Conference Papers by Vasja Roblek
41st International Conference on Organizational Science Development: Society’s Challenges for Organizational Opportunities: Conference Proceedings, 2022
The dynamic and unstable environment and the VUCA world, which represents the volatility, uncerta... more The dynamic and unstable environment and the VUCA world, which represents the volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of the times in which we live, have brought new challenges to organizations. In this article, we answer the research question How can business leaders in a company respond to the challenges posed by the VUCA world in the business environment? The answer must be sought within the determinants of future organizational changes or the so-called agile organization, which can quickly adapt to the VUCA world. To ensure an innovative, dynamic and agile business environment, VUCA also needs to create a new management model that pays attention to the development of HRM 4.0.
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Covid 19 Pandemic and Economics, 2022
The economic ecosystem has become highly volatile in the last decade. It is the subject of disrup... more The economic ecosystem has become highly volatile in the last decade. It is the subject of disruptive crises. Among the numerous strategic variables and vectors that determine the social-economic situation at the global and local levels, two processes stand out today: digitalisation and the pandemic, with their temporal and spatial coincidence having a converging meaning and importance. The theoretical study presents the organisational challenges and possible responses to them in adapting enterprises to the challenges of the post-Covid-19 world.
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Sitcon 2021 Spa&Wellness Tourism – Development, Perspectives, and Experiences, 2021
The pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus reflected significantly on the world economy and partic... more The pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus reflected significantly on the world economy and particularly countries in which tourism is developed strongly. Based on the current pandemic situation and consequences that reflected the world tourism industry, this paper aims to analyse the implications on Croatian wellness tourism. The authors used an epistemological approach in order to form a conceptual model whose starting point is from the constructivist approach, which emphasises the researchers' ability to construct new knowledge with the use of a conceptual research methodology which includes reviews of the current theoretical and empirical findings in wellness tourism and development in the post-19 period in Croatia. The conceptual model tried to provide a theoretical development framework that stimulates and enables a new construct. This study aims to define the impact of a pandemic caused by COVID-19 on the tourism and hospitality industry and present strategies that will limit its consequences, especially in wellness tourism. Based on the findings, developmental guidelines are presented to improve current Croatian wellness tourists' offers and future development in the post-COVID-19.
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VI International Scientific Conference "Challenges of Globalization in Economics and Business", 2021
The study discusses the development and importance of information and communication technologies ... more The study discusses the development and importance of information and communication technologies and processes of digitalisation or digital transformation in tourism and hospitality. The purpose of this chapter is to explain the difference between the concepts of e-tourism and smart tourism and in the following to show the importance of digitalisation for the further development of destinations and their transition to a smart destination.
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15th International Online Conference on Applied Electromagnetics - ПЕС 2021, 2021
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost any industry sector since the beginning of last... more The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost any industry sector since the beginning of last year. However, tourism and hospitality are among the most endangered, as strict travel restrictions caused enormous losses. In this paper, we examine how the adoption of state-of-the-art smart technologies can help tourism recovery under current circumstances. Case studies are considered regarding different technologies: 1) augmented reality (AR)gamified sightseeing 2) deep learningvisitor number prediction 3) IoT/blockchainvaccination records.
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DIGITOMICS , 2021
The Covid 19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard. The consequences are visible in both the... more The Covid 19 pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard. The consequences are visible in both the social and economic spheres. The tourism industry needs to realign all existing practices and implement more sustainable tourism practices in the post-pandemic period, but technology will also play an important role. To determine the importance and impact of modern technological solutions on the development of smart tourist destinations in the post-pandemic era, the authors used the Leximancer 5.0 tool to analyse 32 scientific articles and prepare examples of good implementation of augmented reality apps. The pandemic brought new technological solutions in tourism hospitality such as robotics and artistic intelligence and accelerated implementation in Big Data analytics tools, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, virtual and augmented reality, and mobile data applications. In summary, the pandemic stimulated both the growth of human interactions with technology and the promotion of reflection on the very complexity of interactions. In tourism emerged the paradigm of attentive tourists who could self-reflectively interact with technology to get the technology touristic experience.
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Proceedings of the 12th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business, 2021
The study applies scientometric analysis for research on the evolution of research paradigm agili... more The study applies scientometric analysis for research on the evolution of research paradigm agility in management between 1994 and March 2021. This paper includes a scientometric study method prepared with the software Vosviewer version 1.6.16, used for construction, displayed bibliometric maps, identified clusters, and reference networks. The 768 papers from the Web of Science were used to prepare authors and journals, co-citation analyses, and overlay visualisation of new topics. The research identifies seven topics that are persistent across all study years. These topics are agility, technology and ICT, flexibility, organisational knowledge, management, organisational performance and human resource management. According to the overlay visualisation analyses, opportunities for further research (triggered by authors' keywords analysis) include sustainability, big data, big data analytics, IoT, operational performance, supply chain integration, dynamic capability view and ambidexterity. The research methods enable the historical evaluation review and the latest insights about agility in management.
