Human resources are one of the driving forces and main determinants of agricultural competitiveness, contributing to its improvement through properly formed and constantly renewed knowledge and skill enhancement of agricultural workers. In the context of scarce natural resources, demographic changes, need for more intensive agricultural production based on modern technology, human resource development in agriculture becomes imperative. The aim of the research is to assess the human resources in agriculture of Serbia through the prism of data available in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia and World Bank. The research results show fluctuations in the rural population and employees in agriculture in the analysed period, confirming their negative trend and predicting further decrease based on the forecast method. In order to overcome limitations related to the number and qualifications of agricultural employees, the special focus has been given to the formal and informal education of workers in agriculture, ensuring their capability to respond to market needs and future challenges.
Management 2016/80The purpose of this research is to analyze the competitiveness determinants of the travel & tourism sector in Central and East Europe (CEE) countries. The aim is to find the critical competitiveness determinants of the travel & tourism sector in the CEE countries that is being improved by efficient development strategies in the future. The framework for analysis is a methodology of the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness, created by the World Economic Forum, and its classification of competitiveness factors -pillars and necessary information basis for this research. The benchmarking study on CEE countries' tourism competitiveness was conducted using the descriptive statistics, comparative analysis and benchmarking. The research results are related to relevant moments for the CEE group of countries and show the critical pillars for each country in the CEE group. The conclusions of this research give the directions for tourism policy makers in the CEE countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the insufficient capacities and capabilities of countries around the world to deal with global infectious diseases and stressed the need to improve the international health security frame-work. An efficient and comprehensive health system that is able to cope with public health emergencies is an essential prerequisite for strengthening health security. The paper analyzes the efficiency of health systems in the European Union (EU) countries and their responsiveness to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research covers 27 EU countries and it is based on the secondary data contained in the 2019 Global Health Security Index Re-port. The aim of the paper is to identify key determinants for improving the efficiency of health systems in the EU, as well as to examine the interdependence between health expenditures and the efficiency of health system in this sample of countries. The research is conducted through descriptive statistics and correlation and regression analysis. The conclusions can be useful for the EU policy makers in formulating a strategy to improve the efficiency of Member States’ health systems and preparedness for possible new pandemics.
Technological readiness is an important determinant of the economic and social development in recent decades. Therefore, technological readiness has a substantial impact on the global competitiveness of national economies in the contemporary business environment. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the level of Serbian economy competitiveness in terms of technological readiness and to identify the critical factors for its further development. The analysis is based on the data published by World Economic Forum in annual The Global Competitiveness Reports in the period from 2013 to 2017. The research is conducted through comparative analysis and benchmarking method. The results show significant deviations and negative trend of technological readiness of Serbia in comparison not only with European countries but even with Balkan countries. The conclusions of this research may serve as the directions for technological readiness policy makers in Serbia and other Balkan countries.
and population skills are the main drivers of economic growth and national competitiveness in the modern economy. The paper investigates the current state and development potential of selected European countries in the field of population skillscompetitiveness. Particular attention is paid to this issue in relation to the Balkan countries. The aim is to identify the factors of population skills that are critical for competitiveness of the Balkan countries and which have to be improved in the future. The analysis is based on the data published by the World Economic Forum in "The Global Competitiveness Report 2018". The research has been done by applying the comparative analysis and benchmarking method. The research findings indicate that the level of population skillscompetitiveness of the Balkan countries lags significantly behind the top European countries. This study contributes to the skills and human capital literature and it could have practical implications in formulating the development policy of population skills in European countries.
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