scholarly journals Transgressing North–South Divide: Foxconn Production Regimes in China and the Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngai Pun ◽  
Rutvica Andrijasevic ◽  
Devi Sacchetto
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Managerial Practices ◽  
The North ◽  
Chinese Model ◽  
Global North ◽  
Conventional Literature ◽  
Made In China ◽  
Organization Of Production

In Europe, as elsewhere in the global North, the label “Made in China” has become synonymous with low wages, excessive overtime, and exploitative working conditions. Conventional literature on the international division of labor reifies the North–South divide in particular with respect to class formation and labor agency. Contrasting the working conditions in China to those in Europe sets these up as opposites in their managerial practices and treatment of the workforce. This article challenges such dualism and makes visible the commonalities of contemporary global capitalism. It does so by examining Foxconn’s production regimes in China and the Czech Republic and identifying a specific set of strategies on the part of the firm that enable its global organization of production. In indicating which practices Foxconn imported from China and which are an outcome of global extended production, the article challenges the Chinese political economy literature that posits the “Chinese model” as warranted when production is globally organized.

Exploring the Income of the Czech Entrepreneurs

2020 ◽  
pp. 86-96
Author(s):  
Ondřej Dvouletý
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
European Survey ◽  
Employed Women

Although individuals mostly pursue an entrepreneurial career from non-economic reasons, it is also interesting to see how well they perform in their business financially. This book chapter exploits two recent waves (2010, 2015) of the European Survey on Working Conditions (EWCS) and compares earnings of the Czech self-employed, concerning characteristics including job creation, gender, age, education, and number of working hours. The obtained findings from paired t-tests and correlations show that Czech self-employed with employees (job creators) earn on average by 14.6% more when compared to solo self-employed. Gender-differences in earnings have also been found in the case of the Czech entrepreneurs. Solo self-employed women earn on average less when compared to males. The highest earnings were observed in the age group of 31-40 years, and self-employed with higher levels of education also earn, on average more. This book chapter contributes to the regional knowledge on entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the provenance plot “Hrubá Skála” (Northern Bohemia) with grand fir at the age of 36 years

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fulín Martin ◽  
Novotný Petr ◽  
Podrázský Vilém ◽  
Beran František ◽  
Dostál Jaroslav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Norway Spruce ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Stem Volume ◽  
Silver Fir ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The North ◽  
Oregon Cascades

The article aims to evaluate the research provenance plot established in 1980 in locality No. 214 – Hrubá Skála (in the north of the Czech Republic), where nine provenances of grand fir (Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindley) provided in the framework of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations project, and one provenance of grand fir, Norway spruce, silver fir and Douglas-fir from a standard commercial source are tested. We present the results of tree height, stem DBH, stem volume production and health status after 36 years. The results correspond with similar experiments in the Czech Republic and abroad and suggest that grand fir provenances from Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) and the Washington (USA) State coastal region show the best production features, while the Oregon Cascades, Idaho and Montana provenances grow more slowly. Comparison with other tree species indicates that the production of grand fir at the investigated age exceeds the production of both Norway spruce and silver fir, and equalizes or gently exceeds even Douglas-fir.

Ecology of Leuctra geniculata (Plecoptera: Leuctridae), an atlantomediterranean species on the north-eastern border of its area

Biologia ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Pařil ◽  
Jindřiška Bojková ◽  
Jan Špaček ◽  
Jan Helešic
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Macroinvertebrate Assemblages ◽  
Ecological Preferences ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Ept Taxa ◽  
Eastern Border

AbstractThe first records of Leuctra geniculata Stephens, 1836 in the north-eastern border of its area (the Czech Republic) are presented and an overview of references, synonyms and distribution of the species is given. The ecological preferences of the species, supported by chemical and hydromorphological parameters, are defined. Probable dissemination paths into the Czech Republic and the supposed life cycle of the species are discussed. Photographs of morphological characters, SEM photos of eggs, associated macroinvertebrate assemblages (EPT taxa) and maps of distribution are included.

scholarly journals Słowiańskie nazwy ‘źrenicy’ w świetle materiałów gwarowych i źródeł historycznych