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40TH Int. Conference on Organizational Science Development, 2021
In the time of the 4th Industrial Revolution was introduced the sustainable model of car sharing.... more In the time of the 4th Industrial Revolution was introduced the sustainable model of car sharing. People began to realise the costs of owning and suboptimal use of cars, real estate and other goods. Innovative companies have started to promote services based on an economy of sharing, which has led to a change in the culture of ownership of goods. The first applications of the sharing economy were observed in durable goods such as cars and housing. In this article, we will focus on how successful a genuine car-sharing model is in Europe. According to theory, the car-sharing model provides an example of a sharing economy in which the starting point, rather than ownership of an asset, is access to a service, which makes better use of the shared asset and makes it much cheaper to use and accessible to a wider range of people. The theory also emphasises the role of car sharing in urban environments, as it provides a sustainable environmental solution in the context of car electrification. In this way, such a model ensures that no harmful emissions are produced, and the sustainable aspect of this car-sharing model is further underlined by the use of electricity from renewable sources. However, the question is what the gap between theory and practice is. What do the citizens of European conurbations think about this business model, and how successful is it? To this end, we will use an automated content analysis procedure to analyse publications in scientific journals, newspapers and magazines.
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Proceeding of the 30th Web Conference, 2021
This paper aims to give a systemic vision about data-driven mobile applications in urban data man... more This paper aims to give a systemic vision about data-driven mobile applications in urban data management processes, which is essential to ensure a sustainable smart city ecosystem for providing diversification between stakeholders and data sources. The realization of sustainable data-driven smart solutions based on an urban data platform that will enable citizen wellbeing in the smart city is needed to develop data-driven applications. In this paper, we present five case study mobile applications developed using AppSheet and Google Apps Script technologies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and provide support to (potentially) infected citizens. Several aspects relevant to the coronavirus pandemic are considered: quick COVID-19 patient assessment based on user-provided symptoms integrated with contact tracing; volunteer help during quarantine; UAV-based COVID-19 outdoor safety surveillance; test scheduling and an AR-based pharmacy shop assistant.
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Kybernetes, 2020
Purpose-System dynamics is a whole-system modelling and learning approach, useful for tackling no... more Purpose-System dynamics is a whole-system modelling and learning approach, useful for tackling non-linear problems, such as sustainable urban development. The purpose of this paper is to review system dynamics applications in the simulation of sustainable urban development over a period from 2005 to 2017. Design/methodology/approach-The analysis reveals that the number of applications of system dynamics modelling in the area of urban sustainable development increased in the analysed period. Research has changed its focus from the modelling of environmental problems to more complex models, portraying the multidimensional socioeconomic processes that have an impact on the sustainability of urban development. Analysed case studies most often use the behaviour reproduction test for model validation, but without a unified approach. In most cases, modelling has been done in China, Germany and the USA, while urban development in the Eastern European countries, Africa and Latin America has not often been investigated. This paper indicates the knowledge gaps and suggests future research directions. Findings-Papers that report the use of system dynamics modelling reveal a wide range of applications in urban sustainability. The analysis shows significant emphasis on environmental problems, while the interest for modelling social problems has been increasing during the last several years. Most of the modelled problems examine the sustainability of resources (land, water) and waste management, which are used for insights into the reasons for the system behaviour, forecasting future behaviour and policy testing. Originality/value-The presented models were developed in most cases for the purpose of understanding the phenomena examined, as well as the future use of the models in policy planning. This brings us back to the need for greater stakeholder involvement, not only in the initial phase, but also during the whole
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dg.o '20: The 21st Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to review city ecosystem systems interactions for urban knowledge ma... more The purpose of this paper is to review city ecosystem systems interactions for urban knowledge management practices and prepare a theoretical discussion about the issues of digital resource management processes. It is going for a conceptual paper based on the literature review and smart city case studies around the world. This theoretical study helps to understand the smart city knowledge management process, and it is focusing on knowledge phenomenon from a holistic perspective, that include smart cities knowledge-based activities, urban data platforms, cyber-physical environment, smart (urban) technologies and city stakeholders. The paper consists of presentations about the smart city ecosystem, definition the smart city stakeholders and their role and the explanation of smart city knowledge management and its processes. The authors' holistic view facilitates some types of data collection methods of raw as well as processed data and of knowledge-based activities of different stakeholders. This text can serve as a strong background for scientific future research.
