INSIGHT INTO THE CAUSES OF THE AGROKOR CONGLOMERATE
FAILURE
Zoran Bubaš
Denis Alajbeg
Olivera Jurković Majić
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/limen.2018.111
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the biggest employers in the surrounding economies, with thousands of heterogeneous suppliers
involved in its vertically integrated system. This paper provides insight into the (hi)story of the
conglomerate and its failure that caused unprecedent public turmoil. Based on the traditional
postulation of internal or external factors that crucially run the show, we lean our discussion
on the seminal work of John Argenti and the government’s role among usual exogenous cause
suspects.
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