IMPRESSUM 1st Dubrovnik International Economic Meeting DIEM 2013 „Scientific Conference on Innovative Approaches to the Contemporary Economic Problems“ 1st Dubrovnik International Economic Meeting – DIEM 2013, Abstracts of the Proceedings. Copyright 2013. All rights reserved. The author is responsible for all of the content that has been published. Printed in Croatia. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. ISSN 1849-3645 ISSN 1849-3653 (CD ROM) Organized by: University of Dubrovnik, Department od Economics and Business Economics, Croatia Publisher: University of Dubrovnik, Branitelja Dubrovnika 29, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia For publisher: Vesna Vrtiprah, Ph. D., Rector Editors: Ivona Vrdoljak Raguž, Ph. D., Iris Lončar, Ph. D. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Ban, Ivo (University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Croatia) Benić, Đuro (University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Croatia) Canullo, Guiseppe (Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Facolta di Economia, Italy) Dominici, Gandolfo (Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Facolta di Economia, Italy) Griffin, Kevin A. (Dublin Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Tourism, Ireland) Groznik, Aleš (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Slovenia) Hashi, Iraj (Stafforsdhire University, Business School, United Kingdom) Hočevar, Marko (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Slovenia) Karasavvoglou, Anastasios (Kavala Institute of Technology, Department of Accounting, Greece) Kikerova, Irena (University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"- Skopje, Faculty of Economics, Macedonia) Kizielewicz, Joanna (Gdynia Maritime University, Faculty Entrepreneurship and Quality Science, Poland) Lazibat, Tonći (University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business, Croatia) Mickiewicz, Tomasz (Aston University, Aston Business School, United Kingdom) Novák, Zsuzsanna (Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Economics, Hungary) Ozturk, Ilhan (Cag University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Turkey) Rahimić, Zijada (University of Sarajevo, School of Economics and Business, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Raj, Razaq (Leeds Metropolitan University, Business School, United Kingdom) Shirokova, Galina (St. Petersburg University, Graduate School of Management, Russia) Stanton, John L. (Saint Joseph's University, Haub School of Business, USA) De la Torre Gallegos, Antonio, (Universidad de Sevilla, Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones, Spain) Vrdoljak Raguž, Ivona (University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Croatia) Vrtiprah, Vesna (University of Dubrovnik, Department of Economics and Business Economics, Croatia)
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Vrdoljak Raguž, Ivona (chair person); Dragičević, Marija; Grbavac, Ivan; Lončar, Iris; Pavlić, Ivana; Peručić, Doris; Svilokos, Tonći; Šuman Tolić, Meri; Turčinović, Davorka. REVIEWERS: Members of Program Committee and following scholars: Alfirević, Nikša; Bahovec, Vlasta; Bajo, Anto; Bašan, Lorena; Bečić, Marija; Benić Penava, Marija; Bezić, Heri; Bučar, Kristina; Černe, Ksenija; Dragičević, Marija; Gračan, Daniela; Janković, Sandra; Jelenc, Lara; Konjhodžić, Halid; Kundid, Ana; Lončar, Iris; Luković, Tihomir; Ljubić, Dara; Ljubić, Frano; Martinović, Marija; Matić, Matea; Mihajlović, Iris; Milić Beran, Ivona; Mošnja Škare, Lorena; Oberman Peterka, Sunčica; Pavlić, Ivana; Pečarić, Mario; Peručić, Doris; Petrić, Lidija; Podrug, Najla; Rimac Smiljanić, Ana; Sharma, Soumitra; Spremić, Mario; Stojčić, Nebojša; Svilokos, Tonći; Šperanda, Ivo; Šuman Tolić, Meri; Tafra Vlahović, Majda; Visković, Josip; Vojvodić, Katija. All papers are subject to anonymous double-blind peer review.