In the paper, 1.1.1.1, a procedure for analyzing data on noise sources in urban environments as a form of environmental pollution is presented. For the analysis of data and development of traffic noise models, a program based on the application of four optimization techniques in simulation has been developed: genetic algorithms, Hooke and Jeeves Algorithm, swarm algorithm and flock i simulated annealing. The results obtained by the simulation are estimated by the coefficient of determination and other statistical parameters. The solution was practically implemented in the form of an originally developed software solution, which in later works was one of the advanced tools for analyzing business data in order to innovate business processes.
In this work, 1.1.1.2 is further developed the aforementioned model and software solution. Specifically given A comparative presentation of the obtained results using methods based on neural networks and classical statistical methods. The model for predicting traffic noise in this paper as the input variable has the structure of traffic flow and average traffic flow rate, and the dependent variable is the noise level over a given time period. The results of the work showed the applicability and justification of the application of the proposed model as well as the software solution.
The results of the research that emerged directly from the doctoral dissertation of the candidates were presented in the paper 1.1.3, specifically on the process of innovations in processes characteristic for the food industry (milk processing industry). He presented the paper and in practice applied the set methodological framework for modeling, prototype testing and introduction into the real implementation of ED (event-driven) layer in the existing IT environment. The final result in practical terms was obtained:
- an additional module of the existing QDMS (Quality Management Documentation System) software that has the role of a prototype platform for initiating, modeling and prototype application of acquisition, monitoring and processing of potentially significant business events and scenarios from the perspective of the ED paradigm, which is available to all stakeholders of the business system (For all users of QDMS software)
- an additional functional-level ED layer as an extended range of operation of existing business applications that is able to translate from the prototype stage in the IT context Successfully tested events and scenarios. Instead of comprehensive interventions on existing business applications, a module is added that allows broadcasting and consuming events, as well as analysis of event data In the system. Based on these analyzes, the management raises its semantic capacity to the level needed to innovate business processes and make business decisions.
Work 1.1.1.4 is primarily a technical, technological and technical analysis of the determination of the optimal angles of solar collectors at the annual, seasonal, monthly and daily level of their harmonization. Research in work represents a significant contribution in the field of the development of the use of sustainable energy sources in a particular local geographic area. The research has resulted in potential increases in the collected solar energy using the obtained results from 6 to 16%.
Papers 1.1.2.1 and 1.1.3.1 deal with the analysis of indicators The phenomenon of competitiveness at the national and regional level. However, in spite of the fact that, strictly in economic terms, competitiveness is a synonym for productivity, research in these works deals with a picture of sustainable development that, in addition to ecological issues, also addresses social and environmental sustainability. Using the World Economic Forum on Global Competitiveness for 2013, the paper examines the hypothesis about the positive impact of the social and ecological dimension on the economic dimension of sustainable competitiveness on a sample composed of 34 countries in Europe. The survey has confirmed the positive impact of the social sustainability dimension (impact factor 0.6436), as well as the minimal positive impact of the ecological sustainability dimension (impact factor 0.0025) on the economic dimension of sustainable competitiveness of the countries of Europe in 2013. Also, additional analysis led to slight indications of the existence of the ecological Lorenz curve, which is partly confirmed by the variable direction of the impact on the ecological dimension of sustainability (depending on GDP per capita) on the economic dimension of sustainable competitiveness of European countries in 2013.
The globalization of the world economy, as well as its degree of complexity, has led to the fact that knowledge has become the main resource, as a nation and individual economic entities. In accordance with this, innovation has become a key requirement both for global and local competitiveness of the organization. By placing knowledge as a central resource, the world economy is rapidly transforming itself into the knowledge and innovation economy.
Works 1.1.3.2 and 1.1.4.2 as well as 1.3.1.1, 1.3.1.2, 1.3.2.5 analyze the mutual influence of innovation and competitiveness at the national level of Serbia as well as on the regional level of the Balkan environment and countries of Europe. The results show statistically significant correlation of these phenomena, as well as the great innovation potential of less developed European economies for faster economic growth.
1.1.3.2 In this paper a comparative, regression and cluster analysis of composite and dictator of the European innovation leaders and innovative compared to Serbia and its surroundings in the period from 2009 to 2012. It was concluded that Serbia has the innovative performance at a much lower level compared to other countries EU but also in relation to countries in the immediate environment. When analyzing the relationship between innovative inputs and outputs, it has been established that for Serbia and a selected group of countries in the region there is no statistically significant impact of innovation inputs on innovation results. On the other hand, in developed European countries, a very strong linear correlation, innovative inputs to innovation results were discovered.
