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Since the end of the Kosovo war in 1999, increasing attention has been paid to the problems of economic development and reconstruction in South-East Europe. In a context of limited resources, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a key role to play in creating jobs and building a dynamic entrepreneurial economy. Small Enterprise Development In South-East Europe presents important findings from recent empirical research on key factors, which hinder sustainable SME growth in South-East Europe. Finance is identified as a critical barrier to growth, and the role of commercial banks, micro-finance institutions and credit cooperatives in assisting growth is addressed. Yet finance alone is not enough. A rebuilding of social capital, a reduction of the unofficial or grey economy, and the promotion of inter-firm networks and clusters are also of vital importance in promoting sustainable growth. The book concludes with critical analyses of SME policies in Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia, countries which hitherto have received little attention in the literature. Small Enterprise Development in South-East Europe will be of great interest to policy makers, business consultants, and academics and post-graduate students working on economic development and reconstruction in South-East Europe

U fokusu ovog rada analiza je osiguranja vinograda. Iako postoje tehnološki načini zaštite vinograda od elementarnih nepogoda, koji su u određenoj mjeri i učinkoviti, osiguranje i nadoknada štete još uvijek jedan je od značajnih instrumenata upravljanja rizikom. Tržište poljoprivrednog osiguranja, u Hrvatskoj je nedovoljno razvijeno. Broj zaključenih ugovora poljoprivrednog osiguranja u Hrvatskoj posljednjih godina ipak raste i to uglavnom kao posljedica češćih pojava intenzivnih elementarnih nepogoda, a proračunska sredstva namijenjena za naknadu šteta od elementarnih nepogoda su nedostatna. Cilj rada je ispitati razvijenost tržišta poljoprivrednog osiguranja u Hrvatskoj i ispitati percepcije vinogradara – vinara vezane uz korištenje osiguranja kao instrumenta za upravljanje rizikom u vinogradarstvu. Percepcije vinogradara o korištenju osiguranja kao instrumenta upravljanja rizikom ispitane su anketnim istraživanjem vinogradara u Istri. Rezultati anketnog istraživanja upotpunjeni su i rezultatima intervjua izabranih osiguravajućih društava. Rezultati ankete vinogradara i intervjui osiguravajućih društava pokazuju da se osiguranje vinograda kao instrument za upravljanje rizikom u poljoprivredi ne koristi u dovoljnoj
mjeri. Pritom, osiguravajuća društva ocjenjuju da u Hrvatskoj postoji potražnja za poljoprivrednim osiguranjem, ali da je ona nedovoljna i neproporcionalna broju i veličini nasada.

Acknowledgement: This article is based on work from COST Action 15137 European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH (ENRESSH) and supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). In this paper, we pursue two main objectives. First, we review the relevant literature and present it according to a theoretical framework that combines structural perspectives and consideration for individual agency, to allow us a better understanding of the role played by senior academics in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the implementation of the different policies that concern the production, the dissemination and the evaluation of research, including impact related policies. Indeed the academics' negotiating power of the impact agenda – as it is currently promoted by European policy makers (see e.g. European Commission 2018) and encompasses the impact on policy making, economy as well as the environment and society – cannot be understood in isolation of their perception and attitudes towards the broader political changes that affect the practice of academic research. Secondly we discuss some preliminary results from the interviews we have conducted in the context of the COST ENRESSH action with 16 European senior sociologists active in eight European countries, focusing here on their perceptions and attitudes towards the impact agenda. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published

This article is based on work from COST Action 15137 European Network for Research Evaluation in the SSH (ENRESSH) and supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). ; In this paper, we pursue two main objectives. First, we review the relevant literature and present it according to a theoretical framework that combines structural perspectives and consideration for individual agency, to allow us a better understanding of the role played by senior academics in the social sciences and humanities (SSH) in the implementation of the different policies that concern the production, the dissemination and the evaluation of research, including impact related policies. Indeed the academics' negotiating power of the impact agenda – as it is currently promoted by European policy makers (see e.g. European Commission 2018) and encompasses the impact on policy making, economy as well as the environment and society – cannot be understood in isolation of their perception and attitudes towards the broader political changes that affect the practice of academic research. Secondly we discuss some preliminary results from the interviews we have conducted in the context of the COST ENRESSH action with 16 European senior sociologists active in eight European countries, focusing here on their perceptions and attitudes towards the impact agenda.