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Patricia Kotnik, PhD

Assistant Professor

	Academic Unit for Entrepreneurship (Department Chair) Academic Unit for Economics (Associate Member)
	E: patricia.kotnik@ef.uni-lj.si T: +386 1 5892-579	W: http://www.ef.uni-lj.si/p ...
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Curriculum Vitae

Patricia Kotnik is an Assistant Professor at the SEB LU. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the FELU. Research: Her main research interest lies in entrepreneurship, more specifically in entrepreneurial finance and acquisitions and also in the impacts of ICT use. In the field of public policy analysis, her interests include industrial policy, specifically innovation and entrepreneurship policy. She is a member of a research program group, financed by the Slovenian Research Agency, focusing on competitiveness, innovativeness, efficiency and sustainable development of Slovenian economy. Funded projects: she has participated in two EU-funded international research projects: a Horizon 2020 project “ISIGrowth” (Innovation-fuelled, Sustainable, Inclusive Growth); and the ESSLait project (ESSnet on linking of micro-data to Analyze ICT Impact, assessing economic impact of ICT). Teaching: Patricia teaches entrepreneurship courses.

Selected Research and Consulting Activities

KOTNIK, Patricia, SAKINÇ, Mustafa Erdem
Executive compensation in Europe : realized gains from stock-based pay.
Review of international political economy, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/09692290.2022.2078397. (Articles with review in journals)
Patricia Kotnik, Mustafa Erdem Sakinç
The impact of acquisitions on growth of European high tech entrepreneurial firms
ISIGrowth Working Paper, 37/2018 (Working paper)
KOTNIK, Patricia, HAGSTEN, Eva
ICT use as a determinant of export activity in manufacturing and service firms : multi-country evidence
Zbornik Radova Ekonomskog Fakulteta u Rijeci - Proceedings of Rijeka Faculty of Economics, 2018, vol. 36, no. 1, str. 103-128 (Articles with review in journals)
HAGSTEN, Eva, KOTNIK, Patricia
ICT as facilitator of internationalisation in small- and medium-sized firms
Small Business Economics 48, 431–446 (2017). doi:10.1007/s11187-016-9781-2 (Articles with review in journals)
KOTNIK, Patricia, PETRIN, Tea
Implementing smart specialisation strategy: Evidence-based approach
International Review of Administrative Sciences, vol. 83, no. 1, Mar. 2017, pp. 85–105, doi:10.1177/0020852315574994. (Articles with review in journals)
BURGER, Anže, KOTNIK, Patricia
Strokovna analiza kot podlaga za Strategijo pametne specializacije
Ljubljana: Služba Vlade Republike Slovenije za razvoj in evropsko kohezijsko politiko, 2014 (Expert reports and final research reports)
HAGSTEN, Eva, POLDER, Michael, BARTELSMAN, Eric, KOTNIK, Patricia
The multifaceted nature of ICT : final report of the ESSnet on linking of microdata to analyseICT impact
Brussels: Eurostat, 2013 (Expert reports and final research reports)
Full Bibliography of Published Articles (COBISS)

Courses

Undergraduate University Degree Program BSc:
Entrepreneurship (195169)
Podjetništvo (195097) (Slovenian language)
Undergraduate University Degree Program BBA:
Podjetništvo (194070) (Slovenian language)
Graduate Programs:
Sodobno podjetništvo (196537) (Slovenian language)