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Impact of Multinational Corporations on Competitiveness of National Economies
Boháčková, Michaela ; Filipová, Alena (advisor) ; Zeman, Jiří (referee)
Decreasing importance of national economies as subjects of international trade and increasing importance of multinational corporations as the most important actor of international business activities is a characteristic trend in the world economy since the end of the 20th century. The thesis describes actual status of national economies and multinational corporations in the global economic system and its role in international trade; defines possibilities of growth in competitiveness of national economies and analises an extent to which multinational corporations can participate on this growth or be its source.
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Foreign direct investments inflow into India - selected topics
Janů, Petr ; Němečková, Tereza (advisor) ; Harmáček, Jaromír (referee)
India has become one of the most important countries in a globalized world and foreign direct investments (FDI) are part of it. FDI have been supported by the Indian government since 1991. This paper aims to describe and analyze inflows of FDI into Indian economy. FDI will be analyzed from many angles after the first part which deals with the basic features of India. Third part deals with Indian policy towards FDI and the last one with some of the possible future oportunities to increase FDI inflows into India.
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Development of Logistics in the Czech Republic
Džurňáková, Mária ; Pernica, Petr (advisor) ; Mervart, Michal (referee)
This thesis engages in the survey of logistics formative frame, logistics background, foreign direct investment, supplied services and logistics trends in the Czech Republic, complemented by a European and world context. With respect to the dependency of logistics on processing industry, the analytical part deals with the possible exchange of the FDI investors from this industry with the ones that would invest into higher quality demanding production. Cargo transportation inquires into currently discussed topics in particular transporation sectors within the European perspective.
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The effects of the investment incentives in the Ústí nad Labem region
Kimmer, Petr ; Šíma, Josef (advisor) ; Štěpánková, Kateřina (referee)
This paper focuses on the effects of the investment incentives in the Ustí nad Labem region and its conclusions should contribute to an objectively evaluation of the use of this economic-policy instrument in the Czech Republic. The greatest attention is paid to the calculation of the fiscal effects of the investment incentives and to the estimation of the actual number of the newly created jobs in the region. As well this, the paper attempt to analyze the effects of the investment incentives on employment and unemployment in this region. The introduction of this paper deals with the investment incentives in general and summarises their accomplishments and their weaknesses from the theoretical point of view.
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Dopad PZI na produktivitu -- Spillovers efekty v České republice
Lehmann, Richard ; Klosová, Anna (advisor) ; Castro, José Villaverde (referee)
This dissertation analyzes productivity changes connected with inflow of foreign direct investment. Specifically indirect effects of foreign direct investment (spillovers) on firms in the Czech Republic in period 2000 -- 2006 are analyzed. As a proxy for productivity spillovers is used total factor productivity, which is retrieved by implementing the Levinsohn -- Petrin technique, which control the simultaneity bias in the production function. Using firm-level data, obtained from Amadeus database, a significant spillovers effects of foreign direct investment on productivity were identified -- a stronger positive impact on upstream sector and weaker negative impact on downstream sector.
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Foreign Direct Investments and Investment Incentives within the Central European region
Chrištof, Tomáš ; Doláková, Helena (advisor) ; Tyll, Ladislav (referee)
The thesis deals with tpopics which refer to the term Foreign Direct Investment within the bounds of the Central European region or the "Visegrád group" (Czech republic, Slovak republic, Poland and Hungary) respectively. First, a detailed examination is conducted from a theoretical point of view in relation with the term Foreign Direct Investment. This part is then followed up by an analysis of the Foreign Direct Investments inflow into the mentioned region and a profound analysis of the Investment Incentives provided by the Visegrád group countries.
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Importance of institutional environment for entrepreneurship
Bízková, Jitka ; Minárik, Pavol (advisor) ; Petrášek, František (referee)
The bachelor thesis is concerned with the problems of institutional environment and its influence over the business activity. It defines its basic theory and relation to enterpreneurship. The bachelor thesis tries to solve the question, whether the institutional environment is the most important factor in entrepreneur's decision making on investment. In the analytical part the two countries - Czech Republic and Ukraine are compared from the viewpoint of institutional environment and other factors that can act by investment decision making (average monthly wage, tax burden, infrastructure). The research has been extended to the analysis of contemporary extent of foreign direct investment in both countries. Based on gathered facts it evaluates the importance of institutional environment for entrepreneurship.
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