Societal Innovation and Enterprise Forum (SIEF) organised a series of four webinars in honour of Professor Allan Gibb (1939-2019), whose aim is to recall the basic concepts of Gibb’s research, and link them to the current situation, the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial behaviour in responding to the challenges brought about by this crisis. Thematically, webinars cover Professor Gibb’s research areas and are based on his scientific and professional papers.
The first webinar was organised in September 2020 on the topic University leadership post Covid-19: the entrepreneurial challenge. One of the panelists in this webinar was Professor Slavica Singer, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, University of Osijek. The second webinar, on the topic of entrepreneurial education (Re-designing entrepreneurial learning around problems and issues), was organised in October 2020. The third webinar on the topic of entrepreneurial university (Creating entrepreneurial universities: the new frontier) was held in December 2020. One of the panelists in this webinar was Professor Sunčica Oberman Peterka, Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek, University of Osijek. The fourth and final webinar will take place in January 2020, on the topic Universities as partnership models for driving positive change.
Recordings of webinars can be viewed at the following link, as well as information on the next webinar: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNMfYH2v7KBwGkITQtZkcQ/videos
Professor Gibb was a pioneer in research of entrepreneurship, SME management and entrepreneurship education. His definition of entrepreneurship goes beyond the business context; for him, entrepreneurship is a way of behaviour, acting and life necessary for everyone, in all contexts (business, public, educational, social, health, profit, non-profit, etc.) to overcome the high level of uncertainty and complexity in the environment. His concept of entrepreneurship is broad and refers to linking theoretical concepts (ideas) with practice (application), and to the belief that entrepreneurial behaviour is a tool by which we can make the world a better place to live.
Professor Allan Gibb significantly contributed to teh development of educational programmes in entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics in Osijek and participated in the design of doctoral dissertations and co-mentoring of several doctoral students of the doctoral study Entrepreneurship and Innovativenes.
