FEBST Conference 2025

21-23 May, 2025, Brela, Croatia

Conference Aims and Scope

The FEBST International Conference, organized by the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism of the University of Split, is a premier scholarly event that has addressed contemporary economic and social issues for three decades. The conference serves as an important platform where scholars and practitioners from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds meet to engage in rigorous debate and exchange knowledge.

Conference Aims

The FEBST International Conference aims to:

Facilitate International Collaboration: Create opportunities for networking, knowledge sharing, and collaborative research among international academics and practitioners across multiple disciplines.
Foster Interdisciplinary Dialogue: Bring together researchers, policymakers, and business professionals to facilitate meaningful exchanges on pressing economic, business, and sustainability challenges facing contemporary societies.
Advance Policy-Relevant Research: Provide critical insights into current economic policies and highlight the importance of the interactive relationship between policymakers and economic agents in achieving policy objectives and revising policy measures.
Promote Evidence-Based Analysis: Encourage factual, scientifically based, and critical approaches to draw relevant, objective, and adequate conclusions about the potential pitfalls of certain economic policies and obstacles that countries face on their path to economic growth and responsible development.List item
Support Sustainable Development: Address the urgent need for sustainability transformation across economic systems, business practices, and societal structures in alignment with global sustainable development goals.List item

Conference Scope

The scope of the Conference includes contributions from the following areas of economics and business:

Economic Policies and Development

  • Economic policies, market structure, and applied econometrics
  • Sustainable competitiveness and prosperity with focus on the European Union
  • Economic disruptions and sustainable development
  • Fiscal measures for green transition and macroeconomic impacts
  • Regional economic development and disparities

Business and Management

  • Strategic management and organizational performance
  • Human resource management and workforce planning
  • People analytics and the future of work
  • Corporate social responsibility and ESG integration
  • Innovation management and Industry 5.0
  • Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems

Finance and Banking

  • Financial intermediation and household finance
  • Credit allocation and systemic risk
  • Risk management in financial institutions
  • Public procurement and financial governance
  • Investment portfolio optimization

Marketing and Consumer Behavior

  • Consumer behavior in the digital age
  • Marketing practices and strategies
  • Brand management and customer experience
  • Social marketing and behavioral change

Tourism and Hospitality

  • Sustainable tourism development
  • Environmental responsibility in tourism
  • Climate change mitigation in hedonic contexts
  • Tourism demand and resilience
  • Multi-stakeholder collaboration for sustainable tourism governance

Digital Transformation and Technology

  • Business informatics and digitalization
  • Artificial intelligence applications in business and education
  • Digital payment systems and financial technology
  • Technology acceptance and adoption
  • Digital transformation impacts on industry sectors

Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility

  • Environmental sustainability transition
  • Circular economy and inclusive growth
  • Green innovation and environmental strategy
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation policies
  • ESG reporting and sustainable business practices

Accounting and Financial Reporting

  • Accounting ethics and practices
  • Non-financial reporting and ESG integration
  • Value creation and economic valuation
  • Auditing and corporate governance

Production Networks and Supply Chains

  • Production network topology and resilience
  • Supply chain management and digitalization
  • Firm-to-firm transactions and network effects
  • Critical nodes in production networks