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Regionalisation of Active Labour Market Policy in Czechia
Nosek, Štěpán ; Feřtrová, Marie (advisor) ; Soukup, Tomáš (referee)
Master's thesis deals with the regionalisation of the active labour market policy in Czechia. We analyse strategic documents which deal with unemployment and we try to find out to what extent they stress support for certain regions. Then, we examine the mechanism which is used to distribute the money across regions. Further, we study the allocation of money distributed within the Czech national active labour market policy (1998-2009) and within the European programmes realized in 2004-2006. Lastly, we give an overview of the possibilities of regional (local) actors to influence the situation on regional (local) labour market and we recognize that their work can differ across regions. The results of our study show that despite claims about the need to support the regions which are badly affected by high rates of unemployment and notwithstanding the mechanism which is made in favour of these regions, the funds are not implicitly distributed to regions with the highest rates of unemployment. Our analysis also found out that the most important actor on regional (local) labour market is the labour office and that the role of other actors in merely complementary, although the situation regionally varies. Keywords: explicit regional policy, active labour market policy, regionalisation, regional impact,...
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Pork barrel in Czechia in 2003-2009: spatial dimension and the identification of some causal factors
Hána, David ; Feřtrová, Marie (advisor) ; Kostelecký, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is an attempt to reveal a regularity and dependence in spatial distribution of the pork barrel (i.e. the parliamentary grants) in the case of Czechia in 2003-2009. Moreover, the thesis attempts to identify some undermining factors of the proven spatial pattern in allocation of pork barrel financial sources. The selection of supported projects highly depends on subjective preferences of particular deputies being influenced by many factors. Accordingly, the diploma thesis examines a role of the spatial distribution of deputies' places of living and their influences on the spatial allocation of the pork barrel through the state budget being approved in the Lower House.
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Regional Insight into Tax revenues in the Czech Republic
Kůs, Jan ; Feřtrová, Marie (advisor) ; Csank, Pavel (referee)
The main goal of this work, which is devoted to an issue of regional impacts of taxation policy, is an initial survey of a regional variability of tax collection in the Czech Republic. A principal part of the thesis is a quantitative analysis of the tax collection and an evaluation of distribution of the tax burden among individual regions in the Czech Republic. Because of rather deficient data base suitable for investigation of this field, an important aim of the work is its critical evaluation and consideration of its relevance. Little attention has been given to this subject in a social geography research so far, therefore a theoretical part of the work is substantial: various approaches towards taxation are discussed from the perspective of fundamental economical schools and selected theories of the regional development, the most important requirements of tax systems are compared from the viewpoint of a theory of public finances and finally, posibilites, practice and significance of use of taxation instruments are explained for needs of regional policy makers.
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Financial Geography - An Application of Selected Concepts in Terms of the Czech Republic
Bečicová, Ilona ; Blažek, Jiří (advisor) ; Feřtrová, Marie (referee)
FINANCIAL GEOGRAPHY - AN APPLICATION OF SELECTED CONCEPTS IN TERMS OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Abstract The aim of the thesis is to analyse the main trends of banking system in Czech Republic after 1989. It is primarily an analysis of centralised banking system, on the basis of which the potential regional impacts according to theory of regional segmentation of fiancial markets are tested. Based on the analysis of changes in the distribution of bank headquarters and the analysis of employment in financial sector it is clear, that in terms of the Czech Republic a highly concentrated banking system occured, which is moreover under the strong inluence of foreign capital. The study focused on testing the regional impacts of a centralized system through interviews with business owners in the peripheral region has not proved allegation of discrimination of entrepreneurs in such manner as we would expect according to the theory of regional segmentation of financial markets. However the study showed some problems with providing guarantees for bank loans in the periphery.
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Innovation processes in public administration in Czechia: application of knowledge bases concept
Šindler, Jakub ; Blažek, Jiří (advisor) ; Feřtrová, Marie (referee)
This thesis deals with innovation processes in public administration in Czechia using application knowledge bases concept. The aim of this work is to underpin the nature of innovation processes, shed light on importance of innovation and define specifics of innovation processes in public administration. Three case studies from various fields of public administration were chosen. Based on interviews with persons involved aspects of differentiated knowledge bases were concerned. The results of the survey points out use of the interactive model of innovation proces, importance of tacit knowledges, significant role of informal links, networks of contacts and cooperation with partners for exchange and sharing of knowledge and experiences. Key words: innovation process, public administration, knowledge bases, networks, neformální vazby, sources, cooperation
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Spatial impact of ČEZ corporation social responsibility on development of municipalities
Černý, Tomáš ; Hána, David (advisor) ; Feřtrová, Marie (referee)
Spatial impact of ČEZ corporation social responsibility on development of municipalities Abstract The aim of the thesis is to map the spatial distribution of financial donations of the ČEZ corporate foundation using spatial data analysis methods. Another objective is to analyze an impact of these financial donations on the development of municipalities from the point of view of recipients of financial donations. At first, the theory of the Corporate Social Responsibility concept is defined. Next part presents the conclusions of the previous literature which focused on the impact of financial donations on communities. After the methodology, the thesis deals with an analysis of the financial donations of the ČEZ corporate foundation. Trends of spatial distributions are described as well. Introducing the results of the questionnaire survey is presented in the penultimate part. In the conclusion, the answers of research questions are summarized. Keywords: corporate financial donations, Corporate social responsibility, municipalities, regional development, Czechia
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