Patricia Kotnik
PhD
Office hour
Thursday at 15:00
room P307*
Associate Professor
Department
Academic Unit for Entrepreneurship (Department Chair)
Academic Unit for Economics (Associate Member)
CV
Patricia Kotnik is an Associate 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 determinants of SMEs growth and growth of young firms, such as acquisitions, public procurement and 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 projects
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BURGER, Anže, MARINČ, Matej, POLANEC, Sašo, KOTNIK, Patricia
Public procurement and bank lending
Finance research letters, 2024 -
BURGER, Anže, HOGAN, Teresa, KOTNIK, Patricia, RAO, Sandeep, SAKINÇ, Mustafa Erdem
Does acquisition lead to the growth of high-tech scale-ups? Evidence from Europe
Research in International Business and Finance, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101820 -
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. -
ERPE, Tina, KOTNIK, Patricia
The why and how of social media entrepreneurs
Journal of enterprising culture, 2022, https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0218495822500145 -
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 -
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.