Dear colleagues. On behalf of the Center for local economic development, Faculty of economics, University of Rijeka we cordially invite you to the scientific Conference „Contemporary issues of local economic development“ The goal of the scientific conference is to contribute to dissemination of knowledge and to discuss wider issues of local economic development. The need for additional efforts towards this scientific field was recognized by Faculty of Economics in the form of founding the Center for local economic development as a champion of modern theory and practice of local government affairs. The most important contribution of this Conference is gathering prominent scientists in the wider field of local economic development, which should provide transfer of knowledge to the young scientists, but to entrepreneurs and local government representatives as well. The conference covers a wide range of issues regarding local economic development:  Contemporary theory of local economic development;  Issues regarding local investment climate;  Investments in physical (hard) infrastructure;  Role of clusters;  Issues of local government finance;  Globalization and local economic development;  Policy issues at the local government level;  ICT at the local government level;  Other topics related to the main theme. The Conference will be held at Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka from September 8 th – 10th, 2014 (http://www.efri.uniri.hr/en/). Abstracts can be submitted by July 1st 2014. Full paper submissions are possible until September 1st, 2014. Only original papers are accepted. Already published manuscripts will not be accepted. There is no conference fee. Organizers will cover costs of accommodation and meals for participants. Selected papers will be published in special issues of the Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business. The Journal has been abstracted and indexed in JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) / EconLit (American Economic Association’s Electronic Database), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA since 1993, as well as in the IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences), ProQuest, Cambridge, UK and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Lund University, Sweden, since 2007. Furthermore, since June 2008, the Journal has been abstracted and indexed in CAB Abstracts, UK, and from July 31, 2008, the Journal has also been included in SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index), Social Scisearch and JCR (Journal Citation Reports / Social Sciences Edition) and Thomson Reuters, Philadelphia, USA starting with No 1/2007, along with ProQuest – ABI/INFORM and Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA starting with No. 1/2006. CENTAR ZA LOKALNI EKONOMSKI RAZVOJ EKONOMSKOG FAKULTETA SVEUČILIŠTA U RIJECI d. o. o. Ivana Filipovića 4, HR-51000 Rijeka, Hrvatska OIB: 65219330505 tel: 051/688-295,688-296, fax: 051/688-299 e-mail: cler.efri@gmail.com Žiro račun: HR9723600001102326121 In addition, SCOPUS, Elsevier, B.V., Amsterdam and The Netherlands have started coverage of all the Journal’s published material since 2008, and EBSCO, Ipswich, MA, USA also cover the Journal in their respective databases – EconLit with Full Text and SocINDEX in Abstracts&Indexing with references. The guidelines for submitting the abstract and the manuscripts can be found at: http://www.efri.uniri.hr/en/proceedings. Abstracts for the conference can be submitted at sdrezgic@efri.hr and/or zbornik@efri.hr. Authors will be notified regarding the acceptance of their abstracts, and informed about the registration procedure and detailed conference program by the organizers of the conference. Kind regards, Saša Drezgić, Ph.D. Vice-editor in Chief Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics: Journal of Economics and Business General sponsor: Partners: CENTAR ZA LOKALNI EKONOMSKI RAZVOJ EKONOMSKOG FAKULTETA SVEUČILIŠTA U RIJECI d. o. o. Ivana Filipovića 4, HR-51000 Rijeka, Hrvatska OIB: 65219330505 tel: 051/688-295,688-296, fax: 051/688-299 e-mail: cler.efri@gmail.com Žiro račun: HR9723600001102326121