Title: Development economics' view on growing entrepreneurship in Slovenia

Authors: Vojko Potocan, Matjaz Mulej

Addresses: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Razlagova 14, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia. ' Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Razlagova 14, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia

Abstract: Transition is considered a process of socioeconomic innovation of the countries and peoples that used to live in the pre-industrial societies of Central and Eastern Europe and tried to catch up with the advanced West under the label of communism. Institutional order is found insufficient for this innovation. Socioeconomic development reasons are summarised to explain what has been happening, e.g., in Slovenia, which used to be a part of both the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (early capitalistic) and Tito|s (communistic) Yugoslavia for one two-generation cycle. Then, suggestions are provided concerning the acceleration of the current transition in order to make it real, rather than institutional only.

Keywords: economic development; entrepreneurship; innovation; Slovenia; systemic thinking; transition economies; values; culture; ethics; norms; VCEN; socioeconomic development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2008.019532

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2008 Vol.8 No.3, pp.305 - 319

Published online: 15 Jul 2008 *

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