Smart decisions can prove to be extremely profitable at times when everyone is trying to lay low and wait for the crisis to pass. Companies that have a creative and motivated team, prepared projects, and good relationships with customers and banks will fare best during the time of recovery. We wrote this in Lider in anticipation of a multi-year recession and the first Day of Big Plans conference in 2009. This year, after nearly seven lean years, the Day of Big Plans will take place on September 30 at the Westin in Zagreb, buoyed by stable economic growth.
Who has been brave enough to gather knowledge and capital, develop ideas, and wait for the right circumstances to take action? The GDP growth of 2.8 percent in the second quarter of this year confirmed optimistic forecasts for 2017. Will entrepreneurs, despite this, ‘play it safe’ or are they encouraged enough for new business ventures? Can they count on a stable political situation in the country after two elections in less than a year?
At the conference, which will be opened by the President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, with a theme of attracting investments and encouraging exports, we will also learn the answers to these questions, and global and regional trends will be presented by the chief economist of the EBRD, Sergei Guriev.
