1. Processed food intake assortativity in the personal networks of older adultsMarian-Gabriel Hâncean, Jürgen Lerner, Matjaž Perc, José Luis Molina González, Marius Geanta, Iulian Oană, Bianca-Elena Mihǎilǎ, 2025, original scientific article Abstract: Existing research indicates that dietary habits spread through social networks, yet the impact on populations in Eastern Europe, particularly in rural areas, is less understood. We examine the influence of personal networks on the consumption of high-salt processed foods among individuals in rural Romania, with a specific focus on older adults. Using a personal network analysis, we analyze data from 83 participants of varying ages and their social contacts through multi-level regression models. The inclusion of participants across a wider age range allows us to capture the broader dynamics of social networks, reflecting the intergenerational nature of rural communities. Our findings reveal assortativity in dietary habits, indicating that individuals cluster with others who share similar food consumption patterns. Our results underscore the need for public health interventions that account for the influence of social networks on dietary behavior, as addressing high salt intake and its associated health risks may require considering the broader social context beyond older adults. The study contributes to understanding the social determinants of dietary behaviors and highlights the role of personal networks in shaping food choices in vulnerable populations.
Keywords: processed food, older adults, social networks, assortativity, Romania, Eastern Europe
Published in DKUM: 31.03.2025; Views: 0; Downloads: 3
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2. Factors influencing information and communications technology usageBojan Ćudić, Matjaž Klemenčič, Ivan Štefanić, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: The paper investigates predictors of information and communications technology (ICT) usage in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) among European Union member states - developed countries (EU-28) - and the Western Balkans developing countries (WB-5) in the period 2010-2018. It aims to suggest measures for the improvement of ICT usage among SMEs in WB-5 countries. Primary data for a thorough qualitative analysis of ICT use by the WB-5 SMEs were obtained through interviews at the firms’ level. Secondary data were obtained from credible international business support organizations and relevant scholarly literature. The analyses were performed utilizing the regression analysis.The authors have identified many variables that influence ICT use through the literature review. From these, they selected ICT access, functional literacy, and gross domestic spending on research and development (R&D) as being vital to the improvement of ICT usage among SMEs in developing countries.
Keywords: ICT, digitalization, SMEs, South-Eastern Europe
Published in DKUM: 22.09.2023; Views: 325; Downloads: 26
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3. Criminal justice and security in Central and Eastern Europe : Perspectives of Rural Safety, Security and Rural Criminology, Book of Abstracts2021, other monographs and other completed works Abstract: Conference proceedings consist of abstracts of conference papers presented at the 13th international biennial conference on Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe organised by the Faculty of Criminal Justice ans Security of the University of Maribor, Slovenia. The conference was held online between 13 and 15 September 2021. A lead topic of the conference is rural criminology and perspectives such as deviance, crime and social control activities, and provision of safety ans security. At the conference, 68 papers were presented by 116 authors from 22 countries. A celebration of the 25th anniversary of the international biennial conference took place. The conference proves an active and fruitfull international research activities of the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security of the University of Maribor.
Keywords: criminal justice, criminal justice and security studies, criminology, conference, Central and Eastern Europe. rural criminology
Published in DKUM: 13.08.2021; Views: 1100; Downloads: 227
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4. Crime as a business, business as a crimeJosip Kregar, Antonija Petričušić, 2010, review article Abstract: Purpose:
This paper endorses the claim that in transitional societies the line between business and crime is elusive because weak states foster a legal order that is formalistic, bureaucratic, politically biased and prone to corruption.
Design/Methods/Approach:
Three elements are discussed in the paper. First, the paper briefly analyses legal and institutional state of affairs in transitional Western Balkans societies that condone organised crime. Secondly, it investigates the phenomenology of the (corruptive) crime behaviour, explaining how it managed to integrate into society in the context of a weak state. Thirdly, the paper investigates why state policies and measures fail to fight crime as the business. In this part the paper contests a traditional definition of criminal organisation as a hierarchical one, claiming that mafias are not organizations in a traditional sense.
