This paper provides an analysis of university graduates at ICT specialist market and analysis of the skills required by ICT professionals when entering the ICT labour market in the Czech Republic. The university graduates analysis is focuses on universities effective in the ...

In the paper we deal with evaluation of the results of cluster analysis which is applied to data files in which objects are characterized qualitative variables. We describe methods of clustering, determination of optimal cluster numbers, and evaluation of obtained clusters implem...

The recent financial crisis has shown that a liquidity risk plays an important role in the current developed financial system. Some Hungarian and Polish banks suffered liquidity problems, too. This paper therefore aims to describe development of liquid asset ratio and to&#x...

The prediction of bankruptcy has been the major subject of many studies since first study in this area, carried out by Fitz Patrick (1931). Many economists from all over the world have been trying to find company’s bankruptcy forecasting model using different methods wi...

According to the Czech Beer and Malt Association statistics, the Czechs have been reducing their beer consumption. Last year, each Czech citizen drank on average 134 litres of beer, which puts the Czechs on the first place with the Irish being second. Yet in 1995&#...

The sustainability of any organisation means its capacity to fulfil its mission in the most effective way. In other words, sustainability means that an organisation works continuously for as long as possible in the marketplace of the services provided. The basis to ensure&#x...

The article analyzes the interconnection between innovations and the general competitive strategy of a transnational concern. Looking for robust and sustainable solutions, the management turns to integration approaches analyzing the whole process chain. Basic elements from the functional ...

When discussing environmental strategies, previous studies almost completely neglected the importance of companies’ perceptions of their customers’ eco-characteristics. This study aims to address this gap, first, by proposing a typology of companies based on their perceptions of customer...

The triad – economics – environment – energy (E3) has become one of the most dynamically developing areas even at the EU level. The following article proposes the evaluation of the environmental tax reform (ETR) as an economic tool for all of the E3 sectors. E...

The main goal of this paper is to create composite leading indicator (CLI) for Slovak economy and its comparison with composite leading indicators created by OECD, Eurostat and Infostat. The theoretical part of the paper consists of the methods that are employed for cre...

Lots of knowledge and historical experience in regional policy constantly bring new impulses to explore different regions, entities, institutions and individuals. Especially mutual comparison leads to the desire for new possibilities and methods of analysis or modeling. The purpose of ...

The aim of this article is to analyse the position of Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the European Union from the viewpoint of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. Econometric models for panel data with CO 2 emissions as the dependent variable...

Game industry is one of the profitable industries nowadays and a lot of individuals and companies are working in this field. A lot of people like the products of such industries, especially online games which are new. The aim of this research is studying the c...

The aim of the paper is to describe and analyse the process of urban shrinkage and especially the governance structures, actors and policies tackling the causes of urban shrinkage of the city of Ostrava. In the theoretical chapters, both urban (city) shrinkage and urban...

The current paper explores CAPM as a static model expressing relationships between excess return on the market portfolio often proxied by capital market indices, where beta is a measure of the volatility or systematic risk. We discuss background to the CAPM and derive t...

In 2012, the Czech koruna celebrated twenty years since its inception. During this time it went through systems of various exchange rates. While fixed system was implemented at the beginning of its existence, since 1997 the Czech Koruna has moved to a system that a...

This study develops and tests a conceptual model that investigates customer orientation as a full mediator of the effect of job resourcefulness on performance outcomes. Data were obtained from a sample of full-time frontline employees in the four- and five-star hotels in&#x...

In increasingly competitive business environment the issue of service customer loyalty, its determinants and their relative impact on customers' future behavior have been gaining rising prominence among Services Marketing researchers and practitioners. Despite ample empirical evidence pointing&...

The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive overview of the utilization rate of Business Process Management (BPM) and its components in Czech factories focused on goals that managers follow by the implementation of process management and the factors that are m...

Presented paper discusses influence of implemented quality and environmental management systems ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 on enterprise sustainability (CSR) priorities. The paper brings original results and comments on realized and processed questionnaire research concerning approx. 700 companies...