The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia
The aim of this paper is to draw attention on the need to strengthen institutional cooperation between local self-governments and the business community. The paper analyses the ability of socio-economic councils in Serbia, as a part of local governments, to improve the business environment and in...
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| author | Vesna Janković Milić Jelena Stanković Srđan Marinković |
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| description | The aim of this paper is to draw attention on the need to strengthen institutional
cooperation between local self-governments and the business community. The
paper analyses the ability of socio-economic councils in Serbia, as a part of local
governments, to improve the business environment and indicators of social status
at the local level. In addition to socio-economic councils, this analysis includes the
departments, divisions and offices for local economic development and their
responsibilities. The results in the paper has been generated using descriptive
statistics, Chi-Square test, t-test and regression analysis, based on the analysis of
primary data collected in empirical research on 55 municipalities in Serbia. The
fundamental results obtained using the stated analysis is that socio-economic
councils have positive impact on the social and economic development in the
survived municipalities. Finally, the basic conclusion from the executed research is
that size of the municipality is not a limiting factor for the establishment of the
socio-economic councils and their functionality |
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| spelling | doaj.art-985a3c1b86444281b15aad2ec1b953032022-12-21T20:48:37ZdeuFaculty of Economics University of RijekaZbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu1331-80042014-12-01322233254The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from SerbiaVesna Janković Milić0Jelena Stanković1Srđan Marinković2University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Niš, SerbiaUniversity of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Niš, SerbiaUniversity of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Niš, SerbiaThe aim of this paper is to draw attention on the need to strengthen institutional cooperation between local self-governments and the business community. The paper analyses the ability of socio-economic councils in Serbia, as a part of local governments, to improve the business environment and indicators of social status at the local level. In addition to socio-economic councils, this analysis includes the departments, divisions and offices for local economic development and their responsibilities. The results in the paper has been generated using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square test, t-test and regression analysis, based on the analysis of primary data collected in empirical research on 55 municipalities in Serbia. The fundamental results obtained using the stated analysis is that socio-economic councils have positive impact on the social and economic development in the survived municipalities. Finally, the basic conclusion from the executed research is that size of the municipality is not a limiting factor for the establishment of the socio-economic councils and their functionalityhttp://www.efri.uniri.hr/sites/efri.uniri.hr/files/cr-collections/2/02-jankovi-mili_stankovi_marinkovi-2014-2-1420787326.pdfsocio-economic council functionality; local self-government institutions; indicators of a social and economic status |
| spellingShingle | Vesna Janković Milić Jelena Stanković Srđan Marinković The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu socio-economic council functionality; local self-government institutions; indicators of a social and economic status |
| title | The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_full | The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_fullStr | The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_short | The capacity of local governments to improve business environment: Evidence from Serbia |
| title_sort | capacity of local governments to improve business environment evidence from serbia |
| topic | socio-economic council functionality; local self-government institutions; indicators of a social and economic status |
| url | http://www.efri.uniri.hr/sites/efri.uniri.hr/files/cr-collections/2/02-jankovi-mili_stankovi_marinkovi-2014-2-1420787326.pdf |
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