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Niš, October 14, 2011

Over the past half century of its existence, the Faculty of Economics has excelled in the field of education, research and development and secured its position among the leading institutions of economic profession.

Traditionally, throughout its fifty-year history, the Faculty of Economics has organized scientific conferences on current issues on the occasion of the Faculty Day. Each year, the number of participants is growing increasingly as well as the number of countries the authors come from.

Considering the important challenges facing economic science and practice under contemporary business conditions, this year we have chosen as the main topic of the traditional conference “Problems of Competitiveness of Contemporary Economies”.

The aim of the Conference is to create a stimulating environment that allows fruitful debates on various interest areas. An international convention enabling open discussion on the undertaking research of all the participants would therefore optimize individual experiences and bring its contribution to scientific knowledge.

We are pleased to invite you to give your contribut ion to the Conference with your papers and active participation during th e Conference.

THEMATIC AREAS

1. Economic Policy and the Competitiveness of National Economies

2. Financial Institutions and Financial Markets as a Support to Economic Competitiveness

3. Management in the Function of Competitiveness

4. Other Aspects of Competitiveness

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

To reinforce the purpose of our scientific event, we will invite eminent professors from diferent fields of economic science to give a keynote lecture.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Official language of the Conference is English.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITTING PAPERS

The papers should be written in English. Author/coauthor is allowed to submit maximal two papers, but only one paper as the first author. Papers should have no more than 15 pages prepared according to Template.

For writing papers use the Template annexed to this call. The papers that do not conform to the instructions of the Temp late will be returned for revision and fixes.

When submitting the papers you should specify the t hematic area.

E-mail for submission of the papers: ns2011@eknfak.ni.ac.rs

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University of Niš Faculty of Economics Address: Trg kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja 11 18000 Niš SERBIA Phones: + 381 18 528 601 + 381 18 528 689 Fax: + 381 18 45 23 859 + 381 18 45 23 268 Web: www.eknfak.ni.ac.rs/ISC2011 E-mail: ns2011@eknfak.ni.ac.rs Important dates: Full paper submission deadline:

15 August 2011 Papers should be send by e-mail:

ns2011@eknfak.ni.ac.rs Information about reviews and accpetance:

20 September 2011

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

1. Prof. Evica Petrović, Ph.D., Dean, Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia, President of the Committee

2. Dejan Spasić, Ph.D., Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 3. Prof. Tadija ðukić, Ph.D., Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 4. Igor Mladenović, Ph.D., Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 5. Prof. Ljiljana Stanković, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 6. Prof. Dušan Zdravković, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 7. Prof. Borko Krstić, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 8. Prof. Ljilja Antić, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 9. Suzana Stefanović, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics Niš, Serbia 10. Prof. Slobodan Malinić, Ph.D., Dean, Faculty of Economics Kragujevac, Serbia 11. Prof. Zora Arsovski, Ph.D., Vice-Rector, University of Kragujevac, Serbia 12. Prof. Axel Haller, Ph.D., University of Regensburg, Germany 13. Prof. Borislav Borisov, Ph.D., Rector, University of National and World

Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria 14. Prof. Velichko Adamov Yonov, Ph.D., D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics

Svishtov, Bulgaria 15. Prof. Dino Martellato, Ph.D., Faculty of Economics, Università degli Studi di

Venezia "Ca' Foscari", Venezia, Italy 16. Prof. Zbigniew Paszek, Ph.D., The Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow

University College, Poland 17. Prof. Yuriy Makogon, Ph.D., Donetsk State University, Ukraine 18. Tatiana Orekhova, Ph.D., Donetsk State University, Ukraine 19. Mag. Bojan Sešel, Vocational College of Business and Commerce, Slovenia

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

1. Prof. Evica Petrović, Ph.D.

2. Dejan Spasić, Ph.D.

3. Prof. Ljiljana Stanković, Ph.D.

4. Bojan Krstić, Ph.D.

5. Prof. Srñan Marinković, Ph.D.

6. Marija Džunić, Ph.D.

7. Jelena Stanković, M.Sc.

PARTICIPATION FEE

The participation fee is charged per person (first author) and is 120 € (VAT included). The participants should pay the equivalent value in Serbian dinars on the day of payment. The participation fee for each additional participant (co-author) is 75 € (VAT included).

The participation fee for doctoral students is 60 € (VAT included).

The participation fee should be transferred to the account of the Faculty of Economics (account number: 840-1683666-17) after you have been informed about the acceptance of your paper. The payment can also be done in cash at the registration desk before the Conference.

The participation fee payment, two positive reviews and oral presentation at the Conference are prerequisites fo r the publication of the papers. Conference Proceedings will be published after the Conference.

The participation fee covers the conference proceedings, conference material, participation certificate, refreshments and lunch.

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