BUSINESS

The Challenge of Prevention

In 1993, Slovenia’s first private health clinic was established. In the 18 years since, Barsos has steadily grown and today offers a variety of healthcare services to a wide range of patients. According to...
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Electric Blues

For a brief moment, it seemed as though the issue of electricity in Slovenia might be about to drop off the front pages and the news programmes. But just as the anger around cartel pricing by five electricity...
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The relay race of destination branding

What springs to mind when you think of Slovenia? It is a question which the managers of the country’s “brand” are constantly asking – and to which they are trying to ensure a consistent response. According to...
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What We Can Learn from the Financial Crisis

There have been numerous debates recently around the recovery in global growth and whether there will be a so called ‘double dip’, meaning another phase of negative growth. We have argued in the past that...
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Building for Better Times?

Construction companies in Slovenia have slaved over the summer in the hope of moving from struggling to surviving. Have their efforts paid off or is the sector facing a cooling as abrupt as that of early...
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Preventable Troubles?

Automobile parts manufacturer Prevent Global is facing bankruptcy. The firm has been hit hard by the recession, but could its current problems have more to do with bad management than a bad economy? And can...
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A Confused Big Brother

The use of information technology in Slovenian state administration has come a long way in the past two decades – so far, in fact, that the country is regarded as one of the most advanced in Europe when it...
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Higher Minimum Pay Has Not Increased Unemployment

Back in January, there was a lot of hype about what sort of impact the 30 percent rise in the minimum wage would have on businesses, unemployment and on Slovenia’s competitiveness as a whole. The latest...
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