This paper analyzes the connection between supply chain management maturity (SCMM) and business performance in light of the balanced scorecard (BSC) framework. The goal is to explore the relationship between SCMM and business performance from the financial and customer, innovation and learning, and internal processes perspectives. Industry characteristics (technological dynamism and the level of state support) are examined to determine their moderating effects. The survey was carried out on a sample of organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina to test if the BSC approach can be a relevant framework for assessing the effects of SCMM on performance, and whether, as in many countries’ political legacies, the role of the government is significant in this relation. PLS-SEM was used to test the proposed hypotheses. The obtained research results confirm a positive relationship between SCMM and business performance from the BSC perspective. This relation is strengthened when an organization operates in an industry with higher technological dynamism. Interestingly, the results confirm that the level of state support does not influence the contribution of SCMM to business performance. This paper provides a more comprehensive view of the role of SCMM and an additional understanding of its contribution to multiple perspectives of business performance. Furthermore, the relevance of industry characteristics for SCMM and business performance has been illustrated by testing the moderation effect of technological dynamism and the level of state support.

This chapter examines MGMT 102, an undergraduate entrepreneurship course deliberately designed around experiential learning, coaching and mentoring, and structured industry partnerships. It examines how this learning design supports students' self-directed and long-term learning, fosters the development of entrepreneurial skills and mindsets, and contributes to broader agendas of innovation, sustainability, and inclusive economic growth. The chapter also positions MGMT 102 as a transferable model of experiential entrepreneurship education that can inform curriculum design and university-industry collaboration in other contexts.