THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION HAS INFLUENCE ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AND THUS ON FASTER ECONOMIC GROWTH – THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN CROATIA AND FINLAND

Razina obrazovanja direktan je rezultat obrazovnog sustava. Hrvatski i finski obrazovni sustavi posve su različiti. Ne samo po svojoj temeljnoj osnovi i ulaganjima već i po rezultatima. Cilj ovog istraživanja je potvrditi kako razina obrazovanja u oba obrazovna sustava imaju isti utjecaj i smjer na poduzetničke aktivnosti. Poduzetnička aktivnost ne ovisi isključivo o razini obrazovanja poduzetnika, no njen utjecaj je značajan i vrijedan istraživanja. Poduzetnici koji na tržište rada dolaze iz finskog i hrvatskog obrazovnog sustava su različiti. Različite su i njihove poduzetničke kompetencije. Ono što im je zajedničko je veza između razine obrazovanja i poduzetničkih aktivnosti. S rastom obrazovne razine rastu i poduzetničke aktivnosti. S rastom obrazovne razine, raste i mogućnost prepoznavanja prilika na tržištu, što je iznimno važan poticaj za pokretanje poduzetničkog pothvata. Ono na što obrazovna razina nema utjecaja, niti u jednoj zemlji je njihovo odustajanje od poduzetničkog pothvata. Na svim razinama je već dulje vrijeme prepoznata potreba reforme hrvatskog obrazovnog sustava, no bez osiguranih dostatnih financijskih sredstava i podrške političkih i društvenih struktura ona se ne može provesti. Dio te reforme treba biti i uvođenje obrazovanja za poduzetništvo, i to ne isključivo kao dio visokoškolskog obrazovanja, već i kao dio srednjoškolskog te cjeloživotnog obrazovanja.
The level of education is a direct result of the educational system. Croatian and Finnish education systems are quite different. They are very different not just by their fundamental base and investments but also in results. The aim of this article is to confirm that the level of education in this two two educational systems have the same impact with respect to direction towards entrepreneurial activity. Of course that entrepreneurial activity is not dependent exclusively and only on the educational status of each undertaking, but its impact is significant and worth investigating. Entrepreneurs that come to the labor market from the Finnish and Croatian education systems are quite different. Two different education systems produce people with quite different entrepreneurial competencies. What they have in common is a causal link between the level of education and entrepreneurial activities. The entrepreneurial activity grows with the level of education. Simultaneously with the increase in educational levels, the ability of entrepreneurs to identify opportunities in the market also increases and this is an extremely important impetus for starting with entrepreneurial ventures. However, the level of education absolutely does not effect on giving up of their business venture. The need for reform in the Croatian education system has long been recognized at all levels, but it cannot be carried out without securing sufficient funding and support of all political and social structures. Education for entrepreneurship certainly should be an integral part of this reform. Education for entrepreneurship should become not just an integral part of higher education, but also an integral part of secondary education and lifelong learning.