While politicians are debating whether the GDP growth of 1.2 percent is a success or a failure, voters have not felt this growth in their quality of life. After all, GDP alone is not sufficient. Therefore, in the next term, Lider will continuously check additional indicators of ‘well-being’ alongside GDP.
In the new issue of Lider, Gordana Gelenčer writes in the article “GDP Under Major Renovation” about ten components of economic well-being that we will monitor with the new government. Some of these include indices of economic wealth, full employment, and education, and you can find the entire list in our printed edition.
We also write about electoral profiteers. Namely, the biggest benefactors of the Croatian economy will be the two largest parties. The amounts are not disclosed, but in the last parliamentary elections, HDZ and SDP spent eight times more than all other parties and independent lists combined, as learned by Vanja Figenwald.
In the topic of the week, you can read about so-called internal startups. As large, established, not to say old, companies have realized that today innovations are mostly born in startups, they have decided to try to replicate part of that spirit and way of working within their walls. However, this model is not reserved only for large corporations, as small and medium-sized enterprises can also develop and encourage innovation among their employees in the same way, claims Matilda Bačelić.
The digital speech therapy set, a product of the Zagreb company Tara centar, is an innovative work by Prof. Dr. Mladen Hedjever, who has successfully applied his acquired knowledge and experience in entrepreneurship. He decided to start the business because his faculty did not listen to his ideas, and he asserts: Innovative ideas in Croatia can only be realized in your own business.
Nikica Gabrić reveals for Lider how he created top-notch industrial medicine with Svjetlost. We also bring a report from our Smart Government 2015 conference, which attracted significant public attention, among other things due to the statement by Prime Minister Zoran Milanović, who said at the event that “where there is a mess, there is no way through the mess.”
Željka Laslavić writes about how renters overnight became a tourist asset from being the biggest problem. Namely, family accommodation is one of the few industries where we are more developed than the rest of Europe due to a long tradition, where this market began to flourish since online travel agencies started to dominate the travel industry.
Erkki Tapio Ranta, director of the Rijeka Oil Refinery, reveals in an interview for our weekly that the modernization of the Rijeka refinery is waiting for a more favorable tax environment.
In the world block, you can read about the cynicism of the EU that has reached its peak – forced by endless columns of migrants and refugees, EU leaders would offer Turkey everything they have been denying it for years, asking in return only for the retention of millions of refugees in that country. We also write about Dell’s acquisition of EMC, a company specialized in data storage and protection as well as virtualization in the business sector, which is valued at 67 billion dollars and is considered the largest in the history of the technology industry.
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