Slavko Rakic - Publications & Projects

Publications

2025

Marjanovic, U., Horvat, D., Rakic, S., Lerch, C.M. (2025). Digital Servitization Maturity Model: A Proposed Framework. In: Šormaz, D.N., Bidanda, B., Alhawari, O., Geng, Z. (eds) Intelligent Production and Industry 5.0 with Human Touch, Resilience, and Circular Economy. ICPR-Americas 2024. Lecture Notes in Production Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77723-3_13

Arioli, V., Pezzotta, G., Romero, D., Adrodegari, F., Sala, R., Rapaccini, M., Saccani, N., Marjanovic, U., Rakic, S., West, S., Stoll, O., Wiesner, S., Bertoni, M., Lopez Odriozola, U., Pirola, F., & Gaiardelli, P. (2025). Digital servitization business typologies in the manufacturing sector. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 16(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.24867/IJIEM-378

2024

Leoste, J.; Pöial, J.; Kivisalu, E.; Marjanovic, U.; Rakic, S.; Robal, T.Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education Programming Courses: Insights from Student Perspectives and Practices. 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning. 2024. Tallin, Estonia.

Rakic, S.; Softic, S.; Andriichenko, Y.; Turcin, I.; Markoski, B.; Leoste, J.Usability Platform Test: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Technology Applications. 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning. 2024. Tallin, Estonia.

Slavic, D.; Romero, D.; Pezzota, G.; Marjanovic, U.; Savkovic, B.; Popan, A. I.; Rakic, S.Towards Human-Centric Digital Services: A Development Framework. Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management Systems for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Environments. APMS 2024. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 732. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71637-9_13

Brkljač, N.; Delić, M.; Orošnjak, M.; Medić, N.; Rakić, S.; Popović, L. Interdependent Influences of Reverse Logistics Implementation Barriers in the Conditions of an Emerging Economy. Mathematics 2024, 12, 2508. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12162508

Slavic, D.; Marjanovic, U.; Medic, N.; Simeunovic, N.; Rakic, S. The Evaluation of Industry 5.0 Concepts: Social Network Analysis Approach. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 1291. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14031291

2023

Rakic, S.; Medic, N.; Leoste, J.; Vuckovic, T.; Marjanovic, U. Development and Future Trends of Digital Product-Service Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis Approach. Appl. Syst. Innov. 2023, 6, 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/asi6050089

Jankovic-Zugic, A.; Medic, N.; Pavlovic, M.; Todorovic, T.; Rakic, S. Servitization 4.0 as a Trigger for Sustainable Business: Evidence from Automotive Digital Supply Chain. Sustainability 2023, 15, 2217. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032217

Pezzotta, G. et al. (2023). The Digital Servitization of Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from a Worldwide Digital Servitization Survey. In: Alfnes, E., Romsdal, A., Strandhagen, J.O., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management Systems for Responsible Manufacturing, Service, and Logistics Futures. APMS 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 690. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43666-6_12

Slavic, D., Marjanovic, U., Pezzotta, G., Turcin, I., Rakic, S. (2023). Servitization and Industry 5.0: The Future Trends of Manufacturing Transformation. In: Alfnes, E., Romsdal, A., Strandhagen, J.O., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management Systems for Responsible Manufacturing, Service, and Logistics Futures. APMS 2023. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 690. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43666-6_8

Leoste, J. et al. (2023). Environment Challenges of E-Learning in Higher Education—The Teachers’ Perspective. In: Dascalu, M., Marti, P., Pozzi, F. (eds) Polyphonic Construction of Smart Learning Ecosystems. SLERD 2022. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 908. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5240-1_10

2022

Sofic, A.; Rakic, S.; Pezzotta, G.; Markoski, B.; Arioli, V.; Marjanovic, U. Smart and Resilient Transformation of Manufacturing Firms. Processes 2022, 10, 2674. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10122674

Maja Miloradov, Slavko Rakic, and Ugljesa Marjanovic. 2022. Towards digital economy through data literate workforce. In Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2022 (WWW '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 417–422. https://doi.org/10.1145/3487553.3524696

Horvat, D., Marjanovic, U., Pavlovic, M., Rakic, S. (2022). The Path Towards Industry 4.0: A Comprehensive Methodology for Researching Serbian Manufacturing Industry: A Research Proposal. In: Lalic, B., Gracanin, D., Tasic, N., Simeunović, N. (eds) Proceedings on 18th International Conference on Industrial Systems – IS’20. IS 2020. Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97947-8_15

Rakic, S.; Pero, M.; Sianesi, A.; Marjanovic, U. Digital Servitization and Firm Performance: Technology Intensity Approach. Eng. Econ. 2022, 33, 398–413. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.33.4.29649

Pezzotta, G. et al. (2022). Digital Servitization in the Manufacturing Sector: Survey Preliminary Results. In: Kim, D.Y., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing and Logistics Systems: Turning Ideas into Action. APMS 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 664. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16411-8_37

Miloradov, M., Rakic, S., Lalic, D.C., Savkovic, M., Softic, S., Marjanovic, U. (2022). Digital Technologies as an Essential Part of Smart Factories and Their Impact on Productivity. In: Kim, D.Y., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing and Logistics Systems: Turning Ideas into Action. APMS 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 664. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16411-8_23

Rakic, S., Marjanovic, U., Pezzotta, G., Gaiardelli, P., Jankovic, A., Adrodegari, F. (2022). Future Trends in Digital Services and Products: Evidence from Serbian Manufacturing Firms. In: Kim, D.Y., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Smart Manufacturing and Logistics Systems: Turning Ideas into Action. APMS 2022. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 664. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16411-8_40

