Draft:Boštjan Antončič

Bostjan Antoncic in 2010

Bostjan Antoncic (Boštjan Antončič, born September 5, 1967) is a Slovenian academic and sportsman. Born in Ljubljana and raised in Koper, he made his most important entrepreneurship research and teaching career advancements in relationship to his work at the School of Economics and Business at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Weathead School of Management at the Case Western Reserve University, USA, and the Faculty of Management at the University of Primorska, Slovenia. He has authored or co-authored books in the area of entrepreneurship and scientific research articles. His most inluential works have been published in scientific journals in entrepreneurship sub-areas of intrapreneurship/corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial networks, international entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial personality, and growth of SMEs. In addition to research and teaching, he has been involved in entrepreneurship practice and in sport (bacame the world champion in the sailing class Soling in 2008).

Academic awards

Best Empirical Paper Award at the conference of the Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division, Toronto, Canada (2000)

Emerald Literati Club Highly Commended Award (2004)

Faculty of Management Award for the advisor of the best M.Sc. Thesis (2006)

Best Paper Award at the conference MIC 2006 Management International Conference, Portoroz, Slovenia (2006)

Golden Plaque Award of the University of Primorska (Zlata plaketa) (2007)

Award for Excellence in Research on the Topic of Corporate Entrepreneurship 2006, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Madrid, Spain (2007)

Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Paper Award (2007)

Best Paper Award at The 2010 IBER (Business) & ITLC (Education) Conferences, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. (2010)

Sports achievements

Sailing - medals at international championships:

1st place - World Championship, Soling class (Scarlino, Italy, 2008)

2nd place - World Championship, Soling class (Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy, 2005)

1st place - European Championship, Soling class (Arendal, Norway, 2007)

2nd place - European Championship, Soling class (Tonsberg, Norway, 2004)

2nd place - European Championship, Yngling class (Riva del Garda, Italy, 2011)

2nd place - European Championship, Yngling class (Riva del Garda, Italy, 2016)

3rd place - European Championship, Yngling class (Riva del Garda, Italy, 2010)

1st place - Balkan Championship, Optimist class (Athens, Greece, 1981)

2nd place - Balkan Championship, Flying Dutchman class (Primorsko, Bulgaria, 1987)

3rd place - Balkan Championship, Optimist class (Constanta, Romania, 1979)

He was also a sailing champion of the Former Yugoslavia (with Slovenia being a part of this former country until 1990) in classes Optimist (1980, 1982), 420 (1984), and 470-youth (1985), and a champion of Slovenia in classes Optimist (1979, 1981) and Europe (1983), while national championships in Soling and Yngling classes have not been held in these countries. He has the most appearances at World and European Championships among all Slovenian sailors.