THE THIRD ROLE OF A CZECH PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: CASE STUDY FROM CZECH REPUBLIC

PurposeThis paper discusses the role of public leadership and the strategic response of local governments to the external shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors examine the typical Czech response with regard to how the leadership of municipalities in the Czech Republic responded to this extremely negative external stimulus.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use qualitative research methods for this investigation. They have chosen the case study method (see Yin, 2009; Stake, 1995; Klonoski, 2013). The general case is the Czech Republic. Mini-cases consist of municipalities from the Znojmo region, municipalities of the Central Bohemian region and the municipal districts in the capital city of Prague. Furthermore, the method of participant observation was used.FindingsThe authors’ analysis of the problem of local government responses to the pandemic crisis shows that municipal leaders responded with a variety of (non-)adaptation strategies. It appears that certain framework factors influenced the various local governments' behavior.Originality/valueThe article examines the strategic behavior of Czech municipal leaders regarding the pandemic crisis based on the observation of the reactions of local governments in the Czech Republic to the pandemic crisis and strives to define their basic strategies.

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Privatisation and the Development of Tourism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Property Rights, Firm Performance, and Recombinant Property

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a32123 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 715-734 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Allan M Williams ◽

Vladimir Baláž

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Property Rights ◽

Financial Services ◽

Firm Level ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Neoliberal Reforms ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

Level Performance

Privatisation is one of the key elements of the package of neoliberal reforms in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe which collectively constitute the ‘sharp shock’ strategy. In this, privatisation is ascribed the role of redistributing and clarifying property rights, which is an assumed precondition for efficiency improvements in individual firms. In practice, the transformation is characterised by path dependency, cultural and political legacies, and uneven and partial reform of market institutions and of regulation. We contribute to the debate on the link between property rights and firm-level performance in three main ways. First, we analyse the tourism sector as a counterbalance to the emphasis in the existing literature on manufacturing and financial services; particular emphasis is given to the roles of ‘operators’ and the ‘nomenklatura’, and to complex, nonlinear shifts in property rights. Second, we assess the performance of tourism firms created by different forms of creative and distributive privatisation; this emphasises the diversity of property rights, market segmentation, and the capital and debt structures of firms. Third, the value of the concept of ‘recombinant’ property for analysing the complex and changing forms of property rights is critiqued. These arguments are illustrated through a case study of tourism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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Unpacking the Resource Curse and Realism Challenges on Economic Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

10.4018/978-1-7998-8809-3.ch015 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 318-336

Author(s):

Germain Miteu Tshinu

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Resource Curse ◽

Mineral Resources ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Access To Education ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

The Third

The third theme of the book seeks to understand the role of mineral resources in the African continent's socio-economic development. The case study of the DRC is used to understand the role played by the state-owned mining company Gecamines to socio-economic conditions of employees and the country's development at large. Resource curse and realism theories are utilised in this case study to unpack the role of mineral resources to Gecamines employees' access to education and healthcare in particular and to the entire country in general. The chapter employed a case study design with a qualitative approach research in its endeavour of exploring Gecamines' socio-economic contribution to its employees. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Gecamines' managers, unskilled mine workers, and the Provincial Department of Mines' officers.

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Part IV The Role of Arbitrators in the Development of Shipping Law, 16 The Role of Arbitrators and the Possibility of a Genuine Arbitral Case Law: The Continental Perspective

10.1093/law/9780198757948.003.0016 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Cachard Olivier

Keyword(s):

Case Law ◽

Public Interests ◽

The Third ◽

Private And Public ◽

Maritime Disputes ◽

Standard Terms ◽

Legal Grounds

This chapter uses maritime arbitration in Paris as a case study to discuss the possibility of a genuine arbitral case law. This possibility derives from the arbitrator being uniquely placed, in view of his or her legal and methodological freedom, to conduct ‘the free objective search for a rule’. The first section underlines that an arbitrator or an arbitral panel is in the best position to carry out this free objective search for a rule. The second section investigates whether an arbitrator is just adjudicating a peculiar dispute or if, in doing so, his findings may reach further authority. It then discusses the legal grounds given to the award. The third section focuses further on the characteristics of maritime disputes and tries to sort out how a balance between private and public interests is met. It also examines how the market arbitrators consider standard terms.

