In the new issue read about private education in Croatia, as well as the most important laws this autumn

If you are considering starting a profitable business, there are certainly more lucrative entrepreneurial ventures than the education sector. Elitist private educational institutions that attract only privileged children of the super-rich, where tuition costs as much as a villa in western Istria with a pool and a private tennis court, where, let’s be honest, only those who can be nothing but agents of social change study because a red carpet awaits them wherever they get employed after graduation, primarily due to status rather than actual knowledge and experience… is a scenario that cannot be written in Croatia. Private educational institutions in our country are neither so elite nor reserved only for privileged future movers of society. The market is competitive and the competition is not just among themselves; the public sector is also their competition, marking a challenging struggle for survival and for every student. In this week’s topic Ksenija Puškarić writes about private education.

One can only resignedly bow their head on their hands resting on the table in despair, realizing that nowhere in one place will they be able to find the laws that should go into parliamentary procedure in the next quarter. Thus, an entrepreneur will not find laws that are vital for business either. So if we accept the argument that not all laws being prepared can be encompassed due to the breadth of the list of legislative initiatives, then at least a list of ‘business’ laws could have been established in one place. Some will say ‘but you have the e-Consultation portal’. Yes, from that, one can learn only a part, and that is of those legislative proposals that have been sent for public discussion, but there is no data on when those proposals will go into legislative procedure. And what about the others that are yet to go into public discussion? Edis Felić writes about the most important laws this autumn in the new issue of Lider.

For a long time in the tourism sector, on which a very high percentage of the coastal population depends, no significant strides have been made nor have strategic plans been operationally implemented on which almost all consultants from the tourism sector in Croatia have been working until now. Economist and tourism consultant Branko Bogunović with three partners in 2016, after leaving the Zagreb office of the global consulting firm Horwath HTL, launched the consulting company HDC (Hotel & Destination Consulting) and with his team conducted sustainability studies in Zadar and Istria counties that show how unsustainable the existing infrastructure is in the long term. He discussed tourism in Croatia with Željko Laslavić.

Almost every industry has a company that is the ‘wet dream’ of every competitor eager for expansion through acquisition. In domestic retail, that is KTC. Long ago, Ivica Todorić unsuccessfully tried to acquire it, who in his acquisition campaigns was exceptionally generous and often offered and paid a price significantly higher than what the owners of the companies he had his eye on hoped for even in their wildest dreams. There were also several other interested parties for KTC, in recent years far the most desirable target for Studenac, which by acquiring it would leapfrog Tommy and Kaufland in terms of revenue and thus break into the top five domestic retail chains. However, the Katavić family still sees no reason whatsoever to sell their company. Manuela Tašler writes about KTC in the new issue.

In the new issue, we also write about illogical green regulations, the application of artificial intelligence in business, and as the new school year has started, we bring you a feature on Education and Careers.