Entrepreneurial Zones in Split-Dalmatia County

The term entrepreneurial infrastructure refers to a network of public and private sector institutions that support the development of entrepreneurship. The need to facilitate and expedite the development of entrepreneurship has resulted in the establishment of various support institutions and an extensive legislative infrastructure which represents the basic prerequisite for a continuous entrepreneurial activity in any country. Entrepreneurial infrastructure consists of business incubators, entrepreneurship centres, technology parks, entrepreneurial zones, free zones, development agencies, and clusters. They all share a common goal – strengthening of entrepreneurship and development of private initiatives in all spheres of economic life. Entrepreneurship and small businesses need incentives and legal security that perpetuate the processes of forming new economic entities, accompanied by the use of new knowledge and technologies. This paper will provide an overview of entrepreneurial zones in Split-Dalmatia county, and of the benefits that these zones provide to entrepreneurs who operate within the said zones, and will present an analysis of the legal regulations of the Republic of Croatia underpinning the development of entrepreneurial zones.