scholarly journals Inter-Regional Disparities in the Czech Republic During the Transition

Geografie ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-277
Author(s):  
Jiří Blažek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Interregional Disparities

The article deals with the development of inter-regional disparities in the Czech Republic during the period of transition. Regional disparities are firstly set into wider context of regional development theories and consequently, disparities within the Czech Republic are compared with those in EU member states. Since the unemployment rate in the Czech Republic is unusually low, the interregional disparities seem small. However, the coefficient of variation reveals the contrary. Finally it is concluded that the inter-regional disparities in average incomes are still only a fraction of the disparities in economic preformance of the regions.

scholarly journals Examination of the Development of New Bus Registrations with Alternative Powertrains in Europe

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Jozef Gnap ◽  
Marek Dočkalik ◽  
Grzegorz Dydkowski
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Reference Period ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Eu Directive ◽  
Green Vehicles

Abstract The setting of minimum targets for EU member states to procure green vehicles within two reference periods ending in 2025 and 2030, should help to promote mobility with low, respectively zero emissions. The research results reveal that the V4 countries (Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary) will find it very difficult to meet the set minimum targets for the share of ecological buses in the total number of buses included in the sum of all contracts subject to EU Directive 2019/1161 concluded from 2 August 2021. The share of buses with alternative powertrains in the V4 countries in 2019 was only 12.79% (with the minimum target being much higher). The Nordic countries are best placed to meet the minimum targets for the share of green buses (in 2019, the share of such buses was almost 19%). The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has and continues to affect bus demand across Europe, may have a significant impact on meeting the minimum targets, especially by the end of the first reference period.

Public Procurement in the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
pp. 210-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jirí Novosák ◽  
Oldrich Hájek ◽  
Jirí Machu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Relations between public procurement, regional development, and e-procurement are discussed in this chapter. First, main themes of the debate are reviewed. Subsequently, some relations between public procurement, regional development, and e-procurement are discussed. The Czech Republic is used as a case study in this regard. The authors’ findings confirm the potential of public procurement to stimulate development of Czech regions. Spatially, public procurement may not be regarded as a suitable tool for reduction of regional disparities. However, there seems to be an important impact of public procurement on the development of local small and medium enterprises. In addition, the authors’ findings point at some links between public procurement and the concepts of sustainable development and competitiveness. Nevertheless, the dominant position of price as evaluation criterion indicates that the linkages are rather weak. Finally, the increasing interest of the Czech Republic in e-procurement was documented.

scholarly journals The capital structure of agricultural enterprises in the Visegrad countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 160-167
Author(s):  
Veronika Fenyves ◽  
Károly Pető ◽  
János Szenderák ◽  
Mónika Harangi-Rákos
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Visegrád Countries ◽  
The Capital Structure

The Visegrad countries – or the V-4 countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – is strong regional cooperation of four EU member states in Eastern-Central-Europe aimed at strengthening the positions of the members on both a European and a global level. The aim of this research is to analyse the capital structure of the agricultural and food companies in the V4 Member States. The results show that more profitable companies were less dependent on debt finance, while the fast-growing companies had limited access to the financial market. Company size had a significant effect only in the Czech Republic. Overall, the capital structure seemed to be strongly affected by the farm structure and the relative company size.

scholarly journals Role of companies’ size in socio-economic development of regions in the Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 833-848
Author(s):  
Radka Redlichová ◽  
Gabriela Chmelíková ◽  
Ivana Blažková ◽  
Vojtěch Tamáš
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Size Structure ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this paper is to investigate socio-economic development drivers of NUTS 3 regions in the Czech Republic. The aim is fulfilled by examination of the relationship between one of the regional development factors – the companies’ size structure and the development of the region from both socio and economic views. We derive from the theory of diversification and prior empirical findings, and empirically test the role of companies’ size in regional development. We use a balanced dataset of 14 regions covering the years 2000 – 2016 that provides the information about regions’ socio-economic performance in terms of GDP and unemployment rate. We hypothesise that unemployment rate in the regions with higher share of small firms is less sensitive to the general trend of the whole economy. However, the higher share of small firms leads to improved regional GDP. Our findings confirm that small firms accelerate economic growth while playing a role of a social stabiliser in Czech regions. Our conclusions could help in designing the regional policy in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Factor conditions of the viniculture and wine sector in the EU member states, in the Czech Republic and in the selected candidate countries

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (No, 7) ◽  
pp. 303-310
Author(s):  
A. Škorpíková
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Wine Production ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Wine Consumption ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Wine Sector ◽  
Research Plan ◽  
The Eu

The paper is a part of the solution of the research plan of the FBE MUAF in Brno, No. GAMSM 431100007, and it is focused on the analysis of factors influencing competitiveness of the wine-growing and viniculture. This paper is based on the hypothesis that the competitiveness of the viniculture and wine sector could be influenced, amongst other things, by specific national conditions as defined by “Porter’s diamond”. This essay deals with factor conditions like the total area of vineyards, the average per hectare yield of grapes, the total wine production and wine consumption including the foreign trade with this commodity. The comparison of the chosen national conditions is made within the EU member states and also within six candidate countries – Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.

Understanding Brand Website Positioning in the New EU Member States

2011 ◽  
pp. 1228-1248
Author(s):  
Shintaro Okazaki ◽  
Radoslav Škapa
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Similarity Ratings ◽  
New Eu Member States

This study examines Websites created by American multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Czech Republic. Utilizing a content analysis technique, we scrutinized (1) the type of brand Website functions, and (2) the similarity ratings between the home (US) sites and Czech sites. Implications are discussed from the Website standardization versus localization perspective.

scholarly journals VAT in the frame of providing management services to the subsidiary in the selected EU member states

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (NO. 7) ◽  
pp. 333-342
Author(s):  
D. Nerudová ◽  
P. David
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
The State ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Standard Methods ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Management Services

There still exist the differences in the legal frame of VAT, its interpretation and application of the rules in practice between the EU member states. The application of VAT during providing management services to an enterprise in other EU state directly or through a subsidiary in the state of the recipient is different as well. Questions of the VAT application during the provision of management services were searched by using standard methods of the scientific work in the frame of five selected EU countries – Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals The Scope of the Implementation of the Damages Directive in CEE States

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Michal Petr
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Private Enforcement ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Member States ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Dominant Position ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Limited Scope

The Damages Directive has a rather limited scope, focusing only on damages claims stemming from anticompetitive agreements or abuse of a dominant position, provided such conduct was able to affect trade between EU Member States. However, Member States are not limited by this scope and so they may decide, when implementing the Directive, to enhance not only claims for damages, but the overall private enforcement of competition law. In this article, we shall explore the scope of the implementing legislation of selected Central and Eastern European Countries, namely in Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.

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