Entrepreneurial infrastructure in Republic of Croatia

U radu su objašnjeni pojmovi koji će doprinijeti razumijevanju teme i značaju razvoja poduzetničke infrastrukture u Republici Hrvatskoj u cilju razvoja gospodarstva. Nakon pojmovnog određenja poduzetništva u radu je prikazana uloga države u poticanju poduzetništva te su prikazane državne institucije za pomoć i razvoj poduzetništva i poticanje gospodarstva. Analizirane su snage, slabosti, prilike i prijetnje za razvoj poduzetništva u Republici Hrvatskoj. Okosnicu rada čine određenja poduzetničkih potpornih institucija temeljem Zakona o unapređenju poduzetničke infrastrukture i obveza vođenja Jedinstvenog registra poduzetničke infrastrukture, te obrada podataka na temelju registra. I na kraju su opisane dvije najznačajnije poduzetničke potporne institucije na području Brodsko-posavske županije.The paper explains the concepts that will contribute to the understanding of the topic and importance of the development of entrepreneurial infrastructure in the Republic of Croatia in order to develop the economy. After the conceptual definition of entrepreneurship, the paper presents the role of the state in stimulating entrepreneurship and shows the state institutions for assistance and development of entrepreneurship and stimulation of the economy.The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for the development of entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia were analyzed. The backbone of the work is the definitions of entrepreneurial support institutions based on the Law on Improvement of Entrepreneurial Infrastructure and the obligation to maintain the Unified Register of Entrepreneurial Infrastructure, and the processing of data based on the register. Finally, the two most significant entrepreneurial support institutions in the Brod-Posavina County are described