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INTERNATIONALIZATION OF INNOVATION IN SMEs AS A STRATEGIC CHOICE: THE CZECH CASE
Awakowicz, Bartosch ; Jaklová, Martina L. (advisor) ; Ulsamer, Frank (referee)
With the growing competition both on domestic and on international markets, SMEs face very specific challenges to sustain in their activity. A strategy to gain a competitive edge can be to internationalize innovative activities. In this work the internationalization of innovation is reflected in the context of SMEs. This is done in the first step by making a connection between research on SMEs, on Internationalization and on R&D and subsequently building a theoretical framework. In the second step, the innovative activity of a Swiss firm's Czech subsidiary is investigated on a case-study basis from the perspective of the suggested theoretical framework. The main contribution of this work to research is that it puts in a research field, which is dominated by large enterprises, the focus on SMEs.
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School Readiness
KOJANOVÁ, Zuzana
Bachelor thesis titled School maturity deals with the development of preschool age. The aim is to evaluate the optimal maturity in pre-school ride. The theoretical part describes preschool age, his motor, cognitive, perceptual, emotional and social development. It defines the concepts of school readiness and its components, school readiness, school immaturity. Describes measures for education immature kids. The practical part contains the results of investigations on a selected sample of children, using tests of school readiness. It contains case studies of children entering primary school and children with postponed school attendance.
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Restrukturalizace v malých a středních firmách - případová studie z regionu střední a východní Evropy
Kurnas, Martin ; Jaklová, Martina L. (advisor) ; Raiman, Alexander (referee)
The presented master thesis is intended to serve as a guide to the corporate turnarounds for small and medium enterprises. In the first part, the theoretical background related to corporate turnaround is outlined complemented with specific aspects of the CEE region and the Czech Republic. In the next part, a comprehensive turnaround framework based on theoretical research is developed. The final part presents a case study of a small Czech company that went through a turnaround and evaluates the company's turnaround actions from the perspective of suggested theoretical framework.
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Conflicts in the workplace: the situation in Russia
Sergeeva, Olga ; Surynek, Alois (advisor) ; Jarošová, Eva (referee)
This thesis deals with conflict in the workplace and focuses mainly on the situation in Russia. The aim is to explore the conflicts in the workplace, their causes and consequences, the impact of conflict on organizational process and the personal relations of employees. For a better overview in my thesis is used the method of case studies and real cases of conflicts derived from the Russian organization. It solves the most common conflict cases in practice and show their real solutions in the company.
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Development of creative expression with preschool children
ČERNÁ, Ludmila
The thesis is focused on crealive ewpression preschool children, respectively on the changes in the course of about one year. The theoretical part focuses on the description of the preschool period, the art show, its changes, milestones and typoval features. It also describes the contest of artistic expression with the development of cognitive, motor skills and perception of the area, etc. The practical part describes the creative expression of four preschool children. Changes are tracked ant its relation to the overall development of children surveyed in the form of published case studies.
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Public Procurement in Ukraine
Černý, Jan ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Adámková, Vlasta (referee)
This thesis is concerned with public procurement system in Ukraine. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the system with a focus on the risks, which are facing foreign applicants in public procurement. The paper presents the various elements of the procurement system: Creating and implementation of public procurement policy, regulation of public procurement; authorization and approval of procurement; realization of public procurement; feedback. In the thesis, a case study with the company Kvazar Plus has been realized. This company has great experience with the Ukrainian procurement. The results of the case study have been compared with the analysis of the World Bank. Case study confirmed some of the problems of the procurement system: Poor communication of the Ministry of Economy as the responsible body, hasty selection procedures due to the late receipt of funds into the budget, frequent delays of payments to candidates, lenghty provision of necessary documents, bank guarantee, previously often needed, strong competitive manufacturers with lower quality but cheaper goods and often disadvantageous contract terms for applicants. Other challenges for the candidate are: frequent change of legislation, public procurement duty of state enterprises, lobbying of the Ukrainian competition, pre-selected winner of some contracts and corrupt customs administration, which complicates and delays the delivery of goods to Ukraine.
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Artistic expression preschool children - a study case report
ŘEHOŘOVSKÁ, Michaela
The thesis is focused on creative expression of preschool children, specifically a shift in the development of artistic expression in one year. The theoretical part deals with the preschool period, the child and its growing up in different areas, especially in the artistic expression. The practical part includes case studies of five children, who are mainly directed at the children's creative expression and development.
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Financing of nursery schools - case study of nursery school Omská
Karolová, Michaela ; Urbánek, Václav (advisor) ; Kubík, Rudolf (referee)
This bachelor's thesis describes the system of education and ways of financial resouces' distribution at regional level. The introductory part deals with description of the education system in general; the main focus is particularly on the normative method of financing schools. The next part is directly concerned with the characteristics of regional financing arrangements, including demographic analysis, for the city district Prague 10. The final part explores the ways of claiming and using financial sources for the nursery school Omská in Prague 10 up to now. The thesis evaluates the school's management of the entrusted sources, tries to disclose certain problems of the regional financing system and suggest prospective solution.
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Political determinants of economic reforms: case study of of pension schemes
Lukeš, Tomáš ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Klosová, Anna (referee)
The work aims to explain the character and success/failure of pension reforms with help of political explanatory variables. The constitution of given political system is considered, as well as the actual political alignment and the role of electorate, in explaining the processes underlying the pension scheme reforms - a major topic of today's aging societies. The case study approach is used, utilising the recent experience of Great Britain and Sweden in reforming the pensions. The findings are compared with the results and conclusions suggested by a dynamic economic model of pension scheme switch, demonstrating eventually what factors and conditions are favorable for pension reforms, both from the political and the economic point of view.
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