List of publications presented at SmartEIZ Training Workshops

At the ninthTraining Workshop which was held in Zagreb in April 2018 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Aralica, Zoran “Mapping GVC in Croatia”
2. Vidaković Peruško, Ivana; Kovač, Katarina and Jošić, Miroslav “Croatia in global value chains”*

At the eighth Training Workshop which was held in Maastricht in March 2018 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Vargas Cuevas, Fernando “Scientific systems in Latin America: performance, networks, and collaborations with industry”*
2. Đokić, Irena “Croatian Polytechnics to Building of Science Industry Links”
3. Lily Wang Sonne “Knowledge transfer from science to technology – the case of nano medical device technologies”
4. N. Es-Sadki “The impact of competition and the regional environment on the knowledge transfer outcomes of universities and research institutes”*

At the sixth Training Workshop which was held in Zagreb in November 2017 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Stjepan Srhoj and Bruno Škrinjarić, “Bidding against the odds? The impact evaluation of grants for new firms during the recession”. (Accepted for publishing in: Srhoj, Stjepan; Škrinjarić, Bruno; Radas, Sonja, (2019) Bidding against the odds? The impact evaluation of grants for young micro and small firms during the recession. Small Business Economics. doi:10.1007/s11187-019-00200-6)
2. Stjepan Srhoj, “Getting ready for EU Single Market – the impact of development grants on firm competitiveness”*
3. Dejan Ravšelj, Marko Ropret and Aleksander Aristovnik, “The analysis of the efficiency and effectiveness of research and development investments at corporate and national level in Slovenia”.*

At the fifth Training Workshop which was held in Zagreb in October 2017 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Žilić, Ivan, Tkalec Marina and Tomić, Iva “Demand for high-skilled labor: Lessons from Online Vacancy Index”
2. Budak, Jelena and Rajh, Edo “Entrepreneurial Intentions in Selected Southeast European Countries” (Published in: Rajh, Edo; Jovanov Apasieva, Tamara; Budak, Jelena; Ateljević, Jovo; Davčev, Ljupčo; Ognjenović, Kosovka. (2018) Youth and Entrepreneurial Intentions in four South-East European Countries. International Review of Entrepreneurship. 16 , 3; 355-382)

At the fourth Training Workshop which was held in Milan in September 2017 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Rašić Bakarić, Ivana “Network Analysis of Croatian Wood Cluster – new dimensions of interaction between firms”
2. Anić, Damir “Development of Clusters in Croatia” (Published in: (1) Anić, Ivan-Damir; Bačić, Katarina; Aralica, Zoran. (2018) The Competitiveness Clusters in Croatia. Ekonomski pregled, 69, 5; 571-593 and (2) Ivan-Damir Anić; Nicoletta Corrocher; Andrea Morrison; Zoran Aralica (2019) The development of competitiveness clusters in Croatia: a survey-based analysis, European Planning Studies. doi: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1610726)

At the third Training Workshop which was held in London in June 2017 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Božić, Ljiljana and Valerija Botrić “Comparison of innovation investment decisions in post-transition and developed economies” (Published in: Božić, Ljiljana; Botrić, Valerija. (2017)  Innovation investment decisions: are post(transition) economies different from the rest of the EU?. Eastern Journal of European Studies. 8, 2; 25-43)
2. Botrić, Valerija, Božić,Ljiljana and Tanja Broz “Small is beautiful, but is it innovative? Exploring the differences in R&D between Croatian small and large enterprises” (Published in: Botrić, Valerija; Božić, Ljiljana; Broz, Tanja (2018) Regionalne razlike u ulaganju u istraživanje i razvoj i produktivnosti u hrvatskim poduzećima, Podravina: časopis za multidisciplinarna istraživanja. 17, 34; 122-134)
3. Škrinjarić,Bruno, Radas, Sonja and Mervar, Andrea “Impact of EU funding on Firm Performance: Evidence Based on Funding Differences”
4. Božić, Ljiljana “Sources of business growth in Croatian enterprises”

 

At the second Training Workshop which was held in Zagreb in May 2017 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Škrinjarić, Bruno “Information Technology and Productivity: Evidence from firm-level data in Croatia”
2. Tkalec, Marina “Economic Consequences of the War, Evidence from Firm Level Panel Data”
3. Stojčić, Nebojša, Hashi Iraj and Aralica, Zoran “Creativity, innovation and firm performance in an emerging transition economy” (Published in: Stojčić, Nebojša; Hashi, Iraj; Aralica, Zoran. (2018) Creativity, innovations and firm performance in an emerging transition economy. Ekonomski pregled, 69, 3; 203-228)
4. Stojčić, Nebojša, Orlić “Regional FDI Spillovers and Productivity of Local Firms in New EU Members States”*

 

At the first Training Workshop which was held in Zagreb in April 2017 the following researchers presented the following papers:

1. Aralica, Zoran and Bačić, Katarina; The Analysis of the Regional Innovation System in the context of Smart Specialisation (Published in: Bačić, Katarina; Aralica, Zoran. (2017) Regional competitiveness in the context of “New industrial policy” – the case of Croatia. Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu,. 35, 2; 551-582)
2. Orlić, Edvard; Radičić, Dragana and Balenović, Merima (2017) “Evaluation  Innovation Policy in the Western Balkans”*
3. Mršić, Antonija (2017) “Diskurzivna analiza procesa definiranja problema i prioriteta u stvaranju inovacijske politike”*
4. Jurlina Alibegović, Dubravka  “Smart City Indicators: Croatian Large Cities and their Perspectives for Development”
5. Vlačić, Ernest;  Aralica, Zoran and Dabić, Marina “Determinants of innovativeness within Croatian firms in the context of their institutional framework” (Published in: Vlačić, Ernest; Dabić, Marina; Aralica, Zoran. (2018) Nacionalni inovacijski sustav: u čemu se vlada i poslovni sektor razlikuju? Društvena istraživanja: časopis za opća društvena pitanja, 27,4; 649-669)
    

 

Researchers/ authors outside of EIZ are marked with an asterisk (*).