Zoran Aralica

Zoran Aralica

Senior Research Associate, The Institute of Economics Zagreb, Zagreb

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ABOUT ZORAN ARALICA

Zoran Aralica is a senior research associate at the Institute of Economics. His fields of interests include Socio-economic evaluation of the use of knowledge, Deindustrialisation/Reindustrialisation, International business, as well as Foresight. He is a visiting lecturer on Innovation Management and Technological Change at VERN Polytechnic. He is a project consultant and author of reports and studies for the Government of Croatia, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Science Education and Sports; Companies in the Energy sector - publicly owned (Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d, Plinacro d.o.o), the World Bank, Global Development Network through Regional Research Competition (WIIW – Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies),  the European Commission and Norwegian Research Council; At his work position he is responsible for research and consultancy projects in the fields: Innovation policy, Industrial policy, energy sector economics, foreign direct investments, and smart specialisation. 

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13:50

Session IV. Strategies & Financing Instruments

THE INNOVATION SYSTEM, COMPETITIVENESS OF THE ZAGREB CITY

Modern urban development, as well as the competitiveness on a particular location, largely depends on the availability of adequate human resources at various levels (arenas) of action, which includes the following areas, policy design and implementation, entrepreneurship and civil society, as well as on the optimum use of entrepreneurial and technological infrastructure. In addition of being the capital ofCroatia, theZagrebCityis an urban centre that often crosses the national borders with its actions. It seems that within theZagrebCity, regardless of the significant concentration of companies, as well as the institutions of national and international importance, there is still room for progress to improve the coordinated action of institutions, companies and civil society in order to achieve a higher level of competitiveness and higher quality of life. The aim of the presentation is to present the characteristics of theZagrebCity’s innovation system, and the connection of this approach with theZagrebCity’s competitiveness. The recommendations presented in the paper can be used in the design of more efficient programs aimed at the better use of knowledge and technologies. This should result both in the increase of competitiveness as well as the improvement of the quality of life within the area of the ZagrebCity.

10:50

Session II. Urban challenges - Strategies & projects for smart development