Strategic Restructuring and Business Freedoms and Their Impact on the Financial Performance of the Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Political events in 2022, the consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus, bad management, inadequate restructuring, are just some of the causes of the crisis and poor business performance of many companies. The research results show that companies in the EU mostly use internal restructuring strategy (39.60%) and business expansion strategy (38.25%). Assessments of the area of application of restructuring strategies according to (EBRD) (The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) show that Bosnia and Herzegovina has stagnated in terms of restructuring activities (Grades -2, up to 2) in the last 20 years. In addition to the partial approach of each company, we developed and modeled an integral approach and focused the work on measuring the impact of restructuring activities on the state and development of the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where positive impact results were obtained (0.701081731). The aim of the paper is to point out the influence of strategic restructuring and economic freedoms on the development of the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the paper, based on statistical analysis, we tested the impact and evaluations of restructuring strategies of companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina compared to companies in the European Union. The results showed a statistically significant difference compared to companies from Western Europe, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.

The Extended Information Systems Success Measurement Model: e-Learning Perspective

This study investigated the crucial factors for measuring the success of the information system used in the e-learning process, considering the transformations in the work environment. This study was motivated by the changes caused by COVID-19 witnessed after the shift to fully online learning environments supported by e-learning systems, i.e., learning emphasized with information systems. Empirical research was conducted on a sample comprising teaching staff from two European universities: the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences in Serbia and the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco in Portugal. By synthesizing knowledge from review of the prior literature, supported by the findings of this study, the authors propose an Extended Information System Success Measurement Model—EISSMM. EISSMM underlines the importance of workforce agility, which includes the factors of proactivity, adaptability, and resistance to change, in the information system performance measurement model. The results of our research provide more extensive evidence and findings for scholars and practitioners that could support measuring information system success primarily in e-learning and other various contextual settings, highlighting the importance of people's responses to work environment changes. © 2023 by the authors.

The Role of Workforce agility in the acceptance of Information Systems: Evidence from Serbia

Due to the constant progress of technology and the growing need for digitalization of various processes, the development of Information Systems, their implementation and the need to measure these systems is constantly growing. The situation caused by the Covid-19 virus has forced all educational institutions to replace their previous traditional way of working with online teaching and learning. E-Iearning can change the way of learning and offer new opportunities, by enabling learning anywhere and anytime and access to information at a distance, which is why universities and higher education institutions are increasingly striving to provide e-Iearning. The implementation and application of such systems causes a change in the working environment, so when measuring the success of IS, it is necessary to look at this aspect as well. This paper aims to investigate the role of workforce agility on the acceptance, and therefore the success, of Information Systems. © 2022 IEEE.

Autonomic balance determines the severity of COVID-19 courses.

COVID-19 has left mankind desperately seeking how to manage dramatically rising infection rates associated with severe disease progressions. COVID-19 courses range from mild symptoms up to multiple organ failure and death, triggered by excessively high serum cytokine levels (IL 1ß, IL 6, TNF α, IL 8). The vagally driven cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway (CAP) stops the action of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), the transcriptional factor of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Thus, well-balanced cytokine release depends on adequate vagal signaling. Coronaviruses replicate using NF-κB transcriptional factor as well. By degrading the cytoplasmatic inhibitor of NF-κB subunits (IκB), coronaviruses induce unrestricted NF-κB expression accelerating both, virus replication and cytokine transcription.We hypothesize that CAP detriment due to depressed vagal tone critically determines the severity of COVID-19.