New Issue of Lider – The Most Powerful Business Systems

Consolidated business results have confirmed that the past year was marked by Agrokor, which, due to the integration of Mercator, has significantly outpaced all competitors. The second winner is Orbico, which, if it continues its planned growth in the Western European market, could surpass HEP and INA next year and take second place. That Agrokor is the largest Croatian company is not news, but that it is more than twice the size of the second, INA, which has long been synonymous with corporate size, is new information. What is the power dynamic among groups, associations, and conglomerates is discussed in the new issue of Lider by Matilda Bačelić.

Tax reform does not only mean changing 15 laws. There are also many subordinate regulations. Well-informed tax experts fear that the Ministry of Finance will not adopt many regulations before Christmas, and everything will need to be applied starting January 1. Therefore, many could miss skiing this winter. That foreign ski resorts will pay the price of Marić’s tax reform package is noted in the new issue of Lider by Tin Bašić.

Lider’s journalists Sanja Mikolčević Petrušić, Ksenija Puškarić, and Andrej Tešić present the business scene of the City of Rijeka in the new issue of Lider. The decision on the construction of a lowland railway, and even the economic future of the Port and Rijeka, will be made in Zagreb. However, even such a port is today the most important company in the city. The jobs and existence of about 5000 people in Rijeka are directly or indirectly tied to port business, writes Lider’s trio.

In the new issue of Lider, Vanja Figenwald spoke with digital strategy expert Joe Peppard, who claims that poor change management is the cause of 70 percent of digital investment failures.

Dream Street, a company from Sveta Nedelja, started modestly, with one product and one employee. In five years, five products have been developed, which owner Magdalena Bešker exports to neighboring countries, and she soon intends to enter the markets of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. In an interview with our Kati Pranić, Magdalena Bešker admitted that there are a million planners on the market, but only she has created a fashion accessory.

One in five companies in Croatia uses cloud computing, writes Boris Žitnik in the new issue of Lider. In just a few years, the cloud computing market has grown to 11 percent of the total value of IT services in Croatia. This segment of the IT market is growing the fastest and holds significant opportunities for development.

Confused and somewhat decapitated by events they did not expect, markets are seeking an interpretation they can grasp. Brexit was unimaginable, so the reaction was more intense and lasting, but after the election of Trump, following the initial shock, they decided on a calmer reaction and a positive outlook while waiting for a resolution. After Brexit and Trump, stock exchanges are adapting more quickly to the ‘new reality’, in the new issue of Lider, writes Vanja Figenwald.

In the new issue of Lider, we also bring a special feature Who’s Who in Tourism.