Last Friday (May 20, 2001) at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, Martin Casey held the lecture “The Power of the Strategic Management Framework – Challenges of Post Acquisition Company Integration” for students of the Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship. After he graduated in physics at the Oxford, University, Martin Casey has spent more than 30 years in the chenical industry, and until recently he served as director for strategic planning and board member of the Huntsman Corporation. In his lecture, martin Casey spoke about his experience in acquisitions and post acquisition company integration.

Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship organises lecture entitled “Divestment of a worldwide business – how to manage the change?” for its students. Lecture will be held by Hilde Helsen, expert with many years of managerial experience in international companies in fields of production, sales, strategic planning, purchasing and human resource management. Hilde Helsen presently works as Regional Director at DBM, international human resource management company from Brussels. The lecture will be held on Friday, May 06 from 18:20 to 20:00, in lecture hall 14 at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek.

Doctoral program ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION, Faculty of Economics in Osijek, in cooperation with University of Applied Sciences VERN’ organizes Triple Helix Doctoral Seminar in Zagreb, which will be held by Professor Henry Etzkowitz, originator of the Triple Helix concept. Triple Helix Doctoral Seminar is intended for doctoral students of the doctoral programENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION, other doctoral students interested in the topic of innovation, as well as for academics, business leaders, government staff and other specialists involved in the different aspects of innovation management. » Read more…

After successfully held DREAM workshop in June 2010 in Osijek, which was attended by 25 participants from 7 European countries, Faculty of Economics in Osijek within the international interdisciplinary Doctoral Study ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNVATIVENESS again brings Saras Sarasvathy to Croatia. Workshop entitled DREAM Doctoral Seminar on Entrepreneurship As “Making” will be held 23-27 May 2011, at Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik. » Read more…

Classes have begun for students of the first cohort of international interdisciplinary doctoral Study ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIVENESS. The first semester was started with lectures from the Theoretical Perspectives of Entrepreneurship course, taught by Antti Paasio, Ph.D. from University of Turku, Finland. Prior to the start of classes, students were greeted by Faculty’s Dean, Željko Turkalj, Ph.D. and Slavica Singer Ph.D.