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Foreign exchange risk management in an international company
Zágorová, Lucie ; Čajka, Radek (advisor) ; Donát, Jiří (referee)
The growth of the international business offers the chance for companies to enter new markets in order to increase their revenues. The transactions in foreign currencies are influenced by the impacts of the volatility of the exchange rates in the sense that an unfavorable evolution of the exchange rates can result in a considerable loss. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the process, the strategy and the overall importance of the management of the foreign exchange risk in the context of an international company. The theoretical part introduces foreign exchange rates, three types of the foreign exchange risks and it further focuses on the basic techniques used for measuring the risk and the methods for its management. The practical part focuses not only on the foreign exchange risk management for the company's global level, but also on providing a detailed analysis of the foreign exchange impact on its three subsidiaries.
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Aplikační řešení nákupu v prostředí cloudu a trendy v jejich vývoji
Štangl, Rastislav ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Žamberský, Martin (referee)
The goal of the presented thesis is to screen market and to assess the Procurement application solutions provided in cloud with focus on SMB companies. Understanding of Procurement process is base for identification of key functions and requirements on Procurement applications. Market research results in initial high level picture about the Procurement applications available with attention to cloud. Procurement applications assessment determines conclusions on market evolution and trends. The first part of the thesis introduces theoretical background of Procurement process and cloud computing. This part is completed by the list of key functions and requirements, of expected benefits, and of the steps that are important during assessment and selection of Procurement application in business. The second part investigates the Procurement application market and vendors. The screening is oriented on application features, client set, delivery models, and on other characteristics. Eight Procurement application solutions were selected for detailed assessment: Bellwether ePMX, Compleat Spend Control, Coupa, eBid eXchange, Ion Wave Technologies, PurchaseControl, Trade Interchange (ARCUS), and Xtenza. Assessment of the applications results in comparative data that are presented in predefined structure. The primary focus is on application features and Procurement functions supported. Other important evaluation categories are delivery models, security, underlying infrastructure, approval workflows, and commercials. Communication with application vendors contributed to the assessment. This part is finalized with evolution and trend conclusions focusing on cloud proliferation dynamics, and on forecast of new application functions and features that will result in new business benefits.
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Transformation of business model IT industry toward SaaS and impacts into role of business informatics in Business Intelligence
Kűfner, Jiří ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Žamberský, Martin (referee)
The theme of this thesis is one of ways, which develops area of Business Intelligence in the last few years. This way are BI systems design on the principle of Cloud computing, also called BI SaaS. This is a cost available solution also suitable for small companies. This work is aimed to acquaint the reader with basic theoretical knowledge in the areas of Cloud computing, Business Intelligence and their connections. Wants to show risks of this technologies and compare between on-premise and cloud BI. In the next step want to offer a practical comparison of selected BI SaaS systems. Finally it aims to create forecast of possible future paths of development in Business Intelligence.
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Financial derivatives as a tool of risk management in international trade
Vránová, Jana ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Donát, Jiří (referee)
The field of financial derivatives is rather complicated and usually not familiar to general public. Financial derivatives are used for three different reasons: arbitrage, speculation and hedging. This paper focuses mainly on the last one - hedging. The goal of the thesis is to clarify the heart of the matter, to explain the reasons why derivatives exist and to systemize their individual types and classification. It compares basic types of derivatives and summarizes their advantages and disadvantages and possible practical usage of them. Apart from companies as final users, the paper remembers also external subjects, such as clearing. It explains the terms of risk and uncertainty and goes into their identification, the risk management and its hedging. It also analyzes the current situation on OTC (over the counter) market and brings output from interviews with experts and consultants about their experience from working with their clients dealing with derivatives. The thesis also covers information about recently passed law called European Market Infrastructure Regulation, which is closely connected with working with financial derivatives. Furthermore, it includes a case study of L'Oréal Company, describing procedures and principles, based on which the Company deals with derivatives, and analyzing problems which L'Oréal has to face.
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Current and future trends in cloud CRM
Nemček, Sebastian ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Žamberský, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis is committed to mapping CRM applications available in cloud and trends within. The goal is to describe what CRM is, how it evolved into Cloud CRM, analyze main differences between the two approaches and analyze trends that can be observed in CRM market and CRM applications. This is coupled with description of the most common CRM solutions and products available both on-premises as well as on-demand. In the first part, the thesis introduces theory behind Customer Relationship Management and its different understanding by various authors. It also describes the most common functionality of CRM. The second part explores the world of CRM application, characterizing infrastructure behind, deployment models, access options, licensing models and technology. In the next part the three on-premise solutions -- Oracle Siebel, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SAP 360 Customer are described in terms of their look and feel, functionality, social and mobile CRM capabilities and pricing. The next part finally deals with CRM in the form of Cloud, introduces the term cloud computing, clarifies when cloud is the right choice and generally compares costs of running CRM on-demand and on-premise. This is followed by trends description on CRM market and functionality. The last chapter describes two cloud CRM solutions for each of the enterprise, medium and small company target segments.
