Text: Žikica Milošević Italy always knew how to pack the product into the most beautiful packaging, and to make it the object of the desire of the whole world, be it shirts, cheeses or cars. Everything is always visually appealing. … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević Israel has long been declared the Startup Nation and is proudly carrying this flattering nickname. This is the country with the highest number of startups per capita in the world. Over the past decades, thousands of Israeli … Continue reading
Inspectors are front row centre in combating shadow economy. Hiring younger inspectors and introducing new institutes which, for the first time ever, enable preventive action, as well as much tougher measures against offenders will make this year an exceptionally important … Continue reading
By Žikica Milošević Why did the German economic model, combining social consciousness, capitalist-free enterprise, family spirit of entrepreneurship, and family run companies which shape and propel the German economy, turn out to be so resilient that it eventually became a … Continue reading
Logistics costs in Serbia account for twice as much in the product price as compared to the developed countries of the West, which leaves a lot of room for optimization, the conclusion of the Logistics Economics Panel, held at the … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević Several weeks ago, the world was ‘shaken’ by good news. For a change. The news was that a second Louvre Museum – The Louvre 2.0 – was opened in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu … Continue reading
In transitional countries, shadow economy has always been a substantial albeit illegal segment in the overall economy. Curbing shadow economy and trying to legalize it are one of the most important activities of any government. This was also the topic … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević As the first and only country in Europe that abolished visas for Chinese citizens, and vice versa, Serbia is profiling as the tourist and economic hub for Chinese travellers and businessmen. Many of them flocked since the … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević Mao has gone and the country was deep inside a Cultural Revolution, poor and disenchanted with the Party. Deng Xiaoping took the steering wheel and made the moves. He was the architect of the new thinking which … Continue reading
Mediterranean? Mountainous? Why is that? Well, it is simply due to geography, given that the Southern part of Montenegro is, well, Mediterranean, while Northern Montenegro looks more like Switzerland, with fresh mountain peaks and “katun” shacks, wooden cottages and greenery. … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević When we think about the British economy, what we will imagine and what image we will have in mind really depends on the decade and the century. The 19th century could be the image of working class … Continue reading
By Žikica Milošević There is a big misconception about the Italian economy which says that this is one of the more easy-going economies. But this is so far from the truth! Italy is everything but… The country is the biggest … Continue reading
Dutch investors require a stable and predictable business and legal environment which is the main prerequisite for strategic planning and serious investing. In Serbia, at the moment, the business environment is developing somewhat faster than the legal one. It would … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević Israel is one of the few nations in the world that can boast about its ability to create something out of nothing, by sheer wit and ingenuity. This is one characteristic that everyone should study and, presumably … Continue reading
Text: Žikica Milošević The economy of the one of the two Nordic countries that isn’t a member of the European Union (the other being Iceland, of course) is based in equal measure on Lutheran spirit and Viking solidarity, fused under … Continue reading