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KOMPETITIVNOST BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE 2009-2010

Author(s): Zlatko Lagumdžija / Language(s): Bosnian Publication Year: 0

Profil i bilans stanja/uspjeha Bosne i Hercegovine, dat na petnaest stranica, je svojevrsna lična karta države. Ovaj put su sumirane višegodišnje serije pokazatelja iz najrelevantnijih istraživanja kompetitivnosti, od Svjetskog ekonomskog foruma do Svjetske banke, prošireni za neka istraživanja koja ranije nisu bila prisutna. Ni ovaj put Bosna i Hercegovina se ne nalazi u gornjem dijelu listi koje govore o kompetitivnosti, ispunjavanju Lisabonske strategije, slobodi trgovanja, jednostavnosti poslovanja ili stepenu transformacije društva i ekonomije.

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SOCIOLOŠKI IZAZOVI U TRANZICIJI BOSANSKOHERCEGOVAČKOG DRUŠTVA

Author(s): Jusuf Žiga / Language(s): Bosnian Publication Year: 0

Transition of post-war Bosnian society offers great challenges sociological thought. We are witnessing a social crisis, identity crisis, especially in understanding the character of its own state and society, the drastic fall of fertility, obsoletes in legal political, economic, social security, education, health, cultural and sports organization of the state, which are the limiting factors for its prosperity and Euro-Atlantic integration. Sociology has not the right to silence and analytical opportunism towards these problems in Bosnia and Herzegovina society.

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Tematizace exotiky v české próze po roce 2000

Author(s): Ondřej Pechník / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Příspěvek se zabývá podobami tématu exotiky jako jedné z výrazných tendencí současné české prózy. Exotický prostor může plnit v prózách různé funkce – od pouhé kulisy děje až po zásadní fabulační prvek. Cílem příspěvku je na příkladu děl vybraných autorů (mj. J. Rudiš, M. Ryšavý, P. Hůlová) popsat jednotlivé způsoby, jakými autoři s exotikou pracují.

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Support for learning: Selected support activities and systems in Czech education

Author(s): Bohumíra Lazarová / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The 1990s witnessed a change in the paradigm of school management in the Czech Republic. The accent was shifted to the inside of schools; from then on, in an externally delimited scope, they could do whatever they considered useful. Teachers obtained more liberty in the creation of the curriculum and primary attention was on the main process: pupils’ learning. Greater autonomy for schools and teachers generated larger responsibilities, other procedures and, in many cases, more work, creativity and inventiveness. Teachers faced the need to acquire new knowledge and skills as required by work in transforming schools and society. Therefore, learning became an issue for both pupils and teachers.

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Budeme hudbu potřebovat i ve 21. století?

Author(s): Petr Ježil / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Music has always been part of human society. This applies as well today? The company becomes the world of technology, but disappearing from it feeling emotions to balance just one technical aspect of our daily existence. One of the institutions, which should bring the young generations of music, is school.

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Klesají znalosti a dovednosti žáků i v jejich zájmové činnosti?

Author(s): Hana Cídlová / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Tourist race, organized by the Club of Czech Tourists, is annually attended by several hundred children and adults. Although it is based on cross-country running, a significant role is played by other competitive tasks, such as recognizing of shrubs and trees, recognizing of tourist signs, topographical signs, cultural-cognitive activity, work with a map and compass or outdoors estimating of distance. The temper of racing is very strongly motivating to cope with these tasks. The paper discusses the success of competitors in children’s categories in solving chosen biological and geographical tasks in Czech Cup of Tourist race in the years 2008-2016. Decreasing level of knowledge and skills of pupils is observed also in their leisure time activities.

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Geographical approach to the analysis of elections on the example of parliamentary elections in Slovakia in 2016

Author(s): Alfréd KROGMANN,Magdaléna Nemčíková,Jan Veselovsky,Andrej Svorad / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

With regard to suprising results of Parliamentary elections in Slovakia their geographic dimension is also important. The aim of this article is to analyze the milieu of elections and the subsequent spatial differentiation of the results of the 8 parties which were successful to enter the Parliament.

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Læringsstøtte: Utvalgte støtteaktiviteter og -systemer i tsjekkisk opplæring

Author(s): Bohumíra Lazarová / Language(s): Norwegian Publication Year: 0

1990-årene var vitne til et paradigmeskifte i skoleforvaltningen i Tsjekkia. Fokuset ble endret til innsiden av skolene, og fra da av, innenfor eksternt bestemte begrensninger, kunne de gjøre hva enn de anså som nyttig. Lærerne fikk større frihet til å sette sammen læreplanen, og oppmerksomheten var først og fremst rettet mot hovedprosessen: elevenes læring. Større autonomi for skoler og lærere førte til større ansvar, andre prosedyrer og, i mange tilfeller, mer arbeid, kreativitet og oppfinnsomhet. Lærerne sto overfor et behov for å skaffe seg ny kunnskap og nye ferdigheter som krevdes av arbeidet i en skole og et samfunn i endring. Dermed ble læring en sak både for elever og lærere.

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Innovation Activities of Public Organizations in the Czech Republic between 2008 and 2014

Author(s): Marek Vokoun / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The paper analyses innovation activities of public sector organizations between 2008 and 2014. This paper estimates the innovation process using three steps. In the first step, the probability to innovate is estimated. In the second step, the log of R&D expenditures per one employee is estimated. In the third step, innovation output is analyzed. Results suggest that size depends positively on the decision to innovate like in the case of private companies. The further market orientation contributes to the higher probability to innovate but not in the case of the public sector. Also, the probability to innovate in the public sector does not depend on the technology level, but it does in case of the knowledge level of the industry. The results, for the second step, suggest that the R&D expenditures do not negatively depend on the company size like in the case of private companies. The results, for the third step, suggest that the sales from innovating goods and services do not depend on the company size and the input/output ration is not statistically significant. The innovation behavior of enterprises in the public sector differs substantially.

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Analysis of Prize Money Gap in Wimbledon 2007 - 2016

Author(s): Zuzana Rakovská,Martin Svoboda / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Currently, it is rare in professional sports to offer equal prize money to male and female players. Tennis Grand Slam tournaments represent the leading part of those sports that committed to prize money parity. In 2007, Wimbledon, the oldest Grand Slam tournament, became the last Grand Slam to pay the same prize money to male and female players. Although men and women are paid equally they still play a different number of best-of sets: men play best-of-three sets while women play best-of-two sets in Wimbledon. These two competing circumstances have given rise to a financial gap in prize money obtained for a game played by men compared to women on average. The present paper estimates this financial gap by analyzing the unique data set on Wimbledon prize money and game scores in years 2007-2016.

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Testing the Semi-strong Form of Efficiency in Czech Stock Market

Author(s): Petr Seďa,Juan Antonio Jimber Del Río,María de los Baños García-Moreno García / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The efficient market hypothesis represents possible analytical approach when analyzing behaviour of financial markets. The aim of this paper is to test the efficient market hypothesis in its semi-strong form using data from Czech stock market. Information efficiency of the Czech stock market is assessed in relation to seven announcement of Moody´s rating agency regarding changes of credit rating of Greek government bonds in the period of 2009-2012 years. For the purpose of this paper, the event study method is applied. The basic idea of this statistical method is to determine values of abnormal returns, which can be defined as a difference between actual and equilibrium returns. In order to calculate equilibrium returns the Capital Asset Pricing Model is used. Observed differences between actual and equilibrium returns were verified with a help of selected nonparametric statistical tests. Namely, the exact sign test and the Wilcoxon sign-ranked test were utilized. Based on results of statistical tests, the null hypothesis of efficiency was rejected.

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VÝVOJ FINANČNEJ AUTONÓMIE MUNICIPALÍT VO VZŤAHU K EKONOMICKEJ VÝKONNOSTI REGIÓNOV NUTS3 NA SLOVENSKU

Author(s): Filip Flaška,Stanislav Kološta,Soňa Čapková / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

The aim of this paper was from updated data to assess the evolution of indicators of financial autonomy of local govermnets in NUTS 3 regions in the broad and in the narrow sense; to measure regional disparities in indicator of financial autonomy in narrow sence and GDP per capita; after that, to investigate the existence of the relation between the financial autonomy of municipalities and the GDP per capita of NUTS 3 regions in Slovakia in the time periods 2005-2008, 2009-2011, and 2012-2014, e. g. before, during and after the outbreak of the economic crisis. Main methods were comparison, regression models and coefficient of variation. Between financial autonomy and GDP per capita there is a strong direct linear relationship which was strengthened during period 2012-2014.

