Jelena Budak, PhD

Education

• 2005 PhD at the Faculty of Economics, University of Osijek
• 1992 MA at IFP-ENSPM, Rueil-Malmaison, France - Economics of Energy
• 1990 university degree at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Employment and work experience

• since 2001 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 1997-2001 - Aquarius, Zagreb - export director
• 1996-1997 - Alfatec, Zagreb - product program manager
• 1994-1995 - Alfatec branch in Kemerovo, Russia - deputy director
• 1993-1994 - Origo, Zagreb - assistant director
• 1992-1993 - Vitol Oil Trading Co., London - representative for Croatia, Zagreb

Fields of interest

• institutions and public sector policies
• privacy issues and resilience in the online environment
• social and economic impacts of new technologies
• good governance and economics of corruption
• perceptions and attitudinal studies

Selected bibliography

• Fildor, Dorian, Bruno Škrinjarić, and Jelena Budak. 2026. Anatomy of AI Risk Perception: Differentiating Privacy, Misinformation, and Technical Failures. International journal of human-computer interaction, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/10447318.2025.2610439
• Fildor, Dorian, Bruno Škrinjarić, and Jelena Budak. 2026. Blame and Cost: Understanding Responsibility Attribution and Financial Risk in AI Usage. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 34(1), e70124, 21. doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.70124
• Creativity 360 Degrees: Exploring the Dynamics of the Creative Industries in Southeast Europe / Holy, Mirela; Budak, Jelena; Medić, Rino (Eds.). Leeds: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025. doi: 10.1108/9781836620846
• Frey, Barbara, Jelena Budak, and Bruno Škrinjarić. 2024. Private Sector Perspective on Corruption and Informality: A Comparative Analysis of Serbia and Croatia. Post-Communist Economies, 36(4), 506-526. doi: 10.1080/14631377.2024.2306424
• Frey, Barbara, Bruno Škrinjarić, and Jelena Budak. 2022. Perceptions of Corruption and Informality among Businesspeople. The South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 17(2), 49-66. doi: 10.2748/jeb-2022-0014
• Anić, Ivan-Damir, Jelena Budak, Edo Rajh, Vedran Recher, Vatroslav Škare, and Bruno Škrinjarić. 2018. Extended model of online privacy concern: What drives consumers' decisions? Online Information Review, 43(5), 799-817. doi: 10.1108/OIR-10-2017-0281
• Budak, Jelena and Edo Rajh. 2014. Corruption as an obstacle for doing business in Western Balkans: A business sector perspective. International Small Business Journal, 32(2), 140-157. doi: 10.1177/0266242613498882