The Changing Financial Landscape

Goran Karanović is an Associate Professor at the University of Rijeka (Croatia), Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management where he is head of the Department of Finance. His research focuses on Corporate Finance, Risk Management and Behavioral Finance. He is editor in chief of Journal of Business Paradigms and he is member of several editorial boards of scientific journals.   Persefoni Polychronidou is an Assistant Professor of Applied Econometrics at the Department of Economics at the International Hellenic University (Greece). Her research focuses on statistical and data analysis and she has published numerous papers on empirical economic data. She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research. Anastasios Karasavvoglou  is a Professor of Economics at the International Hellenic University and President of the annual international conference "The Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries". He has published numerous books and papers on immigration, regional development and labour market.

Part 1:  Financial development and performance of the real sector. Chapter 1: Female Members in Corporate Board of Directors and Financial Performance.- Chapter 2: The Different Impact of Financial Constraints on Firm-level Exports in Manufacturing and Service Sector: Evidence From Croatia.- Chapter 3: Financial Industry and Oil Price Volatility: on Analysis and Central and Eastern Europe.- Chapter 4: The Effect of Initial Public Offerings on Financial Ratios - The Case of NEWCONNECT.- Chapter 5: Comparative Analysis of the Financial Performance of Tourism Companies Located in Central and Eastern Europe.- Chapter 6: Exemplification of the Implementation of Selected Actions Towards Employees Related to the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).- Part 2: Chapter 7: Regional efficiency in European Union banking industry - traditional and DEA approach.- Chapter 8: Do Capital Buffers add to Bank Risk-Taking in South-Eastern Europe? A Look at the Pre-Basel III Period.- Chapter 9: Enterprise Risk Management: What Opportunities for the Banking Sector?.- Chapter 10: Determinants of Bank Profitability in UK on the Eve of the Brexit.