Green Economy in the Western Balkans: Towards a Sustainable Future

by Sanda Renko, Almir Pestek

Overview

This multidisciplinary approach to the Western Balkans addresses topics from responsible business and ethics, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and new technology to human resources management. It is a theoretical and practical guide towards a sustainable future for the Western Balkans, showing drivers and barriers affecting the region in its effort to green its economy, and provides a systematic and holistic overview and critical examination of the situation in the region. Chapters explore a review of the literature and developing theory, and report empirical procedures.
If the Western Balkan countries are following the industrialised states of Western Europe—which are now keen to develop in a sustainable manner, combining economic growth with social justice and improved environment—this work fills the growing need for more research and to expand the current knowledge base about environmental and development challenges, as well as the new, efficient and climate-neutral ‘Green Economy’ of this region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787145009
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/25/2017
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1. THE BASIC POSTULATES OF THE GREEN IMAGE OF A COUNTRY: THE CASE OF CROATIA; Sanda Renko, Kristina Petljak and Ivana Stulec
Chapter 2. GOING BEYOND GREEN: EXPLORING SUSTAINABILITY IN SLOVENIA; Urša Golob, Mateja Kos Koklič, Renata Slabe Erker, Nika Murovec, Marko Ogorevc, Tjaša Bartolj and Vesna Zabkar
Chapter 3. SMEs AND GREEN GROWTH: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUPPORT MECHANISMS AND INITIATIVES MATTERS; Panagiotis Liargovas, Nikolaos Apostolopoulos, Ilias Pappas and Alexandros Kakouris
Chapter 4. SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: CHALLENGES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA; Katerina Toshevska–Trpchevska, Irena Kikerkova and Elena Makrevska Disoska
Chapter 5. MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN TRADE SECTOR OF SERBIA; Sreten Ćuzović and Svetlana Sokolov Mladenovic
Chapter 6. GREEN ORIENTATION IN TOURISM OF WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES; Kristina Bučar
Chapter 7. POTENTIALS OF UPPER-DANUBE REGION IN SERBIA FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; Predrag Vuković and Marija Mosurović Ružičić
Chapter 8. SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISES FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: GREENING PRACTICES FROM SLOVENIA; Metod Suligoj and Tjaša Štrukelj
Chapter 9. CONSUMER INNOVATIVENESS AND ORGANIC FOOD PURCHASE INTENTIONS; Jasmina Mangafić, Amila Pilav-Velić, Danijela Martinovic and Merima Činjarević
Chapter 10. WHY IS ENERGY EFFICIENCY (IR)RELEVANT FOR WESTERN BALKANS COUNTRIES?; Velma Pijalovic and Amra Kapo
Chapter 11. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF WATER IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; Aida Korjenić, Amina Sivac and Amra Banda
Chapter 12. AGRICULTURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE FUNCTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MONTENEGRO; Radivoje Drobnjak

Editorial Reviews

Focusing on the South East European region, mostly consisting of former Yugoslavian countries, economists and scholars of business and of specific businesses address the growing need for more research to expand the knowledge base about environmental and developmental challenges as well as about the new, efficient, and climate-neutral Green Economy of the region. Among their topics are going beyond green: exploring sustainability in Slovenia, sustainable waste management practices: challenges in the Republic of Macedonia, green orientation in tourism in Western Balkan countries, potentials of the Upper Danube region in the Republic of Serbia for sustainable tourism development, and consumer innovativeness and organic food purchase intentions.

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Focusing on the South East European region, mostly consisting of former Yugoslavian countries, economists and scholars of business and of specific businesses address the growing need for more research to expand the knowledge base about environmental and developmental challenges as well as about the new, efficient, and climate-neutral Green Economy of the region. Among their topics are going beyond green: exploring sustainability in Slovenia, sustainable waste management practices: challenges in the Republic of Macedonia, green orientation in tourism in Western Balkan countries, potentials of the Upper Danube region in the Republic of Serbia for sustainable tourism development, and consumer innovativeness and organic food purchase intentions.

Annotation ©2017