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(NON-) ENGAGEMENT OF SLOVENIAN HERBAL ENTERPRISES IN THE BALKAN HERB MARKET: HERBS AS A TEMPLATE FOR LOCALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS MODELS IN RURAL AREAS

 

Barbara Gornik, Irma Potočnik Slavič

DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2019.41.09

UDC: 911.3:338.43(497.4:497)

 

Abstract: (Non-) Engagement of Slovenian herbal enterprises in the Balkan herb market: Herbs as a template for locally oriented business models in rural areas. The international herb market is a significant economic sector and is particularly important for less developed countries where most of the world´s herbs are grown. Countries of the Balkan Peninsula are significant herb suppliers, where cultivation and wild harvesting of the herb also plays an important social and cultural role.  Historically, Slovenia has been an importer of herbs, mainly from Balkan countries. Within Slovenia, the herb industry has primarily been based on production and service activities, with operators selling most of their products on the local market. In our analysis, we examined (10) herbal enterprises whose business models include six important elements (product diversity, sales channels, the potential for expansion of the range of products, promotion, networking as well as the availability of labour and succession planning).

These elements are strongly influenced by the characteristics of the operator or business owner, specifically, their age, formal education levels, age of the business (extent of business experience), and the reasons for starting a business. For businesses to be successful, linking of elements within the business model as well as connecting with the wider (business) environment are critical factors.

 

Keywords

Herb industry, business models, rural entrepreneurship, herbal enterprises, rural development, Slovenia, Balkans

 

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR GEOGRAPHY  No 41, Year 2019. pg. 9-33

 

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CONFLICT AND CREATIVENESS INTERACTION: MODEL IMPLEMENTATIONS IN A LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE WHICH CARRIES OUT ACTIVITY IN KONYA PROVINCE

 

Ayşe Yavuz, Adnan Çelik

DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2019.41.35

UDC: 911.3:338.45(560.3)

Abstract: Conflict and creativeness interaction: model implementations in a large scale industrial enterprise which carries out activity in Konya province. In today’s competitive environment, its survival of the businesses has been quite difficult. Together with rapidly increasing competition, there are various disputes between groups and personals and conflicts occur. The conflict is disagreements, discrepancies between two or more people. Businesses should manage these conflicts a good way to make advantageous emerging conflicts. The conflicts sometimes support the creativity, provide that’s emergence, sometimes hamper it. In the same way, as a result of creativity the conflicts can be occurred. To determine the relationship between creativity and conflicts which have an important role in terms of performance of organizations is very important. The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between conflict and creativity in organizations that arise. This study is basically prepared in two different sizes. The theoretical dimension focuses on interaction, creativity, conflict and creativity. In the research part, the method was first explained, then the results obtained were analyzed. The survey method was used as data collection tools. Our research was carried out in a large-scale industrial enterprise that operating in the province of Konya. The obtained data were analyzed with SPSS. With this study, it has been revealed that emerging conflicts in businesses positively affect the ability of creativity.

 

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR GEOGRAPHY  No 41, Year 2019. pg. 35-49

Keywords

Conflict, Creativity, Conflict and Creativeness Interaction

 

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AN EVALUATION ON FINANCIAL PROBLEMS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMSEs) IN TURKEY

Memiş Karaer

 

DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2019.41.51

UDC: 911.3:338+336 ](4-672EU:560)

 

Abstract: An evaluation on financial problems of small and medium sized enterprises (SMSEs) in Turkey. Turkey also consists of a majority of businesses are small and medium-sized organizations that we define as Kobi. But despite their large numbers, their contribution to the country's economy is not so much. The main reasons are financial problems, financial management problems, productivity problems. The fact that they are not able to follow the developments in the world of finance, the lack of auto financing facilities, the collateral problems they encounter in credit purchases, the low credit volumes, and the high credit costs, the inability to enter the capital market, and other similar problems prevent SMEs from having strong financial structures and reduce their competitiveness. Based on the fact that SMEs that cannot overcome their financial problems in the globalizing world will not survive in the national/international intensive competition environment, the financial conditions of our country's SMEs should be analyzed well, constructive, long-term, and solutions to increase efficiency should be produced.

 

Keywords

Financial Problems of SMES. Financing Policies. Productivity

 

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR GEOGRAPHY  No 41, Year 2019. pg. 51-60

 

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PROTECTED AREAS OF THE WORLD – REGIONAL DIFFERENCES

Edin Hrelja, Nusret Drešković, Ranko Mirić, Boris Avdić

 

DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2019.41.61

UDC: 911.7:502(100:497.6)

 

Abstract: Protected areas of the World regional differences. The subject of the paper is protected natural areas of the world and their regional differences. According to the IUCN, a protected natural area is “a clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”. States differ in their interpretations of the above definition. Very often, some of the sites that are protected areas in one country may not necessarily be considered protected in another country. In defining and management of protected areas, some countries have adapted their laws to international guidelines, while in other countries the legislation differs significantly from these guidelines.

Therefore, the research aims to show regional differences in the identification and management process as well as in the total surface area and abundance of protected natural areas at the world level.

 

Keywords

protection, protected natural areas, World, regional differences, IUCN

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR GEOGRAPHY  No 41, Year 2019. pg. 61-68

 

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ECOTOURISM IN THE PROTECTED AREAS OF THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA:  A CASE STUDY OF NATURAL MONUMENT "TAJAN"

Amra Banda, Aida Korjenić, Aida Avdić, Amina Sivac

 

DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2019.41.69

UDC: 911.3:338.48+502](497.6 Tajan)

 

Abstract: Ecotourism in the protected areas of the Federation of Bosnia andHerzegovina: a Case study of Natural monument "Tajan". In the tourism sector, in the last twenty years, a new trend has emerged - ecotourism - in response to overuse and even exploitation of non-renewable natural resources for tourism. When traveling, people want to experience nature, but they need not endanger the natural environment with their stay. Bosnia and Herzegovina have less than 1 % of protected territory, which ranks it in the countries with the least formal protection in Europe. The regional average is 7 %, so the goal, which has lately been supported by international institutions in

Bosnia and Herzegovina through various initiated projects, is to expand protected areas and to use their development potential. The motives are the protection of extremely rich biodiversity of global importance, and the economic development of protected areas, local communities, and the state as a whole. The main purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of ecotourism, with particular reference to its development in the protected areas of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as an example of the Tajan Natural Monument. The Tajan area is the only protected area in the Zenica-Doboj Canton. According to the IUCN classification, it belongs to the V category of protection. Analyzing the current situation of its present tourist valorization, as well as the possibilities of utilization for tourism purposes in the future development, this paper identifies the basic problems and given guidelines for the promotion of ecotourism in this area.

 

Keywords

environmental protection, Tajan Natural Monument, ecotourism, protected areas.

 

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR GEOGRAPHY  No 41, Year 2019. pg. 69-85

 

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ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGE OF THE CITY OF SARAJEVO

Amra Čaušević

 

DOI: 10.35666/23038950.2019.41.87

UDC: 911.375:338.48-024.11](497.6 Sarajevo)

 

Abstract: Analysis of the image of the City of Sarajevo.  The image of Sarajevo is still quite unexplored. The image of the city of Sarajevo has long been disturbed due to war events, but also because of the unstable political situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The purpose of the paper is to

explore the cognitive, affective, and conative components of the image of the city of Sarajevo. The goal is to discover how the cognitive, affective, and conative component influences the overall image of the city of Sarajevo.

The paper used a quantitative approach to research, which included data collection through surveys. This study used a convenience sample of 250 foreign tourists – tourists who visited Sarajevo during the winter (from December 10, 2018, to January 31, 2019). For data analysis, descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used. The results of the research have shown that the cognitive, affective, and conative components of the image have a statistically significant positive influence on the overall image of the city of Sarajevo.

 

Keywords

tourism, image, destination, Sarajevo

 

GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW - SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL FOR GEOGRAPHY  No 41, Year 2019. pg. 87-95

 

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