Findings:
The paper emphasizes that the fight against organised crime is not just a fight against individuals or individual criminal behaviour; but a fight to increase the efficiency of the government. The paper furthermore asserts that better understand of the organised crime problem can occur only if its fighting and addressing happens from the point of view of a good governance. Namely, the precondition to fight against organised crime or parallel activity requires increased efficiency and capacity of governmental institutions.
Originality/Value:
This paper adds to the academic and practical understanding of the organised crime in the post-transitional settings. Apart from being instructive and up-todated source of information for the regional setting it deals with, the paper sheds a new light on understanding of organised crime.
Keywords: organised crime, organisation, transition, money laundering, corruption, good governance, South-Eastern Europe
Published in DKUM: 12.05.2020; Views: 1062; Downloads: 93
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5. Institutional framework and typology of economic transition in post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe : the role of Bretton Woods institutionsPavel Ptáček, 2008, original scientific article Abstract: Departing from the concept of transformation and transition, this article highlights some main directions and problem areas of this process. It starts with description of transitory architecture in countries of Central and Eastern Europe based mostly on the concept of “Washington consensus” as the main method being used during the first stages of transition in many post-communist countries. Firstly we start with description of “Washington consensus” and its application in different countries in transition – from Latin America to the region of post-communist countries. After this theoretical part we start with concrete examples from particular countries where the key transitional processes will be described. Main focus will be put on the privatisation process in the Czech Republic in comparison to other post-communist countries. Typology of transitory processes in particular countries from “shock therapy” to “gradualist” ones will be placed. Than alternative approaches to transition will be introduced, focusing on the concept of path dependency, network analysis, regulation theory and their approaches to state socialism and post-communist transformations. Summarisation of main findings and the counterbalance to neo-liberal approach will be discussed. Is there some “post- Washington consensus” which has learnt from previous mistakes?
Keywords: transition, transformation, institutions, Central Europe, Eastern Europe
Published in DKUM: 14.03.2018; Views: 1505; Downloads: 127
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6. Corporate governance of banks in Poland and SloveniaPolona Pašić, Borut Bratina, Mejra Festić, 2016, original scientific article Abstract: This paper focuses on the analysis of the characteristics of corporate governance in banks in Poland and Slovenia between 2005 and 2013. It studies the impact of corporate governance in these banks on their performance. The results of our research show that Slovenia achieved lower average scores for the variables and indicators related to the transparency of corporate governance than Poland. The density of banks with the highest corporate governance index scores was higher in Poland than in Slovenia. When examining the impact of corporate governance on bank performance as measured with net interest income, the regression analysis showed that its impact is positive in both countries and that it is statistically significant in Slovenia.
Keywords: corporate governance, bank performance, Central and Eastern Europe, corporate governance index, net interest income
Published in DKUM: 03.04.2017; Views: 1778; Downloads: 459
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7. Transition report1994 Keywords: Vzhodna Evropa, Srednja Evropa, Rusija, Slovenija, tržno gospodarstvo, ekonomika prehoda, ekonomska rast, ekonomski razvoj, makroekonomija, neposredne tuje investicije, finančne institucije, finance, zakonodaja, bančništvo, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Russia, Slovenia, market economy, transitional economics, economic growth, economic development, macroeconomics, foreign direct investments, financial institutions, finance, legislation, banking
Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 2247; Downloads: 36
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8. International business : global competition from a European perspectiveAndrew L. Harrison, Ertuğrul Dalkiran, Ena Elsey, 2000, higher education textbook Keywords: international business, international economic relations, international trade, multinational companies, international enterprises, business environment, culture, ethics, international institutions, globalization, international economic integrations, investments, foreign exchange business, foreign direct investments, international competition, EU, European Union, Europe, development, perspectives, single market, Eastern Europe, transitional economics, transition, privatization, international cooperation
Published in DKUM: 01.06.2012; Views: 2743; Downloads: 87
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