In the new issue of Lider: 40 Government Measures – They Are Not Reforms, but They Will Affect Your Business

Part of the measures from the new ‘reform’ program is simply copied from last year’s document, raising questions about what will actually be realized within the set deadlines. True reform measures are rare, but every government move is important to entrepreneurs, writes Sergej Abramov.

Consolidation: Almost all small insurers are waiting for acquisition offers

The wave of mergers and acquisitions occurring in the Croatian insurance market is led by Slovenians and Austrians as part of their ‘Go East’ strategy. This will include all domestic insurance companies that will not be able to implement the ‘Go West’ strategy – entering western markets, writes Tin Bašić.

Green Construction: In ‘green’ business premises, rental prices are 10 to 15 percent lower

Although the certification price is 50 thousand euros for ten thousand square meters, ‘green’ buildings are cheaper to maintain, resulting in lower operational costs for space users compared to traditionally built facilities, Edis Felić.

>>>New issue of Lider – Željko Rohatinski: I would build railways before the Pelješac Bridge

Surplus: A surplus of 2.8 billion in the budget overshadowed by a decline in industrial production

Croatia has already recorded a surplus after the introduction of VAT in 1998, but it squandered it on a surge of mostly misguided public spending. We did not expect this surplus, and therefore we did not know what to do with it. It should be used for reforms and cutting expenses, but that is the hardest thing to do, writes Vanja Figenwald.

Željko Rohatinski: I would build railways before the Pelješac Bridge

Is the Pelješac Bridge an economic priority, or could we perhaps have placed some other project in a more important position? This is a matter of political decision. However, the railway is a bottleneck, reveals the former governor of the HNB in an interview with Gordana Gelenčer.

Electricity Exchange: Cropex is ‘bursting’ into regional expansion and forming a gas exchange for LNG

If we do not integrate the entire region as one large exchange, we risk losing a significant business opportunity, and some regional forces may benefit someone else instead of us, claims Cropex director Silvio Brkić, writes Ana Gavranić.

Ivo Ivančević: It is not easy to cooperate with managers from socialism and transition

The same journalist reveals that the manager of Porsche Croatia does not always find it easy to find common ground with domestic managers who held leading positions in the so-called former system or during the transition. Some elements of their management and team leadership styles differ from what is considered best today.

The collaboration between Belupo and the ‘Ruđer Bošković’ Institute, why more and more employers retain proven employees in the workplace even after 65 years, how the Croatian company Salesforce keeps pace with the competition, and many other interesting topics await you in the new printed or digital issue of Lider.

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