In the paper 1.1.4.2 a) the Global Innovation Index and the Global Competitiveness Index have been explicitly described as two undoubtedly the most important analytical frameworks for expressing the achieved level of key determinants of innovation on the one hand and factors of global competitiveness on the other, and b) Is an empirical analysis of the correlation between the innovation and competitiveness of the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro), EU member states from the region (Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia). After applying the appropriate methodology, it was concluded that from the aspect of the correlation between innovation and competitiveness of countries, there is no statistically significant correlation for the countries of the Western Balkans, in contrast to the selected EU member states where there is a strong linear correlation between these variables for 2012.
Works 1.1.4.1 as well as 1.3.2.1, 1.3. 2.2, 1.3.2.3, 1.3.2.6 base the research on the impact of ICT on raising innovation capacity and achieving the knowledge economy both at national and at the level of small and medium-sized enterprises.
1.1.4.1 The paper presents a theoretical starting point explication of phenomena of the knowledge economy, and highlights the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) as well as its infrastructure components. Furthermore, the paper presents an empirical analysis of ICT in the countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia) with one and selected EU countries from their nearest neighborhood (Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia) on the other hand. The aim of the research is to establish (not) the existence of a gap in the application of ICT to the four Western Balkan countries for selected EU members based on the metrics of the World Bank's knowledge economy index (KAM). Correlation analysis examined the interdependence of ICT with other elements of the knowledge economy index (KEI), as well as the GDP per capita, both globally and at the level of the ten countries observed. Cluster and comparative analysis identified the depth of gap between the levels of ICT use in the ten selected European countries grouped into two groups (the Western Balkan countries and the EU countries from their immediate environment). In the end, it is using a model Over time Comparisons of the latest available data in relation to the data from 2000, the trend of changes in the values of the key variables of the ICT pillars of the Western Balkan countries and selected EU countries was further examined. The conclusion is that the established gap in the application of ICT in the Western Balkan countries for the EU countries from their immediate environment per per capita means a relative decline of these countries in the development of the knowledge economy, and wider, their relative delay in the development of the information society as a whole. The encouraging fact is that over time, the comparison detects the trend of improving the value of key ICT pillar variables for the Western Balkan countries.
1.3.2.1 The paper shows and analyzes the impact of ICT on the increase and collaboration consequently foreign vacionog capacity and efficiency of innovation processes in small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings show that the cooperation of SMEs, with the support of information technologies, has resulted in the improvement of their innovation capacity as a key precondition for productivity growth and competitiveness.
Work 1.3.2.6 and 1.3.2.7 treat information and communication technologies (ICTs) as one of the key determinants of productivity growth, poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards as well as improving the competitiveness of businesses and countries. Research is based on data processing from the Network Readiness Index (ISU) that includes access to and use of ICT, covering not only the available information and communication infrastructure but also digital resources, including software and skills. In addition, the ISU includes the assessment of certain economic and social impacts of ICTs. Starting from the view that ISU facilitates the identification of areas where policy intervention - through investments, smart regulation and / or incentives - could increase the impact of ICT on economic growth and development, work analyzes the readiness for networking of the Western Balkan countries according to data for 2013 as well as the impact of networking preparedness on improving the collaboration of small and medium enterprises.
Comparative analysis of competitiveness of the region of the republic Serbia in the period 2005-2013. It is presented in 1.4.1.1. The research in this paper considers the intensity of the relative lagging behind the region of South and East Serbia for the Belgrade region, the region of Vojvodina, and since 2013 and for the region of Western Serbia and Sumadija, based on the author's budget and comparative presentation of the economic aggregates of the observed regions.
Work 1.1.4.3 explores the relationships between the Innovation Efficiency Index and one of the composite components of the Global Innovation Index - Business Sophistication. At the level of the national economy of the Balkans, there is a lack of, or the existence of extremely weak interdependence between the variation of the observed variables. Serbia's position in this context is relatively better compared to other countries in the region.According to the criteria of business sophistication, Serbia ranks 73 places out of a total of 125 countries in the world, while according to the Index of Innovation Efficiency it ranked 16th in that list, and the first place in relation to the countries of the weapon. Considering the relationship between innovation inputs and business sophistication, a strong positive relationship has been established, both globally and at the level of the countries in the region.Considering the relationship between business sophistication and innovation outputs, it was found that at the world level, there is significant interdependence, whereas this relationship has no statistical significance in Serbia and other observed Balkan countries.
