Sociology of Entrepreneurship

To enable students to get to know contemporary sociological, but also other relevant knowledge, about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs, about the social assumptions of entrepreneurship, about the types of manifestation and encouragement of entrepreneurship, in order to gain expertise in observing, studying, and solving social problems related to entrepreneurial activities.

Students will be able to understand and independently analyze entrepreneurial activity, understand the connection between entrepreneurial activity and social conditions, understand the importance of cultural assumptions for entrepreneurial activity, independently judge contemporary dilemmas and issues in this area.

1. Introductory lecture
2. Sociological approach to entrepreneurship;
3. Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs - definition and typology;
4. Social assumptions for entrepreneurial activities;
5. Property relations as a determinant of entrepreneurship;
6. Entrepreneurship in the conditions of new technologies;
7. Determinants of entrepreneurial business and work evaluation;
8. Gender characteristics of entrepreneurship;
9. The importance of social capital and networks for the development of entrepreneurship
10. Entrepreneurial strategies;
11. Entrepreneurship and management;
12. Peculiarities of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientations in post-socialist countries;
13. Social entrepreneurship;
14. Perspectives and ways of encouraging entrepreneurship - foreign and domestic experiences.
15. "Entrepreneurial state" as a factor in innovation development.

1. Bolčić, S. (1994). The Hardships of the Transition to Entrepreneurial Society. Belgrade: ISIFF

2. Ruef, M. and Lounsbury, M. (2007). Introduction: The Sociology of Entrepreneurship. In: Ruef, M. and Lounsbury, M. (Ed.) The Sociology of Entrepreneurship (Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Vol. 25), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 1-29.

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3. Čengić, D. (2009). The Post-socialist Economic Elites and Entrepreneurship: A Contribution to Analysis of Entrepreneur Typology. Revija za sociologiju, 40[39] (1-2), 71-94.

4. Petković, S. (2021). Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Digital Era. Banja Luka: Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Banjoj Luci i Udruženje ekonomista Republike Srpske SWOT.

5. 1. Mazzucato, M. (2018). The entrepreneurial state. Penguin Books. 2. Vidicki, V. (2022). Značaj socijalnog kapitala, mreža i resursa etničke grupe za preduzetništvo srpskih imigranata u Beču: doktorska disertacija. 3. 3. Radović-Marković, M. (2013). Female entrepreneurship: Theoretical approaches. Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education.

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The knowledge check will be done during the semester, in the form of pre-exam obligations, as well as at the end of the semester, at the final exam, during regular exam deadlines. All students who have fulfilled the pre-examination requirements can take the final exam. The final exam is organized orally. The pre-examination requirements consist of: two (2) colloquiums (20 points each), activities during classes and exercises - individual presentations and/or seminar papers (5 points) and regular and active course attendance (5 points). A total of 50 points can be obtained from the pre-examination requirements. The final grade in the subject is calculated by adding up the success achieved on all elements of the knowledge test, that is, by adding up the points from the pre-exam requirements (maximum 50) and the points from the exam (maximum 50). Depending on the number of points achieved, the final grade is formed according to the Study Rules for the first and second cycle of studies at the University of Banja Luka.

Lectures and exercises with interactive learning. Seminars in literature. Written seminar papers. Oral comments and short presentations in class. Consultations.