MIROSLAV GLAS

Full Professor for Economics and Entrepreneurship and Head of Center

University of Ljubljana

Center for Entrepreneurship Development

Kardeljeva ploščad 17, SLO-1101 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

E-mail: miroslav.glas@ef.uni-lj.si

Personal Data

1. Date of birth: 15 Febrary 1950

2. Nationality: Slovenian

3. Civil status: married, two children

4. Education:

Institution	Date	Degree or Diploma obtained
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics	1968-1973	B.A. in Economic Analysis
University of Zagreb, Faculty for Foreign Trade	1975-1978	M.A. in Economic Analysis and Planning
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics	1983	Ph.D. in Economics

5. Language Skills:

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
Slovenian	5	5	5
English	5	5	4
German	5	4	3
French	3	2	2
Croatian / Serbian	5	4	4

6. Membership of Professional Bodies:

- Association of Slovenian Economists, Ljubljana;

- EFER (European Foundation of Entrepreneurship Research), International Council of Small Business (ICSB)

7. Other Skills: Computer literacy: Word, Excel for Windows, Powerpoint, SPSS/PC+

8. Years Within the Firm: 32 (starting November 1973)

9. Key qualifications, relevant to the programme:

• Lectures at the Faculty of Economics: undergraduate studies, graduate studies in entrepreneurship and business policy: Counselling, Business Environment, Business, Government, and Society; Political Economy, Economic Analysis of Small Business; Management of Transition, Business Ethics, Family Businesses
• Management Consultant to a number of Slovenian small, medium and large firms with the consulting firms YUGEA, GEA Ventures Ltd, Ljubljana (on Restructuring, Turnaround Management, Corporate Venturing)
• SME Counsellor with the SME Support Network in Slovenia
• Lecturer on Business Planning for SMEs, Turnaround Management, Intrapreneur-ship / Corporate Venturing, Regional Development Initiatives, Small Business Assessment at GEA College d.d. Ljubljana, Entrepreneurial Training Centre, and CISEF, Management Training Centre at the Faculty of Economics, Ljubljana
• National expert on UNIDO projects for small business development, SME support network
• National expert on PHARE projects: SME development in Gorenjska region (1993-94), small business development strategy for Slovenia (1995-96), Phare CBC Slovenia-Italy (2000)
• Consultant on local/regional economic development strategies: Sežana (1990-91), Ljubljana, Prekmurje and Prlekija (1997), Nova Gorica (2003), Ajdovščina (2004)
• Foreign expert on small business development, business planning and industrial parks in Moldova; business planning in Georgia, on SME development in Romania (2004)
• Foreign expert on Local Economic Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001-2003), Kosovo (2002-2004)
• Consultant on small business development strategy for Slovenia (PHARE project), on the strategy of SME and entrepreneurship development in Slovenia (Ministry of Small Business and Tourism, 1999-2000), team leader on the project of “voucher” system for SME counselling in Slovenia (Small Business Development Centre and Employment Office of RS, 2000), advisor on National Development Plan of R of Slovenia 2002-2006 (2000-2001)

