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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Helena Popović Petrušić, M.Sc. Oec., M.A. Int. Rel. & Dipl.

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Born in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After completing high school in economics, she enrolled in the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka, and during the final year of her studies, she moved to Zagreb. In Zagreb, she continued her studies at Effectus University of Applied Sciences, where she graduated in Financial Management. She then pursued a degree in International Relations and Diplomacy, completing it in 2017.

In 2017, she was appointed as a lecturer and has since participated in delivering courses in lifelong learning programs. She is the co-author of a one-year program for acquiring the qualification Procurement and Logistics Manager.

She is the author of two professional papers:

  • Controlling as an Instrument for Successful Inventory Management (2017), FIP – Finance and Law 5 (1), 107-121

  • The Potential of Digital Transformation in Procurement for Building Cost and Process Efficiency in the Healthcare System (2024), 2nd International Scientific and Professional Conference on Prosthetics, Orthotics, Robotics in Physiotherapy, and Healthcare, 223-237

Since 2024, she has been teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovations at Effectus University of Applied Sciences.

She has 25 years of experience in the real sector, mainly in management positions. She served as the CEO of Pastor Inženjering from 2008 to 2016 and as a Board Member for Operations at Prostoria. She is the owner of Wogas, a company that provides consulting services in the field of operations management and supply chain management.