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The Competitiveness of the Nordic Countries
Valík, Lukáš ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Machytka, Daniel (referee)
This bachelor thesis is divided into three main parts. The first chapter deals with the theme of the welfare state. It explains the definition of this term, outlines general causes of the rise of this form, characterizes existing models of the social policy with focus on the Nordic type, presents some of the opinions of the critics and also deals with the crisis of this concept. The second part is dedicated to the theme of the competitiveness. It includes some of the applied definitions and gives examples of the institutions, which deal with measuring competitiveness. The second chapter focuses on the methodology used by the World Economic Forum. The third part tries to find a connection between the development of the competitiveness and the reduction of the welfare state in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The procedure is based on the analysis of the development of the competitiveness of these countries according to the Global Competitiveness Reports and on the analysis of the indicators, which help to estimate the development of the typical attributes of the Nordic model of the welfare state.
Competitiveness of Switzerland in the global economy with focus on the financial sector
Sládek, Ondřej ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Krč, Jakub (referee)
The bachelor thesis analyzes the current competitiveness of the swiss economy. It defines its sources of competitiveness and barriers to it. A large part is devoted to the position of the swiss financial system in the world economy. Especially its quality and stability is assessed, to a large extent demonstrated on the actual situation. In its main part, the work describes the competitive position of Switzerland in particular areas of competitiveness ratings measured by multicriterial aproach to competitiveness. Higher attention is paid to the innovational performance, being probably the main source of future competitiveness advantage of the swiss economy. Comparison with countries at similar development level is widely used in the thesis.

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