The existing variation in economic performance between countries is significantly affected by the level, diffusion, and use of different types information communication technology. In last several years competitiveness increasingly depends on broadband availability adoption, use, speed this Broadband access to internet fosters growth development increases a country's global competitiveness. This technology could have big impact competitive advantage Western Balkan because they currently...

In the past two decades, continuous changes caused by environmental degradation and global warming have contributed to emergence actualization of green economy concept. Applying principles enables economic growth development while respecting all aspects environment. Green is a function sustainable as dominant trend in framework, but it also sort challenge opportunity for improving national competitiveness main indicator success world market. The focus paper's analysis are four indicators...

Important drivers of economic growth and job creation are entrepreneurship an appropriate business environment, both on a national local economy level. Analyzing conditions, different factors usually identified within internal external groups factors. But, those could also be analyzed in the light regional differences specificities. Bearing mind need to develop climate Serbia so that it make social recovery, as well for its coherent balanced development, main idea this paper was research...

This paper analyses the potential factors underlying different socio-economic paths of European countries after Second World War. It is clear that divergent economic growth and increasing social divides are still present not only between Union (EU) non-EU countries, but also inside these groups. Based on values Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), this deals with three clearly differentiated groups countries. These have development in past, at beginning 21st century. emphasised by digital...

European continent is very diverse in physical, demographic, economic and social aspects. During the past times different processes shaped producing environment across whole continent. Economic regionalisation complex particular due to space dynamism. This made regional disparities within existing geographical regions so big that changeability of boundaries could not be overlooked. The paper provides a completely new aspect regionalization, using Data Envelopment Analysis method (DEA). Some...

One of the biggest challenges in Serbia today is uneven regional development. Serbian disparities are among largest Europe, characterized by distinct stratification and multidimensionality. The existing spatial inequalities not only those traditional type "North - South" Belgrade/Novi Sad relation to rest country, but there also large increasing differences within region (NUTS 2 level). However, despite all these development challenges, issue productivity has been hardly investigated...

Abstract The unbalanced regional development is one of the biggest socioeconomic challenges in Serbia. It a multidimensional and multi-level imbalance that, according to almost all indicators, shows growing trend first decades 21st century. This paper presents an analysis selected demographic, social, economic indicators by using DEA methodology. dynamic component studied was taken into account calculating Malmquist Productivity Index. calculated index undoubtedly that there are differences...

This paper deals with network competition and provides empirical analysis of market concentration, call externalities, access pricing, price discrimination switching costs in Serbian mobile phone telecommunications market. It is shown that externalities governed the expansion this until 2008. Upon entry VIP incumbents didn't engage predatory behaviour towards entrant aiming to benefit from locked- users. The policy number portability reduced on-net prices substantially increased consumer's...

This paper reviews theoretical models of network competition in telecommunications. We will discuss two alternative approaches. The first approach assumes Hoteling?s horizontal differentiation and the second is based on switching costs. analyse spatial with linear prices continue price discrimination between on-net off-net calls. Price can also be used to deter entry market. deal regulator?s optimal choice access price, which should designed induce new firms. Furthermore, pricing roaming...

The circular economy implies that the primary source of economic growth is maximum reuse many materials obtained from products at end their life cycle and minimum extraction new resources. In contrast to it, traditional linear follows a simple path “take - produce dispose”, i.e., it based on constant resources disposal used as waste without possibility inputs in production same or another product. Western Balkans countries, this paper reviews degree progress made developing Circular Economy....

There are two types of switching costs when users change their mobile operator. The first stems from price discrimination the network charges a lower for on-net than off-net calls. If majority user?s contacts in current network, this imposes an obstacle to changing since new they would have pay higher other cost results user having inform all about number network. Mobile phone portability (NP) reduces cost. This paper?s aim is determine pro-competitive regulatory policies post-paid and...

Annex 1. Raw Values of the Individual Indicators Country name GT (mil. EUR) CM (%) SRE TR (tonne) 3rd sub