Blackout 2014 Exercise – Prague, the Capital of the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Hudecek ◽  
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Josef Juránek ◽  
Jaroslav Pejcoch ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
City Management ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Rule Of Life ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Potential Damage ◽  
Over Time

As our world becomes increasingly complex over time, we are using increasingly sophisticated tools to be fed and entertained. This increasing complexity has both advantages and disadvantages. Our dependence on electric power is almost absolute and a long-term blackout could become potentially fatal to any region or country hit by it. It has been a rule of life that the intensive preparation to some crisis begins not sooner than after it strikes and causes a big damage. Prague city management did not want to wait to find out, however, and organized an exercise to understand just what such a situation might look like and just how well prepared the capital of the Czech Republic was to manage it. The exercise was designed, run and documented by up-to-date information technology, enabling further study and analysis of results to improve the city’s resilience and to prepare adequate means for mitigating potential damage.

scholarly journals Customer relationship management influence on sales of selected companies

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-236
Author(s):  
Jana Němeček
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Analysis Of Results

General awareness of information technology and business strategy Customer Relationship Management (CRM) among managers in the Czech Republic is for several years, but in comparison with Western states of the European Union the Czech companies are underdeveloped. Apparently also because of the economic crisis is CRM in the Czech Republic begins to be used more. The main goal of implementing CRM is to help to company increase the quality of relationship and communication with customers. In this article are the most common definitions of CRM.The main content of this article is about the analysing and comparing of Trading Income of selected companies doing business in the Czech Republic. There are compared selected companies with implemented information technology and business strategy CRM with companies without implemented CRM and how it could have an impact to the Trading Income of these selected companies. Has CRM implementation helped to increase the positive Trading Income during the economic crisis? Included is an analysis of Trading Income from 2007 to 2010 for selected companies grouped by number of employees. The conclusion summarizes the analysis of results and assumptions and benefits of CRM.

scholarly journals Long term changes in water areas and wetlands in an intensively farmed landscape: A case study from the Czech Republic

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markéta Šantrůčková ◽  
Katarína Demková ◽  
Martin Weber ◽  
Zdeněk Lipský ◽  
Jiří Dostálek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Land Cover Changes ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Long Term Changes ◽  
Irrigation Channels ◽  
State Water ◽  
Over Time

Abstract The landscape of the Czech Republic currently faces droughts that are caused by several factors. One of the reasons for drought is landscape development and land cover changes. Changes in water and wetland areas and streams were studied by comparing old military maps and the present state. Water and wetland areas in fertile lowlands significantly decreased over time; the landscape was continuously dried out with the aim of increasing agricultural and woody production. While water and wetland areas occupied nearly one-third of the study area (Nové Dvory and Žehušice micro-regions in Central Bohemia) at the end of the 18th century, the present share of these areas is only 3.5%. There was a decrease of approximately 10% in each period, and nearly all of these areas disappeared by the end of the 19th century. Water and wetland areas were changed primarily to arable land. The length of streams decreased by the end of the 19th century. Drainage and irrigation channels were built during the 20th century, and although they are only periodic or episodic streams, these channels increased the total length of streams.

Long-term changes in body weight, BMI, and adiposity rebound among children and adolescents in the Czech republic

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vignerová ◽  
L. Humeníkova ◽  
M. Brabec ◽  
J. Riedlová ◽  
P. Bláha
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Adiposity Rebound ◽  
Long Term Changes

scholarly journals Loose Monetary Policy and Corporate Investment of Manufacturing Firms in the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-385
Author(s):  
Veronika Kajurová ◽  
Dagmar Linnertová
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Corporate Investment ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Low Interest Rates ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract The aim of the paper is to evaluate the effects of loose monetary policy on corporate investment of manufacturing firms in the Czech Republic during the period between 2006 and 2015. The main focus of the paper is on the effect of low interest rates on investment activity of Czech firms; additionally, the effects of interactions between interest rate and other firm-specific variables are investigated. The results indicate that corporate investment is positively associated with firm size, investment opportunities, and long term debt. Also, a negative effect of the cash position is found. Further, the findings show that monetary policy is a significant determinant of firm investment activity: when the monetary policy is loose, investment is positively affected. Furthermore, differences in the determinants of investment between highly and low leveraged firms were revealed.

scholarly journals Values of rainfall erosivity factor for the Czech Republic

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miloslav Janeček ◽  
Vít Květoň ◽  
Eliška Kubátová ◽  
Dominika Kobzová ◽  
Michaela Vošmerová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Water Erosion ◽  
Rainfall Erosivity ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Average Value ◽  
R Factor ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Time Division ◽  
R Factors

Abstract The processing of ombrographic data from 29 meteorological stations of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), according to the terms of the Universal Soil Loss Equation for calculating long term loss of soil through water erosion, erosion hazard rains and their occurrence have been selected, with their relative amount and erosiveness - R-Factors determined for each month and years. By comparing the value of the time division of the R-Factor in the area of the Czech Republic and in selected areas of the USA it has been demonstrated that this division may be applied in the conditions of the Czech Republic. For the Czech Republic it is recommended to use the average value R = 40 based on the original evaluation.

scholarly journals Consequences of the Public Contract Law for Purchase of Scientific Appliances in the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-681
Author(s):  
Martin Vyklický
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public ◽  
Flow Of Funds ◽  
Science And Research ◽  
Research Equipment ◽  
Public Contract

This article essentially covers in more detail the consequences of the present wording of the Public Contract Law for purchase of scientific appliances in the Czech Republic. The beginning of the article deals with increasing public expenses in research; then, the problem is defined concerning unsuitable wording of certain provisions of the Public Contract Law; while subsequently, the solution for the problem is searched together with the final comments. Investing of public funds into science and research is probably the most efficient in a long-term horizon. However, the flow of funds for acquisition of scientific and research equipment should be supported by appropriate legislation with such wording and form not to prevent purchases of that equipment. Availability of public funds for something which in fact cannot be, due to wrongly set legislation, acquired by a contracting authority is the problem which must be eliminated through timely implementation of the above proposed changes in the Public Contract Law.

scholarly journals Comparison of hospitalized and ambulatory patients with heart failure in the Czech Republic and Europe. Data from the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

Cor et Vasa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. e6-e11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Krupička ◽  
Anna Andrusková ◽  
Markéta Hegarová ◽  
Marie Lazarová ◽  
Filip Málek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Ambulatory Patients
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