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Impact of financial crisis on economic cooperation among member states of NAFTA
Samuelis, Tomáš ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Pluskalová, Eva (referee)
The thesis deals with the impact of current financial crisis on economic cooperation among member states of NAFTA. The aim of first chapter is to analyze the economic impact of the agreement on the region. The causes of the ongoing crisis are briefly described in the second chapter, which is followed by a through analysis of chosen economic areas (trade in goods, foreign direct investment flows, remittances, etc.) The last chapter deals with the evaluation of government measures in order to overcome the crisis.
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The Economic Diplomacy in Relations between the Czech Republic and Mexico
Marešová, Kateřina ; Peterková, Jana (advisor) ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (referee)
The role of the economic diplomacy is very important for the Czech Republic. Because of the small extent of the Czech Republic and strong international competition it is necessary to have a well prepared presentation strategy of the Czech products, Czech industry and the country in itself. The Czech exporters are mostly oriented towards the European countries, since the business negotiation and communication is easier and more comprehensible than with other non-European countries. Czech exporters, in order to export to Mexico, need to overcome the language barrier and get used to specialities in Mexican negotiating. Few authorities of the Czech economic diplomacy are assisting while undergoing these procedures. CzechTrade, Czech Embassy in Mexico and above all its business-economic section help to arrange contacts and give advice concerning the administrative steps right in Mexico. Czech exporters have more possibilities how to show the interest in cooperation with Mexico, e. g. participating the business mission, fairs or exhibitions. Entry of the Czech Republic into the European Union had a positive effect on the rate of bilateral trade, which proves the trade balance. Although some Czech firms are prospering in Mexico, the market potential of Mexico is not utilized entirely.
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American-Mexican relations at the beginning of 21st century
Černá, Hana ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Machytka, Daniel (referee)
Mexico and the USA -- developing country with only a short tradition of democracy and world number one economy having always the main role in terms of international relations between countries -- they seem to be so different countries. But in real they have a lot in common. And it is not only that they are close to each other geographically, they also have common history that connects them and so common future. They are important trading partners to each other so they need to cooperate and communicate as well. The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to compare the differences between the two countries, to analyze both economics, to highlight their connections and to find the possibilities how to improve their relations in the conclusion.
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Social movements and their impact on the transition to democracy: the case of Zapatistas
Petříček, Martin ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee) ; Opatrný, Josef (referee) ; Měšťánková, Petra (referee)
This dissertation aims to enrich the discussion about the role of social movements in the process of democratisation, ie. to assess their role in the transformation from authoritarian to democratic regime. In particular, it tries to find the way how to assess the impact of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) and related movement on the Mexican transition to democracy in 1990s. The analysis tries to identify possible impacts on three different levels -- political (which means regime transition), social (which is related with the change of the nature of the relations between state and society, once described as corporatist) and economical (which means the end of neoliberal policy promoted by recent Mexican governments and the introduction of more equal, "more democratic" policy in zapatista logic). It looks both at the formal (direct through bargaining) and informal (influence) impact of the zapatista movement. From the methodological point of view, the study is case analysis, in some parts it uses historical analysis. The text is structured into five chapters. The first chapter shows main theoretical and methodological approaches to the social movements with special focus on Latin American context. It is followed by explaining the principles of methods used to assessment of the zapatista impacts. The second chapter presents main approaches to social change and process of democratic transition. The third chapter contains the historical analysis of transformation of relation between state and society during 20th century, from the introduction of (state) corporatist model in 1930s to its gradual dismantling in the late 20th century. The fourth chapter analysis the evolution of EZLN from its beginning in Lacandon jungle in southern Mexican state of Chiapas. In relation with the emphasis of movement's goals, the period from 1994, when zapatista uprising in Chiapas started, to 2010 is divided into four stages. In the fifth chapter, theoretical findings are applied on EZLN and zapatista movement and formulated hypotheses are tested.
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NAFTA: Has the agreement fulfilled the expectation of the member states?
Michlíčková, Lucie ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Hnát, Pavel (referee)
This thesis is focused on the accomplishments of the North American Free Trade Agreement after fifteen years since coming into force. The objective is to evaluate the existing trends in the three countries and review if the member states succeeded in fulfilling the goals of the Agreement. First part is dedicated to the development in the area of general goals, defined in the first articles of the Agreement. Second and third chapter examine the progress made in strategic goals of each country.
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NAFTA - USA, Canada, Mexico: Have strategic approaches of member countries changed during 15 years of its existence?
Mandinec, Jiří ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to determine whether NAFTA filled original expenctations of its member countries and most importantly, how have their strategic approaches to this Agreement changed. The secondary objective is to examine how the integration could evolve into the future and if there is a chance of achieving higher degrees of integration. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part is devoted to regionalism on the North American continent and the gradual emergence of mutual ties between Canada, USA and Mexico. It is devoted as well to the circumstances under which NAFTA was established and to motives of individual countries to enter into this integration. The largest and the most important part is the second chapter, in which are outlined basic provisions of the agreement, then described the results of NAFTA as a whole, and finally there is analyzed development of individual member economies under the influence of NAFTA. The content of the final third chapter are main present problems in connection with NAFTA, there are also outlined possible directions for the future development of integration and potential of its further enlargement and deepening.The last section deals with the question if the strategic approaches of member countries of NAFTA have changed after fifteen years of its existence.
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Doing Business of the Czech Trade Corporations in Mexico - Analysis, Opportunities, Recommendations.
Pauknerová, Ingrid ; Vojík, Vladimír (advisor) ; Martínez, Felipe (referee)
The goal of the graduation thesis is an attempt to extend to all the persons interested in entrepreneurship in Mexico current information concerning this issue. Preamble of the work constitutes a brief characteristics of the country including a short historical review. A fundamental chapter of the thesis is dedicated to the business ambient follows. Its specificity have been analysed on the basis of two different methods - PEST method and SWOT method. Further, there are surveyed promising sectors of the Mexican economy in light of investment and foreign trade and all that with respect to the opportunities for the Czech business corporations. A separate chapter is dedicated to the process of entrepreneur's penetration the Mexican market and its terms. The graduation thesis is also focused on characteristics of particular institutions engaged in the field of foreign trade and investment which can give an advisory opinion or help to the clients. A part of the work is also a list of contact addresses of the entities mentioned in the thesis. Closing chapter presents concrete subvention examples of the Czech corporations export activities.
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Trade relations between the EU and NAFTA countries
Pejsarová, Iva ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Nováková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis covers the trade relations between the European Union and countries participating in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The primary objective is to identify the main developments in formal coordination of EU relations towards the mentioned countries as well as to characterize real goods flows between them. This work describes the EU's different approach to establishing trade relations with each country. Furthermore, it supports the idea that the intensity of real commercial flows does not reflect the depth of formal trade agreements. Finally, this thesis also identifies certain similarities in the relations between the EU and the countries in question which are particularly related to EU's endeavor to reduce non-tariff barriers.
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Analysis of the development of the foreign economic relations of the Czech Republic and latinamerican countries
Vančura, Jan ; Petříček, Václav (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
This work deals with trade and economic relations of the Czech Republic and Latin America, focusing on priority countries - Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile. The first chapter describes in general, historically and economically the Latin American region. In the next two chapters I focus on the priority countries, its recent economic development and then to the development of the trade with the Czech Republic, contracts, the structure of exported and imported goods, strong and weak sides of the local markets and opportunities for the Czech importers. In the last part I deal with possible future developments in the region and prospects of economic relations with those countries.
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