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 143-174
Author(s):  
Janusz Siatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Mixed Type ◽  
The South ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The North ◽  
Western Ukraine ◽  
Luminous Objects ◽  
Black Color ◽  
Of Greece

Slavic names of the ‘pupil’ (‘źrenica’) in the light of dialect materials and historic sourcesDespite a considerable mixture of names of “the pupil”, their collateral use and not quite distinct borders of ranges of specified lexemes, it is possible to specify several express, albeit not quite well-defined, areals (map 1).In Russia and in eastern regions of Belarus and Ukraine, the name *z//orčьkъ (// > d) dominates. In the areal of this name, it is possible to define the areal of a separate or collateral occurrence of names *Z//ьrъkъ, more rarely *z//irъkъ (Z > s, ž; // > v) southward and eastward from Moscow, names *ględělьce, *ględělьca and *ględělьcь in the vicinity of Pskov and Novgorod and *čьrnyšь, *čьrnyšьkъ and *čьrnyšьko in the north of Russia.In Poland and in the Czech Republic, *GЪpanьnъka (GЪ > ø) occur, besides, *zьrěnica also occurs in Poland.In Ukraine and in eastern Belarus, *čelověčьkъ dominates, while *čelověčьko is less numerous; in southern Bulgaria, Macedonia and in Slavic settlements on the territory of  Greece and Turkey the forms  *čELoVěčę, *čELověčьlę and *čELoVěčьčь (EL > ø; V > ø) dominate.In Serbia and Croatia and somewhat in Slovenia and south-western Bulgaria, the name *zěnica prevails.Map 2 (motivation map) shows most visibly two types: from the verbs meaning ‘patrzeć’ („to see”), which occur in the prevailing part of the Slavic territory, and from the words meaning persons and things that are reflected in „the pupil” (‘źrenica’) and are represented in western Ukraine and western Belarus, on the prevailing territory of Poland, in the Czech Republic and Moravia, in the south-eastern part of Slovakia and also in Macedonia, southern Bulgaria and in Slavic settlements on the territory of Greece and Turkey. Both of these types were registered as a certain mixed type, in particular, in eastern Ukraine and eastern Belarus.The names that are motivated by the black color of “the pupil” (‘źrenica’) are found mainly in northern russian and in southern Macedonian dialects; less frequently they appear in the territory of Austria and in Łużyce. Motivation types from the names meaning round, shining and luminous objects, and from the names that are diminutive names of the eye are very sporadic and occur in great dispersion.

scholarly journals West Nile virus lineage 2 isolated from Culex modestus mosquitoes in the Czech Republic, 2013: expansion of the European WNV endemic area to the North?

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (31) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Rudolf ◽  
T Bakonyi ◽  
O Šebesta ◽  
J Mendel ◽  
J Peško ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
West Nile Virus ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Fish Ponds ◽  
West Nile ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The North ◽  
Lineage 2 ◽  
South Moravia

We report the detection and isolation of four almost identical strains of West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 from Culex modestus mosquitoes collected at three fish ponds in South Moravia, Czech Republic, during August 2013. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that the Czech WNV strains isolated are closely related to Austrian, Italian and Serbian strains reported in 2008, 2011 and 2012, respectively. Our findings show the current northernmost range of lineage 2 WNV in Europe.

scholarly journals New Records of Lilypad Whiteface Leucorrhinia Caudalis (Odonata: Libellulidae) in the Czech Republic

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleš Dolný ◽  
Martin Waldhauser ◽  
Lubomír Kvita ◽  
Lydie Kocourková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
New Records ◽  
Breeding Site ◽  
Red List ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
First Time ◽  
Near Threatened

Abstract Leucorrhinia caudalis is listed on the European Red List as near threatened. The species had been thought to be extinct in the Czech Republic for the last fifty years, until an accidental discovery of adult males in 2012. In 2014, larvae of Leucorrhinia caudalis were recorded from water reservoirs in the Česká Lípa region, northern Bohemia, for the first time. Thus, it is the first breeding site of L. caudalis in the Czech Republic. A male Leucorrhinia caudalis was also repeatedly recorded in Havířov-Dolní Suchá in the north-eastern Czech Republic.

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