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Cultural differences of doing business in Latin America
Mejdrová, Jana ; Lhotáková, Markéta (advisor) ; Müllerová, Frantriška (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on business practices in Latin America. It's aim is to analyze factors which affect the individual components and overall progress of negotiations with business partners from Latin America. Understanding underlying cultural norms is a necessary requirement in order to establish promising business relationships. The thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter discusses the general characteristics of Latin America, which includes geographical information, history, and the current political and economic situation. The second chapter examines potential barriers to successful business negotiations. The third chapter deals with the various cultural differences and typical character traits of Latin American businessmen. The fourth chapter describes the overall conduct of business practices from the initial phase to the signing of a contract. The final chapter is based on Geert Hofstede's research of cultural dimensions and compares his conclusions with previous findings.
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The Gender in the literature - the theory and analysis of chosen texts
CIBULKOVÁ, Nina
In the dissertation I will examine gender from the literature side based on the comparison with chosen articles of authors from Czech and World literature. I am trying to interface theoretical and practical part. I have chosen three authors in the practical one: William Shakespeare, Arnost Lustig and Jaroslav Havlicek. On the basis of six written works of those authors I compare individually differences among main characters. In books Romeo a Julie (Romeo and Juliet), Zkrocení zlé ženy (The Taming of the Shrew), Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou, Dita Saxová, Helimadoe a Petrolejové lampy I am searching for elements of gender, comparison of roles of men and women, and progression of particular female characters.
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Dying and death as a sociological problem
Beranová, Lenka ; Šubrt, Jiří (advisor) ; Urban, Jan (referee)
This thesis aims to trace the thematisation of death and dying in Sociology, which in the 1990' evolves into constituion of independent sociological subdiscipline: "sociology of dying and death". The main intention then is to go beyond the commonly held beliefthat the death is still a taboo. The Thesis consists of four thematic parts: first part summarizes the occurence of problems of dying and death in sociology, reflecting recent developments not only in social sciences, but also in the society as such. Theretofore the death is interpreted by religion but has been medicalized so that nowadays medicine represents the determinative paradigm of death. This development is in accordance with the most important framework in the intensely individualized society centered around the notion of "self', closely connected with the concept of body and embodiment. Second part represents - on the background of medicine - three stages of death, where each of them allows to develop its own sociological reflection. Third part is concerned with the revival concept of death in the work of British sociologist Tony Walter. On the basis of the comparison of traditional, modern and neo-modern model of death we comment on social phenomena associated with other relevant conceptions. Fourth part is focused on the problems os...
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Dying and death as a sociological problem
Beranová, Lenka ; Šubrt, Jiří (advisor) ; Urban, Jan (referee)
This thesis aims to trace the thematisation of death and dying in Sociology, which in the 1990' evolves into constituion of independent sociological subdiscipline: "sociology of dying and death". The main intention then is to go beyond the commonly held beliefthat the death is still a taboo. The Thesis consists of four thematic parts: first part summarizes the occurence of problems of dying and death in sociology, reflecting recent developments not only in social sciences, but also in the society as such. Theretofore the death is interpreted by religion but has been medicalized so that nowadays medicine represents the determinative paradigm of death. This development is in accordance with the most important framework in the intensely individualized society centered around the notion of "self', closely connected with the concept of body and embodiment. Second part represents - on the background of medicine - three stages of death, where each of them allows to develop its own sociological reflection. Third part is concerned with the revival concept of death in the work of British sociologist Tony Walter. On the basis of the comparison of traditional, modern and neo-modern model of death we comment on social phenomena associated with other relevant conceptions. Fourth part is focused on the problems os...
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The Problem of the National Progress in the Political Conceptions of the Polish Elites at the Beginning of the 20th Century
Květina, Jan ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Kaleta, Petr (referee)
The principle aim of this paper is to analyse the perception of the national idea in the Polish area at the beginning of the 20th century in dependence on ideological discourse of the different political parties. In this respect we can identify two paradigms as the main competitors in the Polish case, namely the modern nationalism, which was represented by the National Democratic Party, and socialism, which was splitted due to the contradictory attitudes about the national question into two factions, the Polish Socialist Party and the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. As the initial concept of the national identity, which the modern conceptions were forced to face, is possible to consider the legacy of the so called "noble republicanism", that identified the Polish nationality with the loyalty and willingness to the collective aims. Within the context of the negative inspiration of the political concepts as a stable trend of the Polish thought both nationalist and socialist discourse attempted to refuse the tradition of the noble identity and also the political principles and cultural "organic work" of the positivists. However, the detailed comparison of national-democratic and socialist approach to the Polish question proved, that both mutually antagonistic conceptions did not avoid...
