Dr. Vera Komarova, senior researcher at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of Daugavpils University, Latvia, was a guest lecturer at UNWE in the last week of April.

Dr. Komarova presented the topic of national cultural differences and the role of these differences in entrepreneurship to the first- and second-year students studying Principles of Entrepreneurship in English.

In support of Hofstede's well-known theory of intercultural differences, Dr. Komarova introduced the students to the results of comparative studies of the cultural characteristics of Bulgaria and its closest trading partners – Greece and Turkey, as well as her country Latvia and the largest former Soviet republics – Russia and Ukraine, and the notable for their entrepreneurial history USA.

At a specially organized meeting with doctoral students of the Chair of Entrepreneurship, Dr. Komarova systematically presented the answers to the main questions regarding the essence, design and structure of scientific study. The presentation was followed by discussions of issues related to the work on the specific dissertations of the doctoral students participating in the meeting.

We should note that Dr. Vera Komarova, in addition to being a researcher, is also the chairperson of a foundation initiated and led by women in Latvia with headquarters in Riga and Daugavpils – a partner in the project carried out together with the Institute of Entrepreneurship of the UNWE and five other foreign partners – ‘Digi Women - Digital Entrepreneurship Tools and Support for Women Entrepreneurs’ (2020 – 2022) - hppts://digiwomen.bamde.org.