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An innovation audit as a tool of improvement of innovation efficiency of organization
Jakúbek, Marek ; Špaček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Kubovský, Josef (referee)
The ability of an organization to innovate, creates one of the most sufficient standards to keep the competitive position and ensure further growth. There exists a well-founded assumption that small and middle sized companies do not pay enough attention to innovation management. The thesis investigates a process called an innovation audit - it is a tool used for evaluation of innovation management and its current state in a company called Memsource a.s. The goal of the thesis is by using innovation audit to identify strengths and weaknesses of all spheres that affect innovations and also suggest efficient improvements in all areas related to innovative management in Memsource a.s. The results of a process of the innovation audit provides us with a whole scheme of a truthful and profound situation concerning innovation management of the company. The suggestions were made in order to enhance innovation efficiency of the company.
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Value drivers of startup projects relevant for venture capital investors in the Czech Republic and valuation methods
Habrnal, Marek ; Špička, Jindřich (advisor) ; Starý, Oldřich (referee) ; Špaček, Miroslav (referee)
The main objective was to create a normative model of determining the value of early stage for companies in the seed and start up stage. The model should be applicable to entrepreneurs and investors, taking into account the assessment of the value of qualitative factors. Another aim was to identify the significant factors affecting the value of early stage companies in the seed and start up stage, i.e. at a time when there are no or very little revenues. Based on a research among investors and other experts on the valuation of early stage companies and venture capital, the most significant factors were not only identified, but also determined by their weight. The quality of evaluating investment opportunities has a major impact on the profitability of the investor´s capital. Current knowledge of the key value drivers and the mechanisms of valuation can help businesses to set realistic expectations when trying to raise capital to finance the startup of the project. It is therefore necessary to provide a clear methodological framework applicable to both parties of investing. The actual research was divided into two phases - individual interviews with investors and questionnaires. It was confirmed that the most crucial factors are those associated with quality management and company founders.
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Gamification and its role within service design process
Laky, Jan ; Špaček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Fuksa, Miroslav (referee)
The work deals with the term Gamification, its origin, dez/interpretation and possible future. Gamification is based on game/play and its historical development, which is described in the work from ancient times to the era of computers. This brings us to the relationship between gamification and digital technologies that can develop its true potential. Goal of the practical part is to develop own gamified solution based on identified principles of gamification. Actual creative process is preceded by an analytical part where I try to identify a niche market and fill it.
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New Product Development Using Design Thinking Approach
Školová, Alena ; Jiřinová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Špaček, Miroslav (referee)
The subject of this thesis is an innovation process using design thinking approach and resulting in a potentially successful new product, a board game. The first part reflects the theoretical approaches to innovation in general, the division innovation by various aspects and the models of the innovation process. Further is presented approach design thinking in more details, because this approach will be applied of the specific case of new product development in the practical part. The theoretical part is closed by methods financial evaluation of investments, which will help to evaluate a new product economically. The practical part begins with a description of the object of the innovation process and introduction of market of board games. This is followed by development a new product by design thinking approach, which is divided into phases inspiration, ideation and implementation. The result of the innovation process is a board game, that reacts and responds to the needs and wishes of potential customers, because of the empathy in the initial phase. Its economic viability was confirmed through the application of some methods of financial evaluation of investments.
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Evaluation of the innovative organization
Klim, Michal ; Špaček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Holečková, Lenka (referee)
The main objective of my thesis is to evaluate an innovative organization STOMATOLOGICKÉ CENTRUM MUDr. IVO MAREK s.r.o. and its innovative process. Evaluation method uses the discounted cash flows of APV variant. The innovation process value is estimated as a difference between the estimation of the organization value and a hypothetical estimation of the organization without the innovative process. The result shows that the innovative process has a significant effect on the overall value of the organization.
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Open innovation as an essential part of a company's innovation strategy
Skibinska, Olesia ; Špaček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Lyiubinets, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to create an innovation strategy for R&D Department of a company that is operating in IT industry with a special focus on Open innovation. It consists of theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part presents modern literature research on innovation and outlines main concepts. Definition of innovation, its types and different approaches are described. Moreover, main principles of audit of Open innovation readiness and its measurement is presented. The last part is devoted to the description of IT industry and future trends. Practical part is devoted to company's analysis, audit of readiness to implement Open innovation approach and creation of innovation strategy for R&D Department.
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Evaluation and creation of the strategic plan of the Czech Philharmonic
Lacová, Diana ; Špaček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Riedlbauch, Václav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is the identification, analysis and subsequent evaluation of the strategic plan of the Czech Philharmonic in order to contribute to the improvement and expansion of evaluation methodologies in the cultural sphere. This will be achieved via interviews with the management of the organization as well as with analysis of current strategy using selected strategic tools and evaluation methods. This master thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The main theme of the theoretical part comprises the definition of strategic management and its tools and further description of methods and approaches of strategic plan's evaluation. The practical part is devoted to the description and evaluation of the current strategy of the Czech Philharmonic, the output of which is to formulate improvement measures and new strategic possibilities.
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Process management in the logistic company and its implementation and evaluation
Sedláková, Soňa ; Špaček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Martínez, Felipe (referee)
This thesis is focused on process management. Its aim is to identify the processes of the selected company and present a graphic illustration of these in process maps. The maps are results of process mapping, which is a combination of several techniques - participation in process, one-to-one interviews and observation. Practical part also includes situational analysis. For description of macroenvironment, PEST analysis was used. It defines political, economic, social and technological situation in the Czech Republic. The analysis of the microenvironment deals with trends in the area of e-commerce and parcel transport. In order to analyze the competitive environment, Porter five forces analysis has been made. The analytical part is enriched by SWOT analysis. In conclusion, due to the findings from the analyses, the author formulates proposals for the improvement of selected business processes.
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Selection of merchandising and gifts supplier in an international company
Matura, Marek ; Fotr, Jiří (advisor) ; Špaček, Miroslav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is analysis and resolution of the decision-making problem "selection of merchandising and gifts supplier in an international company" using multi-criteria decision process while respecting risk. The goal of this thesis is to select a suitable supplier and offer recommendation to company's management for solving similar decision processes. The theoretical part of the thesis describes the knowledge base of methods and procedures of decision analysis that are later applied in the practical part of the thesis on the specific project with aim to optimize the decision-making process and identify the best variant. The conclusion of the thesis provides recommendations for solving similar problem in the future.
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