2021

Zivlak, N., Rakic, S., Marjanovic, U., Ciric, D. i Bogojevic, B. (2021). The Role of Digital Servitization in Transition Economy: An SNA Approach. Tehnički vjesnik, 28 (6), 1912-1919. https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20210325083229

Rakic, S.; Pavlovic, M.; Marjanovic, U. A Precondition of Sustainability: Industry 4.0 Readiness. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6641. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126641

B. Lalic, D. Ciric, M. Savkovic, S. Rakic and U. Marjanovic, "Exploring the use of game-based learning in agile project management education," 2021 19th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), Košice, Slovakia, 2021, pp. 218-224, doi:10.1109/ICETA54173.2021.9726599

J. Leoste, S. Rakic, F. Marcelloni, M. F. Zuddio, U. Marjanovic and T. Oun, "E-learning in the times of COVID-19: The main challenges in Higher Education," 2021 19th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), Košice, Slovakia, 2021, pp. 225-230, doi: 10.1109/ICETA54173.2021.9726554.

Ciric, D., Lalic, B., Marjanovic, U., Savkovic, M., Rakic, S. (2021). A Bibliometric Analysis Approach to Review Mass Customization Scientific Production. In: Dolgui, A., Bernard, A., Lemoine, D., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. APMS 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 634. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85914-5_35

Rakic, S., Visnjic, I., Gaiardelli, P., Romero, D., Marjanovic, U. (2021). Transformation of Manufacturing Firms: Towards Digital Servitization. In: Dolgui, A., Bernard, A., Lemoine, D., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable and Resilient Production Systems. APMS 2021. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 631. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85902-2_17

2020

S. Rakic, T. Lolic, B. Lalic, D. Stefanovic and U. Marjanovic, "The acceptance of electronic learning in transition economies: evidence from the Republic of Serbia," 2020 18th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), Košice, Slovenia, 2020, pp. 552-557, doi: 10.1109/ICETA51985.2020.9379173.

Rakic, S., Simeunovic, N., Medic, N., Pavlovic, M., Marjanovic, U. (2020). The Role of Service Business Models in the Manufacturing of Transition Economies. In: Lalic, B., Majstorovic, V., Marjanovic, U., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Towards Smart and Digital Manufacturing. APMS 2020. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 592. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57997-5_35

Pavlović, M., Marjanović, U., Rakić, S., Tasić, N., Lalić, B. (2020). The Big Potential of Big Data in Manufacturing: Evidence from Emerging Economies. In: Lalic, B., Majstorovic, V., Marjanovic, U., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Towards Smart and Digital Manufacturing. APMS 2020. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 592. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57997-5_12

Lalic, B., Marjanovic, U., Rakic, S., Pavlovic, M., Todorovic, T., Medic, N. (2020). Big Data Analysis as a Digital Service: Evidence Form Manufacturing Firms. In: Wang, L., Majstorovic, V., Mourtzis, D., Carpanzano, E., Moroni, G., Galantucci, L. (eds) Proceedings of 5th International Conference on the Industry 4.0 Model for Advanced Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46212-3_19

Rakic, S., Tasic, N., Marjanovic, U., Softic, S., Lüftenegger, E., & Turcin, I. (2020). Student Performance on an E-Learning Platform: Mixed Method Approach. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(02), pp. 187–203. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v15i02.11646

2019

S. Rakic, M. Pavlovic, S. Softic, B. Lalic and U. Marjanovic, "An Evaluation of Student Performance at e-Learning Platform," 2019 17th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), Starý Smokovec, Slovakia, 2019, pp. 681-686, doi: 10.1109/ICETA48886.2019.9040066.

Marjanovic, U., Rakic, S., Lalic, B. (2019). Digital Servitization: The Next “Big Thing” in Manufacturing Industries. In: Ameri, F., Stecke, K., von Cieminski, G., Kiritsis, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Production Management for the Factory of the Future. APMS 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 566. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30000-5_63

B. Lalic, S. Rakic, and U. Marjanovic, “Use of industry 4.0 and organizational innovation concepts in the Serbian textile and apparel industry,” Fibres Text. East. Eur., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 10–18, 2019. DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0013.0737

2018

S. Rakic, S. Softic, M. Vilkas, B. Lalic and U. Marjanovic, "Key Indicators for Student Performance at the E-Learning Platform: An SNA Approach," 2018 16th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), Stary Smokovec, Slovakia, 2018, pp. 463-468, doi: 10.1109/ICETA.2018.8572236.

Projects

2025

Hybrid Intelligent Assessment System for Inclusive and Ethical GenAI Use in Higher Education

Senior Researcher at Tallin University of Technology

KOHTO25 "Hybrid Intelligent Assessment System for Inclusive and Ethical GenAI Use in Higher Education" (01.09.2025−31.08.2027); Principal Investigator: Slavko Rakic; Tallinn University of Technology, School of Information Technologies, IT College; Financier: Estonian Research Council; Financing: 76 000 EUR.

https://www.etis.ee/Portal/Projects/Display/6108c937-472e-45d8-b1ef-3208a2555755

DigiEduHack Webinar Host

Hosted the 2025 DigiEduHack webinar series, consisting of six online sessions held from March to November with guests from 24 countries. The role included moderating discussions, coordinating international speakers, and facilitating interactive engagement on topics related to digital education, innovation, and policy. The webinars supported the European Commission’s DigiEduHack initiative by promoting cross-border collaboration and showcasing transformative EdTech practices.

https://digieduhack.com/participate/learning-opportunities

2024

DigiEduHack 2024

National Ambassador for the Republic of Serbia

The initiative continues under the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027, with a long-term goal to support grassroots innovation and contribute to the objectives of the European Digital Education Hub.

https://digieduhack.com/about

World Manufacturing Forum 2024

World Manufacturing Foundation

https://worldmanufacturing.org/activities/world-manufacturing-forum-2024/