Ivana Vucetic – Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, Belgrade, Serbia
Snezana Kirin – Innovation Centre of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, Belgrade, Serbia
Sanja Popovic-Pantic – Institute Mihajlo Pupin, Volgina 15, Belgrade, Serbia
Keywords: Female entrepreneurship;
Female education;
Serbia;
Sustainable development
Abstract: The business world is rapidly changing adopting new technologies and business models. It affects entrepreneurship, which is one of the most important factors of sustainable development. In recent years, the importance of female entrepreneurship has increased, because more and more women have started to get involved in entrepreneurial activities. Among the main factors influencing female entrepreneurship are education, which gives women the knowledge to succeed as entrepreneurs, and finance, which enables women to start their businesses. In order for entrepreneurship to be successful, it is of great importance to constantly improve business, which implies constant investment in education and training, and stable income as the source of further investment in business growth. This paper aims to investigate the importance of female education for successful female entrepreneurship and sustainable development in Serbia, by examining the correlation between the education level and: the annual income, and the investment in lifelong learning.
9th International Scientific ERAZ Conference – ERAZ 2023 – Selected Papers: KNOWLEDGE BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, hybrid – online, virtually and in person, Prague, Czech Republic, June 1, 2023
ERAZ Selected Papers published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia
ERAZ conference partners: Faculty of Logistics, University of Maribor, Maribor (Slovenia); University of National and World Economy – UNWE, Sofia (Bulgaria); Center for Political Research and Documentation (KEPET), Research Laboratory of the Department of Political Science of University of Crete (Greece); Institute of Public Finance – Zagreb (Croatia); Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Ohrid, University of St. Kliment Ohridski from Bitola (North Macedonia)
ERAZ Conference 2023 Selected Papers: ISBN 978-86-80194-73-8, ISSN 2683-5568, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.S.P.2023
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Vucetic, I., Kirin, S., & Popovic-Pantic, S. (2023). Female Education and Entrepreneurship in the Service of Sustainable Development in Serbia. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), ERAZ Conference – Knowlegde Based Sustainable Development: Vol 9. Selected Papers (pp. 135-145). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans. https://doi.org/10.31410/ERAZ.S.P.2023.135
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