Polona Domadenik Muren
PhD

Dr. Polona Domadenik Muren is a Full Professor of Economics at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Vice-Dean for Research and PhD Programme, and coordinator of the International Master in Business (IMB), which has been ranked among the best global management programmes by the Financial Times since 2018. She completed her PhD programme in 2003 and has conducted part of her research abroad, including as a visiting researcher in Prague and as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Davis. Her research interests span the broader fields of business economics, corporate investment behaviour, corporate governance, labour markets, and the impact of new technologies on business models. She publishes in international scientific journals and participates in research projects funded at both national and European level. In 2007, she received the University of Ljubljana Certificate of Excellence for Young Academic Staff in recognition of outstanding achievements in teaching and research, and in 2023 she was awarded the University of Ljubljana Gold Plaque. Since 2006, she has published numerous articles in prestigious scientific journals — including Borsa Istanbul Review, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of International Business Studies, and Review of Comparative Economics, among others — addressing issues of corporate governance from the perspective of value creation, corporate investment behaviour, firm restructuring, labour market institutions, and youth unemployment in transition economies. Over the past decade she has participated in numerous international conferences. From 2013 to 2015 she served as a member of the Executive Committee of EALE, and from 2013 to 2017 as a member and Deputy Chair of the Management Board of ARIS. As coordinator and project leader she has participated in several international projects funded by the World Bank (GDN) and the European Commission. She has also served as principal investigator and team member on multiple research projects funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency.

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  DOMADENIK, Polona, OGRAJENŠEK, Irena, REDEK, Tjaša. Ageing in Slovenia and the European Union : the macroeconomic and the microeconomic perspective. 1. natis. Ljubljana: Ekonomska fakulteta, 2008. 77 str., graf. prikazi. DOMADENIK, Polona, KOMAN, Matjaž. Togost stroškov dela pri prilagajanju gospodarskim gibanjem. 1. natis. Ljubljana: Ekonomska fakulteta, 2009. 83 str., graf. prikazi, tabele.
  

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  PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, DOMADENIK, Polona, SVEJNAR, Jan. Prestrukturiranje slovenskih podjetij v poprivatizacijskem obdobju. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.), CIRMAN, Andreja. Poprivatizacijsko obnašanje slovenskih podjetij. 1. natis. Ljubljana: Gospodarski vestnik, 1999, str. 251-272. DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, SVEJNAR, Jan. Prestrukturiranje slovenskih podjetij. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.), BEŠTER, Primož, KONIČ, Marko. Internacionalizacija slovenskega podjetja. 1. natis. V Ljubljani: Časnik Finance, 2000, str. 59-90. DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez. Enterprise restructuring in the first decade of independence. V: MRAK, Mojmir (ur.), ROJEC, Matija (ur.), SILVA-JÁUREGUI, Carlos (ur.). Slovenia : from Yugoslavia to the European Union. Washington: The World Bank, 2004, str. 244-263. PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, DOMADENIK, Polona, GREGORIČ, Aleksandra, PAHOR, Marko. Corporate governance in Slovenian firms : from self-management to blockholder control. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.). Medium-sized firms and economic growth. New York: Nova Science Publishers, cop. 2005, str. 141-155. DOMADENIK, Polona, KAŠE, Robert, ZUPAN, Nada. Flexibility throught labor market regulation : comparing Slovenia with other European countries. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.). Competitiveness, social responsibility and economic growth. New York: Nova Science, 2006, str. 137-150. KNEŽEVIĆ CVELBAR, Ljubica, DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez. Zamenjava managerjev kot dejavnik vladanja v privatiziranih slovenskih podjetjih. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.), CIRMAN, Andreja (ur.), BAJDE, Domen. Priložnosti finančnega sektorja v tranzicijskih državah. 1. natis. V Ljubljani: Časnik Finance, 2006, str. 255-271. DOMADENIK, Polona, MULAJ, Isa, REDEK, Tjaša. Kosovo na poti v tržno gospodarstvo. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.), CIRMAN, Andreja (ur.), BAJDE, Domen. Priložnosti finančnega sektorja v tranzicijskih državah. 1. natis. V Ljubljani: Časnik Finance, 2006, str. 363-378. DOMADENIK, Polona, KOMAN, Matjaž, REDEK, Tjaša, TROBEC, Domen. Energijska učinkovitost slovenskih podjetij. V: PRAŠNIKAR, Janez (ur.), CIRMAN, Andreja (ur.). Globalna finančna kriza in eko strategije podjetij : dopolnjevanje ali nasprotovanje. 1. natis. V Ljubljani: Časnik Finance, 2008, str. 251-263. REDEK, Tjaša, DOMADENIK, Polona, OGRAJENŠEK, Irena. The economic impacts of ageing in the EU with special focus on the labour market. V: VEHOVEC, Maja (ur.). New perspectives on a longer working life in Croatia and Slovenia. Zagreb: The Institute of Economics: Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, 2008, str. 37-52. REDEK, Tjaša, DOMADENIK, Polona, OGRAJENŠEK, Irena. Slovenia and the challenge of the ageing population. V: VEHOVEC, Maja (ur.). New perspectives on a longer working life in Croatia and Slovenia. Zagreb: The Institute of Economics: Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, 2008, str. 65-78. DOMADENIK, Polona, REDEK, Tjaša, OGRAJENŠEK, Irena. The employment prospects of the ageing population : evidence from Slovenia. V: VEHOVEC, Maja (ur.). New perspectives on a longer working life in Croatia and Slovenia. Zagreb: The Institute of Economics: Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, 2008, str. 101-115. OGRAJENŠEK, Irena, VEHOVEC, Maja, DOMADENIK, Polona, REDEK, Tjaša. Employer attitudes towards older workers : a comparative study of Croatia and Slovenia. V: VEHOVEC, Maja (ur.). New perspectives on a longer working life in Croatia and Slovenia. Zagr
  

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  PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, SVEJNAR, Jan, DOMADENIK, Polona. Enterprises in the post-privatization period : firm-level evidence for Slovenia. East. Europ. econ., September-October 2000, vol. 38, no. 5, str. 60-92. KNEŽEVIĆ CVELBAR, Ljubica, DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez. Performance, ownership, and management turnover in privatized Slovenian companies. East. Europ. econ., Jul./Aug. 2008, vol. 46, no. 4, str. 77-93. DOMADENIK, Polona, KOMAN, Matjaž. The energy efficiency of firms in electronics industry in Slovenia : do they perform better than average manufacturing firms? = Energijska učinkovitost podjetij v elektronski industriji v Sloveniji : ali so ta podjetja boljša od povprečja v predelovalni industriji?. Inf. MIDEM, dec. 2008, letn. 38, št. 4, str. 297-304.  DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, SVEJNAR, Jan. Restructuring of firms in transition : ownership, institutions and openness to trade. J. int. bus. stud., 2008, vol. 39, no. 4, str. 725-746. DOMADENIK, Polona, PRAŠNIKAR, Janez, SVEJNAR, Jan. How to increase R&D in transition economies? : evidence from Slovenia. Rev. dev. econ. (Print), 2008, vol. 12, no. 1, str. 193-208. OGRAJENŠEK, Irena, REDEK, Tjaša, DOMADENIK, Polona. Slovenian employers and the challenge of the longer working life. Rev. soc. polit., srp. 2009, god. 16, br. 2, str. 141-158. ČOK, Mitja, DOMADENIK, Polona, REDEK, Tjaša, VERBIČ, Miroslav. Labour market reforms in the context of political power theory : the case of Slovenia. Zb. rad. Ekon. fak. Rij., 2009, vol. 27, sv. 1, str. 57-82.