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Transnational Corporations from Developing Countries and their Integration into the Globalization Process
Hinková, Lenka ; Novotný, Josef (advisor) ; Ženka, Jan (referee)
The main theme of this master's thesis is an effort to explain the integration of transnational corporations from developing countries into the economic globalization. Firstly, we define the main concepts, such as process of globalization and competition. Then, we specify the most important characteristics of transnational corporations from developing countries, we identify major incentives and strategies of their integration into the global competition, we also devote our attention to measurement of degree of their integration into the global economy and evaluate their main competitive advantages and disadvantages. In the analytical part of the work we use quantitative analysis in order to find the differences between transnational corporations from developing countries and their counterparts from developed countries in the transnationality index, diversification of industry and industrial sector in which these companies operate. The last part is focused on a case study of an Indian transnational conglomerate Tata Group. On this example we show the practical aspects of integration of transnational corporations from developing countries into the global economy.
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Transnational Actor and the Nation State. The Case of American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic
Zímová, Aneta ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the role of the transnational actor at the national level in particular case of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic. The study is divided into two main parts. The first, theoretical part focuses on three theoretical strands. The first chapter focuses on the development of theoretical perceptions of non-state actors in international relations since the 1970s. The goal of the first chapter is to examine concept of interdependence, global governance, the new transnationalism and transnational private governance. The second chapter focuses on multinational corporations. The analysis emphasizes the dynamics of research and development of transnational corporations and their relationship with the nation state. The goal of the third theoretical chapter is to explore the process of interest representation within the nation state. Attention is drawn to obstacles and conditions that transnational actor needs to overcome in order to successfully penetrate the process of interest representation and pursue its goals within the state. The second part of the thesis investigates activities of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic that were carried out in an effort to amend the Public Procurement Act from 2010 to 2012. The hypotheses...
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Leading Multicultural Teams. Case Study of XYZ.
Zemanová, Daniela ; Pauknerová, Daniela (advisor) ; Šulcová, Eliška (referee)
The main objective of the thesis is to analyze the topic of leading multicultural teams, with a specific attention to the particular example of the company XYZ; and answer the research questions with the gathered data and construct recommendations. The theoretical part provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts of multinational corporations, teams, multicultural teams and leadership. The assumptions derived from the theory serve as a base for the following empirical part, where the theoretical research is completed with a qualitative study. The qualitative study was conducted in cooperation with the company XYZ and professionals working directly in the multicultural teams were interviewed. By combining the findings from both theoretical and empirical part, many of the assumed benefits, especially the increased creativity, of the multicultural teams were confirmed. However, the negative aspects were identified as well, with the more difficult communication above all.
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Effective Integration of Employers in Intercultural Company
Macek, Jiří ; Kubátová, Zuzana (referee) ; Rašticová, Martina (advisor)
This diploma thesis is dealing with integration of employees in multicultural environment. It defines terms related to the subject: culture, company culture, working group, intercultural communication and intercultural integration. It contains analysis of real multicultural environment, represented by one team of IBM office in Brno. In the end, this thesis offers some improvements for better efficiency of intercultural integration in this team.
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Usage of software applications in the field of project management in transnational corporations.
Osúch, Marek ; Kubálek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dobrotka, Jozef (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with software applications used in project management in transnational companies. The goal of the thesis is to analyse these software applications and to apply gained knowledge via case study in which a certain company will be examined. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part contains theoretical basis of the examined field. It deals with project management and applications used in this field. The practical part (the case study) includes the characteristics of the company examined, the development process and methodology of in-depth interview, analysis of the current state of the way project management applications are being used within the company, solution proposal, and solution implementation.
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The determinants of the sino-sudanese relations in 2000-2010
Dudová, Sabina ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Volenec, Otakar (referee)
The thesis deals with the identification of the main determinants of the sino-sudanese relations from 2000 to 2010. The first part focuses on the motivational factors which lead the People's Republic of China to the Sudanese territory. The remaining parts then deal with the particular determinants which are following: energetic dimension of the mutual relations, external actors, the Darfur conflict and Chinese development aid.
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Comparative analysis of organizational architecture of czech and foreign multinational companies (on the example of companies Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola and Kofola)
Jurka, Petr ; Malý, Milan (advisor) ; Theodor, Michal (referee)
The thesis explains the theoretical concepts of multinational corporation, organization, different types of organizational structures and indicators used for the analysis of organizational structures. In the practical part, the author describes the structure of Coca Cola, PepsiCo and Kofola, analyzes the selected indicators for individual companies and also focuses on similar and different features of the organizational structures of these companies. In conclusion, the author establishes the general conclusions and recommendations for companies that want to expand into foreign markets, or already doing business in these markets and are considering a change in organizational structure. Organizational structure of analyzed multinational companies may pose an inspiration for them.
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Corporate Social Responsibility in China: Path to Sustainable Growth (Selected Problems)
Kuksová, Magdalena ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
Social, cultural and technological changes of recent decades led to a new dominant feature of the world economy in the form of globalization. This coincided with the extraordinary growth of international political institutions that seem unable to control the process of globalization and its effects. Multinational corporations have become drivers of economic growth in the world. They have outsourced production to developing countries with low standards and weak legislation, particularly to China, where violation of Chinese and international law occurs frequently. No one assumes responsibility for this situation. The question therefore arises whether such economic growth can be legitimate and sustainable. The master thesis focuses on working conditions related to the production of goods in China. The aim of this master thesis is to try to determine to what extent the concept of corporate social responsibility can contribute to sustainable growth and improve working conditions in China. The thesis is divided into six chapters. The first chapter contains a theoretical introduction to social responsibility, the second chapter shows the influx of foreign businesses into China and its impacts on society. The third to the fifth chapter introduce attempts by various authorities and corporations to address the problem of harsh working conditions and violations of legal norms. The sixth chapter encourages consumer to take responsibility. The work is exclusively focused on the social pillar of corporate social responsibility.
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