University of Dubrovnik – Department of Economics and Business

The University of Dubrovnik is a public university founded in 2003 and located in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Its Department of Economics and Business (DEB) was founded in 1970 as the Faculty of Tourism and Foreign Trade Dubrovnik. DEB is home to research centre CREDO involved in Start-cup project. Established in 2020 CREDO brings together a group of scholars with rich history of research collaboration on economic determinants, forms and effects of digital transformation in areas of industrial development, innovation, tourism, trade, environment protection, local and regional development, entrepreneurship, international trade, finance, labour market and education.Since its foundation CREDO took part as coordinator or partner in more than 20 nationally and internationally funded projects dedicated to topics of innovation, entrepreneurship, university-industry cooperation and capacity building in higher education. Its researchers have published their research on topics pertinent to the project topic in leading scientific journals (CABS 3* and 4*) in the fields of economics and business such as the European Economic Review, Journal of Business Research, Small Business Economics, Technovation, Journal of Technology Transfer, Research Policy, or Regional Studies.