10. Specific Eastern European Countries Experience

Country	Date	Tasks
Slovenia	1990-91	Sežana, Ljubljana - Consultant to firms participating at OP-TIMA  Programme of Regional Development (with AGEA, YUGEA); Kranj, Škofja Loka - Chief Consultant for OPTIMA Programme of Regional Development (with YUGEA)
Croatia	1991	Varaždin: Consultant to OPTIMA Programme: Local Econo-mic Development through SMEs and Entrepreneurship
(former) Yugoslavia	1991	Project Manager of the OPTIMA Programme for selected regions with the Yugoslav Programme of SME Develop-ment, Counsellor on Business Planning
Slovenia	1993-94	Project Manager and Senior Advisor of the GEA College cooperation with SEED S.p.A, Trieste (Italy) at the PHARE Programme: Technical Assistance for SMEs in Slovenia
Slovenia	1994-95	Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Small Business Department on SMEs Development Policy and SME Support Network Building
Slovenia	1995-96	Project Advisor at PHARE Programme: Slovenia National SME Promotional Programme - Development of Small Business Development Strategy
Republic of Moldova	1996	Consultant in the CEEPN Advisory Group Team on restruc-turing of four insolvent enterprises within the framework of the Pilot Isolation Program: Business Planning, Incubators
Slovenia	1996	National consultant on the UNIDO project “A Comparative Analysis of SME Strategies, Policies and Programmes in Central European Initiative Countries”
Slovenia	1995-96	Counsellor to the National Project on Evaluation of Slovenian Active Employment Policy at the Employment Office
Republic of Moldova	1997	Consultant to the creation of Alfa Industrial Park at Kishinev
Georgia	1998	Workshop on business planning at CERMA, Tbilisi
Slovenia	1997-98	UNIDO project on Small Business Development Centre: National Expert on Regional and Local SME Support
Slovenia	1998-99	Team leader in the project on the preparation of manuals for business planning for the Small Business Development Centre
Croatia	1998-99	Training of small business counsellors, advisors and trainers of entrepreneurship (national project)
Slovenia	1999-2000	Consultant on the Strategy for Entrepreneurship and SME Development in Slovenia (Centre for Entrepreneurship Development)
Slovenia	1999-2000	Co-operation in the preparation of Regional Development Strategy of Republic of Slovenia; with Institute of Economic Research, Ljubljana
Slovenia	2000	Team leader in the project for the “voucher” system for SME counselling (SBDC and EORS), Gea Ventures
Slovenia	2000-01	Co-operation with the national Regional Development Agency on the National Development Plan for 2002-2006. Topic: Production Sector Competitiveness
Slovenia	2000	PHARE Cross-border Programme: Slovenia-Italy, SME Strategy (Local Expert on Strategy Development)
Brčko District	2001	Consultant on the EU Project on Regional Development of Brčko District (BiH): EU Obnova
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2001	Consultant (lecturer) on Local Economic Development (LED) for IFC/World Bank seminar for Bosnian municipalities (Sarajevo, Banja Luka)
Federation BiH	2001	Consultant to the Ministry of Finance of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the National Development Strategy
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2001	Lecturer on Local Economic Development on seminars for CARE International (Tuzla, Zenica)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2002	Consultant and lecturer on programme for SME consultants (EUPER) for Eurecna (Italy) in Sarajevo
States of former Yugoslavia	2001-2002	Programme manager and lecturer: Training for teachers, SME consultants and promoters under Stability Pact training programme, executed by GEA College, Ljubljana (Cetinje, Zenica, Beograd, Ljubljana)
Slovenia	2001-2002	Team leader on the research on a comprehensive system of SME financing for Ministry of Economic Affairs, Slovenia
Slovenia	2001-2002	Team co-leader om the intraprenmeurship programme for Coalmines Velenje (business plan preparation)
Kosovo	2002	Workshop on Local Economic Development for municipality teams from 6 Kosovo municipalities (World Bank), Prishtina – lecturer and consultant
Slovenia	2002	Member of the National research team on GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) research
Slovenia	2002	Member of the research team on the evaluation of SME sup-port programmes in Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2002	Team Co-leader on the project of SME strategy develop-ment for municipalities of Zenica and Prijedor (SEED Sara-jevo) within a consortium of Sinergija d.o.o., Zagreb – BSC d.o.o., Kranj – Centre for Entrepreneurship Development
Slovenia	2002	Programme manager and lecturer: Training for teachers and SME consultants under Stability Pact training programme for participants from Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia – GEA College, Ljubljana (Škofja Loka)
Slovenia	2002	Expert advisor on local economic development within the project on the Development Strategy of City Municipality of Nova Gorica (Regional Development Agency Severna Primorska)
Slovenia	2002-2003	Member of the team to prepare feasibility study for an incubator at the University of Ljubljana (for Ministry of Economy)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2003	Project of SME strategy development for municipalities of Zenica and Prijedor (SEED Sarajevo) – Phase 2; with BSC d.o.o. Kranj (Slovenia)
Kosovo	2003	Seminar on Local Economic Development for municipality officials and the government staff (USAID sponsored)
Slovenia	2003	Member of the team for Ex-ante evaluation of the Single Programming Document for Slovenia (2001-2006) – expert on entrepreneurship and SME development
Slovenia	2003	Consultant on the Strategy of Economic Development of City Municipality Nova Gorica
Slovenia	2003-2004	Member of a team for the creation of the Ljubljana University Incubator (LUI)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2004	Advisor on the Business Planning for Regional Development Agencies for Eurecna Ltd., Project EURED
Kosovo	2004	DELTA II Project – Workshop on the Strategy of Local Economic Development for teams from 5 muniipalities
Slovenia	2004	Consultant on the Strategy of Local Economic Development for the Ajdovščina Municipality; ROD Aldovščina
Romania	2004	Eurecna Ltd: Technical Assistance for the Agency of SMEs and Co-operatives, Task 4 – Entrepreneurship Curricula
Slovenia	2005	Consultant on the investment priorities in the area of compe-titiveness and entrepreneurship; National Development Programme, Slovenia 2007-2013

