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Day 1 - Wednesday, April 14th 2010 |
| 9.30–10.00 |
Registration |
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| 10.00–10.30 |
"Introduction to the topic of the 30th PODIM Conference" |
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| "New development cycle depends on innovative products" Speaker of Honour (Minister of Economy, dr. Matej Lahovnik - invited) |
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| 10.30–12.00 |
"The art of selling innovative ideas" |
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| 12.00–12.30 |
Coffee break and Opening of the Arena Exhibition |
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| 12.30–13.30 | "Challenges of pitching innovative ideas" Andrea di Anselmo, Vice President, META Group, Italy "Financing new ventures by avoiding banks and/or risk capital providers" Prof. Leo H. J. Verhoef, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands "With ups and downs to success: Case of Slovenian start-up company” Entrepreneur |
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| 13.30–14.30 |
Lunch |
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| 14.30–15.45 | "Lectures of crisis: Innovations are key drivers of increased sales and value added" Primož Hvala, MSc., Consultant, Human & Sales Consulting and Cotrugli Business School, Slovenia Presentations of real life business cases on "Challenges of turning ideas to successful business" Cases will be presented by entrepreneurs that are successfully overcoming the crisis with implementing innovations. Discussion will be lead by Daniela Bervar, Cotrugli Business School, Slovenia. "Reaching profit with innovative customer tailored beds" Emil Marinšek, Entrepreneur, Maremico, Slovenia "Transforming family house into 5 stars design boutique hotel" Nataša Kegelj Kovačič, Entrepreneur, Sončna hiša (Sun House), Slovenia "Innovative redesigning of the Bajadera chocolates and its market revival" Ivana Vrviščar, Director, Krašcommerce Slovenija, Slovenia "Successful development and marketing of niche products in tourism" Matija Koren, Entrepreneur, Koren Sports, Slovenia |
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| 15.45–16.00 |
Coffee break |
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| 16.00–17.45 | "ARE OWNERS, MANAGERS, INVESTORS AND GOVERNMENT WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF INNOVATIVE IDEAS" Round table:
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17.45–18.00 |
Reception with Start-up cocktail |
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| 18.00–19.00 Zmagovalni kipec:   |
Slovenian start-up competition Start:up Slovenia 2010 prize-winner award ceremony |
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| 19.00-22.00 | Networking dinner |
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Day 2 - Thursday, 15th April 2010
.| 8.30-9.00 | Registration |
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9.00-14.00 |
At sessions research papers received upon the Call for paper will be presented. Papers will discuss the challenges of creating and selling innovative ideas. Papers are listed alphabetically, final scheduling of papers will be done at a later stage. "Initiative of Payam-e-Noor University in organizing innovative students" Alireza Mooghali, Mehrzad Saeedikiya, School of Management, Payam-e-Noor University of Shiraz, Iran "Entrepreneurship education in Croatia: a critical assessment" Anita Krolo Crvelin, Danijela Perkušić, Ivona Šustić, University Center for Vocational Studies – Split, Croatia "The Effectiveness of State Subsidies for Enhancing R&D in Small and Medium Enterprises: The Case of Slovenia" Anže Burger, Boštjan Udovič, Maja Bučar, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ljubljana, Slovenia "Entrepreneurship education aimed at strengthening technological capacities of SMEs in western Balkan countries" Bahrija Umihanić, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, Bosnia and Herzegovina "Selling social innovations - Perspectives from different backgrounds" Darja Zorko Mencin, Slovenia "How to foster initiatives for innovations within the firm? Practical implications from empirical research" Dietfried Globocnik, Robert Celec, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Institut für Systemwissenschaften, Innovations- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung, Austria "From supply chains to enterprise networks: a paradigm shift imposed by the turbulent environment" Florin Ionita, Angel Gaidargi, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Management, Romania "How internationally oriented Slovenian SMEs build the product capability" Franjo Mlinarič, Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia "The new role of innovation for SMEs as a response to the multiple synergic shocks in the aftermath of the actual global crisis" Gabriela Prelipcean, Mircea Boscoianu, Margareta Florescu, “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania "Relationships between employees and their impact on corporate entrepreneurship and company growth" Jasna Auer, Boštjan Antončič, University of Primorska, Faculty of management Koper, Slovenia "What are entrepreneurs’ objectives when starting a new business? A study on French micro-data" Lionel Désiage, Centre for Labour Studies, France "Innovative entrepreneur in an innovation-friendly region" Lorenzo Lo Cascio, Andrea Di Anselmo, Nina Mazgan, META Group d.o.o., Slovenia & Italy "Innovation potential of public and private sector cooperation in knowledge intensive services in Slovenia" Maja Bučar, Metka Stare, Andreja Jaklič, Faculty of Social Sciences University of Ljubljana, Slovenia "Young people, school and innovativeness" Marina Trampuš, Aco Cankar, Secondary Economy School Ljubljana and National Education Institute of Slovenia, Slovenia "Collaboration between academia and SMEs along the innovation process: experience with different forms of student projects and R&D collaboration" Mario Fallast, Christoph Adametz, Michael Bader, Stefan Rosenkranz, Graz University of Technology, Technology Transfer, Austria "Action makes innovation from knowledge and invention – Diffusion of novelties revisited, and made more/requisitely holistic" Matjaž Mulej, Faculty of business and economics University of Maribor, Slovenia "New entrepreneurial approach to change school environment - case study in Mazandaran-Iran" Mehdi Jahanian, Mohammad Molani Aghdam, Hassan Hedayati Shirsavar, University of applied Science and Technology, Iran "Holistic approach to innovation management in small and medium sized enterprises" Miro Mele, Danilo Kozoderc, Mele M d.o.o and Vizor s.p., Slovenia "Entrepreneurial development in research universities: a corporate entrepreneurship perspective" Mohar Yusof, Bank Rakyat School of Business and Entrepreneurship Tun Abdul Razak University, Malaysia "Public R&D in natural sciences as a market potential - an study of examples with assesment of situation and practical proposals for solutions" Špela Stres, Institut Jožef Štefan, Slovenia "Neglected firm growth strategy: corporate entrepreneurship" Tina Kociper, Jaka Vadnjal, Matjaž Gantar, GEA College, Slovenia "How can marketing increase my market share?" Tina Pulko, Slovenia "Is a Human-driven innovation clue for 21st century‘s entrepreneurship" Tine Nagy, Mitja Ruzzier, Maja Konečnik Ruzzier, University of Primorska, Faculty of management Koper, Slovenia "Innovation diffusion with multi-criterial approach" Tomaž Kostanjevec, Metka Kostanjevec, Plinko Kostanjevec d.o.o., Slovenia "Establishing innovative culture" Tomislav Buljubašić, Siemens d.d. Siemens IT Solutions & Services, Croatia |
| 14.00-15.00 | Lunch |
Day 2 - Thursday, 15th April 2010 |
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| 12.30–14.00 | WORKSHOP: "Writing Case Studies" Dr. Thomas M. Cooney (www.thomascooney.com), Dublin Institute of Technology (www.dit.ie), Ireland. This workshop is aimed at helping academics to develop their ability to write case studies that they can use as part of their teaching pedagogy. The workshop will highlight the key approaches to be taken when writing case studies and how they can be used to maximise the learning experience for students. The workshop is based on a very successful model that has already been organised as part of RENT (ECSB) Conferences in 2004, 2006 and 2008. The workshop is supported by case materials that are available at www.ecsb.org. Dr Thomas M. Cooney is Academic Director of the Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship (DIT) and a Research Fellow at the Dublin Institute of Technology. He is President of the European Council for Small Business (2009-2011), a member of two European Commission Expert Groups, Visiting Professor at the University of Turku (Finland), and a Board Member of ICSB (International Council for Small Business). He has researched, presented, and published widely on the topic of entrepreneurship, including the books 'New Venture Creation in Ireland' (with Shane Hill), 'European Cases in Entrepreneurship' (with Rickie Moore) and 'Irish Cases in Entrepreneurship'. |
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