sm2026

XXXI International Scientific Conference

Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management
SM 2026

The XXXI International Scientific Conference “Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management” (SM2026) aims to promote and advance high-quality research in all aspects of strategic management, with particular emphasis on decision support systems in strategic management. The conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners in the field from the region, Europe, and around the world, fostering interaction, cooperation, and development in the area of strategic management.
The theme of the conference is “The Impact of Global Instability on the Business Environment.”
The main topics of the conference are focused on, but not limited to the following areas: Agriculture, Accounting, Business Process Management, Business Intelligence Systems, Corporate Finance/Governance, Data Analytics, Digital Business, Econometrics, Economics of Innovation, Economic Growth and Development, Education Economics, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Economics, Emerging Economies, Energy Economics, Financial Economics, Gender Economics, Health Economics, Human Resources, Industrial Organization, International Finance, International Trade, Investment, Knowledge Economics, Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Management, Microeconomics, Marketing, Monetary Economics, Political Economics, Public Economics, Risk Management, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME), Tax Policies, Tourism Economics.

Organization
General information
Papers
Publications
Information on the Conference
Registration and documents

ORGANISATION

The conference is comprised of a plenary session, parallel sessions, and panel discussions. The discussion at the plenary sessions is centralised, while the parallel sessions and panel discussions will be organised around specific thematic areas. Virtual participants will be able to present their papers within virtual sessions.
The conference will also include panel discussions, whose primary goal is to foster direct communication between academy and business professionals, as well as to determine areas suitable for intensifying cooperation and joint work.

Organizer of the Conference

  • University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia

Co-organizers of the Conference
  • University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • University of Priština, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
  • SAM Serbian Association of Managers
  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vojvodina

Scientific Board
  • Aleksandar Čučković, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia, president
  • Stanislav Zekić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia, vice president
  • Maja Strugar Jelača, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia, vice president
  • Nemanja Berber, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Agneš Slavić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Dušan Bobera, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Bojan Leković, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Radmila Bjekić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Marko Aleksić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Radenko Marić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Dražen Marić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Sonja Vučenović, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Dejan Brcanov, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Stojanka Dakić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Dragan Stojić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Aleksandra Marcikić Horvat, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Boris Radovanov, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Olgica Glavaški, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Viktorija Petrov, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Novica Supić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Miloš Pjanić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Branimir Kalaš, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Jelena Andrašić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Bojan Matkovski, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Marija Jeremić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Mirna Vidaković, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Ivan Milenković, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Želјko Vojinović, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Mirjana Marić, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Olivera Grlјević, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Lazar Raković, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Nebojša Taušan, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, Serbia
  • Ivana Domazet, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Darko Marjanović, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
  • Milena Jakšić, University of Karagujevac, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • Milka Grbić, University of Karagujevac, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • Dejan Jovanović, University of Karagujevac, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • Tadija Đukić, University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • Bilјana Đorđević, University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • Sanja Dobričanin, University of Priština, Faculty of Economics, Serbia
  • Mladen Čudanov, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Science Beograd, Serbia
  • Veljko Jeremić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Science Beograd, Serbia
  • Lena Đorđević Milutinović, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Science Beograd, Serbia
  • Amra Kapo, University of Sarajevo, School of Economics and Business, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Dragan Milovanović, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Milenko Krajišnik, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Dragan Gligorić, University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Srđan Lalić, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Business Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Vladimir Šimović, University Algebra Zagreb, Croatia
  • Katarina Poldrugovac, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Management in Tourism and Hospitality, Croatia
  • Tomislav Hernaus, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Nina Pološki Vokić, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Ivan Brezina, Faculty of Economic Informatics Bratislava, Slovakia
  • Tibor Zsigmond, University of Komoran, Slovakia
  • Tom Gillpatrick, Portland State University, USA
  • Leland Buddress, Portland State University, USA
  • Pawel Lula, Cracow University of Economics, Poland
  • Vulnet Ameti, State University of Tetova, Macedonia
  • Kosta Sotiroski, Faculty of Economics Prilep, Macedonia
  • Wang Baoshun, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China
  • Semra Boga, Beykent University, Turkey

Organisational board
  • Stanislav Zekic, president
  • Nebojsa Gvozdenovic, vice presidentк
  • Zeljko Vojinovic, vice presidentк
  • Predrag Matkovic, vice presidentк
  • Gorana Franciskovic, secretary
  • Marijana Mesaros, secretary
  • Andjelija Kovac Striko, secretary
  • Jadranka Stantic, secretary
  • Veselin Pavlicevic, secretary
  • Dunja Kostic, secretary
  • Dimitrije Gasic
  • Radmila Bjekic
  • Jovica Pejcic
  • Aleksandar Sekulic
  • Reka Korhec
  • Anja Dacic
  • Masa Stojsavljevic Divac
  • Milica Susljik
  • Rajko Ivanisevic
  • Aleksandar Vugdelija
  • Aleksandar Vasiljevic
  • Ana Trbovic

General information

Who should attend?

