USE IPM presentations – “Key insights from the study visit to Samobor, Zagreb & Dubrovnik (17–31 May 2025)”

10 June 2025, 11:00, Faculty of Economics UNIBL

Our researchers briefed colleagues and partners on best practices from study visit to Croatia:

Jadranka Petrović, PhD – “Setting-up a Student Incubator”
Showcased Zagreb’s innovation hubs – University Business Incubator, Libertas University and ZICER – highlighting 108 modular offices, a prototyping fab-lab and a €300 k start-up fund. Ljubiša Mićić, PhD – “First-round secondment take-aways”
Analysed diversification within Mirnovec (fireworks, Etno Farma, Fun Park Biograd) and KPIs such as jobs created, export growth and market reach. Milica Bogdanović, PhD – “Building entrepreneurial talent pipelines”
Drew lessons from the International Institute of Entrepreneurship and heritage brands Filipec Bermet and pastry shop “U prolazu”, stressing tradition-based innovation. Prof. Mirjana Milijević, PhD – “Incubator infrastructure: physical & digital”
From the Forestry & Wood Tech incubator to Blachere Illumination, underlined how co-working, rapid prototyping and virtual platforms accelerate start-ups and circular-economy solutions. Prof. Saša Petković, PhD – “From workshops to BEE 2025 stage”
Summarised the Samobor training led by Prof. Marko Kolaković and chairing the dedicated USE IPM session at BEE 2025 in Dubrovnik. Milica Marić, MA – “BEE 2025 outcomes & next steps”
Reported on conference take-aways: AI in entrepreneurship education, global networking and students’ demands for mentorship, prototyping labs and seed funding.

Why it matters?
These lessons feed directly into the design of the student incubator model, that will be established at universities in the region as a part USE IPM project.

The presentations are regular outputs of the EU-funded project “Up-skilling Researchers for Sustainable Entrepreneurship based on Innovation Process Management” – USE IPM (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-03-01).

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