The document analyzes Slovenia and identifies weaknesses like low competitiveness and corruption, but also opportunities like natural resources and education. It envisions careers in environment and agriculture growing in popularity. Countries in Eastern Europe could partner on sustainability, renewable resources, and food security. Future companies would focus on construction, agriculture, resource management, and research and development using renewable energy to become self-sufficient, eco-friendly, and stable.

1. Back to Sustainable
Business
LaPet05
Slovenia (country of focus)
Lara Rebernik & Petra Vretenar
Slovenia

2. Our Findings
Weaknesses:
 Trapped between low-cost workforce on east and high
technology on west
 Low competitiveness
 Lack of vision
 Corruption
 Apathy
 Inefficient usage of our resources (natural and human)
 Bureaucracy

3. Opportunities:
 Unspoiled nature
 Good healthcare system
 Friendliness of people
 Great strategic position
 Natural resources
 High level of education, peace and creativity
 Currency €
 Hard working people
 Citizens wanting the change

4. Our Vision
 We believe that careers related to environment and
agriculture will be very popular and demanded
 Countries in EE have so much in common, so the good
solution would be, to connect in some form of partnership
and to work on their self-sustainability, wise usage of
resources, investing in R&D that are related to renewable
natural sources and security of food

5.  Self sufficient building and energy production
 Food and water are new oil (they will become very rare and
expensive)
 Oil independence

6. Our Future Company
 Types of companies:
Construction companies for self-sufficient buildings, agriculture
companies, companies that will wisely manage natural resources
and R&D companies
 They should be owned by citizens of countries in question
(however there should be regulations that will prevent
abusing the position); size depends on country and sector in
which company operates

7.  Establishment of transnational companies (in certain
sectors), to manage resources better
 We should take steps and in the beginning, we should
operate locally and then, later on, expand
 Companies are like human bodies and sectors are
organs, so the better the organs the better the body, they
cannot live without one another

8.  Eco-friendly
 Using renewable natural sources
 Family friendly
 Good relationships between employees
 Perks for employees
 High activity of R&D
 Connection with local community
 Opportunities for youth (to grow with company) and
scholarships
 Connecting with similar companies, sharing experiences
 Higher independence and stability (concerning turbulent
economy we are experiencing nowadays)