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‘The Sword of Avenging Justice’: Politics in Sutherland after the Third Reform Act

Rural History ◽

10.1017/s0956793308002483 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 179-199 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ANNIE TINDLEY

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Political Power ◽

Political Life ◽

National Politics ◽

Scottish Highlands ◽

The Third ◽

General Decline ◽

The Impact

AbstractThere has been much historical debate over the role of aristocratic landed families in local and national politics throughout the nineteenth century, and the impact of the First, Second and Third Reform Acts on that role. Additionally, the period from 1881 in the Scottish Highlands was one of acute political and ideological crisis, as the debate over the reform of the Land Laws took a violent turn, and Highland landowners were forced to address the demands of their small tenants. This article addresses these debates, taking as its case-study the ducal house of Sutherland. The Leveson-Gower family owned almost the whole county of Sutherland and until 1884 dominated political life in the region. This article examines the gradual breakdown of that political power, in line with a more general decline in financial and territorial influence, both in terms of the personal role of the Fourth and Fifth Dukes of Sutherland, and the broader impact of the estate management on the mechanics and expectations of politics in the county.

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Role of railways in empowering travelers: A case study from the Czech Republic

Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management ◽

10.1016/j.jrtpm.2015.03.001 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 31-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Radhika Jade ◽

Tatiana Molková ◽

Martin Kvizda

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

The Czech Republic

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Intervening Role of Metacognition to Improve Task performance in Prospective Teachers: An Experimental Study

Journal of Arts & Social Sciences ◽

10.46662/jass-vol7-iss2-2020(52-59) ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 52-59

Author(s):

Ghazal Khalid Siddiqui ◽

Huma Lodhi ◽

Tahira Kalsoom

Keyword(s):

Experimental Study ◽

Teacher Training ◽

Task Performance ◽

Prospective Teachers ◽

Public University ◽

Metacognitive Awareness ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

The Third ◽

Metacognitive Awareness Inventory

The teachers are trained with the aim to provide the necessary knowledge and skills that could help them in dealing with difficulties that they face during teaching, from the planning of a lesson to its implementation. All those skills could be developed among prospective teachers during the phase of their learning. The current study was supposeded to assess the implementation of such skills in classrooms and then measure its effect on the students’ performance. For this purpose, a quasi-experiment was carried out. Consequently, two intact groups enrolled in the third semester of B.Ed. honors at a public university were considered as a sample of the study. Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) by Schraw and Dennison (1994) was adapted to test Metacognition. Parallel to this, the researcher developed rubrics and observation sheets to assess students’ performance of tasks. Results of the current research reflected that metacognition development has a significant effect on the task performance of students who received the intervention. In light of these results, it is suggested that teacher training institutes should consider the development of Metacognition among their students. Teachers should incorporate different techniques that help them in inculcate metacognition development among their students.

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Perception of Regional Identity – Case Study of River Basins of the Morava River (Slovakia, Czech Republic)

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis ◽

10.11118/actaun201967010133 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 133-145

Author(s):

Dagmar Petríková ◽

Matej Jaššo

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Regional Identity ◽

River Basins ◽

Future Perspectives ◽

European Regions ◽

Morava River ◽

Identity Perception

New role of the European regions within the processes of cooperation and competition highlighted their need for unique, highly profiled and strategically managed regional identity. Regional identity is one of the most important assets of any region and might serve as invaluable competitive advantage. Regional identity, its sources, background and consequences for regional development are the main focus of this contribution. Need for unique, original and plausible profile of each region, aspiring to be successful in the process of regional competition has been confirmed to be utterly urgent. Struggling for competitive advantage of the particular region is based on the strategic managerial approach toward city/regional identity. The article refers to the survey of regional identity in the river basins of the Morava river in both the Slovak and the Czech parts of the river basins covering the results of perception of various elements of regional identity: perception of landscape and river, relations to living spaces, values and image, river identity and identification with territory, recent societal development and future perspectives.

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The Role of Entrepreneur´s Gender, Age and Firm´s Age in Autonomy. The Case Study from the Czech Republic

Economics & Sociology ◽

10.14254/2071-789x.2016/9-2/12 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 168-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ludmila Kozubíková ◽

Sergej Vojtovič ◽

Ashiqur Rahman ◽

Luboš Smrčka

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

The Czech Republic

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All That Live Must Die, Passing Through Nature to Eternity

10.1093/oso/9780190694098.003.0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Stefania Tutino

Keyword(s):

Early Modern ◽

Western Culture ◽

Moral Problem ◽

Medical Doctors ◽

Early Modern Europe ◽

The Third ◽

Natural Philosophers ◽

Traditional Doctrine

This chapter presents the third and final case study showing how relevant probabilism was in the development of modern Western culture. In early modern Europe, the emergence of new medical and philosophical theories on the nature and development of fetuses challenged the traditional doctrine, which was based on the Aristotelian notion of animation. In this situation, theologians, natural philosophers, and medical doctors were confronted with new and unprecedented doubts and dilemmas, which touched on the crucial medical, biological, philosophical, theological, and moral problem of how to establish what it means for humans to be alive. This chapter explains the role of probabilism in addressing one of these dilemmas, namely whether miscarried fetuses were in fact endowed with a soul, and consequently whether they should be baptized.

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