11 Professional Experience Record:

Date	From November 1973
Location	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Company	UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA, Faculty of Economics
Positions	1973-83: Teaching Assistant 1983-88: Assistant Professor 1988-2000: Associate Professor 2000-     Full Professor 1991-93: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 1993-97: Managing Director of M.Sc. Programme in                 Entrepreneurship (developed under TEMPUS-                 JEP Programme) 1999. : Head of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development 2003-2005: University of Ljubljana Management Board:                 Chairman
Task Description	- Course development, lecturing, mentoring to students on Economic Analysis, Political Economy, Business Environment, Family Businesses, Business Ethics,  Counselling for SMEs, Entrepreneurship and SME Support Systems, Promotion of Enterprises and Entrepreneurship (ICPE-MBA Programme) - undergraduate and graduate studies · - Executive Development Center - short seminars · Research on economics and entrepreneurship
International conferences and workshops	IntEnt Conferences: Stirling, Monterrey Bay, Arnhem-Nijmegen, Sofia, Tampere, Krueger Park (SA), Naples, Guildford American Academy of Management: San Diego RENT XIII: London Babson Entrepreneurship Conference: Babson, Gent, Joenkoeping, Boulder, Babson, Glasgow, Babson ESBS Workshops: Vienna, Gent, Dublin, Sophia Antipolis, Barcelona Faculty of Economics, Mostar EBN workshop on incubator and technology park management: Brussels Roundtable: de Vlerick IECER Conference: Regensburg University of Zagreb, Zagreb UN Economic Commission for Europe. Workshop Geneva
Visiting Professor	Spring Semester 1998: Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Business, Cleveland, OH, USA: MBA Course: Developing and Implementing Global Strategy
Visits to Universities	University of Stirling, Stirling, UK, Scottish Enterprise Foundation University of Durham, Business School, Durham, UK Buckinghamshire College of Higher Education Babson College, Wellesley, Mass., USA Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Washington State University, Seattle, Wash. USA Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management, Cleveland, Ohio, USA University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK) University of Surrey, Guildford (UK)

15. Publications

Textbooks on Economics and Entrepreneurship, Business Planning; conference papers and articles on Entrepreneurship, SME Development, Business Ethics, research papers on SME Financing and SME Support Institutions, consulting reports on SME Policy, National Development Policy, Local Strategies, SME Support. 

A selection of relevant and important recent materials:

Glas M., 1996, Some Dilemmas of the Development of Small Business Support Institutions, Slovenska ekonomska revija, 47 (5-6), pp. 389-423

Glas M., 1997, Entrepreneurship and Culture: Case of Slovenia, In: Morrison A., ed., Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, pp. 108-124

Glas M. et al., 1997, Strategija razvoja malega gospodarstva v Prekmurju in Prlekiji (Small Business Development Strategy for Prekmurje and Prlekija), Razvojni in podjetniški center Murska Soboto, 23 pp.

Vahcic A., M. Glas, T. Petrin, 1998, SME and Job Creation in Slovenia, 28^th ESBS Seminar, Vienna; KMU – Forum, 2000 (1), pp. 1-7

Glas M., V. Psenicny, M. Babnik, 2000, Razvoj in izvedba sistema subvencioniranega svetovanja na podlagi napotnic (Concept and Implementation of a System of subsidised SME Consulting through “vouchers”), GEA Ventures, Ljubljana, pp. 197

Vahcic A., M. Glas et al., 2000, Strategija razvoja MSP in podjetništva v Sloveniji (Strategy of SME and Entrepreneurship Development in Slovenia), MMGT, Ljubljana, pp. 43

