Competence development as critical issue for successful performance in HPC technology environment: A case study of Montenegro.

Background: Absorptive capacity is the ability to absorb new knowledge and adopt new technologies. This capacity of an economy is measured through a series of indicators, however, the most important among them are precisely those elements related to the competences required for the adoption of new technologies, as well as their structure.

Objective: This paper provides an overview of the concepts and systems needed to develop the competencies needed to implement modern technology such as High-Performance Computing (HPC) in Montenegro.

Fundamentals of Health Economics.

Application of economics in the healthcare area is relatively new. Until recently, the public health scene has not understood the importance that the application of well-established economic concepts could have in this field. Fortunately, it is now well recognized that the introduction of economics in health (health economics) is of great importance.