International Scientific Conference / Medzinárodná vedecká konferencia

organized on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, under the aegis os Assoc. Prof. Ing. Vladimír Hiadlovský, PhD., the rector of the University / organizovaná pri príležitosti 40. výročia založenia Ekonomickej fakulty Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici pod záštitou rektora Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici prof. Ing. Vladimíra Hiadlovského, PhD.

The conference ECONOMIC THEORY AND PRACTICE 2017 [ETAP 2017] is devoted to contemporary theoretical and practical issues of economics. The ambition of the conference is to gather representatives of academic community and economic practice in order to achieve a synergy. On one hand, the conference is intended to provide a mechanism of mutual dissemination of scientific knowledge among those for whom it may be beneficial in their decisions and everyday business; and on the other hand, it gives a special opportunity for those whose professional life is tied with economics to discuss the problems they face. The conference is designated to cover major fields of economics and might be attractive to scholars, researchers, corporate and government executives, managers, graduates or any professionals who have graduated from a study program in economics. The conference is divided into following sections:

• Business economics and management
• Economic theory,
• Finance and banking
• Public economics
• Regional development and public administration
• Tourism

TOPICS

The acid test for suitability of a paper presented at the conference and submitted later for the conference proceedings is that it must be thematically related to current issues of economic theory or economic practice. Each paper should primarily fall into one of the following topics:

• Business management and marketing
• Competitiveness and economic growth
• Creative and smart development of places
• Current challenges to Macroeconomics
• Current challenges to Microeconomics
• Effectiveness and innovations in public services
• Finance, banking and investment
• Financial issues of territorial units
• Innovations as a factor of sustainable business development
• Interdisciplinarity in economics
• New challenges of regional development and public administration in the 21th century
• Pension and public finance
• Public economics and public policy
• Small and medium entrepreneurship
• Standardization and regulatory policies
• Sustainable and competitive tourism development
• Tourism destination management and governance
• Volunteer tourism

SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Peter Krištofík, Ph.D., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia – chairman

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Vladimír Hiadlovský, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Prof. Alain Buzelay, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France

Prof. Dr. Ing. Dana Dluhošová, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Prof. Ing. Stanislava Hronová, CSc., dr.h.c., University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Prof. John Hudson, University of Bath, United Kingdom

Prof. Ing. Anna Križanová, CSc., University of Žilina, Slovakia

Prof. Ing. Jana Kučerová, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Prof. Ing. Ľubica Lesáková, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Prof. Ing. Beáta Mikušová Meričková, PhD. Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Prof. Ing. Marta Orviská, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Prof. Dr. Harald Pechlaner, Catholic University of Eichstätt Ingolstadt, Germany

Prof. Dr. Bartolomé Deyá Tortella, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain

Prof. Ing. Mária Uramová, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Prof. dr hab. Jan W. Wiktor, Cracow University of Economics, Poland

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Soňa Čapková, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Natalia Konovalova, RISEBA University, Riga, Latvia

Assoc. Prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna, University of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Michal Šoltés, PhD., Technical University in Košice, Slovakia

Mgr. Ing. Martin Boďa, PhD., Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

ORGANIZING COMMITEE

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Vladimír Úradníček, Ph.D. – chairman

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Vanda Maráková, PhD.

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Hussam Musa, PhD.

Assoc. Prof. Ing. Anna Vaňová, PhD.

PaedDr. Marta Valihorová, PhD.

Ing. Ľudmila Elexová, PhD.

Ing. Tomáš Gajdošík, PhD.

Ing. Petra Gundová, PhD.

Ing. Ján Huňady, PhD.

Ing. Anna Vallušová, PhD.

Mgr. Ivan Králik

Ing. Matúš Marciš

Ing. Michal Mešťan

Ing. Nikoleta Muthová

Ing. Kamil Ščerba

Ing. Matej Žofaj