New public defence of scientific Master’s thesis took place today (May 14, 2012) at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek. Roland Cinkopan, student of the 5th class of GPE defended his thesis entitled “Education as an Important Factor of Entrepreneurial Success of a Company”. The thesis was defended before the committee of professors consisting of Slavica Singer, Ph.D., chairwoman, Mane Medić, Ph.D., member and mentor, and Drago Ružić, Ph.D., member. Congratulations!

Last Friday and Saturday (May 11-12, 2012) lectures within the course Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Funds at the doctoral study ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIVENESS took place. The second part of lectures was held by Marijan Karić, Ph.D. and Nataša Šarlija, Ph.D.

FORT WORTH, Texas (April 11, 2012) – A team of undergraduate students from Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Faculty of Economics in Osijek will compete against students from 21 universities around world, April 19-20, 2012, at the Neeley School of Business at TCU, for the best business plan that incorporates values, ethics and service into a for-profit business. The Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition encourages undergraduate business students to create for-profit ventures that have strong business viability, meaning for the organization, and/or significantly improve quality of life. » Read more…

Allan Gibb, Professor Emeritus at the University of Durham, England, is awarded the first European Entrepreneurship Education Award. The prize of SEK 100 000, founded by Sten K Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship, is awarded Gibb for his pioneering work within entrepreneurship education at European universities. The prize will be awarded the winner at the European Entrepreneurship Education Workshop of 2012. For programme and registration, see http://www.entrepreneur.lu.se/en/eeew2012
Sten K Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship announces an award of SEK 100 000 to a person or organisation which has significantly contributed to the development of academic entrepreneurship education in Europe. The prize will be awarded annually for five years, starting from May 2012.
The following members are part of the Prize committee:
Hans Landström, Professor, Sten K Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Håkan Ylinenpää, Professor, Luleå University of Technology
Karin Berglund, Centre Director, Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
Magnus Klofsten, Professor, Linköping University
Mats Lundqvist, Director, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship

Congratulations, Allan. Your GPE team! » Read more…

DREAM is based on the ideas of Professor Saras Sarasvathy, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia and her collaborators. Saras Sarasvathy will chair the retreat together with Professor Stuart Read, IMD, Switzerland.
DREAM is organized by J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Doctoral Program Entrepreneurship and Innovativeness, in collaboration with The Batten Institute at the Darden School, University of Virginia.

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