Glas M., V. Psenicny, eds., 2000, Podjetništvo – izziv za 21. stoletje (Entrepreneurship – A Challenge for the 21 Century), MMGT – GEA College, Ljubljana, pp. 498

Glas M., 1999, Priročnik za pripravo poslovnega načrta – novo podjetje (Manual for Business Plan – Start-Up Businesses), PCMG – ZRSZ, Ljubljana, pp. 201

Sfiligoj A., M. Glas, A. Balazek, 1999, Integrated Approach to Entrepreneurial and Local Development in Slovenia – Project Synthesis, SBDC – UNIDO, Ljubljana, pp 112

Glas M., M. Drnovsek, D. Mirtic, 2000, Problems Faced by New Entrepreneurs: Slovenia and Croatia – A Comparison, 30^th ESBS Seminar, Gent, 15 pp

Glas M., M. Drnovsek, A. Poglajen, 2001, Entrepreneurship: The Key to Economic Development in Difficult Economic Circumstances, Paper presented at IntEnt’2001 Conference, Krueger Park, SA, 17 pp

Glas M., 2001, Municipalities and Business Development (also: Općine i privredni razvitak), IFC – SEED, Sarajevo 2001, 21 pp

Glas M., 2001, Preduzetnički inkubatori kao instrument razvoja preduzetništva, malih i srednjih preduzeća (Business Incubators as a Tool for Entrepreneurship and SME Development). D. Lajović, ed., Preduzetništvom u novi milenijum, CID, Podgorica, pp. 87-116

Glas M., M. Drnovsek, 2001, Support for Graduate Students with Entrepreneurial Intentions: The Case of Slovenia. ESBS 2001 Seminar, Dublin, 15 pp

Glas M., V. Pšeničny, 2002, Impact of Business Environment on Dynamic Enterprises in Slovenia, 1993-2001. 3^rd Int’l Conference Proceedings, VSŠP, Portorož, pp. 9-24

Glas M., M. Drnovsek, D. Mirtic, V. Psenicny, 2002, Slovenian Experience with the SME Financing, Int’l Conference, University of Mostar, Mostar

Glas M., D. Mirtič, 2002, Family Businesses: Their Contribution and Specific Behavior in Countries in Transition – Case of Slovenia, Int’l Conference, University of Mostar

Glas M., V. Pšeničny, J. Vadnjal, 2002, Commercial Banks and SMEs: The Case of Slovenia, 4^th Roundtable on Financing SMEs, Bled

Glas M., B. Uršič, 2002, Outsourcing in Slovenia: An Opportunity for SMEs, 32^nd EISB Conference, Sophia Antipolis – Nice, 13 pp

Glas M. et al, 2002, Analysis of Competitive Advantages, SWOT Analysis, Development Vision and Priority Development Projects (Zenica), SEED Sarajevo

Glas M., Podjetništvo – Izziv za spremembe (Entrepreneurship – Challenge to Change). In: S. Možina, ed., Management, Didakta, Radovljica 2002, pp.96-151.

Glas M., M. Drnovšek, 2002, The Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy of Nascent Entrepreneurs: The Case of Two Economies in Transition, Journal of Enterprising Culture, 10 (2), pp. 107-131

Glas M., M. Drnovšek, V. Pšeničny, 2002, Is Private Equity Capital Really the Solution? Vlerick Leuven Gent Menedžment School, Leuven, 18 pp

Bucar B., Glas M., Hisrich R.D., 2002, Ethics and Entrepreneurs: An International Comparative Study, Journal of Business Venturing, 18 (2), pp. 261-281

Drnovšek M., M. Glas, 2003, Exploring the Personal and Business Dimensions of a New  Venture’s Performance and Their Impact on Its Growth Propensity. IECER Conference, University of Regensburg, 26 pp

Glas M., 2003, Slovenia: State of Entrepreneurship and SMEs – An Overview, Proceedings of the 5^th Int’l Conference, Piran, November 4-5, pp. 45-60

Drnovšek M., M. Glas, 2004, Exploring the Personal and Business Dimensions of a New Venture’s Performance and Their Impact on Its Growth Propensity. In: M. Dowling et al., eds., Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research, Band 3, LIT Verlag, Muenster, pp. 123-241.