CURRICULUM VITAE

Mateja Drnovšek

Bergantova ulica 12

1000 Ljubljana

Slovenia

Date of birth: July, 23, 1973

Nationality: Slovene

Civil status: Single

Tel: 00 386 31 374 235

e-mail: mateja.drnovsek@ef.uni-lj.si

EDUCATION:

- 1992 – 1997: Bachelor’s Degree: University in Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

- 1997 – 2000: Master’s Degree University in Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

- 2000 – 2001: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. The Weatherhead School of Management, »visiting scholar«.

- 2002: PhD degree: University in Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics

- July 2005: Executive Program at Harvard Business School: European Entrepreneurship Colloquium on Participant-Centred Learning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

- 1997 - 2002: Research and teaching assistant at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana

- 2002 - : Assistant Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

- Project manager for the government sponsored project of annual data collection to assess national competitive position by co-operation with Institute for Management Development and World Economic Forum

- Project manager for the government sponsored project to establish university based business incubator

- Advisor to SIFE (Student in Free Enterprise Global movement) student’s group

TEACHING:

- 1997 - : New Venture Creation at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, undergraduate

- 1997 - : Business Plan Preparation at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, undergraduate

- 2004 - : Theory of Entrepreneurship at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, graduate

- 2004 -: Small Business Management, at Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, graduate

SKILLS:

- Languages:

- Fluent: Slovene, English

- Spoken: French

- Computer literacy:

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, SPSS

- Research:

Qualitative and quantitative research methods

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2000: Best Paper Award INTENT2000: Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training.

2005: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice – Best Conceptual Paper Award.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Scientific Journals

Drnovšek, M., Glas, M. (2002). The entrepreneurial self-efficacy of nascent entrepreneurs : the case of two economies in transition. Journal of enterprising culure, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 107-131.

Hisrich, R. D., Drnovšek, M. (2002). Entrepreneurship and small business research : a European perspective. Journal of small business and enterprise development, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 172-222.

Drnovšek, M., Kovačič, A. (2003). Why Slovenia lags in national competitiveness development : a framework for analysing a competitive environment for clustering. Economic and Business Review, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 183-200.

Drnovšek, M. (2004). Job creation process in a transition economy. Small business economics, vol. 23, iss. 3, pp. 179-188.

Book Chapters

Glas, M., Drnovšek, M. (2003). Small business in Slovenia : expectations and accomplishments. In: Watson, A., Kirby, D. (eds). Small firms and economic development in developed and transition economies : a reader, (Transition and development). Aldershot; Burlington (USA): Ashgate, pp. 131-151.

Drnovšek, M., Glas, M. (2004). Exploring the personal and business dimensions of a new venture's performance and their impact on its growth propensity. In: Dowling, M. (ur.). Advances in interdisciplinary European entrepreneurship research, (Gründforschung, Band 3). Münster: Lit Verlag, pp. 121-139.