The first part of the article titled “Change is an opportunity for all of us” was just published in the latest issue (April 2009) of “Slavonski poduzetnik” monthly (Slavonian Entrepreneur). The article is about the executive seminar that was held by Dr. Ichak Adizes in February at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek. The seminar was jointly organized by GPE, Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Incubator BIOS. In the entrepreneurial story column of the same issue of the magazine, you can also read an interview with Jadranka Krmpotić, principal of Open University Obris in Požega and a student of the 13th class of Graduate Specialist Program in Entrepreneurship.

Today (April, 20, 2009) Zoran Mlinarević, student of the 10th class of Graduate Specialist Program in Entrepreneurship successfully defended his final assignment entitled: “Analysis of Entrepreneurial Activities in the Entrepreneurial Cycle”, and earned academic title – University Specialist in Economics (univ.spec.oec.). The assignment was defended before the committee of professors consisting of chairman Marijan Karić, Ph.D., Stipan Penavin, Ph.D., and Marijana Zekić Sušac Ph.D. (committee members). We congratulate Zoran and wish him a lot more private and entrepreneurial successes!

This year’s, 29th conference on entrepreneurship PODIM – “The Winning Products” was held in Maribor on March 25-26, 2009. Professor Slavica Singer, Mirela Alpeza and Mirna Balkić participated at the conference with the paper “Corporate Entrepreneurship: Is Entrepreneurial Behaviour Possible in a Large Company?”. The paper describes and discusses a case on entrepreneurial behavior of employees of Hrvatska pošta d.d. It represents a further research of the subject on which Mirna Balkić worked on in her Master’s thesis at Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship, mentored by professor Singer. A doctoral seminar was also held at the conference, at which Julia Perić and Anamarija Delić participated, as well as a meeting of partner institutions of the ICES Tempus project, at which they were joined by professors Sanja Pfeifer, Marijana Zekić Sušac and Mirna Leko-Šimić.

Today (March 06, 2009), Maja Žunić, student of the 4th class of Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship successfully defended her masters’ thesis entitled “Entrepreneurial Management of Long-term Development of a Profit Center” before the committee of professors consisting of chairman Marijan Karić, Ph.D., Nataša Šarlija, Ph.D., and Stipan Penavin, Ph.D. (committee members). We congratulate ja and wish her a lot more entrepreneurial successes!

On Thursday, February 19, 2009, Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship held an OPEN DOOR DAY at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek. Head of the program, Slavica Singer, PhD, together with professors – lecturers who participate in the program presented the Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship to potential candidates. Within the presentation of the program, a short workshop for interested candidates was held, at the end of which one lucky participant was awarded a valuable prize.