Entrepreneurship at the Advancement of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence: GEM Slovenia 2024, 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 an expert in the field of higher education at the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education of the Republic of Slovenia, SQAA. 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, University of Maribor. She is actively involved in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Additionally, she serves as the head of the Entrepreneurship study field, a member of the Faculty Committee for Student Affairs, and a member of the Council of the interdisciplinary study program »Industrial Engineering«. 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

Barbara Bradač Hojnik, PhD. is a full professor of entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor and head of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: barbara.bradac@um.si

Matej Rus, Msc. is a higher education lecturer in entrepreneurship and co-founder and director of Tovarna podjemov - business incubator of the University of Maribor.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: matej.rus@um.si

Polona Tominc, PhD. is a full professor in the field of quantitative economic analysis and dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor.

Maribor, Slovenia. E-mail: polona.tominc@um.si.