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Mountains as islands
Kačabová, Petra ; Storch, David (advisor) ; Ferenc, Michal (referee)
In this paper I deal with island biogeography and its applicability to isolated mountaintops, as an ecological equivalent of true islands. I discuss both true and mountain islands regarding their origin and the influence of long-term climate evolution on Earth. I underline some features of mountain islands, resulting from their topography and the dissimilarities of both types of island barriers. I find that mountain and true island communities might or might not have a number of species in a state of equilibrium, caused by balance between species immigration on island and their extinction. If the number of species on island is not in equilibrium, species extinction is not balanced by species immigration. I consider patterns of island communities, mainly nestedness, which has been frequently studied on mountain, as well as true islands. I discuss distribution patterns concerning invertebrates. And finally, I concentrate on recent methods of moutain island research and discuss mountain island isolation issues in terms of global warming.
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Analysis of CSR activities of a chosen company
Kačabová, Petra ; Filipová, Alena (advisor) ; Zeman, Jiří (referee)
The Master thesis deals with a topic of Corporate Social Responsibility. In the theoretical part the CSR concept is explained. The author describes the increasing significance of CSR, its definition, three main pillars, reasons why to implement CSR and its possible crtiticism. Furthermore, it shows indices used for measurement and organizations handling CSR issue. In the practical part, at first, the influnce of CSR on consumers' decision making process and behaviour is demonstrated. The general awareness of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Czech Republic is discussed, too. Then the CSR strategies of chosen mother and daughter companies are compared and evaluated and, in the end, the impact of economic crisis on CSR activities is assessed.
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