scholarly journals Human Values as Determinants of Fairtrade Consumption in the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondřej Částek ◽  
Linda Plaváková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Fair Trade ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Ethical Consumption ◽  
Multivariate Model ◽  
Human Values ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Ethical Consumerism ◽  
On Line

Ethical consumerism is a growing field. It attracts increasingly more attention not only from the supply and demand sides, but also from researchers. Numerous surveys are trying to describe consumers’ behaviour; many studies are trying to identify and analyse what contributes to the higher ethical consumption. While this is also the case of the Czech Republic, empirical evidence focused on the effect of consumers’ values on ethical consumerism in the Czech Republic is still missing. Therefore, our goal is to examine the effect of consumers’ values on Fairtrade consumption in the Czech Republic. We measure the values through the Human Values Scale (developed by S. Schwartz) and use socio-demographic characteristics as control variables in a multivariate model. We find that Universalism and Power are values which can predict the frequency of Fairtrade purchases among Czech online Fairtrade shoppers. Along with Universalism, gender proves to be an important predictor too. While generalizing our results, we must bear in mind that our sample describes only those who do purchase Fair trade products on-line.

P185 Multi-diagnostic on-line information system for clinical and epidemiological registries in haematology and haemato-oncology in the Czech Republic

Blood Reviews ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. S143-S144
Author(s):  
L. Dusek ◽  
P. Brabec ◽  
D. Klimes ◽  
J. Koptikova ◽  
K. Chroust ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
On Line

scholarly journals The accuracy of FOM instrument used in on-line pig carcass classification in the Czech Republic

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Šprysl ◽  
J. Čítek ◽  
R. Stupka ◽  
L. Vališ ◽  
M. Vítek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Muscle Thickness ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
High Agreement ◽  
Lean Meat ◽  
Depth Measurement ◽  
Operator Error ◽  
On Line

The objective of this study was to document the accuracy of the classification equipment used in the Czech Republic with respect to measurement errors in lean meat percentage prediction such as point of measurement error, equipment error as well as operator error. To this end, a total of 720 pigs were measured in one abattoir. One can say from the results that the correlations between correct and surrogate measurements of fat depth are high (0.95&minus;0.98), for muscle thickness they are lower ranging from 0.49 to 0.88, and for lean meat percentage they are in the range of 0.85&minus;0.95. The lowest correlation (0.49) was calculated for muscle depth measurement between the 2nd and 3rd last rib when the place of measurement was moved 1 cm in the caudal direction, which influenced the level of the FOM correlation. It was further demonstrated that for the second insertion the differences in lean meat percentage prediction ranged from &minus;6.07% to +9.29%. It was also demonstrated that various instruments provided identical measurements of fat depth (<i>r</i> = 0.57&minus;0.97), while for muscle depth the performance was worse (<i>r</i> = 0.38–0.78), which caused a fluctuation in the prediction of lean meat percentage with differences ranging from &minus;2.56% to +2.81%. It can also be concluded that a high agreement between operators was demonstrated for the determination of lean meat percentage (<i>r</i> = 0.71&minus;0.80).

Are capital inflows in the CR inflationary?

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Dvořák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Money Demand ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Demand Function ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Capital Inflows ◽  
Supply Function ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Net Foreign Assets

It is evident that the volume of capital inflows in the Czech Republic has had seriously monetary consequences. As shown in the section 2 net foreign assets accounted for most of the growth in the money supply in the Czech Republic during 1993 and 1994. Inflationary effects of capital inflows depend on whether capital inflows are driven by the money demand or by the money supply. The inflows driven by a rightward shift in the money demand function are not likely to result in inflation, while a shift in the money, supply function, caused perhaps by institutional change and greater availability of foreign funds, is likely to put pressure on prices. Empirical investigation of the supply and demand effects attempted to confirm the existence of the supply of money supply function in the Czech Republic. The application of appropriate econometric analysis in the turbulent period of 1992 - 1994 was somewhat problematic.

scholarly journals Changes in the Cost Structure of Hogs Feeding in the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 1387-1393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vojtěch Tamáš ◽  
Jana Peterková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Cost Structure ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Pork Meat ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Cost

Modern hog breeding has a long tradition in the Czech Republic it is the stable branch of livestock production. Its main task is to produce high quality pork meat, which must meet all requirements of the processors and the final consumer. Pork meat occupies for decades in Czech Republic first place in consumption per one inhabitant (per year) and it forms more than 50% of the total annual meat consumption. This branch also plays an important role for producers of cereals, which largely contributes to the overall size and stability of the agricultural sector. The increasing imports were the main reason why many Czech hog breeding farms has been reduced or completely eliminated. Reducing numbers of pigs in the last decade is a reflection of supply and demand for pigs. The objecvive of this paper is to evaluate the changes in the cost structure for fattening of hogs and indicate how these changes are reflected in the competitiveness of Czech agriculture enterprises. Choice of optimal strategy of breeding and hog feeding already affects not only the requirements of food security, requirements of quality and affordability. Currently are also very important requirements for animal welfare and environmental protection with an emphasis on the sustainability of production and high hygiene standards. These measures require high investmens and operational costs are reflected in the worsening economy of pork meat production.

scholarly journals Earnings disparities in the czech republic: evidence of the past decade and cross-national comparison

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Večerník
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Wage Structure ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Cross National

Wage and income surveys are used to display changes in inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. In the first part, increasing disparities in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage determination are observed. In the second part, available evidence on cross-national comparison is gathered in order to demonstrate the increasing similarity of the Czech wage structure with Western countries. We document that the introduction of the market economy has led to a significant increase in earnings disparities; the

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