University College of Economics, Entrepreneurship and Manage¬ment Nikola Subic Zrinski
Abstract
We live in changing and challenging times. Many countries in Europe are making plans on how to improve their competitive advantage in order to match the current global challenges in the best ways. In many countries the focus is on how to meet the global challenges with the support from the educational sector. In Finland education has been an important part of building the Finnish economy. When the tough times continue in the economy it is still good news to see how the educational sector and business life still continue to support each other through continuous exchange. One of the educational aims in the country is to continue to learn new things through your whole life – this is one of the key stones upon which the society is built. This is also one way to continue to improve your competitive advantage in the country. According to the last statistics from July 2015 the Vaasa region and the region where the capital of Finland is situated belongs to the most successful ones when it comes to competitive advantage. This is where Novia University of Applied Sciences is situated with one of several campuses. Among the success factors are educational level, innovation, company dynamics, and productivity. Cross sectional knowledge exchange is prioritized in society and therefore research and projects in this area receive high attention and also funding. In comparison with many countries Finland is also a very open and transparent society. This supports the knowledge exchange between business and educational sector. The paper is based on the results from one of the cross border projects where new teaching methods in entrepreneurial education in four countries were documented and took place in Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal and Finland. The results showed that the project and the methods were successful in using new methods within business education in these countries.Živimo u promjenjivim i izazovnim vremenima. Mnoge zemlje u Europi izrađuju planove o tome kako poboljšati svoju konkurentsku prednost kako bi najbolje udovoljile trenutnim globalnim izazovima. U mnogim je zemljama fokus na tome kako zadovoljiti globalne izazove uz podršku obrazovnog sektora. U Finskoj obrazovanje čini važan dio u izgradnji finskog gospodarstva. Kada se teška vremena u gospodarstvu nastave, dobra je vijest ta što se obrazovni sektor i poslovni život nastavljaju podržavati i dalje kroz kontinuiranu razmjenu. Jedan od obrazovnih ciljeva u zemlji je učiti nove stvari kroz cijeli život – to je jedan od temelja na kojem se gradi društvo. To je također način da se poboljša konkurentna prednost u zemlji. Prema posljednjim statističkim podacima iz srpnja 2015. regija Vaasa i regija gdje se nalazi glavni grad Finske pripadaju najuspješnijim regijama kada je u pitanju konkurentna prednost. Tu se također nalazi Veleučilište Novia u jednom od nekoliko kampusa. Među faktorima uspjeha su stupanj obrazovanja, inovacije, dinamika tvrtke i produktivnost. Poprečna razmjena znanja je prioritet u društvu, stoga istraživanja i projekti na ovom području dobivaju veliku pažnju te novčanu potporu. U usporedbi s mnogim zemljama finsko društvo je vrlo otvoreno i transparentno. To podupire razmjenu znanja između poslovnog i obrazovnog sektora. Rad se temelji na rezultatima iz jednog od međunarodnih projekata u kojima su dokumentirane nove metode poučavanja u poduzetničkom obrazovanju u četiri zemlje: Hrvatskoj, Sloveniji, Portugalu i Finskoj. Rezultati su pokazali da su projekt i metode bili uspješni u korištenju novih metoda unutar poslovnog obrazovanja u tim zemljama