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Trade Related Aspects of Patent Protection in Pharmaceuticals
Trojanová, Kamila ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Machková, Hana (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the trade-related aspects of patent protection in pharmaceuticals. The first part focuses on the international regulation of patent protection and its impact on conducting business in the pharmaceutical industry. Chapter Two addresses the issue of relevant trade-related aspects - patent duration, parallel imports and compulsory licence. It describes the impact of patent protection on the generic pharmaceutical industry. Chapter Three concentrates on the attitudes of the pharmaceutical industry and governments, especially those of developing countries. It examines the progress within the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Demographic and social structure of population in Beroun region in the half of the 17th century
Vaňková, Václava ; Fialová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Bartoňová, Dagmar (referee)
The aim of this Master thesis is to describe demographic and social structure of Beroun region in the half of the 17th century. The thesis is based on the data from the Register of Religion Affiliation from 1651, which was published by the National Chancery. The work is divided into two parts; in the first part there is a description of the Beroun region in the half of 17th century and the sources and methods used in the work are commented there. The second part contains analytic chapters such as demographic structure of the population, families and household structure and also the social structure of the population. Special attention is paid to the estimates of the population which was not included in the source, especially children from 0 to 13 years. The analyses confirmed that population in the half of the 17th century had progressive demographic structure, which was, however, deformed as a result of the previous war years (especially as a consequence of the plague epidemics). The important part of the thesis is the comparison with other regions of Bohemia in the same period. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Economic and political aspects of integration of Turkey into the EU.
Lorková, Aneta ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Tunkrová, Věra (referee)
This thesis in three chapters, objectively and impartially summarizes the key economic and political integration of Turkey into the EU and refers to any present or future pros and contras associated with joining the EU. First chapter focuses particularly on the economic situation of the country, current and future important energetic position of Turkey and Turkish demographic projections. Second chapter analyzes the army's role in the country and its potential ability to protect the EU external borders. The chapter also seeks to offer a comprehensive look at the circumstances and causes of the Cyprus question, turkish good-neighborly relations and the persistent instability in the underdeveloped regions of the country, coupled with Kurdish separatism in the southeast and the so-called "Armenian genocide". For better understanding of the benefits and risks of selected political and economic aspects are tables in the beginning of chapters. Final chapter outlines the current situation of Turkey's accession process, briefly acquainted with the Copenhagen criteria, analyzing the Commission's progress report on Turkey in 2009 and finally outlines the probable developments of the possible variations of the Union and Turkey relation and describes the potential impacts on the EU and Turkey in case of refusal of membership.
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Comparison of the economic development of Malaysia and the Philippines
Kreuzerová, Iveta ; Neumann, Pavel (advisor) ; Suchá, Tereza (referee)
The work deals with the history and current development in the economies of Malaysia and the Philippines. It focuses on causes of economic underdevelopment of Philippines. Afterwards it targets the impacts of crises, the issue of poverty and the implementation of new policies in both countries. The work is diveded into five chapters. The first and the second chapter summarize the development until 1997. The third chapter is focused on the Asian crisis - its origins, progression and consequences, and the fourth and the fifth chapter describe the situation in both countries in the 21st century.
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Brand image and identity of Red Bull
Kubátová, Karolína ; Zamazalová, Marcela (advisor) ; Černá, Jitka (referee)
The thesis is focused on a comparison of the image perception and brand identity of Red Bull. The theoretical part explains the difference between the concepts of identity and brand image, how the brand sees itself and how it is perceived from the perspective of consumers. Further information is also given in the context of the topic. This analysis yields a comparison between the brand's identity and the inaccuracies in the perceptions of the brand image, and reveals the real image of Red Bull.
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