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REGIONÁLNÍ STÁLÁ KONFERENCE JAKO NOVÝ INSTITUCIONÁLNÍ NÁSTROJ REGIONÁLNÍ POLITIKY V ČESKU

Author(s): Tomasz Merta / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

The paper deals with the present topic, which are new approaches of regional policy in the programming period 2014-2020. Unsystematic and non-integrated support in the programming period 2007-2013 was replaced by integrated tools and new teritorial specific approach, so called spatial dimension, which is used to coordinate interventions at national and regional level in the current period. An essential element in the coordination system of the territorial dimension is a newly established platform called Standing conference. Within it were formed National standing conference (NSC) and thirteen Regional standing conferences (RSC). RSC, which were established as a voluntary regional groupings of local partners, can be regarded as relatively effective institutional tool of regional policy in Czechia. Partnership allows the main regional actors to cooperate on development of a region, taking advantage of the synergy effects and contribute to more effective drawing of funds from European and national sources. RSC‘s weaknesses were identified in the lack of cooperation of RSC with the Ministry of Regional Development and NSC including the managing authorities and their inability to respond to the initiatives and needs of regions. This article is based on author’s experience acquired from the Secretariat of the RSC of Hradec Králové Region.

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REGIONÁLNÍ DISPARITY KONCENTRACE AKTIVNÍCH PODNIKATELSKÝCH JEDNOTEK V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE V LETECH 2010 – 2016

Author(s): Eva Hamplova,Jaroslav Kovarnik / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

This paper deals with the concentration of active business entities and their regional distribution. The objective of this article is to assess which regions down to the level of districts show the highest share of active entrepreneurs. The term of active entrepreneurship is associated with a statistically noticeable category when an entrepreneur is active in terms of tax administration or in terms of social security. To analyze the concentration of active entrepreneurship, the internal resources of the Czech Statistics Office have been used. These data have not been publicly available so far and so they could contribute significantly to explain the trend of business development in the Czech Republic in the last six years. In further research, the analysis of the concentration of business activity may reveal the causes of identified disparities, which is not the primary objective of this paper. Nevertheless, the article evaluates the existence of the relationship between unemployment in particular districts and the number of active entrepreneurs per 1 000 inhabitants, which could be statistically proved. As the criteria have been analyzed, the paper can enable to compare business activity at an international level and contribute to update the data of global databases, which do not have current data and a unified methodology of reporting in this respect.

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ZHODNOCENÍ UKAZATELŮ VÝZKUMU A VÝVOJE V KRAJÍCH ČESKÉ REPUBLIKY

Author(s): Martina Halásková,Renata Halásková / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

Research and development (R&D) play a key role in the generation of new knowledge, products and technological processes. Based on theoretical and empirical approach, the present paper aims to evaluate R&D indicators and the research potential of the regions of the Czech Republic. Attention is paid to the comparison of R&D indicators in the period 2011-2015 and to selected R&D indicators by sectors of performance. The highest potential for research and innovation is observed in the capital city of Prague, as opposed to the Karlovy Vary region, with the lowest. The comparison of the R&D by sectors of performance showed a dominant position of the business enterprise sector in the majority of regions. By means of cluster analysis, the regions included in the evaluation of the research and innovation potential were divided into four clusters based on their internal similarity. The results showed the most marked differences across all clusters in the number of patents granted per 100 thousand inhabitants. The least notable differences were then found in R&D expenditures per researcher in the government sector in two clusters, and in three clusters in R&D expenditures per researcher in the higher education sector.

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VLIV DEMOGRAFICKÝCH A SOCIOEKONOMICKÝCH DETERMINANTŮ NA ÚMRTNOST V OKRESECH JIHOMORAVSKÉHO KRAJE V LETECH 2006–2015

Author(s): Dana Hübelová ,VERONIKA JADCZAKOVÁ,GABRIELA ROUSOVÁ / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

The demographic behavior of a population was strongly affected by a political economic and social transformation in 1989 in the Czech Republic. As the key factor of demographic processes is mortality, this paper strives to address the development of selected mortality determinants according to cause (blood circulation system, respiratory system, digestive system and external causes of mortality) using mean coefficient of growth. This paper aims at identification of relevant demographic and socioeconomic determinants of the diseases as the mortality causes in the South Moravian Region and in the districts of the region in 2006–2015 by means of multivariate regression analysis (ENTER method). Based on the method, it may be conceded that out of 11 demographic and socioeconomic factors, indicators such as ageing index and housing allowance turned out to be statistically significant (p<0,05). Analyzed indicators show spatial differentiation and determine with varying level of impact the mortality in the districts of the South Moravia Region. Brno-Country District may be considered as a district with the most favorable demographic and socioeconomic determinants of mortality (low ageing index, ageing dynamics, death rate and the lowest housing allowances). By contrast, Brno-City District exhibits negative tendencies towards mortality determinants (high ageing index, death rate, and the highest housing allowances). From the national economy standpoint, the changes in the mortality ratios according to causes represent a major potential for the use and development of human capital.

