Best Chapter Award:  International  Thematic Monograph:   Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era
 
Award Guidelines and Criteria
 
Purpose: The purpose of the Best  Chapter Award is to recognize and promote quality contributions to academic research and writing among scholars and students who present and publish chapters in the International  Thematic Monograph:   Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era.

Eligibility: All chapters submitted and published in the International  Thematic Monograph:   Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era of the year, regardless of the status of the first authors (i.e., scholar, student, educator, policy maker or professional, etc.) are eligible for competition for the Best Chapter Award.

Exclusions: The chapters authored or co-authored by the Editors and Editorial Board  members are not taken into consideration.

Initial Score based Selection: The 5 accepted chapters receiving the highest scores in the review process are chosen as candidates.

Award Candidates Announcement: Authors of the selected chapters will be informed before  monograph finalization and the candidates will be announced on the publication's homepage.

Award Selection Committee Work: The Editorial Board members will score candidate papers.

Award Criteria: The Editorial Board will consider innovation, significance to the research community, scientific impact and technical excellence.

Each chapter will be given a score of 0 – 10 (where 0 is the lowest and 10 is the highest score) against each criterion.

Criteria:

• Originality (weighting 40%) - Originality of contribution to knowledge with an emphasis on the chapter’s innovativeness in: (i) theoretical development, (ii) empirical results or, (iii) policy development.
• Quality of Argument (weighting 30%) incorporating: (i) critical analysis of concepts, theories and findings, and (ii) consistency and coherency of debate.
• Positioning (weighting 15%) - Clear positioning of chapter in existing international literature with a conclusion(s) that is both convincing and of significant potential.
• Writing Style (weighting 15%) - Quality of writing style in term of accuracy, clarity, readability, and organization of the chapter.

Meta-criterion that is specifically applied to the Best Chapter Award category is that the winner of the award should be a chapter that substantiates a new and novel idea or approach contributing to the cumulative knowledge base of the field and is likely to inspire fellow scholars in their research, as opposed to just grinding out yet another example of a well-known approach or result (even if the study was neatly conducted and reported). In other words, it is the “WOW” factor that we hope to see in the winning chapter.

Winners Definition: The chapter receiving the highest score by the Editorial Board will be awarded as the Best Chapter Award.

The author of an awarded chapter, and co-authors if any, will be entitled to:

• A signed and stamped official award certificate with the name of the award, the name of the chapter, and the names of the authors of the chapter;
• The announcement of their achievement on a  website;
• One calendar year of free membership in the Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Udekom Balkans - (www.udekom.org.rs), warranting full access to all the benefits of membership. If already an Udekom Balkans member, then this offer adds one year to her/his current membership.

Issues: If there is any issue arising before the final decision can be reached, the Editorial Board will discuss it promptly.
 

Best Chapter Award Winners 2022/2023

​Loredana Picciotto, Immacolata Ummarino, chapter title – Entrepreneurship of People with Disabilities and Accessible Tourism in the Non-Hotel Accommodation Sector in Italy

​Best Chapter Award Candidates 2022/2023

1. Jani Bekő, Darja Boršič, chapter title – Testing the Purchasing Power Parity Hypothesis with Tourism Price Indices for OECD Countries;
2. Loredana Picciotto, Immacolata Ummarino, chapter title – Entrepreneurship of People with Disabilities and Accessible Tourism in the Non-Hotel Accommodation Sector in Italy;
3. Maja Strugar Jelača, Nemanja Berber, Dimitrije Gašić, Marko Aleksić, Radmila Bjekić, Slobodan Marić, chapter title – Factors Determining Holiday Intentions of Serbian Travelers  During COVID-19;
4. Vera Mirović, Nataša Pavlović, Branimir Kalaš, chapter title – Estimating International Tourism Indicators in Context of Macroeconomic Stability and Fiscal Sustainability in the  Republic of Serbia;
5. Vesna Jablanović, chapter title – Tourism Direct GDP in the Nordic Countries.

Best Chapter Award Winners 2021/2022

​Vera Mirović, Branimir Kalaš, Nataša Pavlović, chapter title – Is the tourism-led growth hypothesis valid for Višegrad group countries?

​Best Chapter Award Candidates 2021/2022

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1. Milena Lazić, Aleksandra Bradić-Martinović, chapter title – Analysis of tourism demand in selected WB countries during the COVID-19 pandemic;
2. Sandra Milanović, Miljana Talić, Žarko Rađenović, chapter title – Social entrepreneurial  intention factors of tourism management students;
3. Vera Mirović, Branimir Kalaš, Nataša Pavlović, chapter title – Is the tourism-led growth hypothesis valid for Višegrad group countries?;
4. Jani Bekő, Darja Boršič, chapter title – Purchasing power parity under tourism price indices: an analysis for euro area;
5. Mateja Jerman, chapter title – Performance of the Slovenian hotel companies in times of COVID-19.

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Best Chapter Award Winners 2020

Jani Bekő,  Darja Boršič,  chapter title - ARE THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES WITH TOURISM PRICE INDICES  IN THE PURCHASING POWER PARITY ZONE? 

​Best Chapter Award Candidates 2020

1. Jelena Vukonjanski Srdić,  Bojana Ostojić,  TOURISM PROVIDERS, ACHIEVEMENT, CULTURE AND JOB SATISFACTION IN SERBIA 
2. Jani Bekő,  Darja Boršič,  ARE THE MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES WITH TOURISM PRICE INDICES IN THE PURCHASING POWER PARITY ZONE? 
3. Dragana Bešlić Obradović,  Ivana Bešlić Rupić,  Bojan Rupić,  INVESTIGATING INCOME SMOOTHING: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE  FROM SERBIAN’S HOTEL COMPANIES 
4. ​Miloš Pjanić,   Mirela Mitrašević,  THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON GDP GROWTH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES
5. Vesna Lukovic,  ONLINE PLATFORMS AS MODERN TOOLS IN TOURISM IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES: CASE FOR FURTHER DIGITALIZATION IN WESTERN BALKANS

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ITM 2022/2023 Best Reviewer Award  Winners

1. Aleksandra Pavlović, PhD, Academy of Applied Technical Studies Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia;
2. Loredana Picciotto, PhD, Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of  Palermo, Palermo, Italy;
3. Moreno Frau, PhD, Marie Curie Research Fellow, Institute of Marketing and Communication

ITM 2021/2022 Best Reviewer Award  Winners

1. Ivana Domazet, PhD, Institute of Economic Sciences, Zmaj Jovina 12, Belgrade, Serbia;
2. Jasmina Gržinić, PhD, Faculty of Economics and Tourism “Dr. Mijo Mirković”, Pula, Croatia;
3. Koviljka Banjević, PhD, Academy of Applied Technical Studies Belgrade, Department of Belgrade Polytechnic, Katarine Ambrozić 3, Belgrade, Serbia.

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ITM 2020 Best Reviewer Award  Winners

1. Nebojša Pavlović,   Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
2. Daniel Tomić, Faculty of Economics and Tourism "Dr. Mijo Mirković", Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia
3. Suzana Demyen, Department of Business Administration of Reşiţa, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University Babeș-Bolyai of Cluj – Napoca, Romania