Nikola Vasilić, PhD

Research Assistant

Innovation Economics Department

research fields

  • Innovation Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Multi-criteria decision analysis
  • Data envelopment analysis

education

  • PhD in Economics 2025 / University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics
  • MSc in Economics 2016 / University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics
  • BSc in Economics 2013 / University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Economics

previous employment

  • Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade
  • Institute Mihajlo Pupin,University of Belgrade
  • Techical College of Applied Studies of Čačak
  • Economic School of Čačak

references/bibliography

Popović-Pantić, S., Semenčenko, D., Vasilič, N. (2022). Economic Inclusion of Women Entrepreneurs During Covid-19 in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Bartlett, W., Uvalić, M. (eds) Towards Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans. New Perspectives on South-East Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Vasilić, N., & Kutlača, Đ. (2021). Povezanost investicija u istraživanje i razvoj i rezultata istraživačko-razvojnog procesa u Republici Srbiji: Analiza vremenskih serija. XLVIII SYM-OP-IS, Srbija.

Popović-Pantić, S., Semenčenko, D., & Vasilić, N. (2020). Digital technologies and the financial performance of female SMEs in Serbia: The mediating role of innovation. Economic Annals, 65(224), 53-81.

Vasilić, N., Semenčenko, D., & Popović-Pantić, S. (2020). Evaluating of ICT usage in enterprises in Europe using TOPSIS approach. Ekonomske Teme, 58(4), 529-544.

Popović-Pantić, S., Semenčenko, D., & Vasilić, N. (2020). Barriers that SMEs in the Western Balkans are facing in accessing the supply chains: a binary logistic regression approach. Journal of Business Economics and Management (Ekonomika preduzeća), 416-426.

Popović-Pantić, S., Semenčenko, D., & Vasilić, N. (2020). Women Entrepreneurship in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, 3-4, 23-40.

Popović-Pantić, S., Semenčenko, D., & Vasilić, N. (2020). Gender Based Analysis of the Access to Public Procurement in Western Balkan by SMEs. Economic Analysis, 53(2), 51-67.

Popović-Pantić, S., Semenčenko, D., & Vasilić, N. (2019). The influence of digital transformation on the business performance: Evidence of the women-owned firms. Journal of Business Economics and Management (Ekonomika preduzeća), 67(7-8), 397-414.

selected projects

Innovation Pulse – Assessment and Monitoring of the Performance of the Startup and Innovation Ecosystem of the Republic of Serbia, funded by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation (2024-2025).

01.03.2022. - 01.09.2022. – 101058873 — R&I POLICY making, implementation ANd Support in the WEsteRn BalkanS (POLICY ANSWERS) — HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-06

2019-2022 - ENTERPRISE EUROPE NETWORK EEN-225341-EIIRCS – EURO INFO AND INNOVATION RELAY CENTRE IN SERBIА, funded by the European Commission, CIP – Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.