Into the storm. What now for mergers?

There had been some expectations of an increase in merger activity this year, with political pressures on regulators in each of the EU, UK and US to take a different approach – but with the threat of tariffs disrupting markets and US-EU relations under severe strain, what are the prospects now? FIPRA Special Advisor on Competition and Anti-Trust, Rory Chisholm, offers his insight and analysis.

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BLOG: Why do so few people experience career success

Martin Krekáč, chairman and founding partner of Jenewein Group, reflects in another of his blog series on the fact that university degrees, high-ranking job positions, dazzling careers or above-average incomes are synonymous with success in the minds of many people. However, in reality, they are only success from a certain point of view. And they are not at all equal to career success. Anyone who really wants to experience career success must choose a completely different approach – for example, they must show that they have the determination and mental strength to be truly successful.

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After Covid, selling online is a necessity that will ensure competitiveness

EPPP – European Public Policy Partnership has introduced the platform expandujonline.sk for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs. The project Za Tatry a za Dunaj is a tool for SMEs that should help Slovak companies grow and enter the European market. One of the project partners is Wolt – business opportunities online are presented in a podcast for SME Index by Jakub Kacera, Head of Commercial for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Slovakia´s digital infrastructure

The recent cyberattack on the Geodesy, Cartography, and Cadastre Authority demonstrated how vulnerable the state´s critical IT systems can still be. Whilst undoubtedly inconvenient, the attack did not present a direct threat to human lives. With acts of terrorism on the ride, we may not be so lucky the next time. How can we prevent this from happening? Read more about this topic in the article of Boris Kučera, Director at Fipra Slovakia, written for the Connection – the official magazine of AmCham Slovakia.

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BLOG: Which 15 qualities are the basis of success?

In another series of author blogs, Martin Krekáč, chairman and the founding partner of Jenewein Group, presents his views on the fifteen most important qualities of successful people. The list of these qualities was recently published by the global job portal indeed. Martin Krekáč reads them from his own perspective as an expert on special and therapeutic pedagogy and career consultant and headhunter. Although there is no clear recipe for success, common features can be found in the career paths of successful people. What are they?

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Competition in the cloud

The post-Brexit match between the UK competition authority and the European Union for digital regulation has begun. On 28 January, the Competition Market Authority (CMA) published its preliminary results on the state of competition in cloud services in the UK. The conclusion is clear: competition is not unfolding as it should. Read more about this topic in the article of Bruno Alomar, former senior official at the European Commission, a senior advisor at FIPRA and author of Reform or Oblivion: 10 years to save the European Union (2018).

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BLOG: Consultants doing business – (not) of their own free will

Martin Krekáč, Chairman and Founding Partner of Jenewein Group, once again devotes his new blog to the dynamic world of consulting in Executive Search, Public Affairs & Professional Services. This time, he focused on consultants who enter consulting from a corporate environment. This change is not rare in career profiles. In countries where consulting services have a longer tradition than here, it is even a natural development. However, these are not always experts with long-term experience, but rather junior managers who decided to take this step under the influence of current circumstances...

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Yes, it’s possible to put an end to European regulatory inflation

Standards production is in the EU’s DNA. Like the scorpion in the fable that only knows how to sting, the EU has the reflex, when faced with a new subject, to do what it does best: legislate. The result? The proliferation of European standards. The Draghi Report made clear how this sting of regulation is dragging down Europe’s competitiveness. A situation Member States generally make worse when transposing European directives into national law. So, what is the EU, now aware of its economic decline, doing to remedy it? Read more in the article written by FIPRA.

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