Milan B. VemicMilan Vemić , Ph.D., is a Full Professor of Economics, and head of the Department of Economics and Management at the University Union - Nikola Tesla, Faculty of Business Studies and Law in Belgrade, Serbia. He specializes in entrepreneurship and finace. He earned his Master’s degree in 2003 and completed his first Ph.D. in 2005, titled Development of the Systemic Model of Management of Rural Entrepreneurship. His second Ph.D., received in 2010, was titled Optimization model for management of working capital in medium enterprises in Serbia. He served as council chairman, scientific research vice dean, and as an SME expert. He taught economics and finance on graduate and postgraduate courses in Central and Eastern European countries and CIS. He has authored and edited 11 books in economics and finance in English or Serbian and has reviewed several other books. He has published over 100 scientific works in learned and professional publications on SMEs, entrepreneurship, regional and rural development, capital markets, financial management, venture capital, microfinance, and project management. As a keynote speaker, he presented papers at many industry forums and conferences in Bishkek, Aktobe, Belgrade, Subotica, Novi Sad, Rotterdam, Sofia, Tekirdağ, Brașov, Bratislava and Košice. He worked as an expert on many USAID and EU international economic development projects such as the EFSE Annual Impact Study 2007 (2007-2008), the EBRD BEPS II project Banking Environment/Performance Survey (2012), the EBRD Trade Ready Project in Serbia and Georgia (2017-2019), and the EIB support to SMEs channeled via the Investment and Development Fund of Montenegro (2019). Milan is a member of the editorial review board of the International Journal of Applied Management Theory and Research, the International Journal of Responsible Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making, and the Business Trends Journal. For further details on his work, you can visit his profile on the website of CRIS. Read More Read Less