Achieving Sustainable Development and Knowledge-Based Economy in Serbia

  • Sandra Jednak University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
  • Dragana Kragulj University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7595/management.fon.2015.0015

Abstract

Sustainable development and knowledge-based economy are the two concepts that are being conducted by the majority of countries in the world, including the EU member countries and the EU candidates. The aim of this paper is to analyse the progress in achieving sustainable development and knowledge-based economy in Serbia, a EU candidate country. A comparative analysis of conducting sustainable development and knowledge- based economy has been performed between Serbia and the EU(28). The focus is on economic aspects of these two concepts. The results differ. The goals that were initially set for achieving sustainable development and knowledge-based economy were either not reached or were hindered due to the global economic crisis and redirected towards solving more urgent economic issues. This is particularly noticeable in Serbia, which is carrying out economic reforms in order to achieve economic progress and meet the requirements for getting access to the EU.

Author Biographies

Sandra Jednak, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Sandra Jednak is employed at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade as an assistant professor. She has published numerous scientific research papers in international and national monographs, journals and conference proceedings. Her teaching areas are Introduction to Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Economic Development and the EU. Her research focus is on the economic growth and development of SEE countries. Besides, her research interests are Economics of ICT, Knowledge (Based) Economy, Energy Economics, International Economics and Higher Education.

Dragana Kragulj, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Dragana Kragulj, Ph.D., is a full professor at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade. She was a Chair of the Department of Economics, Business Planning and International Management. She has published several editions of different textbooks on Economics, two monographs of her own and over 100 scientific papers published in reputable national and international journals and conferences. She has been involved in several research projects. In addition to her teaching, she is occupied with research of macroeconomic problems, prices, market, inflation, economic development, investment, international trade, agriculture, energy economics, process of transition, international economic integrations, the European Union.

Published
2015-07-15
How to Cite
Jednak, S., & Kragulj, D. (2015). Achieving Sustainable Development and Knowledge-Based Economy in Serbia. Management:Journal Of Sustainable Business And Management Solutions In Emerging Economies, 20(75), 1-12. doi:10.7595/management.fon.2015.0015
Citation Formats
Issue
Vol 20 No 75 (2015)
Section
Articles
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.