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Mipro Proceedings , 2020
The paper focuses on the importance of e-democracy and the introduction of ICT in democratic proc... more The paper focuses on the importance of e-democracy and the introduction of ICT in democratic processes, which in the age of computerization has a significant impact on the development of e-participation in developed societies. Based on comparisons of e-participatory tools in Austria, Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia, we want to show the current situation at both the local and national levels. It should be emphasized that with the development of e-participation tools, Croatia and Italy are ahead, while Austria and Slovenia are lagging behind the current trends in the development of e-participation. The reasons for this are mainly due to a lack of confidence in online security and a decline in interest for e-democracy, especially in Slovenia.
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Amfiteatru Economic, 2020
The social innovations have been together with the advanced technology in the 21 st century, taki... more The social innovations have been together with the advanced technology in the 21 st century, taking an essential role in social structures and their informatization processes. Information technology has become an indispensable factor not only in industry and service businesses, but also in governing systems at the micro (cities and regions) and macro (state and nations) levels. The information processes, which includes automation, have in the last few years an important impact on the transformation from "classical" governance into the "smart governance". In the paper are presented the best practices which show how could social innovations, together with the advanced technology also lead to the several democratic changes in the urban environment. It can be concluded that it will in many ways reorganize public decision-makings, create changes in democratic processes that are in accordance with socioeconomic and technological development, and will represent the basis for the emergence of the so-called the smartest social community and the ensuing novel processes of organization and operation.
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The regional development is a complex problem whose solution can be provided by the interaction o... more The regional development is a complex problem whose solution can be provided by the interaction of the natural, technological, social and human elements. Industry 4.0 launches a new approaches and business models for the raising of the digital sustainability of the human environment. The goal of the paper is to provide a systemic approach of a development of the business model that based on the concept of value creation of the smart urbanization policy for regional development.
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This dissertation conceptually contributes to the development and meaning of the scientific theor... more This dissertation conceptually contributes to the development and meaning of the scientific theories that represent fundamental principles for understanding the complexity of European smart cities. The goal of the qualitative research is to develop theoretical grounds about the phenomena of the European middle and large smart city models and their influence on citizen’s well-being. The research is focused on the concept of social wellbeing of citizens based on economic, social, environmental, and technological factors.
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The increased usage of mobile apps has a great potential in Pharmacy market. Through the use of m... more The increased usage of mobile apps has a great potential in Pharmacy market. Through the use of mobile apps, web portals and social media may allow a fast and wide diffusion of awareness for over the counter (OTC) drugs and attract a large number of customers, thus increasing the value of searching for information, quality and lower costs of the purchase. The goal of this paper is to identify the key factors as antecedents of customer satisfaction for the design of a mobile app for OTC drug marketing. To this aim, the authors use the Kano model that allows categorizing service attributes according to how they are perceived by customers and estimating their impact on customer satisfaction. This model is adopted in order to identify, express and latent needs of customers and to design a mobile app for OTC marketing according to their perceptions and expectations. To apply the Kano model, the authors used quantitative data collected through 537 questionnaires that were sent to the Slovenian internet users (June and August 2013). The results of this analysis can be relevant to the pharmaceutical companies; drugs vendors and marketing managers plan strategy and operational activities, for pharmaceutical companies in the field of OTC drugs marketing, for application developers, and for all those concerned with OTC drugs marketing issues.
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In the context of sustainable growth, sustainable tourism is represented as a set of policies whi... more In the context of sustainable growth, sustainable tourism is represented as a set of policies which ensure minimizing negative impacts on the environment, cultural and natural attractions. Resources are used so that will remain available on a long-term. Formulation of economic strategies that include the development of sustainable tourism provide a substantive basis for the development of programs with which it is possible to obtain foreign investors and candidates on international development projects. The positive effects of sustainable tourism in the region will affect on the development of rural areas, employment in the local environment, the performance of tourism enterprises and tourist satisfaction. According to the trend of low growth of the economic and social factors, it should be noted that sustainable tourism is not only intended to make a profit and protecting the environment, but care must be given to the development of local communities (non-profit activities). This can be achieved with the participation of local stakeholders in the processes of implementing sustainable tourism. The policy of sustainable tourism includes the protection of the environment. An example of good practice presents the ecotourism as a form of sustainable tourism. The basic purposes of an ecotourism are the protection and development of natural areas, revenue generation, education, local participation and community planning urbanization. Europe is characterized by the provincial communities in rural areas which are involved in the development of tourist farms, agro-tourism, gourmet and wine tourism and local events (such as trade fairs, events, involving village customs, etc.). Rural tourism as a form of sustainable tourism has the support of European funds and state, provincial and municipal authorities. European funds provide financial and technical assistance for the development of tourism forms that enable sustainability, jobs outside agriculture and linking rural to urban areas (for example, information highway) and take care of the economic development of rural areas and regions. The goal of this conceptually constructed paper is to achieve the understanding of how to integrate cultural and natural heritage of the Western Balkans in the framework of the development potentials that provide sustainable tourism. With the cases of good practice examples it will be shown the possibilities for conceptual development programs, which present the primary basis for obtaining the foreign direct investments, European cohesion programs and other development programs of international organizations and countries.
