In Croatia, there are currently nineteen domestic and regional venture capital management companies, which manage more than 3.2 billion euros, which is, for illustration, half the amount of loans that domestic banks have allocated to companies for investments. But who are the people in private equity funds who decide where this money will be invested? How to interest them in investing? Do they clash with existing owners over business strategy or do they serve as a shoulder to cry on? How the most powerful people in Croatian funds choose their targets is revealed in the new Lider.
About 45 percent of employees say that the pace of change at work has accelerated in the last 12 months and that their workload has increased. Also, nearly half of employees do not understand the purpose of the changes taking place, according to PwC’s global survey. What to do to maintain a healthy organization and work culture in the company? The founder, owner, and director of Mind Lab Sandro Kraljević revealed to us how to effectively apply organizational psychology, manage change, and avoid employee resistance, as well as how the relationship between employers and employees has changed.
Climate neutrality has become a topic that every serious company is now addressing. This is commendable. But for business, it is equally important to adapt to the effects of climate change, and the demand for tailored products and services is growing dramatically fast, writes Miodrag Šajatović, editor-in-chief of Lider, in this week’s column.
About the new law on state-owned enterprises, which should end the practice of the government directly appointing management based on political and suitable criteria without any practical responsibility, has been discussed for more than two years. However, it seems more like it is being dragged out than written, and since last autumn, there has been no ‘update’. However, it is planned to start applying from January 1 next year, which means it needs to be adopted by the end of the year.
In the new issue, we explain what the Sahm Rule is, which brought down the largest exchanges last week, and who the so-called tradwives are, influencers who earn by promoting their conservative, traditional way of life as wives, mothers, and homemakers.
We also talk to Stjepan Pavlek Posavec, co-owner and CEO of Koios, and present the company Pharmacol, led by entrepreneur Petra Pungerčar.
Along with the new issue of Lider, a special supplement Summer Trend arrives.
