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 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

 Nowdays, when the world is changing really fast, it is necessary to be ready to react and adapt to all the changes, both within the organization and in the external environment. Proper managment of branding of an individual, organization, company all the way up to the level of one country is very important and it leads us to successfull respo...

By Bojana Ostojić, Jelena Ružić, Jelena Stošić, Irena Petrušić

 Vendors utilize various sales strategies to secure the greatest possible return and the most favorable customer experience. One of the most commonly used sales promotion method refers to discounts that can be highlighted in a variety of ways with the aim of encouraging customers to buy products. The subject of the paper is the analysis of the...

By Milica Slijepčević, Karolina Perčić, Stefan Alimpić

 It is known that the three basic elements of information security are protection against confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. The ISO/IEC 27001 standard helps companies protect information in any form. The new version of the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard follows new trends in IT and introduces new security controls. Infor...

By Ljilja Šikman, Danica Savanović, Tihomir Latinović, Aleksandar Gaćina

 Artificial intelligence has undoubtedly already entered everyday human lives. It is present in the form of simple household appliances such as robotic vacuum cleaners, in cars in the form of electronic sensors (parking sensors, autopilots, or GPS systems), in computer games in the form of computer-driven roles, in the manufacturing industry, ...

By Ljubica Janjetović, Tarik Velić, Mihaela Popa

 Phase change materials (PCM) are attractive energy storage technologies due to their high energy storage density and the ability to reversible absorb and release thermal energy at a nearly constant temperature. Polymers and polymer-based eutectic mixtures are promising PCMs. This study aims to investigate heat properties (melting temperature ...

By Dragoslav Mrđa, Biljana Vučićević, Jasmina Mušović, Milena Marinović- Cincović, Tatjana Trtić-Petrovi, Milica Mladenović, Valentina Turanjanin

 In today's world, with the increasing population density, consumption habits are also changing and increasing rapidly in proportion to the population. The development of the industry, the transportation of products produced together, the increase in the rate of individual vehicle ownership have also increased the rate of vehicle tire usage si...

By Ayhan Erol, Orhan Ocak, Ahmet Yonetken

 Gifted students have a range of unique abilities interwoven with the higher levels of creativity and motivation that differentiates them from the most peers in their distinctive learning and understanding abilities. In order for gifted students to fully develop their abilities, the teaching environment must be tailored to meet their special n...

By Jovana S Marjanović, Marina D Kostić, Vera M Divac

 The design of space and its evaluation can be examined from the way space is perceived and from its memory production potential. Such psychological notions of spatiality, which primarily concern the perceived and experienced aspect, are most often drawn from the first children's spatial conceptualizations. Analyzing preverbal and precultural ...

By Diana Stupar, Maja Milić Aleksić, Marina Radulj