Odyssey 2014

Responsible economic activity encompasses a wide array of economic, business, political and social activities that yield favorable, sustainable and long-term outcome for different groups in an economy. The subject of the conference is oriented to challenges that lay ahead in areas that have fostered critical thinking in leadership resulting in growth, development, sustainability and welfare of societies.

Special emphasis will be placed on the following economic and business issues:

• Corporate governance

•   Marketing management

•  Crisis management

• Sustainable tourism management and development

• Transparency, ethics in business and policy making

•   Innovation and change in tourism

•  Innovation management

•   Eurozone crises

•  Leadership

• Financial markets and institutions

•  Organizational change and sustainability

•   Financial reporting, controlling and audit

•  Quality management assurance & control 

• Insurance and risk management

•  Responsible compensation management and HRM

• Macroprudential policy and financial stability

•   SME & entrepreneurship

• Economic growth, macroeconomic
  management and economics of ageing

• Social decision making and responsibility

• Environmental, resource, regulatory and
  energy economics

•  Strategy & competitive advantage

• Poverty, distribution of income and unemployment

• e-Business & e-Government

• R&D and innovation

• IS auditing, security and assurance

• Science and technology policy

• IT governance & strategic IT/business
  alignment

• Sustainable development 

• IT investments, project management and development

• Education and long life learning

• Papers on other relevant issues are also welcome

All abstracts and final papers will be blind refereed by at least two reviewers.

Extended abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings. CD-ROM with final papers will be distributed among the participants at the Conference (both infer an ISBN reference). Selected papers will be considered for publication in a separate volume of journals Acta Turistica and Zagreb International Review of Economics and Business (ZIREB).
Indexing/abstracting: EconLit, ProQuest, EBSCO 

Abstract submission (max. 500 words):  October 31, 2013

Feedback from the Organizing Committee: November 30, 2013

Final paper submission (approx. 5000 words): February 15, 2014

Final paper acceptance notification: March 31, 2014

Before April 10, 2014: € 350

Please note:
All bank transaction costs are to be paid by the author.

Registration fee covers:

• Conference proceedings (backpack with book of abstracts and CD with full papers)
• Welcome cocktail
• Refreshments during breaks
• Conference gala dinner
• Conference lunches (Thursday, Friday)

 *Beneficiary: Ekonomski fakultet Zagreb

Payments (in €) to be made to the following account number:

 IBAN HR0723600001101351242

Payments (in HRK) to be made to the following account number: