scholarly journals Geographical Aspects of Industrial Transformation in the Czech Republic

Geografie ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-165
Author(s):  
Václav Toušek ◽  
Milan Vančura ◽  
Milan Viturka
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Foreign Capital ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Industrial Transformation ◽  
The Czech Republic

The share of industrial production on GNP has been decreasing over the 1990s in the Czech Republic and, in the same time, a branch restructuring took place. The industrial transformation is accompanied by a decline of labour force and an increase of unemployment. Better situation has been observed in the regions with an inflow of foreign capital. The article deals with the significant role of direct foreign investments for the regional development. The analysis of investment localization is linked with the theory of development polarization.

scholarly journals The Role of Social Enterprise in Regional Development: The Case of the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-31
Author(s):  
Ivana KRAFTOVA ◽  
Pavel ZDRAZIL ◽  
Martin MASTALKA
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
The Czech Republic

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 Inwestycje zagraniczne w przemyśle Krakowa

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 230-244
Author(s):  
Maciej Huculak
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Foreign Capital ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Development Section ◽  
Spatial Management

The paper consists of three main parts. The first part sketches out the role of Kraków in the foreign investments in the Małopolskie voivodship. In the second part, the Author presents the activity of foreign investors in Kraków industry in relation to the analogical processes in the whole voivodship. The last part contains a description of the greatest foreign investments in the industrial sector in Kraków. The article is partly based on the results of research in foreign capital enterprises in the Małopolskie voivodship, conducted in recent years by the Regional Development Section of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management of the Jagiellonian University, with the participation of the Author.

scholarly journals Transformation, soziale Unsicherheit und der Aufstieg der Nationalkonservativen Kontrastfälle aus Zentralosteuropa

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (144) ◽  
pp. 397-417
Author(s):  
Joachim Becker
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
The Czech Republic

In both Poland and Slovakia, national conservative parties have recently formed or at least have been included in government. In contrast, national conservatism does not play a significant role in the Czech Republic where political life is polarised between national liberalism and left-wing parties. Reasons for the different trajectories can be found in differing transformation strategies and the role of progressive parties in these strategies.

Prague, the Victorious May of 1945

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 80-91
Author(s):  
S. V. Kudryashov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Military Operation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
German Army ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Group Center

The article deals with complex and controversial issues related to the uprising and liberation of Prague in May 1945. Interpretation of the events became acute and caused lively discussions in connection with the demolition of the monument to Marshal I. V. Konev on April 3, 2020 by the order of the local municipality. The Czech Republic is also discussing the idea of «perpetuating the role of other liberators» of the capital – soldiers of the ROA division, which for two days (May 6-7) provided assistance to the rebels. Using new documents from the Central archive of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, the author draws a conclusion about the limited influence of the Vlasov units. They, indeed, brought confusion to the German ranks, but early in the morning of May 8, they themselves left Prague on a rapid march. After that, fighting and negotiations between the rebels and the German command continued. The article emphasizes that the main goal of the Soviet military operation from 6 to 11 May 1945 was the defeat of the German Army Group Center. The liberation of Prague was only part of a powerful offensive by three Soviet fronts. Heavy battles for Prague did not happen, but the entry of Soviet tanks into the Czech capital and the subsequent jubilation of local residents became a symbol of the end of the war in Europe. The author concludes that the demolition of monuments to Soviet soldiers and commanders is a manifestation of internal political struggle in the countries where it occurs, and the Czech Republic is only one of these examples.

scholarly journals NGO–Public Administration Relationships in Tackling the Homelessness Problem in the Czech Republic and Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Monika Sidor ◽  
Dina Abdelhafez
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
The Czech Republic

Recently, the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Poland and the Czech Republic has increased, which has translated into a growing tendency to change the procedures for social assistance provision. However, the relationships between public administration and non-governmental organisations differ in both countries. The Najam Four-C’s Model is used in this paper to describe how NGOs and public administration approach the problem of homelessness in the Czech Republic and Poland. To explore this issue, the authors conducted interviews with public servants and NGOs’ mangers in both countries. The findings show that, as far as homelessness is concerned, NGOs and state authorities function on the basis of complementarity in Poland as well as in the Czech Republic.

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.

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