The 4th International Scientific Conference on “Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future” is an International Conference organized by the Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, the oldest and biggest university in the North Macedonia. The Conference will take place from November 9-10, in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. We invite researchers, scholars, academics, students, business practitioners, and policymakers, research institutes, and organizations to participate and to share their latest scientific and applied contributions in Business and Economics over the globe.

The conference each year is organized at the Faculty of Economics – Skopje, in Skopje in mid-November on the occasion of the anniversary of the Faculty, which this year celebrates 73 years of existence.

The main purpose of the 4th International Conference on Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future (EBTSF23) is to initiate a forum for discussing key theoretical and empirical issues affecting economy and business. 

Research tracks for paper submission cover wide areas of interest, providing opportunities for a large number of researchers from various fields in business and economics. What makes the 4th International Scientific Conference on “Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future” such an engaging learning experience is the opportunity for connection of academics and practitioners from the region and beyond. We expect every participant at the conference to contribute to discussions related to the latest business and economic challenges in the world. The Conference in Skopje is a great opportunity for everyone to share his/her research findings, pose questions and generate new and promising ideas.

Submission Guidelines

We are inviting submissions to four types of papers: Completed research papers, Research-in-progress papers, Practice papers, and Doctoral symposium papers. All submissions should be written in English and should have not been previously published in a journal or conference proceedings nor presented at a conference. A double-blind peer-review process will be used to evaluate all submitted papers. Accepted and registered papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Selected papers will be published in the Economy, Business & Development: An international journal (EB&D).

Author's guidelines: https://ebtsf.eccf.ukim.edu.mk/author-guidelines/ 

List of Topics

The conference topics are related (but not limited) to the following:

• Accounting
• E-business
• Economics
• International trade
• Finance
• Management
• Marketing
• Mathematics and statistics
• Practise track (i.e. Industry and Business track)

Committees

Scientific Committee (alphabetical order)

• Agnieszka Alińska, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Polando   Agnieszka Piekutowska, Faculty of Economics and Finance, University of Bialystok, Poland.
• Anita Ciunova-Shuleska, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Anna Lasakova, Faculty of Management, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
• Atanasko Atanasovski, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Aykut Hamit Turan, Sakarya University, Turkey
• Boban Melovic, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
• Bobi Ivanov, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky, USA
• Bojan Shambov, University Jaume I, Spain
• Branislav Boricic, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia
• Catalin Nicolae Albu, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Accounting and Management Information Systems, Romania
• Dragan Gligoric, Faculty of Economics, University of Banjaluka, Bosna and Herzegovina
• Fatmir Memaj, Faculty of Economy, University of Tirana, Albania
• Francisco Simões, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal
• Goce Andrevski, Queen’s University, Canada
• Goce Petreski, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Goran Petrevski, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Guillermo Duran, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Igor Ivanovski, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Josef Windsperger, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
• Katerina Toshevska-Trpcevska, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Kimberly A. Parker, School of Journalism and Media, University of Kentucky, USA
• Lidija Pulevska Ivanovska, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Ljupcho Eftimov, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Marija Grishin, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
• Marko Djogo, Faculty of Economics, University of East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Matej Cerne, Ph.D., School of Economics and Business (SEB LU), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Metka Tekavčič, School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Mihai Mutascu, ESCE International Business School Paris, France
• Miroslav N. Jovanovic, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Momchil Antov,  Dimitar A. Tsenov, Academy of Economics, Svishtov, Bulgaria.
• Natalia Ribberink, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business & Social Sciences, Germany
• Neven Šerić, Faculty of Economics, University of Split, Croatia
• Nikola Milović, Faculty of Economics, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
• Nina Begicevic Redzep, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Croatia
• Petar Veselinović, Ekonomski fakultet, Univerziteta u Kragujevcu, Serbia
• Predrag Bjelic, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
• Predrag Trpeski, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Sanda Renko, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
• Sasho Arsov, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Simon Best, Middlesex University Business School, U.K.
• Stanko Stanic, Faculty of Economics, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Tadija Đukić, Faculty of Economics, University of Nis, Serbia
• Taki Fiti, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University and Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, North Macedonia
• University of Vienna, Austria
• Vincent Charles, School of Management, University of Bradford, U.K.
• Vladimir Filipovski, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia
• Zorica Bozinovska-Lazarevska, Faculty of Economics – Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, North Macedonia 

Organizing committee

CONFERENCE CHAIR

• Marina Trpeska, PhD

MEMBERS

• Mijalche Santa, PhD
• Nikolina Palamidovska-Sterjadovska, PhD
• Nikola Levkov, PhD
• Suzana Makreshanska Mladenovska, PhD
• Marija Trpkova-Nestorovska, PhD
• Daniela Bojadzieva, PhD
• Elena Markevska-Disoska, PhD
• Biljana Tashevska, PhD
• Atanasko Atanasovski, PhD

SECRETARY

• Todor Tocev, MSc

Invited Speakers

• Speaker 1
• Speaker 2
• Speaker 3

Publication

• All accepted and presented papers will be assigned DOI number, and published in the Electronic Conference Proceedings, available at: https://repository.ukim.mk/handle/20.500.12188/9
• Selected papers will be offered to be extended and published in the Economy, Business & Development journal.

Venue

Faculty of Economics-Skopje

Ss Cyril and Methodius University

Republic of North Macedonia

Contact

Feel free to contact us if you need additional information at the following email: conf@eccf.ukim.edu.mk

We will be happy to help you to make your stay in Skopje as pleasant as possible.