In 2014, Tihana Koprivnjak Popović was employed at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Osijek, at the Department of Management, Organization and Entrepreneurship. She was elected to the position of assistant professor in 2022. Her work experience began in the company Saponia d.d. in 2012. She defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Croatia: Challenges, Assumptions and Approaches” in 2020. Her main areas of research are small and medium-sized enterprises, especially internationalization and business models, but also entrepreneurial skills and entrepreneurial education. She has published over 20 papers and participated in international and domestic conferences. As an associate, she worked on scientific research projects financed by the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. In addition, she participated in several international EU projects: ICEE – Innovation cluster for Entrepreneurship Education, ECONQUAL – Adoption of the Croatian Qualifications Framework principles in Higher Education Institutions in the Field of Economics and INTENSE – INTernational ENtrepreneurship Skills Europe. She is the co-author of the publication Policy Recommendations for SMEs Internationalization. She participated in domestic and international workshops and trainings. As part of the Erasmus+ program, she attended professional training at the University of Turku (Finland) and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). She completed the Academic Teaching Excellence – English as a Medium of Instruction (British Council). She is a member of the association ECSB 2 – European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
