EXPORT AS A SUBJECT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN REPUBLIC OF CROATIA: 2007-2017

Sa？etak Export is the result of the international division of labour and countries’ specialization in production of goods and services that enable business entities to generate financial resources and competent human capital. Trends in export are usually explained by the principles of comparative advantages. Namely, every national economy strives to export products whose production is more efficient than its foreign trade partner. Depending on the technical progress, structure and growth of individual countries, their comparative advantages are also amended. That indicates the instability of international dynamics and the current hierarchical distribution. That is precisely why exports represent a very important factor in economic development, which is also highly regarded from a scientific point of view. The authors discuss the issue of export activities of the Republic of Croatia in the last decade, in the period 2007-2017. The study analyses the significant interest of domestic scientists for studying exports from different aspects as well as continuity in publishing works that export is the backbone of analytics