Entrepreneurship has an important social and economic function, but the decision of an individuals to become entrepreneurially active – by establishing own companies or within existing companies, where they are employed – is influenced by personal and social factors, institutional frameworks, the level of development of the economy, social and cultural norms and other factors. Within the GEM research (the research consortium grew to 69 participating countries in 2012), the main data basis for the research represent the adult population survey and questionnaires and interviews with national experts. Within the research results it is established, that the detection or perception of business opportunities is the important factor for individual's decision to start with entrepreneurship – but in Slovenia the perception of business opportunities is present in a very modest volume, similar situation being detected in all European countries of innovation type of economy, that have been affected with the economic crisis. The entrepreneurial activity in Slovenia in 2012 slightly rose in comparison to the year before – TEA index was 5.42%, but at the same time a very low level of female entrepreneurship is present – less than 25%. Besides motives for entrepreneurship, where Slovenia is a very typical country of innovative type of the economy with the majority of opportunity driven entrepreneurship, the monograph analyses also the business discontinuance and causes for exits that are in Slovenia mainly financial. Entrepreneurial employee activity in Slovenia in comparison to traditional entrepreneurial activity is relatively high, with the highest prevalence rate among highly educated individuals. The monograph includes also the analysis of international migrations and entrepreneurship and of entrepreneurial aspirations and competitiveness. Based on the analysis of socioeconomic environment the research stresses that recommendations for economic policy are especially to stimulate entrepreneurial activity towards stimulation of innovativeness in entrepreneurial education, enabling tax reliefs and formation of a clearly defined and longterm government policy for promotion of entrepreneurship, as well as the need for public expenditure reduction, Slovenia should ease the access to favorable sources of finance, eliminate administrative barriers and strengthen the consulting network for entrepreneurs
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COBISS.SI-ID: 73829121Realization of a socio-economic order depends crucially on human values, including employees' personal values. The main purpose of this article is a requisitely holistic examination of the influence of employees' personal values on their attitudes towards economic, environmental and social aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Schwartz values survey questionnaire was used to measure employees' personal values and 25 statements referring to economic, environmental and social aspects of CSR. Results reveal that personal values most strongly influence employees' orientation regarding economic results, whereas the impact on their attitudes towards environmental and social concern is weaker. From all sub-dimensions of values, only universalism values influence all three aspects of CSR, whereas five sub-dimensions, also having significant impact, influence either one or both the other two aspects of CSR. Results help managers reflect upon the preferred patterns for development of enterprise employees' behaviors related with CSR. The sample includes 909 employees' responses from Slovenian enterprises, obtained in 2010 and 2011.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 11645724Modern society and its transition to a knowledge society are claiming more and more creative and entrepreneurial individuals who are capable of autonomous action, either in the realm of an organization or as entrepreneurs with their own businesses. The article emphasises the importance of entrepreneurship in a modern society and its attachment to the economic and social development. We have found that education can influence an individual's preferences and values in order to opt for an independent business career. Based on a research study conducted among students of business schools at universities from 11 countries, we compared the entrepreneurial characteristics of Slovenian and foreign students. The survey results show that entrepreneurial education requires a different approach than what is appropriate for the education of future managers of large enterprises. On the basis of the entrepreneurial program at the University of Maribor, which has been carried out since the mid-nineties, we know that the experience gained in the class itself is not sufficient for students to develop their understanding of the value of innovation and creativity. It should be upgraded with direct experience, which can be obtained in real life.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 10914332The basic purpose of the current chapter is to examine one of the most wellknown organizational concepts from the end of the 90s – the concept of networking. In so called networking economy, each network actor (individual, team, or organization) is embedded in a larger economic web that affects each participant and, in return, is influenced by that participant. By analyzing networking activities between enterprises and organizations (business networking) as well as entrepreneurs’ personal networking (entrepreneurial networking), this study seeks to empirically address the following research question: “How does activity in network relationships differ between male and female entrepreneurs and the companies they are directing?” The gender perspective is important because of the limited understanding of the gendered influences of economic development that entrepreneurship activity undoubtedly has on a society. The analysis is based on a data set and questionnaires with 193 entrepreneurs of small and mediumsized companies in Slovenia. The results revealed interesting findings. It appears that male entrepreneurs have less intensive cooperation with supportive institutions as female entrepreneurs who are largely separating their private life from business. The initial findings represent a signal for the entrepreneurial supportive environment; it should be better adapted to meet the needs of the specific SME segment
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COBISS.SI-ID: 11482908The purpose of this paper is to present the adapted model per phases of the creative problem solving (CPS) process, where multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods are used in the decision-making phase. Also, to adapt and complete the steps of the six-question technique, in order to establish the criteria's importance. The framework procedure of MCDM, together with the Dialectical Systems Theory's guidelines when solving complex problems has already been introduced. The procedure was well-verified in practice, but lacked the support of creative qualitative techniques in defining problems, and in generating and choosing alternatives. To eliminate this deficiency, in terms of prescriptive approach, the authors adapted the phases of the CPS process, where MCDM methods are used when choosing alternatives, and completed the steps of the six-question technique to establish the criteria weights. The discrete Choquet integral was used to consider interactions among criteria. The article shows that creative approaches are not limited to merely problem definitions and problem structuring. They can also be used in typically analytical steps in the framework procedure. The completed and adapted phases of the CPS process can allow the mutual assistance of creative and decision-making methods when solving problems - a step forward to holism.This article develops and introduces the use of the six-question technique, in the establishment of criteria weights. The innovative aspect of this article is that it adapts and completes the CPS process so that MCDM methods can be used when choosing alternatives. It extends the use of creative approaches to typically analytical steps of MCDM, where synergies and redundancies among criteria are considered.
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