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Since 2025, the proceedings of the International Scientific Conference of IBS have been published as a serial publication under the title “Management. Economics. Tourism”, registered with ISSN 3033-2893. “Management. Economics. Tourism” is an online conference proceedings containing papers from the annual International Scientific Conference of IBS.

The publication includes papers presented and accepted for publication within the framework of the International Scientific Conference of IBS in the fields of management, economics, and tourism, as well as interdisciplinary research connecting these academic areas with each other and with other relevant fields.

The first issue of the publication contains the proceedings of the 20th International Scientific Conference “Smart future. Artificial intelligence in education, economics, business and management” (2025).

2025 – 20th International Scientific Conference “Smart future. Artificial intelligence in education, economics, business and management”. Artificial intelligence is actively entering all areas of socio-economic life worldwide, possessing the potential to address complex challenges related to improving education, fostering scientific research and innovation in healthcare, climate, the financial sector, and other areas. It is estimated that at least 70% of companies will adopt and use certain aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) technology by 2030. The present proceedings present the results of the 20th International Scientific Research Conference of the International Business School in Bulgaria, where scholars from the social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, humanities, and industry communicated and disseminated their most recent achievements and research results related to artificial intelligence and its applications, and discussed market positioning and management in the process of building an intelligent future based on the application of artificial intelligence in the context of economics, business, and management.

ISSN: 3033-2893

COPYRIGHT AND OPEN ACCESS

By submitting their papers, authors agree to apply the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) to the manuscript. This license allows authors to retain rights to their publications and reuse them without restrictions, provided proper attribution for the first publication is given. Under this open access license, authors consent to the distribution or use of the content of the published manuscript, as long as the author and original source are correctly cited.

INDEXING AND DISTRIBUTION

Papers that have successfully undergone the review process will be published in the Proceedings and included in the following databases:

The publication follows an open access approach under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) and is registered in the national reference list of NACID.

Manuscripts published in the proceedings will be included in the electronic library CEEOL.

Manuscripts published in the proceedings will be included in the Bulgarian Open Science Portal (BPOS).

Manuscripts published in the proceedings will be included in Zotero.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief: Assoc. Prof. Stela Baltova, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Managing Editor: Chief Assist. Prof. Atanaska Cholakova, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Аssociate editors:

Prof. Nevyana Krasteva, Dr. Sc., Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“

Assoc. Prof. Daniela Georgieva, PhD, Economic Research Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Editorial Board:

Prof. Georgi Apostolov, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Prof. Milanka Slavova, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Prof. Ivanka Asenova, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Prof. Lalka Borisova, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Prof. Emil Mihaylov, PhD, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Bulgaria

Prof. Spartak Keremidchiev, PhD, Economic Research Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Prof. Vesselin Mintchev, PhD, Economic Research Institute of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Prof. Elka Vasileva, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria

Prof. Mariya Neycheva, PhD, Burgas Free University, Bulgaria

Assoc. Prof. Ivan Andreev, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Assoc. Prof. Irina Topuzova, PhD, International Business School, Bulgaria

Prof. Alina Badulescu, Dr. Sc., University of Oradea, Romania

Prof. Jamaliah Said, PhD, MARA University of Technology, Malaysia

Prof. Anna Dluzewska, PhD, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Poland / Durban University of Technology, South Africa

Prof. Kiymet Caliyurt, PhD, Trakya University, Turkey

Prof. Vita Juknevičienė, PhD, Šiauliai Academy, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Prof. Denis Jelačić, PhD, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Prof. Eglantina Hysa, PhD, Independent Researcher, Brussels, Belgium

Assist. Prof. Nina Angelovska, PhD, University of Tourism and Management, North Macedonia

Chief assist. Prof. Dominik Borek, PhD, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

Authors Guidelines

These Guidelines are prepared in accordance with BDS ISO 690-2021 (Harvard system).

IBS Publishing House and the Editorial Board of the Conference Proceedings are following the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and is committed to apply the best practices on standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process. IBS Publishing House also encourages its authors to read the SAGER Guidelines developed by the European Association of Science Editors.

For authors

The conference proceedings accepts only papers submitted solely to it and presented on the XVIII International conference.
With the submission of the manuscript the Author agrees to declare any Conflict-of-Interest.

Preparation and format of the manuscript

The article together with the abstract and references must not exceed 15 standard pages.
Manuscripts should be prepared using standard word processing program. All the appendixes in the form of graphs, tables, illustration and others should be suitable for reading and attached as separate file in machine readable format (.png или .jpeg).
The paper should be prepared for double-blind peer review procedure, e.g. the first page’s content is the author’s information, incl.: name of the author/authors, personal scientific identifier (ORCID ID), name of institution the author belongs to, corresponding address and email address.
Second page contents the following information: abstract, title, abstract between 150-200 words, JEL classification, 3 to 6 keywords.

References

If the text contains references in Cyrillic these references must be either written with their respective English titles or transliterate into Roman script based on the current transliteration standard BDS ISO 9:2001.

