Sustainable Growth and Global Social Development in Competitive Economies

In the process of transitioning to the New Normal model of society and economy, business models, development patterns, and structural transformations have started to become major instruments in creating the new reality. Creating the basic conditions and promoting the sustainable economic development criteria for contemporary communities needs not only a massive rearrangement of the classical structures but also a rethinking of the old economic paradigm to promote new business models and sustainable entrepreneurship. Sustainable Growth and Global Social Development in Competitive Economies fulfills a gap between theory and practice in the field of resilient economies, sustainable growth, and global social development in the New Normal. It also provides some holistic approaches regarding business models, development patterns, and transformations in the New Normal paradigm. Covering key topics such as globalization, business process modeling, and resource economics, this premier reference source is ideal for business owners, managers, government officials, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Andrei Jean Vasile is full professor at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Department of Business Administration and Ph.D mentor in economics at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. He is co-founder and scientific coordinator of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy. Andrei Jean-Vasile holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the National Institute of Economics Research – Romanian Academy of Sciences. He has earned a BA degree in Administrative Sciences (2005) and in Banks and Finances (2007) from the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti. He has an MA degree in Economics, Administrative and Business Management (2007) earned at the same university. Jean Andrei is also Associate Editor of Economics of Agriculture (Serbia), scientific reviewer and committee member for numerous international conferences. He is member of scientific organizations: The Balkan Scientific Association of Agrarian Economists, Serbia (2008), DAAAM Vienna and Information Resources Management Association (2011). Issues like: agricultural economics and rural development, energy and resource economics and business economics are among his research and scientific interests.

Mile Vasic obtained his MA and PhD in the field of Human Resources Management. He has acted as a Dean of Faculty of Technical Sciences, Dean of Faculty of Economics and Management, Vice-Rector of PIM University and Vice-Rector and Rector of Slobomir P University. He was a guest lecture in Greece, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. Besides academic work, his passion is the implementation of scientific knowledge and skills in practice. He has been consulting and providing in-company training worldwide and most important clients were Coca-Cola, Renault, BH Mont Trade Srl., Johnson & Johnson, McDonald’s, OMV. Between 2015 and 2018 professor Vasic served as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Romania. Dr. Mile Vasic is currently President of European Marketing and Management Association (EUMMAS).

Predrag Vuković is senior research associate. Graduated 2003 on the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade. Postgraduate specialist studies finished 2006 and Master's thesis degree 2008. Doctoral thesis 2016 degreed at the Faculty of Economics, University of Kragujevac. He has been working in the Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade since 2004. He has been actively engaging as a member of the research team on projects of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. He has also been engaged in numerous projects of the Institute of Agricultural Economics, as well as the development of a numerous of development strategies of cities, municipalities and local communities as a member of research teams and manager of project teams. In doctoral thesis, master thesis, specialist thesis and numerous scientific articles published in national and international professional journals, presented at scientific conferences of national and international importance, he dealing with the issues of tourism marketing, management of tourist destinations, rural tourism, rural development and agriculture issues of economics. He is member of scientific organizations: Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economists (B.S.A.A.E); Serbian Association of Agricultural Economist (S.A.A.E.); European Rural Development Network (ERDN); Research Network on Resources Economics and Bio-economy Association (RebResNet).