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Analysis of counterfeiting and misuse of pharmaceuticals in health care after 2005
Kempný, Marius ; Kobliha, Pavel (advisor) ; Loužek, Marek (referee)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the facts related to counterfeiting and misuse of drugs in health care, including their economic and social impacts. The intention is to compare the sample of countries in this respect and to show a correlation between the development of the country and the counterfeiting or misuse of drugs. The selected problem is solved with the available statistics for individual countries and surveys conducted by the World Health Organisation. The work is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the introduction to forgery and misuse of drugs and its economic and social impacts. It is also the typology of counterfeiting and fight methods against counterfeiting. The second part is focused on performing an analysis of selected countries with distinctive drug markets in order to compare their situations and finding relationships in terms of economic advancement. The last section focuses on recommendations and potential solutions to this problem. The thesis provides a comprehensive overview of the issues at the international level and highlights the lack of attention to counterfeiting in healthcare.
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Sale of Luxury Goods
Prosečová, Kristina ; Zeman, Jiří (advisor) ; Filipová, Alena (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis deals with the luxury goods market. In the first part, the thesis defines luxury goods by income demand elasticity and income consumption curve. Also it charakterizes the development of the world luxury goods market in particular regions in 2007 - 2013 and deals with the expansion of the most valued luxury brands in the world. In the second part, the thesis analyses the sale of luxury goods, on the one hand, by the most expensive shopping streets, it evaluates the level and the development of rents on these streets and also the influence of the selected factors on the localization of luxury shopping streets in the country; on the other hand, by clientele and supply adequacy of luxury goods. At the end the thesis deals with the forgery of luxury goods and its influence on the original luxury goods market.
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Luxury economics - comparative analysis of conspicuous consumption among TBU, UEP and CTU students
Veselý, Pavel ; Rod, Aleš (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This thesis focuses on the comparison of conspicuous consumption and purchase of counterfeit goods in different socioeconomic environments. For comparison, I analyzed results of the researches by Bc. Tomáš Štegmann and Bc. Jan Vágner, who deal with this issue at University of Economics in Prague (UEP) and Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU). Then I compared it with results of my survey made at Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU). I was able to confirm the assumption of less knowledge and worse awareness of luxury goods among students in Zlín. In the case of students of TBU low income does not play a significant role in the acquisition of a counterfeit in the future, unlike UEP and CTU. Conversely, significant factors at TBU are negative impression of an individual with counterfeit, purchase of a counterfeit in the past and recognition of fake. Negative impression of an individual with a counterfeit is consistent with findings at UEP and CTU. Purchase of a counterfeit in the past does not have significant effect on the future buy of counterfeit at both schools in Prague and effect of recognition of fake is at TBU similar to CTU. Compared to UEP, the effect has opposite direction. At TBU more students have already bought fake and also they avoid buying counterfeits in the future less than the students of UEP and CTU. Perception of counterfeiting as a crime is comparable at all schools -- it's not a serious crime.
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Illegal possession of payment card
Hájková, Aneta ; Žák, Květoslav (advisor) ; Grmelová, Nicole (referee)
The present thesis is concerned with credit card fraud. Chapter one deals mainly with the history of payment cards and the first instances of credit card fraud in the world. Chapter two deals with payment card types and the criteria for distinguishing them. The thesis also focuses on payment card security features and measures, as well as identifying potential risks associated with the use of payment cards. It also provides a description of a particular skimming case, which is based on a Supreme court ruling. The subsequent analysis is concerned with skimming. The results showing the number of skimming cases in the Czech Republic are compared with the number of such cases in Germany.
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Luxury economics - Why VŠE students do(n't) buy counterfeits
Štegmann, Tomáš ; Rod, Aleš (advisor) ; Svoboda, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the factors influencing decisions regarding the purchase of counterfeits. Main conclusions from previous studies were examined using statistical and logistic regression analysis of data from questionnaire, which was filled by 465 students of University of economics in Prague. The most important influences reinforcing the chance to purchase counterfeits proved to be low economic level, low ability to recognize a fake and the impact of buying situation (holidays abroad etc..). High ability to distinguish fake and negative opinion on forgeries and counterfeiting as such most decreased the inclination to purchase. The survey also showed that respondents do not perceive crime associated with counterfeiting as a serious problem - this is essential information for both law enforcement authorities in the suppression of crime, related to forgery, and the companies producing original luxury products themselves.
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Misleading Commercial Practices with a Focus on Intellectual Property Rights Infringements
Málková, Lucie ; Horová, Olga (advisor) ; Klečka, Jiří (referee)
This master's thesis deals with a topical subject of intellectual property rights infringements as an example of a misleading commercial practice. The aim of the theoretical part is an analysis of the available data covering the topic. The paper also contains Czech and European statistics of goods infringing intellectual property rights. The thesis then focuses mainly on the issue of an illegal alcohol trade. The objective of the practical part is an analysis of consumer preferences and behaviour of Prague residents in the purchase and consumption of spirits. Another objective is an analysis of a change of consumer preferences and behaviour of Prague residents as an impact of recently revealed cases of a sell of harmful alcohol. The objectives are met via a quantitative questionnaire survey.
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Czech banknotes: counterfeiting and protective elements
Zajícová, Martina ; Žák, Květoslav (advisor) ; Pithart, Martin (referee)
The chapter, which should bring a basic overview about money and its counterfeiting, is called "Money". With usage of theoretical and empirical money definitions I introduced money and its historical development in the world and also in Czech countries. The last part of this chapter explains money circulation in economics. The third chapter is about counterfeiting development and about punishments which threatened to people if they were accused of counterfeiting. We can find a lot of concrete examples of fake money in Czech Republic and a story about a nazi camp Sachsenhausen, where Hilter and its soldiers were forcing Jewish prisoner to make fake British pounds and American dollars. The next chapter contains individual protective elements which can be found on Czech and world banknotes. The practical part begins with a chapter which shows pictures of Czech banknotes with the placement of protective elements. The analysis of the current situation in the field of money counterfeiting was done in chapter No 6 (the analysis is a main goal of this thesis). The following chapter brings information about a survey (it was done in February and March 2012 among Czech public) -- initial hypothesis, evaluation and dependencies could be found there. All my proposal and initiatives which can improve the current situation are stated in the closing chapter together with a summary of the thesis practical part.
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