Hypo Group has been operating in eight countries of the Alps-Adriatic region, with a basic goal to encourage prosperity of the region by strengthening local economies. In 2006 it signed a Loan Agreement with Argentum d.o.o company from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within this process, at the...

Mergers and acquisitions represent prominent phenomenon of the developed capitalist world. Growth of the company through mergers and acquisitions provides access to new markets and resources, and the success or failure is of great importance not only for the companies involved in these...

Optimal acquisition strategy represents challenge for business world and academia. Academia tries to identify all factors and perspectives influencing success of acquisition strategy. The business reality is that most of M&As do not accomplish prearranged synergies and effects; therefore, the...

Competitiveness represents a concept that has occupied a great deal of the economic theorists' attention for decades. Due to its complexity and different perceptions, it has not been uniquely defined yet and neither has its measurement system been completely developed. The problem of the...

HAAB Klagenfurt took over and later merged Slavonska banka with its other daughter bank in the Republic of Croatia in 2009. The authors analyze the cooperation between the bank and companies and the relations deriving from the following issues: a) purchase of nonexistent claims, b)...