EXAMPLES

Journal article

REFERENCES

VODENSKA, M. 2019. Tourism Impacts in Bulgarian National Resorts. Research Papers, vol. 11, 68-112. ISSN 1313-0846

Such a source is cited in the text as: (Vodenska 2019); Vodenska (2019)

Journal article with more than one author

EDIN, P-A., P. FREDRIKSSON, M. NYBOM, and B. ÖCKERT. 2022. The Rising Return to Noncognitive Skill. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14(2), 78-100. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20190199. [viewed 2022-05-12].

EDIN, P-A. (et al.). 2022. The Rising Return to Noncognitive Skill. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14(2), 78-100. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20190199. [viewed 2022-05-12].

Such a source is cited in the text as: (Edin, Fredriksson, Nybom, Öckert 2022); Edin, Fredriksson, Nybom, Öckert (2022) or (Edin et al. 2022); Edin et al. (2022)

Books

RIBOV, M. 2021. New technologies. The next generation. Sofia: UNWE. ISBN 978-619-232-511-4.

or RIBOV, M. 2021. Novite tehnologii. Sledvashtoto pokolenie. Sofia: UNWE. ISBN 978-619-232-511-4.

Such a source is cited in the text as: (Ribov 2021); Ribov (2021); (Ribov 2021: 59)

Translated literature

BAARD, H.P. 1981. Frans Hals. Translated from Dutch to English. George STUYCK (trans.). London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-09150-0

Online source available through subscription-based platform/database (“Paywall”) or with a level of restriction

The listed references that are available through subscription-based platform/data base must be written following the standard and additionally stating the level and kind of access restriction [paywall]/[access restriction: paywall]/[access restricted from some countries].

CARLSON, A. & Barbara M. POPE. 2009. The “Big Deal”: A survey of how libraries are responsible and what the alternatives are. Online. The Serials Librarian, 57(4), 380-398. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/03615260903206861. [paywall]. [viewed 2022-05-15].

MAHER, D. 2019. New tendencies in ecology. Online. New York: Backstone Publishing, ISBN 896-8-4125-1234-5. Available from: EBSCOhost. [paywall].

*For every other case, that is not highlighted in these Guidelines, Authors should refer to the accepted standard BDS ISO 690-2021. In case of transliteration Authors should refer to the current standard BDS ISO 9:2001.

Publishing Ethics

This document is based on and follows the guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for good practices related to ethical issues and rules to prevent misconduct in the publishing process.
The document regulates the basic duties and responsibilities of the publisher, editors, editorial boards, independent reviewers, and authors.

Read more about retentions and responsibilities HERE.

Peer-Review Guidelines

The peer review procedure is an essential part of the publishing process that contributes to maintaining a high research quality of the published papers.

All of the manuscripts that meet the Author’s Guidelines requirements go through double blind peer review procedure by independent reviewers.

The Editorial Board selects the reviewers based on their professional experience and expertise.

Reviewers must

have a PhD;
indicate official affiliation (university, research institute, RPO)
provide a researcher’s digital identifier (ORCID ID or Researcher ID, Scopus ID, RISC number) with a complete profile, incl. publication activities and expertise.

Reviewers responsibilities

the reviewers agree to perform an objective, timely and transparent evaluation of the manuscript, strictly following the standards, flowcharts and guidelines by COPE, the Author’s Guidelines and the Publisher’s Code of Ethics.
by accepting a manuscript the reviewer undertakes to observe the anonymity of procedure, not to distribute or reproduce in any form the manuscript submitted for a review.
to timely declare any potential conflict of interest or competing interest.
to immediately notify the Editorial Board and the Editor-in-Chief if the reviewer finds a conflict of interest that was not present or determinable at the time of the peer-review procedure started and can potentially affect the objective evaluation of the manuscript.
to notify in timely manner the Editorial Board or the Editor-in-Chief in case the peer-review procedure cannot be completed within the pre-set deadline.
Reviewers are not expected to assess the manuscript for grammatical mistakes, but to focus on quality, scientific contribution and overall style of the research.

Procedure

(1) Upon agreeing to review a manuscript, the reviewer agrees to send the completed review within the time-frame set by the Editor/Editorial Boards Member.

(2) The reviewers receive the manuscript prepared for double-blind peer review procedure and a review form.

(3) After the review’s completion the peer reviewer sends the completed review form to the following email: [email protected]

(4) The review is considered accepted when the reviewer receives an email from the Editor verifying the review was done – “review receipts”.

Our editorial team firmly believes that the peer reviewing activities are essential part and one of the most important processes in publishing.

Important and Useful resources for reviewers:

COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers:

https://publicationethics.org/files/Peer%20review%20guidelines.pdf

Web of Science Academy: An Introduction to Peer Review:

https://webofscienceacademy.clarivate.com/learn

Elsevier Researcher Academy – Peer Review Course:

https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/navigating-peer-review/certified-peer-reviewer-course

Contacts

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IBS-Press E-Mail: [email protected]

Dr. Atanaska Cholakova

Head of IBS-Press

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