scholarly journals Fertility and preference theory in the Czech Republic - New Methodological and Empirical Evidence

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Beatrice Chromková Manea a Ladislav Rabušic
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Preference Theory

Collective Memory and Social Movements: Football Sites of Memory in Supporters’ Activism

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Dino Numerato ◽  
Arnošt Svoboda
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
European Level ◽  
Significant Component ◽  
The Czech Republic

This paper examines the role of collective memory in the protection of “traditional” sociocultural and symbolic aspects of football vis-à-vis the processes of commodification and globalization. Empirical evidence that underpins the analysis is drawn from a multisite ethnographic study of football fan activism in the Czech Republic, Italy, and England, as well as at the European level. The authors argue that collective memory represents a significant component of the supporters’ mobilization and is related to the protection of specific football sites of memory, including club names, logos, colors, places, heroes, tragedies, and histories. The authors further explain that collective memory operates through three interconnected dimensions: embedded collective memory, transcendent collective memory, and the collective memory of contentious politics.

scholarly journals Economies of Scale – Empirical Evidence from the Czech Republic

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 403-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Matějová ◽  
Michal Plaček ◽  
Milan Krápek ◽  
Milan Půček ◽  
František Ochrana
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals Influence of Determinants on Innovations in Small KIBS Firms in the Czech Republic before COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 7856
Author(s):  
Veronika Bumberová ◽  
František Milichovský
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Innovation Activities

There is still a lack of empirical evidence prevalent about innovation in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS), and more particular, about determinants of innovations in small firms to sustain their future development. Studies in this area suggest that different determinants will affect different forms of innovation outputs of KIBS. This paper investigates the direction and the significance of these influences on propensity to innovate. The empirical evidence is based on quantitative and firm-level data gathered through an email questionnaire, which yielded 128 qualified responses from small KIBS in the Czech Republic. The analysis is based on binary logistic regression to identify the effects of determinants on the propensity to innovate. In addition to the consistent results produced by studies in this area, we found reverse relationships between innovation and selected determinants. Negatively evolving knowledge (especially lack of qualified employees) and market determinants (lack of information about the market), positively stimulated small KIBS towards the propensity to introduce organizational innovations (structural and human resources practices), followed by increasing intensity of competition positively related to introducing a new service to the firm (especially t-KIBS) and insufficient availability of business partners increasing the marketing efforts. It’s evident that some negatively evolving determinants perform as incentives or driving forces to specific types of innovations. The results of this study could also be useful for owners and managers in KIBS firms engaging in innovation activities and government support, or incentivize the propensity to innovate.

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