  • Researchers from academic and research organizations
  • Practitioners
  • Doctoral students
  • Bachelor and Master students

Venue and time
  • SM2026 will be held on the premises of the Faculty of Economics in Subotica, at 9-11 Segedinski put, 24000 Subotica, Republic of Serbia.

Important dates
  • Deadline for submission of full abstracts of up to 500 characters: March 3, 2026.
  • Information on the abstract acceptance: March 9, 2026.
  • Deadline for submission of print-ready papers: April 15, 2026.
  • Deadline for Information on paper acceptance: April 30, 2026.
  • Deadline for registration fee: May 10, 2026.
  • Conference SM2026: May 18, 2026.

Preliminary agenda of SM 2026

May 18, 2026
  • 09:00 – 09:30 Registration of participants
  • 09:30 – 10:30 Ceremonial Academic Session
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
  • 11:00 – 12:15 Plenary session
  • 12:30 – 14:00 Parallel sessions
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:00 – 16:30 Panel discussion 1
  • 16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
  • 17:00 – 18:30 Panel discussion 2
  • 19:30 – 23:00 Gala dinner

Language
The official languages of the Conference will be English and Serbian.
Plenary sessions will be held in English, parallel sessions will be held in English and Serbian, while panel discussions will be held in Serbian.
Please note that all papers must be submitted in English only.
Registration

 

In person participants

Virtual participants

Registration

-   23.600 RSD / 200 EUR

-   Students: 11.800 RSD / 100 EUR.

-   14.160 RSD / 120 EUR

-   Students: 8.260 RSD / 70 EUR.

In person participants

Registration

-   23.600 RSD / 200 EUR

-   Students: 11.800 RSD / 100 EUR.


Virtual Participants

Standard registration

-   14.160 RSD / 120 EUR

-   Students: 8.260 RSD / 70 EUR.

*Note: Participants shall bear all bank transfer charges. Participation fees are paid per each participant taking part in the conference either directly, or virtually. Participants are cautioned to pay registration fee only after the paper has been accepted.

Included with in-person participation:

  • Paper published in the electronic conference proceedings
  • Participation in the plenary and parallel sessions, as well as panel discussions
  • Conference program and certificate of participation
  • Participation at a gala dinner on May 18, 2026
  • Buffet lunch between the plenary and parallel sessions, refreshments during breaks

Included with virtual participation:
  • paper published in the electronic conference proceedings
  • Electronic certificate of participation

Registration is free for participants employed by organizations that have signed a cooperation agreement with the Faculty of Economics in Subotica, as well as participants employed by institutions co-organising the Conference.

Papers

Registration and submission of papers:

  • The plenary session papers, by invitation from the Conference organizers, should not exceed 10 A4 format pages and should be prepared in accordance with the instructions available at the Conference Web page. These papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, in full.
  • Paper abstracts should be submitted electronically via filling out application form available at https://smreg.ef.uns.ac.rs/
  • Paper abstracts up to 500 characters must contain: clearly defined problem and research goals, concise described methodology, or methods applied in collecting, processing and analyzing data, a short resume of results and primary conclusion.
  • After positive review, papers are to be submitted exclusively via Open Journal System (OJS). Authors of accepted abstracts will receive detail instructions regarding the submission process. Further communication related to paper review will be done through OJS. Papers submitted in any other way will not be taken into consideration.
  • Parallel session papers must be submitted within stated deadlines and must not exceed 10 pages A4 format. Papers should be prepared in line with Guidelines published on the Conference Web page.
  • All papers will be reviewed by two separate reviewers (members of the Scientific board). All accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, in full.

Publications

  • The SM2026 conference proceedings, published by the conference organizer, with ISBN and DOI identifiers, with all reviewed papers, which will be submitted for indexing to Conference Proceedings Citation (CPCI) service, a constituent part of Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science.
  • Accepted and presented papers in English will be subject to additional review by the members of the Editorial Board and, upon positive reviews, with the authors’ consent, will be published in International Journal of Strategic Management, ISSN 1821-3448, indexed on Master Journal List in Emerging Sources Citation Index, a constituent part of Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science. The International Journal of Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management was categorized as М23 by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia for year 2023.

Information on the conference

Registration and documents

Abstract submission
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