International Center for Entrepreneurial Studies J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Croatia

1. International Center for Entrepreneurial StudiesJ.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Croatia Slavica Singer UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship

2. It began with… • EU funded survey, 1990-1992 (regional development and entrepreneurship) • Mushrooming of educational programs in entrepreneurship in the USA • War consequences • devastation of human, social and physical capital – mistrust, unemployment, poverty • Personal responsibility • what I/WE can do?

3. How to survive in a globalised world, after the war? • Develop an entrepreneurial society • Empowered individuals • Ethical businesses • Democratic state • Active civil society

4. Jobs of the future • Problem identification • Problem solving • Ideas exchange Robert B. Reich University of California, Berkely, The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism, 1991

5. Principles • Some people take no mental exercise apart from jumping to conclusions. Harold Acton CREATIVITY

6. Principles • It’s better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation. Herman Melville INNOVATIVENESS

7. Principles • Success is going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill ACTION

8. Principles • Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it! Albert Camus COURAGE

9. Entrepreneurship is... • way of life • in which IDEAS on improvement are emerging • in which OPPORTUNITIES are assessing • in which a CHANGE / ENTERPRISE is built through connecting ideas with opportunities

10. EntrepreneurshipIS NOT... • (ONLY) small business • Small business can be non-entrepreneurial • management • business function • Entrepreneurship IS knowledge HOW to put business functions in proactive, creative and innovative harmonised business behaviour

11. History • Started in year 2000 • As the first and still only one in Croatia • Result of the best world’s practice • International Academic Advising Board • Howard Stevenson, Harvard Business School • Case, Ph.D. thesis ... about us • Surveying needs of Croatian entrepreneurs / businesses • GEM project • Adjusted after Bologna Declaration

12. Current Operations • Master’s degree program in entrepreneurship, from 2000 • Specialisation in entrepreurship, 2 years, from 2005

13. Bologna revised programs • Undergraduate program in entrepreneurship, 3 years, from 2005 • Master’s degree program in entrepreneurship, 2 years, from 2008 • Specialisation, 1 year, from 2010

14. Coming soon... • Ph.D. Program in Entrepreneurship, from 2008

15. Program • From vision to resources and performance • From business idea to fast growing businesses • Entrepreneurial management in all phases of business life

16. Content combined knowledge &skills theory& practice

17. Customised after student’s needs... Core and electives • 1. semester: 3 core + 5 electives • 2. semester: 3 core + 5 electives • 3. semester: 2 core + 7 electives • 4. semester: 2 core + 9 electives

18. Special features 1 • Competitiveness (Harvard Business School – M. Porter’s course) • Authentic leadership for entrepreneurs (University of Naropa, Colorado, USA) • Managing family business (De Paul University, Chicago, USA) • Business ethics (Yale University, USA)

19. Special features 2 • Maverick seminars (guests: Bob Mathew, Washington D.C.; Roger Fishman, Los Angeles; Robert Šenk, Pula; Nenad Bach, New York) • Student loan program • Kathryne and David Moore, New York $25,000 grant

20. New pedagogy • Interactive teaching, experiential classroom, drama (cases, guest speakers) • Teach-the-teacher: • Case method training on site – Susan Harmeling, USA, 2001-2002 • Harvard Business School • M. Porter – competitiveness (2003, 2006) • H. Stevenson – entrepreneurship (2005, 2007) • Syracuse University, St. Louis university, Loyola University, University of Wisconsin, 2006, 2007 • Experiential classroom

21. Learning process • Case method • Individual and team projects, • Practitioners • DISTANCE LEARNING • www.pspefos.hr

22. Practical experience: Center for Entrepreneurship, Osijek: counseling, training www.poduzetnistvo.org Center for franchising www.fransiza.hr BIOS – business incubator www.inkubator.hr Technological development centar www.tera.hr

23. Professors 45 professors Osijek, Zagreb, Slovenia, USA, UK, Finland, Norway, Australia entrepreneurs – Guest speakers

24. Our students 11cohorts (from year 2000!) - 308 students 8cohortsin Osijek, 2in Poreč

25. Students’ profile Geografski: easternCroatia 230 northCroatia 29 Istria 37 Macedonia 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3

26. Students’ profile Experience: working 90% average working years 7 Former education: economic 70 % non-economic 30%

27. Students’ profile • Small business 49% • Middle sized business 21% • Big business 30%

28. Students’ profile • Business owners(Kanaan, Kolarić, Lens, SPIN...) • Directors (Allianz osiguranje, Karlovačka pivovara, GPP Osijek...) • Managers (Saponia, HT, HEP, Nexe,Euroherc, Hypo banka, Zagrebačka banka, Privredna banka, Lura, Podravka…) • Consultants (Deloitte...) • Teachers (high schools, VERN,...) • directors of centers for entrepreneurship, incubators… • Mayor (Pakrac)!

29. Code of conduct • Professors • Be on time • Be available to students • Be professional • Students • Be on time • Be responsible toward program requests • Be ready for team work

30. Students and professors... • ...partners in developing the center of excellence in learning and research of entrepreneurship in Croatia • ...partners in application of entrepreneurship knowledge in building leadership capacity for leading POSITIVE changes in Croatia

31. Our experience – presented as a good practice • ICSB Conference, Belfast, 2003 – Slavica Singer & Joan Gillman • Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 2004 –International Research Conference on Entrepreneurship Education (co-organized with Babson College, USA), Susan Harmeling & Slavica Singer • Case of effectuation: Osijek’s experience with starting university based program in entrepreneurship – Susan Harmeling, Howard Stevenson - Darden Business School, 2005 • St. Louis University, USA, Conference on Entrepreneurship Education, 2005 – Allan Gibb & Slavica Singer • University of Helsinki, 2006 – Slavica Singer

32. International Advisory Board Howard Stevenson, Harvard Business School, USA AllanGibb, Durham University, UK Harold Welsch, DePaul University, USA Jerome Katz, St.Louis University, USA Robert Brockhaus, St.Louis University, USA Joan Gillman, University of Wisconsin, USA Saravan Venkatamaran, Darden Business School, USA Antti Paasio, Turku Business School, Finland Deirdre Hunt, Cork College University, Ireland Raphael Cohen, University of Geneva, Switzerland Adolph Hanich, Swinburne University, Australia

33. International Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (ICES) • Synergy of 15 years in local economic development • UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship • Center of excellence in learning entrepreneurship in South Eastern Europe • Undergraduate, master’s, specialization, doctoral • Executive program • Distance learning

34. Features: Development School Intelectual School What you think vs. What you know School for the Future think globaly, act localy School of Life learning through doing, experiments

35. Our vision International Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Center of excellence in learning entrepreneurship in SEE

36. How we see ourselves and students? IT’S NOT HOW GOOD YOU ARE, IT’S HOW GOOD YOU WANT TO BE.

37. Contact: Slavica Singer Head of the Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek Gajev trg 7 HR-31000 Osijek Croatia Phone: +385 31 224 444 Fax: +385 31 224 438 e-mail: singer@efos.hr www.pspefos.hr

38. Contact: Mirta Matešić Program Coordinator Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek Gajev trg 7 HR-31000 Osijek Croatia Phone: +385 31 224 467 Fax: +385 31 224 438 e-mail: mmatesic@efos.hr www.pspefos.hr