the challenges posed by the new business models that are arising in the field of electronic commerce. In this chapter, we present some of the key challenges in turning agents’ research into commercial applications, provide an overview of the electronic commerce business models, and discuss how they can benefit from the new developments in agent technologies. We illustrate the discussion with examples of the work that is being developed by projects from the IST research program of the European Union.

scholarly journals The circular economy package of the European Union: are new paths being taken or is it an old story?

Detritus ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 12-17
Author(s):  
Andreas Bartl
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

The European Commission is in the process of improving its waste management and as a result, the so-called Circular Economy Package (CEP) has been launched. As a matter of fact, only recently several directives in the field of waste management have been amended and in the next years targets for re-use and recycling of waste will be significantly tightened. However, the CEP aims to go beyond recycling and issues such as easy-to-repair design or new business models are put in the foreground. It is striking that some ideas of the CEP are already more than four decades old. Nevertheless, the CEP has to be welcomed under the motto “better late than not at all”.

The Divergence of Entrepreneurial Landscapes in the European Union

2018 ◽  
pp. 291-307
Author(s):  
Mark Potts ◽  
George M. Puia
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Business ◽  
Patent Applications ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
National Programs ◽  
Venture Funding ◽  
Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Understanding the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship to economic growth and stability, the European Union has implemented policies and programs to create a more uniform context for cross-border business activities within the EU. While initial efforts led to a more unified European region, they did not lead to a more uniform one. Over the past five years, dramatic changes in Europe resulting from the financial crisis, the Eurosceptic movement, and the Syrian refuge crisis have incented nations to create their own national innovation and entrepreneurship efforts. This chapter explores the results of those diverging national programs on entrepreneurial outcomes. Specifically, the research explores national landscapes created as a result of differing endowments, regulatory regimes, tax systems, and venture funding levels. Results indicate that differences in these factors create significantly different entrepreneurial outcomes as measured by patent applications and new business registrations.

scholarly journals Contemporary Issues in International Economics

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Economic Environment ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Financial Innovations ◽  
Modern Economy ◽  
New Business ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
New Business Models

The contemporary economic environment is in most segments quite different than it was even two decades ago. Globalization, development of new technologies, especial in the IT sector, financial innovations, repositioning of economic powers, and new business models are only a few of many new realities. Although all listed brought numerous new possibilities and continuous economic growth, we cannot neglect the increased risks and perils of contemporary economic reality. Uncertainty and adaptation have become a mantra in the life of entrepreneurs, governments, and institutions. Through eight chapters of this monograph, different experts, researchers and scholars try to enlight contemporary economic environment from a different perspective, either from the perspective of entrepreneur, financial industry, governments or average consumer and participant in the modern economy that was very promising only a few decades ago, but more uncertain and dangerous than ever, in the present.

scholarly journals Economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the countries of the European Union and the Western Balkans

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 2775-2783
Author(s):  
Bojan Pejović ◽  
Vesna Karadžić ◽  
Zdenka Dragašević ◽  
Tamara Backović
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Growth Energy

Big Data and Competition Policy in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86
Author(s):  
Éva Miskolczi-Bodnár
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Price Competition ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Merger Control ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Relevant Market ◽  
New Business ◽  
New Business Models

Because of the specific features of digital markets and the emergence of new business models in the digital economy, competition often takes on a rather distinctive form, challenging competition authorities in the assessment of merger controls and anticompetitive behaviour. Several competition authorities have concluded recently that although generically formulated competition law provisions can be adapted to the particularities of a data-driven market, big data may require the use of somewhat specialized tools and methods in law enforcement, especially in the assessment of market power during merger control proceedings. One particular issue is whether data protection concerns might be covered by the scope of competition law. Recent case law suggests that national law enforcers are becoming increasingly flexible regarding privacy policies as a non-price competition factor in merger control in order to prevent future anti-competitive practices and a general reduction of competition in the relevant market.

Encouraging internationalization and sustainable competitiveness in construction. A preliminary approach in Portugal

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Business ◽  
And Control ◽  
New Business Models

The Civil Construction and Public Works sector in Portugal has undergone huge oscillations over the last years, reflected on the number of companies, turnover and number of direct employees assigned to the activity. This sector is an important sector for economic growth and companies must adopt strategic analysis and control tools in order to survive and remain competitive. Companies operate in a large, highly competitive and demanding market, with new players and new business models. Companies need to find new ways of competing worldwide and internationalization emerges as one of the business responses to the challenge of globalization. Sustainability is a commitment to the future, a route that organizations must travel to search the best solutions to humankind problems, whether they are economic, social or environmental.

scholarly journals Effects of Collaborative Economy: A Reflection

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Antonio Menor-Campos ◽  
María de los Baños García-Moreno ◽  
Tomás López-Guzmán ◽  
Amalia Hidalgo-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Business Models ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
New Business ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Traditional Economy ◽  
New Business Models

Collaborative economy, a practice based on access to goods, is making its way into society, with disruptive effects for traditional economy, which is based on property. Although it is a recent phenomenon, its rapid growth and user acceptance make it possible to predict that in the near future, collaborative economy will be an important pillar of economic growth and employment. The results of this research indicate the existence of other effects of the collaborative economy, not always desirable, among which are changes in mentality or the appearance of new business models.

scholarly journals QUALITY OF INSTITUTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE WESTERN BALKANS

2019 ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kostić ◽  
Samir Ljajić ◽  
Slobodan Cvetanović ◽  
Vladimir Nedić
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
The Status

The paper analyzes the intensity of the influence of the quality of institutions according to the data from the World Bank's specialized Worldwide Governance Indicators database on the growth of gross domestic product per capita of 33 countries of Europe through linear and exponential regression analysis for the period from 1996 to 2016. The observed European countries are divided into three groups: 15 European Union member states in 1995; 13 EU member states from 2004, 2007 and 2013, as well as five countries of the Western Balkans that negotiate or have the status of a candidate for EU membership, in the period from 1996 to 2016. The results of the research have shown that the quality of the institutions had a very positive impact on the economic growth of the observed countries of Europe. According to statistics, positive interdependence is the most significant among the Western Balkan countries. The conclusion is that these countries have to pay special attention to the development of institutions in the process of joining the European Union.

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