The main objective of our study is to analyse the relation between early-stage entrepreneurs' age and their international orientation in the Balkan region economies, which are facing increasing globalisation and an ageing population. Based on the existing theory, we link the international orientation with some additional influencing determinants, such as the entrepreneurs' innovativeness, their growth aspirations and the financial resources required. Our results underline the importance of institutional frameworks and the moderating effects of age and these influencing determinants, on international orientation. Accordingly, we emphasise the significance of associating explanatory variables with the early-stage entrepreneurs' age. Data from six countries in the Balkan region were obtained from the year 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Adult Population Survey. The study contributes to a better understanding of the international orientation of senior (in terms of age) early-stage entrepreneurs in the Balkan region. Given the changes that have occurred with increasing globalisation and an ageing population, the concept of this particular group of entrepreneurs is important for national and regional policy makers.
Changes regarding the importance of graduates’ competences by employers and changes of competences themselves are to a great extend driven by the technological changes, digitalization, and big data. Among these competences, the ability to perform business and data analytics, based on statistical thinking and data mining, is becoming extremely important. In this paper, we study the relationships among several constructs that are related to attitudes of economics and business students regarding quantitative statistical methods and to students’ intention to use them in the future. Findings of our research provide important insights for practitioners, educators, lecturers, and curricular management teams.
Hitro rastoča podjetja so se izkazala kot pomemben element za kreiranje delovnih mest, inovativnih idej, družbene blaginje in napredka. Široka spoznanja o pomenu hitro rastočih podjetij izvirajo iz zelo raznolikih raziskav omenjenega področja, ki so primarno usmerjene predvsem v pojasnjevanje pomena podjetništva, značilnosti podjetij (demografskih dejavnikov) in vpliva na kreiranje zaposlovanja ter ustvarjanja ekonomske rasti. V slednje bi lahko uvrstili tudi področje preučevanja finančne uspešnosti hitro rastočih podjetij, saj bo le v primeru, da bo hitro rastoče podjetje finančno uspešno, le-to lahko poslovalo (in zaposlovalo) na za podjetje pričakovani ravni. Kot predlaga teorija mreženja, bo organizacijska sposobnost mreženja predstavljala pomemben vidik oblikovanja finančne uspešnosti podjetja. Organizacijska sposobnost mreženja se je namreč izkazala kot pomemben dejavnik, ki lahko vpliva na finančno uspešnost, tako neposredno, kot tudi posredno preko vpliva na dostopnost do finančnih virov in informacij s katerimi podjetje razpolaga. V prispevku, na vzorcu n=125 hitro rastočih podjetij iz Republike Slovenije, analiziramo vpliv organizacijske zmožnosti mreženja na finančno uspešnost. Raziskava temelji na slučajnem vzorcu hitro rastočih podjetij, ki so bila vsaj enkrat med letoma 2011 in 2016 uvrščena na seznam hitro rastočih podjetij po metodologiji Agencije republike Slovenije za javnopravne evidence in storitve. Rezultati potrjujejo spoznanja preteklih raziskav, čeprav smo z analizo ugotovili zgolj obstoj šibkih, statistično značilnih, pozitivnih vplivov. Rezultati tako nakazujejo na pomen organizacijske zmožnosti mreženja, katerega pomena v ekosistemu hitro rastočih podjetij, zagotovo ne gre zanemariti. Ključne besede: Hitro rastoče podjetje; organizacijska zmožnost mreženja, finančna uspešnost * Raziskovalni program št. P5-0023 je sofinancirala Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije iz državnega proračuna
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