Project Archive

Scientific projects

1981 - 1985 (projects funded by the Department for Research Work)

1.    A model of social and economic development for companies in the region of Sla-vonia and Baranja
(Project leader: A. Lauc, Ph.D.)
2.    A model of optimal  distribution of common revenues aimed at maximizing work productivity (Project leader: S. Singer, Ph.D.)
3.    The development function of economic relations in the reproductive aggregate of food production (Project leader: S. Singer, Ph.D.)
4.    A model of provisioning urban agglomerations based on the current and prospec-tive needs of population and other market forces (Project leader: M. Medic, Ph.D.)
5.    Methodology of balancing the needs for agricultural and food products at the local level (Project leader: M. Medic, Ph.D.)

1986  - 1990 (projects funded by the Department for Research Work)

1.    The law of value as part of development management (Project leader: S. Singer, Ph.D.)
2.    Improving the organisation and economics of a production plant (Project leader: M. Panjakovic, Ph.D.)
3.    Socio-economic system and development (Project leader: J. Prdic, Ph.D.)
4.    Scientific foundations for a long-term social and economic development of the region Slavonia and Baranja until the year 2010 (Project leader: T. Karpati, Ph.D.)

1991 - 1996 (projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology)

1.    The single European area as a target market for agricultural and food products from the region of Slavonia and Baranja (Project leader: Lj. Baban, Ph.D.)
2.    Macro-management and marketing of the agricultural and food-producing system of the region of Slavonia and Baranja (Project leader: Lj. Baban, Ph.D.)
3.    Employee participation in company management (Project leaders: S. Juriša, Ph.D. and  I. Boras, Ph.D.)
4.    Land consolidation as a factor in more cost-effective agricultural production (Project leader: M. Panjakovic, Ph.D.)
5.    Market transparency – precondition for general and regional development (Project leader: T. Karpati, Ph.D.)
6.    Theoretical and institutional prerequisites for an entrepreneurial economy (Project leader: S. Singer, Ph.D.)
7.    Stock ownership in the regional economy of Slavonia and Baranja (Project leader: B. Novak, Ph.D.)
8.    Autopoietic organization as a response to chaos (Project leader: A. Lauc, Ph. D.)
9.    Research and modelling of new economic and organizational aspects of company development in the Republic of Croatia (Project leader: J. Prdic, Ph.D.)
10.    Modelling of business decision-making in public services (Project leader: M. Meler, Ph.D.)

1996 - 2002 (projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology)

1.    Paradigm and practice of entrepreneurial economy (Project leader: S. Singer, Ph.D.)
2.    Structural economic changes in Eastern Croatia (Project leader: Lj. Baban, Ph.D.)
3.    Strategy of economic reconstruction and development (Project leader: J. Prdic, Ph.D.)
4.    Autopoietic organization (Project leader: A. Lauc, Ph.D.)

2002 - 2005 (projects funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports)

1.    Continental economic resources directed at tourism development in the Republic of Croatia (Grant No. 0010008) - Project leader: Professor Marcel Meler, Ph.D.
2.    Turnaround strategies and crisis management in companies (Grant No. 0010010) - Project leader: Professor Branko Novak, Ph.D.
3.    The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the Republic of Croatia and the European Union and its impact on the economy of Eastern Croatia (Grant No. 0010011) - Project leader: Professor Ivan Ferencak, Ph.D.
(Professor Ljubomir Baban, Ph.D.)
4.    Development of Croatia between autopoiesis and allopiesis (Grant No. 0010012) - Project leader: Professor Ante Lauc, Ph.D.
5.    Logistical systems and the economy of Eastern Croatia (Grant No. 0010013) - Project leader: Professor  Maja Lamza-Maroniæ, Ph.D.
6.    Paradigm and practice of entrepreneurship (Grant No. 0010014) - Project leader: Professor Vjekoslava (Slavica) Singer, Ph.D.
7.    Retail structure development in the Republic of Croatia (Grant No. 0010015) - Project leader: Professor Zdenko Segetlija, Ph.D.
8.    Development of instruments for quantitative measurements in economy (Grant No. 0010016) – Project leader: Associate Professor Jasna Horvat, Ph.D.
9.    Investment decision-making in practice (Grant No. 0010999) - Project leader: Professor Dražen Barkovic, Ph.D.

Entrepreneurship projects led by university based teams (overall, more than 20 university staff involved as coordinators or leading partners, Head leader for all projects: Professor Slavica Singer, Ph.D.):

1989 - present
A number of projects on entrepreneurial attitudes (theoretical and practical insights), funded by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MZOS)

2000 - 2003
Entrepreneurial web portal, funded by MZOS + 2008 (reconstructed, renovated, ba-sed on identified needs), funded by USAID – web portal 2.0

2001 - 2003
Designing an SME training model for Croatia (ETF, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship + Open Society Institute)

2002 - present
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor

2005
Credit scoring models for retail banking products (funded by RAZUM and MZOS)

2005
Strategic Development of Osijek-Baranya County: the County in which people like to live – the choice is ours (311 young people, local government 76, business people 20, high school teachers 89)

2006
Strategic development of the City of Osijek – from an industrial to an intelligent city (548 young people, local government 15, business people 19)

2005 - 2006
South East European Promotion of Entrepreneurial Thinking (SEEPET), Stability Pact – through German Rectors' Conference

2005 - 2007
Business Potential of Academic R&D Activities in University Centres and their tran-sfer to SMEs in the Crossbord Region

2007 - 2008
Science Park – a conceptual plan in Maribor and Osijek (agriculture, food, renewable energy resources, IT...)

2009
Strategic paper on women entrepreneurship, two focus groups

2007 - 2009
International Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, TEMPUS CD_JEP-410014-2006
(doctoral program in entrepreneurship and innovation, partners Turku University, Durham University, Klagenfurt University, Maribor University)

 

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