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Selected Structural and Business Indicators in Manufacturing, Trade and Information and Communication Activities in the Republic of Croatia

The aim of this paper is to determine structural and business differences and specificities of manufacturing industry, trade and information and communication activities in the Republic of Croatia. Therefore, descriptive analysis of selected structural and business indicators has been conducted (minimum efficient size, market concentration and capital intensity) for manufacturing industry, trade and information and communication activities according to the company size and for time period 2008-2015. Databases of Financial agency have been used as a data source. The results of conducted analysis indicate that in the context of total income, minimum efficient size is, as expected, most significant in manufacturing industry, following is trade and then information and communication technology. The information and communication technology activities are characterized by highest concentration and capital intensity and following is manufacturing industry and then trade. The trends of selected indicators movement are indicating decrease in minimum efficient size, concentration coefficients (except in trade) and capital intensity of analyzed activities in selected time period.

Structural and business indicators, manufacturing industry, trade, information and communication

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