Converted innovations in the production process through the application of originally developed software solutions are shown in works 1.2.1.3, 1.3.2.4, 1.4.1.3 and 1.4.1.4. 1.2.1.3 presented and analyzed the experience in the development and implementation of the generic software solution for managing the quality system documentation (in accordance with the requirements of SRPS ISO 9001: 2001, SRPS ISO 14001: 2005, HACCP and others) as the main activity of the introduction and Maintaining documentation of the organization's knowledge resources, with particular reference to specific problems that have emerged in practice. In the work 1.3.2.4, on the basis of the defined requirements for the innovation of the business process, contracting, collecting and analyzing raw milk, a developed business model for managing the sub-process of milk transport in Outsource Ambience and software solution made as ICT support to the given process. Additionally, an analysis of the application of the original software solution has been performed, including the application of new technologies, the method of realization and the technoeconomic analysis of the total cost of ownership of the software solution. The paper 1.4.1.3 illustrates the development analysis Application for Innovation in Managing the Maintenance Process, while the Work 1.4.1.4 analyzes the experiences (In accordance with the requirements of SRPS ISO 9001: 2001, SRPS ISO 14001: 2005, HACCP and others) as the main business process of the organization for certification and supervision (with particular reference to specific problems that are Appeared).
Innovation in public administration through the use of ICT is the topic of works 1.2.1.1 and 1.4.1.5. 1.2.1.1 presents the current state and perspectives of the application of the open data paradigm in the field of public administration, as well as the basic concepts for the application of open data: standardized open data models, the process of opening data, the scope of application and Experience of using a platform for presenting open data.In the second, an analysis of the most popular platforms for presenting open data was made and given guidelines for their use in our practice. The conclusion explains the potential of using open data sets in education and economy of Serbia. On the other hand, work 1.4.1.5 Analyzes the potential of introducing innovations in Electronic administration as a start-up approach, and provides an analytical overview of previous experience of developed countries in the design and implementation. The paper starts from the assumption that the process of e-business innovation requires cultural and social progress in the way of thinking and acting of people employed in state administration, and that it must aim to achieve the demands and expectations of end users, with a special emphasis on the fundamental reorganization of the state business model. The paper does not show concrete solutions to the possible implementation phase and their requirements and implications.
Work 1.4.1.2 treats various aspects of the innovation of traditional art techniques in school education using ICT. In addition, the paper presents an overview and classification of possible software products for the application of ICT In the teaching of fine arts.
Innovations in the development of software products are the topic of work 1.2.1.2. The paper analyzes the innovation of the sub-process of customer satisfaction monitoring through the collection of feedback from important customers, measurement and periodic comparison of the normalized results in order to provide valid information on customer satisfaction and their loyalty.
The subject of doctoral dissertation studies 1.5.1.1 presents the development of the original methodology as well as the practical software solution in the process of managing innovations as conditions for increasing the business excellence of small and medium enterprises. The focus of the methodology is the activation of the potential of the documentation of the management system (QDMS) as a catalyst in the process of modeling and application of both innovation processes and new business paradigms.
The target group of research is production small and medium enterprises, which make up a very important segment of the Serbian economy and, as such, should be the driving force of economic development. The research used experiences gained in the implementation of originally developed software solutions both in the field of document management and in the process of innovating business processes in four organizations in the food industry (four case studies). The results of the conducted research were presented through author's developed programs for statistical data processing and for assessing the achieved business excellence (based on the EFQM 2013 methodology). The obtained results of the analysis showed: The largest relative progress of business excellence after the implementation of process innovation was realized by the company with the proposed proposed new QDMS solution with the most extensive domain extension. The most significant improvement in business excellence after the implementation of the process innovation was achieved by the company with the proposed QDMS solution in its core domain (QMS documentation management).
In this way, the practical application of the developed methodology has been demonstrated, as well as its impact on changing the innovation potential and business excellence of SMEs. It should also be emphasized that Developed methodology, model and application solution due to their actuality, provide a great opportunity for further improvement in a large number of different directions.
The subject of the technical solution 1.6.1.1 is the development of a model for managing the documentation of the management system as well as the development of a software solution based on the developed model - QDoc which is adapted for application in small and medium enterprises.
The subject of the technical solution 1.6.1.2 is the development of the model and software solution for modification / regulation of the inclination and / or azimuth value of the solar collector in order to position it optimally in relation to the Sun And thus maximize the amount and effectiveness of the energy collected. This technical solution allows calculating the optimum angle of placement of solar collectors within any time period, as well as calculating the amount of solar energy energy per unit of surface of the inclined collectors. These results can serve to determine the optimal scenario for using solar collectors for a specific location.