This paper presents the findings of the research dealing with the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its connections with competitiveness. The authors deal with competitiveness of enterprises, as well as activities that promote socially responsible business in Serbia. Special attention is given to the review and analysis of research results of Serbian undergraduate business students' attitudes on CSR and competitiveness. In a five-year-period the research included over 3,300 examinees. The population was built on students from universities and business schools located in total 22 cities and municipalities in Serbia. The research was conducted using questionnaire. Among other, the research has shown that a number of examinees were not informed of the CSR. Students experience the Serbian economy as uncompetitive and have identified several factors that are lacking in the development of competitiveness.

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Youth unemployment rates present an issue both in developing and developed countries. The importance of analyzing entrepreneurial activities comes from their significant role in economic development and economic growth. In this study, a 10-year research was conducted. The dataset included 5670 participants—students from Serbia. The main goal of the study is to attempt to predict entrepreneurial intentions among the Serbian youth by analyzing demographics characteristics, close social environment, attitudes, awareness of incentive means, and environment assessment as potential influencing factors. The data analysis included Chi-square, Welch’s t-test, z-test, linear regression, binary logistic regression, ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average) regression, and a QUEST (Quick, Unbiased, Efficient, Statistical Tree) classification tree algorithm. The results are interesting and indicate that entrepreneurial intentions can be partially predicted using the dataset in this current study. Further, most likely due to the robust dataset, the results are not complementary with similar studies in this domain; therefore, these findings expand the current literature and invite future research.

International business practice has proved that there is a correlation between the improvement of the quality of business and establishment and development of the competitive capabilities of business organizations. Application and development of the concept of quality creates the preconditions to improve the other factors of competitiveness, such as productivity and innovation. Domestic companies for many years have a problems with the competitive ability on international level. Insufficient investment in qualiz, low productivity and inadequate investments in recearsch and development activity has resulted poor competitive position of the domestic economy. Improving the quality of business in domestic enterprises will affect the improvement of the competitiveness of enterprises. The application of modern methods and management techniques should enable improvement of productivity, as well as the quality of business.

In terms of global competition, which is characterized by constant improvement of existing and the emergence of new tourist destination, tourism is nowdays one of the initiators in development of the national economy. It is important to point out that the relation of tourists toward travelling changed with greater differentiation and the emergence of new market niches. The reason for this relationship lies in the fact that tourists, due to the greater application of information and communication technologies (ICT), have become very well informed about the tourist destinations they visit, their cultural and other facilities, as well as hotels and the services they offer. In order to meet the demands of their customers, hotel companies have to follow market trends and implemet new management concepts into their business practices. Hotel companies today take into account not only their customers, but also the society in which they operate. The issue of sustainable development has brcome the sphere of interest for hotel companies, and they are paying a lot of attention to the following areas: environmental protection, waste management, application of clean technologies and the alike. The ICT applications have a significant role in hotel industries operations since they accelerate communication with customers and also reduce operating costs through the use of different software solutions for accommodation bookings. Nowdays, customers demand quick information and the use of the internet in hotels allows this service.