TY - EJOUR AB - The aim of the work is the analysis of current business situation in which the apple producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are positioned with development and use of holistic marketing concept as a model for improving the competitiveness of apple producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The methodology, which is applied in this work, is a combined qualitative and quantitative research technique. The in-depth interview is used for qualitative research, and for quantitative research the analysis of the import, export, production, trade and the cash flow data, available from statistical agencies, were used. The results showed that the new, developing, apple production strategy is necessary in order to correspond to the business challenges of the 21st century. In the new model of developing, it is suggested that the holistic approach to marketing has the central role. Holistic marketing, with its elements, has a potential to improve competitiveness on the domestic market and to create conditions for stable development of the apple production in Bosnia and Herzegovina. AU - Dalibor, Dončić AU - Nenad, Perić AU - Radivoj, Prodanović DA - 2015-06 DA - 2015-06 DO - UDC 338.43:63 CIP 33:63(497.11) ISSN 0352-3462 COBISS.SR-ID 27671 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.206919 DO - Other DO - doi ED - Cvijanovic, Drago ED - editor EP - 323 EP - 309 ID - 206919 IS - 2 JF - Economics of Agriculture KW - Agribusiness KW - Institutional and Behavioral Economics KW - Marketing KW - holistic marketing KW - competitiveness KW - producers KW - apple L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206919/files/2%20EP%202%202015.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206919/files/2%20EP%202%202015.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206919/files/2%20EP%202%202015.pdf LA - eng LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206919/files/2%20EP%202%202015.pdf N1 - Original scientific paper N2 - The aim of the work is the analysis of current business situation in which the apple producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are positioned with development and use of holistic marketing concept as a model for improving the competitiveness of apple producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The methodology, which is applied in this work, is a combined qualitative and quantitative research technique. The in-depth interview is used for qualitative research, and for quantitative research the analysis of the import, export, production, trade and the cash flow data, available from statistical agencies, were used. The results showed that the new, developing, apple production strategy is necessary in order to correspond to the business challenges of the 21st century. In the new model of developing, it is suggested that the holistic approach to marketing has the central role. Holistic marketing, with its elements, has a potential to improve competitiveness on the domestic market and to create conditions for stable development of the apple production in Bosnia and Herzegovina. PY - 2015-06 PY - 2015-06 SP - 309 T1 - HOLISTIC MARKETING IN THE FUNCTION OF COMPETITIVENESS OF THE APPLE PRODUCERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TI - HOLISTIC MARKETING IN THE FUNCTION OF COMPETITIVENESS OF THE APPLE PRODUCERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TT - HOLISTIČKI MARKETING U FUNKCIJI KONKURENTNOSTI PROIZVOĐAČA JABUKE U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/206919/files/2%20EP%202%202015.pdf VL - 62 Y1 - 2015-06 T2 - Economics of Agriculture T2 - Economics of Agriculture 2/2015 T2 - UDC: 339.138:634.11(497.6) ER -