Maja Makovec Brencic
Ph.D., Assistant Professor for International Business and International Marketing, Faculty of Economics (FEL), University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Career history
| 1984-1988 | Secondary School of Social Studies and Arts in Ljubljana, specialising in languages(English, German, Italian, and Spanish) |
| 1988-1993 | A student at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics, Department of International Economics |
| 1988-1993 | Obtained a scholarship from the Leather Company of Vrhnika (IUV). Doing internship in the field of international business and marketing in Vrhnika and in its subsidiaries abroad (Italy, Germany) |
| 1988-1993 | Language studies; attending several courses abroad (University Salamanca, Oxford School of Languages, Freiburg, Klagenfurt) |
| May 1993 | Employment at the Leather Company (IUV) as a coordinator for international operations |
| June 1993 | The studies successfully completed with the diploma work titled "The Evaluation of Offensiveness in International Business of IUV on the Base of Marketing Mix"; B.Sc. in Economics; received the Prešeren Award of Faculty of Economics |
| September 1993 | Received the award as one of the best students in FEL, class 1988-89 |
| October 1993 | Invited to the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana as a teaching assistant in the field of international business and international marketing; permanent full time position |
| October 1993-October 1996 | Postgraduate student of International Economics at FEL |
| January-April 1996 | Research study at University of Trieste and Consorzio MIB, Trieste |
| August - October 1996 | Study visit at University of Bristol, Graduate School of International Business |
| November 1996 | Successful defence of the master thesis titled "The Analysis of Competitive Advantage: The Case of the Final Textile Industry of Slovenia" ; M.Sc. in Economics |
| December 1996 | Completing the international education programme "European Studies" in the Long Distance Education Programme (PHARE) |
| June - September 1998 | Research study at Nottingham Trent University, England at Prof. Caroline Tynan; preparation of doctorate thesis |
| July 2000 | Successful defence of doctoral thesis "Interdependency of Price and Non-Price Factors of Competitive Advantage of Firms in International Business" at Faculty of Economics Ljubljana; PhD in science areas of business and management |
| 2001/2002 | Habilitation for Assistant Professor - successfully gained and defended in January 2002 for the science areas of international business and international marketing, permanent position as assistant professor at FEL |
| 2001/2002-2004/2005 | Teaching the undergraduate courses of: International Business, International Marketing, International Marketing Management at Faculty of Economics Ljubljana (Slovenian and international students) Postgraduate and MBA courses at FEL and FEL joint international programmes /e.g. Reka, Croatia/: International Marketing Theory and Practice of International Marketing International Business and Marketing International Management BREST ESC MBA: International Business Strategy, MBA |
| Awards | 1993 - Student Prešern Award, FEL 2003 - Award for one of the outstanding papers at the conference marketing strategies for CEE, Vienna 2004 - Award of the University of Ljubljana for an outstanding research and pedagogic achievements for young university fellows |