RECOMMENDED CONTENTS OF BUSINESS PLANS AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES AT HOME AND ABROAD

Sa？etak The aim of this paper is to analyze the recommended content of business plans and feasibility studies at home and abroad, to describe the differences and provide guidance and recommendations on how to improve the recommended contents. According to the recommended content (CBRD), there haven't been introduced analyses such as SWOT analysis, PEST analysis and VMOST analysis in Croatia. All major banking institutions that operate in the Croatian financial market accept CBRD's model. Whether the recommended content is good, what are the differences in terms of countries of the world, and how to make a good and quality business plan or feasibility study are the questions that this paper will try to answer. The first part describes various recommended contents of business plans and feasibility studies at home and abroad and the second part describes the thanklessness of financial indicators projections nowadays. The third part of the paper analyzes why it is necessary to make analyses like SWOT, PESTLE and VMOST, along financial analysis, what they consist of, and how to do them well and efficiently. Also, the paper examines how they complement the financial tables and provide a better and wider picture of the entrepreneur, company or project. In conclusion, the paper will show that the recommended content has to be modified and supplement these earlier analyses, and thus try to restore the confidence of potential investors