The new issue of Lider focuses on the phenomenon of strategic alliances. Being better than others today is literally a condition for survival in the business world. Achieving this independently is very difficult and almost impossible. Competition simply cannot do without cooperation, and no matter how hard it may be for some, only through a ‘pact’ can we move forward with sufficiently large and rapid steps.
The new issue of Lider indeed contains many interesting topics, and it is difficult to make a fair selection.
The story by Bojana Božanić titled ‘The Family Silver Sold Off, New Production Bypasses Croatia’ discusses the increase in foreign investments in our country, but also their concerning structure. There is less and less material left for privatization, and previous investments have primarily been directed towards banks, savings banks, insurance companies, and telecommunications. The truth is that foreigners came to Croatia to buy the market, not to build production facilities.
Lidija Kiseljak spoke with Ljubo Jurčić, who presented a comprehensive electoral economic program. A different economic program, devoid of the usual phrases and with a shift in economic policy, is also the first party project. This is an important initial advantage, as other parties will have to refer to the SDP’s proposals. What the well-known SDP member proposes can be read in the text ‘Jurčić’s Radical Economic Changes Challenge Sanader’.
Although spring has not yet arrived, for tourism workers the season is ‘at the door’. After years of dynamic growth, last year Croatian tourism traffic recorded half the growth rate of Europe. Is this an alarming figure that should shake the thesis that Croatia is among the most desirable global destinations, and what threats lie ahead for the upcoming tourist season can be found in Željka Laslavić’s story ‘High Prices for Tourism More Dangerous than the Crisis in Kosovo and Disputes with Italy and Slovenia’.
The new issue of Lider focuses on the phenomenon of strategic alliances. Being better than others today is literally a condition for survival in the business world. Achieving this independently is very difficult and almost impossible. Competition simply cannot do without cooperation, and no matter how hard it may be for some, only through a ‘pact’ can we move forward with sufficiently large and rapid steps. To survive, collaboration is necessary. Lider’s journalists Matilda Bačelić and Sandra Babić investigated how far Croatia lags behind global market trends and, of course, what the reasons are for when to agree to strategic connections, even with the fiercest opponent.
