“…In general, the discussion of previous studies was based on the two categories of perspective, i.e., the economic perspective in the integration process, and the institutional perspective. Researchers with an economic point of view used trade liberalization theory (Cho & Díaz, 2020;Festić & Bekő, 2006;Kehoe & Kehoe, 1995;Kehoe, 2003;Lavrač & Majcen, 2006;Stanojević & Broder, 2012) and the concept of international economic cooperation (Strašek, 1994). The previous studies were discussing the integration process of Slovenia through economic approach, stating that Slovenia seeks to increase its profits in the economic sector by joining the European Union, while at the same time, struggling to transform economic policies to adapt and meet the European Community standards (Cho & Díaz, 2020;Festić & Bekő, 2006;Lavrač & Majcen, 2006;Stanojević & Broder, 2012;Strašek, 1994).…”