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Shift of the functionality of office suites in the era of cloud computing
Jonák, Stanislav ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Žamberský, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with shift of the functionality of office suites in the era of cloud computing. The author examines the changing concept of office application software in the time of commercial software and the time of cloud computing and concludes that office applications are shifting their functionality from simple tools replacing just a calculator or typewriter into core corporate tools that affect the way how people communicate and collaborate.
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Analysis of the form of information system in SME at the time of Cloud Computing
Brýl, Přemysl ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Žamberský, Martin (referee)
This master thesis deals with the analysis of the possibilities of Cloud Computing for information system solutions in small and medium businesses. The main objective is to analyze these options, identify key areas for the transition to the cloud and propose an approach to develop Information system in this direction. The main contribution of this work is the practical experience which is involved in a view of the problems being solved and an emphasis on aspects that have been verified in practices. The main text of the work is divided into five chapters. The first chapter defines the basic concepts and limitations on which further work is based. The second chapter deals with the current form of IS in SMEs, its description and identifying problems. The third chapter analyzes the Cloud Computing from the perspective of the suitability of various models for SMEs, identifies the major trends that affect the Cloud Computing and describes some basic elements on which Cloud Computing is based. It also analyzes the issue of security. The fourth chapter deals with the state of Cloud Computing market and identification of key problem areas which need to be solved in various stages of market development. The last chapter uses several case studies to show a meaningfulness and readiness of Cloud Computing for running information system. In the end the recommended approach to the adoption of cloud services is defined.
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Software as a Service and changes in business informatics
Rosík, Jiří ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Koubský, Petr (referee)
This thesis is focused on description the situation in the field of providing business information systems in the form of services and aspects related to the transition IT department from software licensing model to consumption of software in the form of IT services - the software as a service model (SaaS). The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the impact of the transition in enterprise IT department from software licensing model to SaaS model. To achieve this goal there is an adequate theoretical basis described in the theoretical part of this work and survey on the basis of interviews in the practical section. The first part describes the development of enterprise information model to cloud computing, including the presentation of the current market situation. The second part discusses the requirements to enterprise IT department in SaaS model, including an analysis of the impact of the transition to SaaS. In the final part of this thesis is carried out survey within the small and medium-sized companies that have moved their business information systems to SaaS model. The contribution of this thesis is primarily in the analysis and recommendations for companies that planning to move to the SaaS model. In the theoretical part of this thesis it is description of the impact of SaaS to the enterprise IT department, including assessing the relevance of ITIL framework in the time of SaaS.
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Adoption of Cloud computing in the corporate sector
Malík, Tomáš ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Koubský, Petr (referee)
This work is focused on the newly emerging field of Cloud computing and view of adoption of this technology in various industrial sectors. The first section explains the concept of cloud computing, its characteristics and individual models. The following part is a brief analysis of the size and development of the current market for cloud services. Next section focuses on the creation of industry categories acording to area of their business, together with their description. The actual categories are examined in part four, along with their expenditures on IT and state of Cloud's adoption, in addition with specific advantages and obstacles. Results from previous section are summarized in part five. In conclusion, the hypothesis is verified and the main findings summarized.
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The future of IT outsourcing in the age of SaaS
Šapovalov, Tomáš ; Donát, Jiří (advisor) ; Bruckner, Tomáš (referee)
Information technologies develop very quickly. And in the same way should be changed the companie's attitude to them. But the question is whether this is actually happening. If the companies and their employees are able to adapt to new technologies as quickly as these technologies arise. One of the phenomena of recent years is delivering applications through Software As A Service (SaaS). This concept is closely linked with the issue of Cloud computing and its use can be solved by outsourcing corporate IT structure. So here we meet three very exposed concepts. But their terms are often used confused or in the wrong context. This work focuses on explaining these concepts in the context of business intelligence and analysis on the aspects that affect them. In particular, cloud computing is a modern concept, which everyone talks about but only few people know exactly what it means and what it could bring to a particular company. This work helps to answer these questions and it helps to sort out the context and framework within which the possible changes in the corporate IT infrastructure should be discussed to make decisions. The first part is focused on basic lighting of these concepts and their insertion into mutual context. The second part is then devoted to current trends in this area so that conclusions for a prediction of the expected development in the coming years can be drawn.
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