Two decades of dynamic entrepreneurial development: GEM Slovenia 2022, Executive Summary

Karin Širec, PhD. is a full professor of entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor and head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Business Economics. She is a member of the research group of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management and participates in two longitudinal studies, the Slovenian Entrepreneurship Observatory and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, of which she has been the leader since 2022. She is also the Slovenian representative of the international DIANA research group on women's entrepreneurship and a member of the research programme Entrepreneurship for an Innovative Society. She is an OECD expert advisor on inclusive entrepreneurship and a member of the Faculty Senate. Prior to joining the university, she worked in industry.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: karin.sirec@um.si

Katja Crnogaj, PhD. is an associate professor of entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Maribor, where she is involved in the teaching process of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She is the head of the Entrepreneurship study field, a member of the Faculty Committee for Student Affairs and a member of the Council GING. As a researcher at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, she is a member of the international research team of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and the Slovenian Entrepreneurship Observatory and has been actively involved in the longitudinal research programme "Entrepreneurship for an Innovative Society". She is an expert consultant for the OECD in the Inclusive Entrepreneurship project and is also involved in the OECD-EU project Youth Entrepreneurship Policy Academy.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: katja.crnogaj@um.si