Actual Situation and Development in Online Shopping in the Czech Republic, Visegrad Group and EU-28

2018 ◽  
pp. 269-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libuše Svobodová ◽  
Martina Hedvičáková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Visegrad Group

scholarly journals The Attractiveness of Selected Central European Countries for Winter Sports and Mountain Hiking

Turyzm ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Kinga Krzesiwo ◽  
Kamila Ziółkowska-Weiss ◽  
Michał Żemła
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Mass Scale ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Winter Sports ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Central European ◽  
Downhill Skiing ◽  
Visegrad Group

Abstract Hiking, downhill skiing and snowboarding are among the most popular forms of active tourism in mountainous areas. Their popularity and their mass scale do not only result from the presence of the appropriate landscape, but also from its appropriate development. The objective of the article is to attempt to assess the attractiveness of selected Central European countries in terms of winter sports and mountain hiking, to consider the opinions of students who live in Visegrad Group countries, as well as to evaluate the barriers to development of their competitive offers. According to respondents, the most attractive countries for winter sports are Austria and Slovakia, and the least attractive are Hungary, Romania and Lithuania. In turn, according to the students, the best conditions for mountain hiking are in Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. In addition, respondents from particular countries assessed domestic offers highly.

scholarly journals Analysis and Comparison of Economic and Financial Risk Sources in SMEs of the Visegrad Group and Serbia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Oláh ◽  
Sándor Kovács ◽  
Zuzana Virglerova ◽  
Zoltán Lakner ◽  
Maria Kovacova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Risk ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Risk Sources ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
Visegrad Group

Risk management is one of the most important internal process, not only in large companies but also in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To identify the source of risk can be crucial in all companies. The primary objective of this study is to analyze and compare the economic and financial risk sources in SMEs of the V4 (Visegrad Group: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) and Serbia, in the context of the business environment of the countries analyzed. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire-based survey was carried out involving 2110 SMEs from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Serbia. The questionnaire included questions about the importance of risks and the concept of risk management in the company. To test the formulated hypotheses, the following statistical tools were used: contingency tables, a Z-value, and a general non-hierarchical log-linear model with three categorical variables and a continuous covariate. Finally, the differences among V4 countries and Serbia were identified. Serbia is more vulnerable to the financial risk sources studied than the V4 countries. The result of the research shows that insufficient profit is more hazardous compared to the other risk sources and all countries are more vulnerable in in this issue. The article concludes with a discussion and a comparison with previous international researches.

Selected elements of fiscal policy in the Visegrad Group Countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-83
Author(s):  
Tomasz Grabia
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Public Finances ◽  
Visegrad Group

The article discusses key problems of fiscal policy in four selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia) in years 2001—2014. The analysis covers, among others, indicators of public debt and its determinants, as well as indicators of budget revenues and expenditures. The article points out that public debt increased in all the studied countries in the analysed period. Both structural and cyclical deficits were responsible for its build-up. The country with the best state of public finances was the Czech Republic. Although the situation improved from 2011 Hungary had the highest level of debt in relation to GDP. That country was also characterized by a degree of fiscalism, measured by both budget revenues and expenditures in relations to GDP, much higher than those for other countries.

scholarly journals Challenges for the Visegrad Group – The Coronavirus Crises and its Impact on Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Gabriela Antošová ◽  
Maximilian Vogl ◽  
Melissa Schraud
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
International Tourism ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Visegrad Group

AbstractThis paper aims to analyze the regional cooperation which ensures stability and good relations to neighbours and other V4 countries and helps to enforce collaborations across Europe in many fields such as education, tourism and economic development. Another field of activity of the Visegrad Group is a joint positioning in international tourism which will be addressed in this article on the background of the current coronavirus crisis. The empirical part consists of a SWOT analysis for Visegrad group challenges and a PASTA Analysis with which the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the tourism industry in the V4 countries are researched. Lastly, recommendations for possible further actions in times of the coronavirus will be given, and potential future collaborations with the WB6 and EaP countries, also with regard to tourism, will be dealt with briefly. This article summarizes aspects related to tourism market, transport, cultural offer, economy, industry, and environment. The particular focus is also paid to political, economic, sociological, technological, legal and environmental factors of the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia and how the current coronavirus and the resulting measures against the spread of it affects the tourism industry in the Visegrad Group countries.

scholarly journals SIMULATION MODELING OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ECONOMY WITH A DEVELOPMENT FORECASTING

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 4463-4467
Author(s):  
ELENA GRESOVA ◽  
◽  
JOZEF SVETLIK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Actual Situation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Potential Gdp ◽  
Economy Condition ◽  
The Individual ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Further Development

The current uncertain and rapidly changing time requires a thorough analysis of the actual situation and subsequent appropriate decision-making in many areas. This applies to the individual national economies and their particular sectors, as well. Therefore, the topic of development forecasting is becoming even more important nowadays. The presented paper deals with forecasting associated to the further development of the selected national economy through modeling via simulation technique. The country of selection is the Czech Republic. The gross domestic product (GDP) is chosen as the indicator that the most reliably reflects the national economy condition. Therefore, a prediction of the potential GDP development is realized. The obtained findings are applied to the industry segment.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Acceptance of Curriculum Reform in the Czech Republic: One Decade Later

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karolína Pešková ◽  
Michaela Spurná ◽  
Petr Knecht
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
School Management ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Concern Based Adoption Model ◽  
Visegrad Group

