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Phenomenon Of Projectification And The Impact On The National Economy - Case Of Croatia

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  • Mladen Radujković

    (Croatian Association for Project Management, President, Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Sandra Matuhina

    (Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets, Directorate for Construction, Property Valuation and Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector, Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Ivan Novak

    (Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb, Croatia)

Abstract

Projectification has become an important phenomenon in the field of project studies. Projectification represents an important portion of the gross national product gathering significant resources in all types of industries. There is significant number of micro-level studies investigating this phenomenon but only few have investigated the macro-level design. This paper adopted approach originally implemented in Germany, Norway and Iceland. Aim of this paper is to broaden the scale of the previous research including Croatia as one of the Eastern European post transition countries. This paper offers unique results from the first projectification research of the Croatian economy based on the analysis of 250 companies. Primary data was collected through interviews with company employees. Results reveal the level of Croatian national economy projectification being below 30% enabling sector and cross country comparison. According to results Croatia is still within the range of the European Union countries. These results add to the existing body of knowledge regarding an ongoing research of the projectification phenomenon.

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  • Mladen Radujković & Sandra Matuhina & Ivan Novak, 2021. "Phenomenon Of Projectification And The Impact On The National Economy - Case Of Croatia," Poslovna izvrsnost-Business Excellence, University of Zagreb Faculty of Economics & Business, vol. 15(2), pages 9-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:zag:busexc:v:15:y:2021:i:2:p:9-21
    DOI: 10.22598/pi-be/2021.15.2.9
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