Naslov
The Significance of Education Programs for Dynamic Entrepreneurship in Maximizing Regional Competitiveness

Autori
Ćorić, Gordana ; Senegović, Iva ; Bekić, Ivana

Izvornik
Mednarodno inovativno poslovanje = Journal of Innovative Business and Management (1855-6175) Letnik 4 (2012), #2 (2012); 1-24

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
education program ; dynamic entrepreneurship ; global entrepreneurship monitor ; total entrepreneurial activity ; regional competitiveness

Sažetak
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) shows that underdeveloped and developing countries have relatively high share of necessity-based entrepreneurship and lower level of opportunity based entrepreneurship. The coefficient of Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) Opportunity/TEA Necessity in Croatia is below the average for all GEM countries. However, the increased attention given to Croatian growing businesses (gazelles) in the last six years, intrigued authors to explore (1) the linkages between these two start-up approaches (out of opportunity and out of necessity) and growing businesses, (2) eventual discrepancy between the amount of support provided to start-up launching/development, in comparison to training support to growing ventures, and to define (3) recommendations on how to maximize regional competitiveness in entrepreneurship by creating education programs that would provide more support for growing businesses. The paper addresses importance of growing companies through (a) understanding the reasons behind relatively poor entrepreneurial results in Croatia, (b) creating enabling environment for expanding knowledge-based entrepreneurship, and (c) discovering the gaps in offering adequate education programs for sustainable, growing entrepreneurship. The methodology included research of the regional specifics in GEM 2006- 2010 data, on-going research on entrepreneurship education provided by support institutions for development of entrepreneurship, regional entrepreneurial potential/performance, and comparison of these findings with the Croatian gazelles’ research (2006-2011) and regional competitiveness indices (2007, 2010). The paper provided conclusions about regional distribution of gazelles, the significance of dynamic entrepreneurship education programs, and its role in maximizing regional competitiveness in the six Croatian regions. Since the GEM project is not primarily focused on growing companies and gazelles, and the research sample is quite small, the research might be significant just for indication of further research directions. However, the authors plan to do additional quality research. The authors defined the missing links related to maximizing regional competitiveness and growth oriented entrepreneurs, so as the contribution of dynamic entrepreneurship education programs to these goals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

Napomena
Rad je prezentiran na 4th Conference of DOBA Faculty - International Scientific Conference DYNAMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR THE ECONOMY GROWTH (Promoting sustainable growth for the prosperity and new jobs), 7 May 2012, DOBA Faculty, Prešernova 1, Maribor, Slovenia (http://www.eng.doba.si/conference2012) Objavljen je integralni tekst rada u e- publikaciji Revija Mednarodno inovativno poslovanje DOBA fakulteta (http://journal.doba.si/letnik_4_%282012%29_st__ 2?aid=445&m=1)

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