Similarly to other Visegrád Group countries, the most recent curriculum reform in the Czech Republic brought substantial changes in the curriculum documents for schools. The purpose of this study is to investigate Czech primary and lower secondary teachers’ current attitudes towards curriculum reform. The results of a survey (n = 701) indicate that teachers have adopted rather negative attitudes. The acceptance of reform tends to increase among the teachers who use curriculum documents regularly and among the teachers with higher self-efficacy. In addition, teachers with system-centred/curriculum-oriented approaches are willing to accept the reform. There is no significant difference between teachers’ gender, their length of teaching experience, and their involvement in school management. Within the general frame of the Concern-Based Adoption Model (CBAM), the study draws on data from one country, but the implications for further educational development are potentially applicable across countries with similar educational policy backgrounds.

scholarly journals Struktury rolne i produktywność rolnictwa w Grupie Wyszehradzkiej

2017 ◽  
Vol 17(32) (1) ◽  
pp. 152-160
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Piwowar
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
European Union ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Visegrad Group ◽  
Agrarian Structure

The main objective of the study was a comparative analysis of the diversity of the agrarian structure and the productivity of land and labour in the Visegrad Group countries. Additionally, the importance of the Visegrad Group in the European Union was analysed in relation to the size of the production of selected crops and livestock as well as the population and cast of cattle and pigs. According to the conducted analyses, the highest productivity of land among the countries of the Visegrad Group was shown in the years under study by Poland and Hungary (over EUR 600 / ha AL), while the highest dynamics of the growth rate of this parameter - by Slovakia (almost two-fold increase in 2010-2013). Taking into account labour productivity, it should be emphasized, that the greatest labour productivity characterized farms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

scholarly journals Analysis of Interrelationships between Markets of Fuels in the Visegrad Group Countries from 2016 to 2020

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (20) ◽  
pp. 6536
Author(s):  
Anna Górska ◽  
Monika Krawiec
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Price Changes ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Fuel Prices ◽  
Visegrad Group

A fuel market is an important sector of the economy and fuel prices influence the prices of numerous products and services. This paper focuses on the analysis of the interrelationships between markets of fuels in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries. The research is based on weekly prices of Pb95 gasoline and diesel in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia observed from January 2016 through December 2020. After performing the preliminary statistical analysis, the long-term relationships between the prices of fuels are investigated through application of the cointegrated regression Durbin–Watson (CRDW) test. Next, Granger causality is tested to answer the question of whether changes in prices of fuels in separate V4 countries Granger-cause changes in prices of fuels in other V4 countries. The cointegration research uses logarithmic prices, whereas causality investigation is based on their first differences. The results reveal long-term relationships between the prices of Pb95 gasoline in the Czech Republic and prices in other V4 countries as well as Granger causality flowing from diesel price changes in Poland to diesel price changes in other V4 countries and bilateral causation between changes in the prices of Pb95 gasoline in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.

scholarly journals Online grocery shopping: the customers´ perspective in the Czech Republic

Equilibrium ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 679-695
Author(s):  
Ottó Bartók ◽  
Vratislav Kozák ◽  
Radka Bauerová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Statistical Evaluation ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Correlation Test ◽  
Chi Square Test

Research background: Online shopping is becoming popular among most customers thanks to quickness and easy shopping, and also due the COVID pandemic. Companies are aware of the great interest of customers and, as a consequence, e-commerce is expanding. There has been a significant increase in online grocery purchases due to economic growth in the past few years. Online shopping attracts a lot of research interest, individual authors and this is a widely discussed topic. It should be borne in mind that online purchasing of food has its own peculiarities compared to the segment of electronics or fashion from the perspective of everyday needs. Purpose of the article: The aim of the study is to analyze specific consumer behaviour in online purchasing of groceries. This study takes into account the age and purchasing preferences of online grocery purchasers. Methods: The study was conducted using quantitative research. Data (n = 171) was obtained by using a questionnaire survey done in the Czech Republic. The questionnaire survey contained 17 questions. For the statistical evaluation, Chi-square test and Pearson's correlation test were used. For the statistical evaluation, Chi-square test and Pearson´s correlation test were used. Findings & value added: The results of the study indicate that there is a relationship between the age of customers and online purchase in the grocery field. However, customers who use the         e-shop for grocery purchase are still reluctant to buy perishable goods (meat, pastries) and prefer goods that are packed directly by the manufacturer. The study sheds light on understanding the customers? purchasing behaviour and their preferences in terms of quality of service, payment terms, delivery conditions, and range of assortment.

Investment Attractiveness of Visegrad Group Countries

2014 ◽  
pp. 740-775 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dorożyński ◽  
Anetta Kuna-Marszałek
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Geographic Proximity ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Visegrad Group

The aims of this chapter are to evaluate the main determinants of the inflow of FDI into selected countries of CEE and to examine the volume, dynamics, and structure of FDI inflow into these countries. Due to certain similarities, the authors focus the analysis on four countries: Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. The reasons are geographic proximity, political, economic, and cultural similarities, as well as shared experiences of economic transformation. This chapter focuses on matters pertaining to foreign direct investment, mostly on the reasons motivating FDI inflow in light of selected studies and theories. The authors also provide characteristics of the dynamics and structure of FDI inflow into the V4 countries. The final part of the chapter compares investment attractiveness, the system of incentives, and identifies barriers facing investors in the analyzed countries.

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