Dr Ivan Zupic
Staff details

Ivan Zupic is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the Institute of Management Studies. He completed his Ph.D. in Management and organisation at Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
His research interests include digital strategy & innovation, technology entrepreneurship, high-growth firms, entrepreneurial ecosystems and research methods. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Organizational Research Methods, European Management Journal and Management Decision. Before entering academia he worked as a consultant in the IT industry and as a journalist/photographer in the media.
Research Interests
- Digital strategy and innovation
- Technology entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial ecosystems
- Research methods
Publications and research outputs
Article
Fayaz, Naira; Khandai, Sujata; Zupic, Ivan and Kaur, Avneet. 2022. Going Back to the Roots: a Bibliometric and Thematic Analysis of Women Entrepreneurship. Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 11(2), pp. 97-115. ISSN 2232-5867
Budler, Marko; Župič, Ivan and Trkman, Peter. 2021. The development of business model research: A bibliometric review. Journal of Business Research, 135, pp. 480-495. ISSN 0148-2963
Srhoj, Stjepan; Zupic, Ivan and Jaklic, Marko. 2019. Stylised facts about Slovenian high-growth firms. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 31(1), pp. 1851-1879. ISSN 1331-677X
Batistic, Sasa; Cerne, Matej; Kase, Robert and Zupic, Ivan. 2016. The role of organizational context in fostering employee proactive behavior: The interplay between HR system configurations and relational climates. European Management Journal, 34(5), pp. 579-588. ISSN 0263-2373
Pugliese, Robert; Bortoluzzi, Guido and Zupic, Ivan. 2016. Putting process on track: empirical research on start-ups' growth drivers. Management Decision, 54(7), pp. 1633-1648. ISSN 0025-1747
Zupic, Ivan and Cater, Tomaz. 2015. Bibliometric methods in management and organization. Organizational Research Methods, 18(3), pp. 429-472. ISSN 1094-4281
Book Section
Kase, Robert; Zupic, Ivan; Repovs, Eva and Dysvik, Anders. 2019. Methodologies in organizational career research: Past, present and future. In: Hugh Gunz; Mila Lazarova and Wolfgang Mayerhofer, eds. The Routledge Companion to Career Studies. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138939776
Zupic, Ivan and Giudici, Alessandro. 2017. New Venture Growth: Current Findings and Future Challenges. In: Robert Blackburn; Dirk De Clercq and Jarna Heinonen, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. London: SAGE Publications, pp. 191-219. ISBN 9781473925236
Conference or Workshop Item
Sottini, Andrea Carlo; Zupic, Ivan and Giudici, Alessandro. 2022. 'Trends and Patterns in the Nexus Between Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation: a Bibliometric Review and Research Agenda'. In: R&D Management Conference 2022. Trento, Italy 9-13 July 2022.
Zupic, Ivan. 2022. 'Keynote Address @ 5th International Conference (ICACCF 2022) on Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Business Practices'. In: 5th International Conference (ICACCF 2022) on Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Business Practices. Amity University, Noida, India.