Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Department of Economics

UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship

1st Semester

Aim of the semester is to "immerse" students into reality of entrepreneurial activity in different business environments (small companies, large companies…) and identify the basic entrepreneurial knowledge and skills required to be winners in that world. This semester trains students for team work, which is the basis for work in all courses within the Program.

Obligatory courses

Course Lecturers Hours ECTS
Entrepreneurship from Policy Perspective Prof.dr.sc. Allan Gibb, Durham University, United Kingdom
Sunčica Oberman Peterka, Ph.D.
30 6
Financial Management Stipan Penavin, PH.D.
Timothy Baye, University of Wicconsin-Extension, USA
Anamarija Mandić M.S.
30 6

Opportunity Recognition
Željko Turkalj, Ph.D.
Ivan Ferenčak, Ph.D.
Igor Medić, M.S.
30
6
Entrepreneurial Skills Slavica Singer, Ph.D.
Marcel Meler, Ph.D.
30 6


Elective courses (selesting up to 30 ECTS)

Course Lecturers Hours

ECTS
Business Intelligence

Sanja Pfeifer, Ph.D.
Mirela Alpeza, Ph.D.
20 4

Assessing Entrepreneurs’ Credit Rating


Nataša Šarlija, Ph.D.
20 4

Analysis of Financial Reports



Marijan Karić, Ph.D.
20 4


Managing Innovation Processes
Antti Paasio, Ph.D., Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland
Erich Schwarz, Ph.D., University of Klagenfurt, Austria
20 4

Information Systems for Entrepreneurs


Josip Mesarić, Ph.D.

20 4

Business Ethics


Joseph LaPalombara, Ph.D., Yale University, School of Management, USA
20 4

Creativity and Innovativeness - Workshop

Sanja Pfeifer, Ph.D.
10 2

Presentation Skills - Workshop


Ljerka Sedlan Koenig, M.S.
10 2

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