The Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana confers awards and prizes for best research articles published in 2016

To encourage high-quality research work, every year the FELU awards researchers for best articles published in the past calendar year. In the framework of the Strategic Scientific Research and Teaching Conference, the awards and prizes for 2016 were conferred by Prof. Dr. Matjaž Krajnc, Vice-Rector of the University of Ljubljana for the field of scientific and research work, Prof. Dr. Metka Tekavčič, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleš Popovič, Vice-Dean for Research and Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Economics.

FELU awards for the best articles published in 2016

The first award was given to:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleš Popovič for the article:
TASSABEHJI, Rana, HACKNEY, Raymond A., POPOVIČ, Aleš. Emergent digital era governance: enacting the role of the ‘institutional entrepreneur’ in transformational change. Government information quarterly: an international journal of policies, resources, services, and practices, Apr. 2016, vol. 33, iss. 2, pp. 223–236.

The second award went to:

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mateja Kos Koklič and Prof. Dr. Irena Vida for the article:

KOS KOKLIČ, Mateja, KUKAR-KINNEY, Monika, VIDA, Irena. Three-level mechanism of consumer digital piracy: development and cross-cultural validation. Journal of business ethics, 2016, vol. 134, iss. 1, pp. 15–27.

• Prof. Dr. Polona Domadenik and Prof. Dr. Janez Prašnikar for the article:

DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, SVEJNAR, Jan. Political connectedness, corporate governance, and firm performance. Journal of business ethics, Dec. 2016, vol. 139, iss. 2, pp. 411–428.

The FELU prizes for the best articles published in 2016 were conferred on the following authors:

• Prof. Dr. Liljana Ferbar Tratar for the article:

FERBAR TRATAR, Liljana, STRMČNIK, Ervin. The comparison of Holt-Winters method and Multiple regression method: a case study. Energy, 2016, vol. 109, pp. 266–276.

• Prof. Dr. Tanja Mihalič for the article:

MIHALIČ, Tanja. Sustainable-responsible tourism discourse: towards ‘responsustable’ tourism. Journal of cleaner production, Jan. 2016, vol. 111, part B, pp. 461–470.

• Prof. Dr. Simon Čadež for the article:

ČADEŽ, Simon, CZERNY, Albert. Climate change mitigation strategies in carbon-intensive firms. Journal of cleaner production, Jan. 2016, vol. 112, part 5, pp. 4132–4143.

• Prof. Dr. Nevenka Hrovatin and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jelena Zorić for the article:

HROVATIN, Nevenka, DOLŠAK, Nives, ZORIĆ, Jelena. Factors impacting investments in energy efficiency and clean technologies: empirical evidence from Slovenian manufacturing firms. Journal of cleaner production, 2016, vol. 127, pp. 475–486.

• Dr. Mitja Štiglic and Prof. Dr. Miro Gradišar for the article:

ŠTIGLIC, Mitja, AGATZ, Niels, SAVELSBERGH, Martin, GRADIŠAR, Miro. Making dynamic ride-sharing work: the impact of driver and rider flexibility. Transportation research: an international journal. Part E, Logistics and transportation review, Jul. 2016, vol. 91, pp. 190–207.

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ljubica Knežević Cvelbar, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Matjaž Koman and Prof. Dr. Tanja Mihalič for the article:

KNEŽEVIĆ CVELBAR, Ljubica, DWYER, Larry, KOMAN, Matjaž, MIHALIČ, Tanja. Drivers of destination competitiveness in tourism: a global investigation. Journal of travel research, Dec. 2016, vol. 55, iss. 8, pp. 1041–1050.

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleš Popovič for the article:

PETERS, Twan, IŞIK, Öykü, TONA, Olgerta, POPOVIČ, Aleš. How system quality influences mobile BI use: the mediating role of engagement. International journal of information management, Oct. 2016, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 773–783.

• Dr. Rok Spruk and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Kešeljević for the article:

SPRUK, Rok, KEŠELJEVIĆ, Aleksandar. Institutional origins of subjective well-being: estimating the effects of economic freedom on national happiness. Journal of happiness studies, Apr. 2016, vol. 17, iss. 2, pp. 659–712.

Congratulations to the winners!

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