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The purpose of the paper is to show the importance of cognitive and affective process of computer... more The purpose of the paper is to show the importance of cognitive and affective process of computer and ICT usage, both in learning and in their daily work tasks. In the paper is used comparative method. It has been concluded that an individual has an active role and the use of ICT enables, through the processes of reflection and exchanges of views, for an individual to resolve problems and consequently is able to achieve excellent result at educational level and in business.
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The goal of this conceptual paper is to draw attention to the problems caused by the rapid
growth... more The goal of this conceptual paper is to draw attention to the problems caused by the rapid
growth of the global economy, coupled with high population growth and excessive exploitation of
natural resources. It is necessary to be aware that the global economy will not be able to grow at the
actual speed in the long term. A paradigm shift in production and consumption is therefore necessary
to avoid the collapse of ecosystems and the concurrent reduction of stocks of natural resources. This is
the reason why capitalism has to take a new direction towards a sustainable and naturally harmonized
development model
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innovative economy. Knowledge processes in innovative economy seem to open up new and varied aven... more innovative economy. Knowledge processes in innovative economy seem to open up new and varied avenues to be explored in the direction of sustainability. Innovative economic theory in contrast to neoclassical is derived from the hypothesis that the accumulation of capital is the main driver of economic growth in the knowledge-based economy in the 21st century. This new business logic assumes that the rate of economic growth in the innovation economy depends on the products or services that are incurred as a result of knowledge. The emergence of the internet in the early 90s affected the growth of dot.com online businesses and the emergence of the third wave of capitalism. In the current economic crisis and recession, the consequences of low economic growth will further affect the changes in the global markets. This is reflected in the different behaviours of consumers and resulting in the development of new business models, which includes sustainable development in the innovative economy. The paper examines critical factors that influence the role of new innovative technologies in organizational change to ensure sustainability. Focus on sustainability directs company behaviour towards the environmental protection, which presumes the fulfilment of organizational and human needs. Therefore, current demands can be satisfied in the present, but the resources for their fulfilment will be preserved for future generations. In order to realize this goal, the company must invest in assets that provide sustainable development. Thus, it is necessary to be aware of how the final products or processes impact the environment. Assuming that the company complies with sustainable components can be expected to create value added of this item. This added value is not only better society reputation that affects the consumers and, is important for investors but also fulfils the legal obligation.
The conceptual paper contributes to the ongoing discussion about the increasingly important rule of sustainable development as a major concern for the European Union, companies and NGO’s that have to develop the policies that will enable sustainable growth of the society.
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growth of the global economy, coupled with high population growth and excessive exploitation of
natural resources. It is necessary to be aware that the global economy will not be able to grow at the
actual speed in the long term. A paradigm shift in production and consumption is therefore necessary
to avoid the collapse of ecosystems and the concurrent reduction of stocks of natural resources. This is
the reason why capitalism has to take a new direction towards a sustainable and naturally harmonized
development model
The conceptual paper contributes to the ongoing discussion about the increasingly important rule of sustainable development as a major concern for the European Union, companies and NGO’s that have to develop the policies that will enable sustainable growth of the society.
growth of the global economy, coupled with high population growth and excessive exploitation of
natural resources. It is necessary to be aware that the global economy will not be able to grow at the
actual speed in the long term. A paradigm shift in production and consumption is therefore necessary
to avoid the collapse of ecosystems and the concurrent reduction of stocks of natural resources. This is
the reason why capitalism has to take a new direction towards a sustainable and naturally harmonized
development model
The conceptual paper contributes to the ongoing discussion about the increasingly important rule of sustainable development as a major concern for the European Union, companies and NGO’s that have to develop the policies that will enable sustainable growth of the society.
how the processes of organizational change have occurred as a result of the move to adapt to the changes in the various global and international business environments and how this transformation has led to the shift toward the present innovation economy. We also point how organizational change needs to deal with sustainability, so that the change may be consistent with present needs, without compromising
the future.