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ROLE MIGRACE V POPULAČNÍM VÝVOJI SHRINKING CITY – PŘÍKLAD MĚSTA UHERSKÉ HRADIŠTĚ

Author(s): RICHARD HUBL,Miloslav ŠERÝ,Václav Toušek / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

The aim of the paper is to evaluate the aspects of the migration of the Uherské Hradiště inhabitants in the period 1991-2015. In this context, the attention is paid to the migration balance, analysed are also directions of migration, both internal and foreign. Further the analysis of possible causes and consequences of this process is outlined, including the analysis of the phenomenon of emigration potential of the city inhabitants. The methods used are the geographic analysis of available statistical data on migration and analysis of primary data that was obtained in Uherské Hradiště in the form of a questionnaire survey. The main results of the analysis are the determination of the spatial aspects of migration, particularly the negative migration balance in favour of city´s hinterland and also relatively high positive potential of emigration of the population in the context of the already carried out research on a similar topic.

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PŘÍSTUPY KE STUDIU RECYKLACE URBÁNNÍHO PROSTORU V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE: VÝVOJ A PERSPEKTIVA

Author(s): Robert Osman,Jiří Malý,PETR KLUSÁČEK / Language(s): Czech Publication Year: 0

This paper deals with the issue of recycling urban spaces, specifically abandoned and unused areas (brownfields) in the Czech Republic. Regeneration of these areas is important especially because of their economic, social and environmental burden. Previous researches on recycling urban space, however, neglected the study of the revitalization process to some extent. Thus, a recycling space may be seen through the concept of a network, explicitly through the Actor-network theory (A-NT). This allows the perception of recycling spaces as a network mobilization. In this context, recycling spaces does not mean the actual material reconstruction of territory from one function to another, but an emergence of new network space, or more precisely transformation of one network space to another. The aim of the paper is to highlight major benefits of A-NT for the study of recycling spaces. In addition to theoretical background linking A-NT with the process of revitalization the paper provides a concrete example of recycling urban space where the application of A-NT reveals a network structure of stakeholders, which would remain partially hidden when implementing existing approaches to brownfield regeneration.

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VÝVOJOVÉ TRENDY KOMERČNEJ SUBURBANIZÁCIE V MESTSKEJ ČASTI NITRA-HORNÉ KRŠKANY V ROKOCH 1998 AŽ 2017

Author(s): MILAN MIDLER,Alena Dubcova / Language(s): Slovak Publication Year: 0

Suburbanization is one of the most important transformational processes within the inner urban structures. Since 1989, they have been presented through economic changes in the Nitra city. They were reflected not only in the transformation of functional land-use, but also in the way of life of residents. Suitable business conditions in Slovakia became significant and initial factors in the development of processes of commercial suburbanization, which is clearly visible in the Horné Krškany city district in Nitra. Commercial suburbanization requires sufficient amount of free areas as well as good transport accessibility. The aim of the paper is to capture and evaluate development trends of commercial suburbanization in the Horné Krškany city district in Nitra. Within the paper, there were applied standard geographical methods – method of analysis and synthesis, comparative method along with cartographic, graphic, mathematical and statistical methods that were complemented by the field survey. The extent of commercial suburbanization was recorded also by comparison of aerial photos from 1991 and 2016. In the target city district, there were recorded increase of commercial entities from 10 to 97 between 1998 and 2017, while the zone of commercial areas rose from 28.63 ha in 1998 just to 37.79 ha in 2017.

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CONSUMER ETHNOCENTRISM OF MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION: COMPARISON OF CETSCALE RESEARCH 2013/17

Author(s): Michal Stoklasa,Halina Starzyczná / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The aim of this article is to measure the Consumer Ethnocentrism (further as CE) in the Moravian-Silesian region in the Czech Republic utilizing the CETSCALE. The research was focused on finding the strength of individual CETSCALE scales and the dependency of CE on demographic factors. Literature review describes the development of CE, and more importantly the CETSCALE, with some of its critics and constraints. The research took place in the MS Region and the sample consisted of 439 respondents. All the data is compared with our previous research from 2013. According to Cronbach's Alpha, the data is consistent and therefore reliable to explain CE. The main findings are the strength of the CE is as high as 66.3% of the overall possible score, which ranks this region amongst ones with the highest CE. In both, the 2013 and 2017 data, we can observe strong evidence of consumers in this region being highly ethnocentric, supporting local products and local producers, with negative perception of foreign products. In 2014, only education and net monthly income were proven to have statistically significant impact on CE, in 2017 also the age categories.

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