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Application of Data Envelopment Analysis on selected banking institutions
Pak, Anastassiya ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Witzany, Jiří (referee)
The following thesis documents application of Data Envelopment Analysis method on the sample of eight banks which were functioning on the Czech banking market during the period 2007 -- 2010 in order to measure their technical efficiency. Thesis consists of two major parts -- theoretical and practical one. The first part includes main principles, areas of application of the method and theoretical base of the DEA which will be used in the practical part. Second part presents brief description of the trends on the Czech banking market and it's development during the period 2007 -- 2010. Practical part also contains results of the measurement, its interpretation and analysis of main reasons of banks' inefficiency.
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Analysis of the stock price behaviour around ex-dividend day
Kučera, Martin ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kolman, Marek (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with analysis of the stock price behavior around ex-dividend day, focusing on the European capital market. The theoretic part is aimed at summarizing of hypotheses and effects affecting the amount of the stock price in comparison with an amount of dividend during last 50 years. In the practical part, there is firstly described a methodology of testing, later the 3 main hypotheses are determined, that are finally tested on a sample of 220 European companies listed on twelve stock exchanges, including the Prague stock exchange. The aim will be to determine the validity of hypotheses on the sample as a whole as well as on some selected stock exchanges in the period between 2006 and 2010, the influence of the payment of dividend on share price, but also the potential impact of financial crisis. Furthermore, the possibility of arbitrage opportunities will be evaluated, which could be incurred on some stock exchanges or individual shares, as well as stability, efficiency and predictability of individual capital markets.
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Protection and forgery of payment instruments
Valterová, Šárka ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Gruber, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the counterfeit protection and counterfeit itself related issues of payment instruments. The main part of the thesis is devoted to the security features of banknotes and payment cards. In this thesis, banknotes are divided into three categories based on the method of production for classification purposes. These three categories consist of paper, polymer and hybrid banknotes and Czech crown, the Australian dollar and the Swazi lilangeni were chosen as representatives. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on counterfeiting particular payment instruments and comparison of them.
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Co-branding of payment cards
Přikryl, Jiří ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kolman, Marek (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with possibilities and use of co-branding within the financial institutions. It mainly focuses on co-branding payment cards aiming both, the analysis of the current situation on the market for these products in the Czech Republic as well as the outline of their new usage opportunities. The theoretical part defines not only the basic concepts of the branding phenomenon but also more deeply characterizes its part called co-branding. The paper then offers fundamental information about payment cards as a product where this marketing method is commonly implied. The practical section describes progress in the amount of credit cards in the Czech Republic depending on the number of other cards issued, specifies currently offered co-branded credit cards with regard to benefits for bank, partner and consumers, and outlines new possibilities of co-branding usage within financial institutions.
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Mobile phone payments in developed and developing countries
Obšivačová, Ivana ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Baran, Jaroslav (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the topic of mobile phone payments within direct banking services. Theoretical part offers basic description of the currently-in-use direct banking products. This paper also characterises mobile phone payment systems in developing countries, their fundamental conditions, problems with their implementation and outlines M-PESA as an example of a successful system. The next section analyses mobile phone payment system in developed countries defining conditions and presumptions for mobile phone payments in order of becoming appropriate competitor to the cash payments. To summarize, at the end there is a comparison of the mobile phone payment systems in both, developed as well as developing countries emphasizing on the main differences.
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The Collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Causes of the Collapse
Marešová, Veronika ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the analysis of possible factors that contributed to the collapse. In the introductory section are explained the investment banking, securitization, which played an important role not only in bank failure, but also in financial crisis, and there is also mention of regulation and its relation to the crisis and Lehman Brothers. The thesis also deals with the description of the bank's collapse in the context of other events in financial markets and subsequently analyzed the causes of which are apparently on the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers participated.
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Marketing of financial services
Žarnaiová, Martina ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Vacek, Vladislav (referee)
The objective of this master thesis is to analyze the contemporary situation on the Czech banking market in terms of investments into marketing communications. The efficiency of investments into marketing communications is analyzed in terms of awareness of banks surveyed, namely recognition, recall and Top Of Mind. This master thesis consists of three parts. The first part provides theoretical background and the base of the analysis. This part includes the objectives of communication on the banking market and the ways how to measure these objectives. The second part, the analytical part, is focused on the main objective and particular banks which are subjects of the analysis. In this part, hypotheses are defined. I will try to prove these hypotheses afterwards. In case of opposite results I will try to find out why my hypotheses were incorrect. The third part is focused on the conclusions of the analysis and to provide information for investment decisions in following periods.
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Banking regulation in the Czech Republic and Great Britain
Ruššinová, Miroslava ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with bank regulation and supervision, which is enacting in the financial markets in the Czech Republic and Great Britain at this time. The work consists of three parts. In the first part of my theoretical work I specify basic definitions of this subject, arguments for regulation, forms of institutional arrangements and look at current trends in regulation in Europe. The second part focuses on comparing the regulation and supervision in the Czech Republic and Great Britain, and defines their specific differences. The final part is devoted to analyzing the new regulatory framework in Great Britain.
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