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Social business
KUČEROVÁ, Michaela
Social entrepreneurship is one of the possible ways to run enterprise. Around the world and in Western Europe this type of enterprise is quite common and is slowly becoming familiar in the Czech Republic. A social enterprise is one of the ways to employ groups in danger of being socially excluded. It provides hope of improvement of living standard, as well as hope of reintegration for the disabled, youth, homeless individuals, individuals leaving institutional care, victims of criminal behaviour, carers looking after relatives, persons who have experienced drug addiction, the long-term unemployed and others in dangered of being socially excluded. The aim of this thesis is to provide a more comprehensive summary about the constantly developing social entrepreneurship landscape in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part of the thesis first describes social economics in general, followed by the definition of a social enterprise. This includes the listing of the major international organisations supporting social entrepreneurship. The fundamental chapters of the theoretical part address the possibility to finance social entrepreneurship through the European Union. At present there are two calls for proposals, to which applicants can respond in order to obtain the funds required to set up a social enterprise. Financing through the European Union is administered by the European social fund and its operational programme, safeguarded in the Czech Republic by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. At the present time, the Integrated operating programme includes call for proposal no.8: Services in the social intervention scope and in the operating programme Human resources and employment call for proposals no.30: Social economics awaits its respondents. The logistics of obtaining European Union grants from the European social fund and its operational programmes through the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and its calls for proposals is very complicated. Therefore the aim of this thesis is to summarise the differences between both calls for proposals to ease the understanding of these very matters. To further my understanding of these issues I also successfully communicated directly with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. The results of the research were not surprising for me. As expected the highest number of social enterprises in our country is in the problematic regions with the highest long-term unemployment rates or with a high proportion of the Roma ethnic minority. Furthermore, the research suggested unambiguously that, for individuals from certain groups, the highest number of social enterprises were concerned with employing the physically disabled to give them the chance to reintegrate into mainstream society. Closely following with approximately the same number of people from different socially excluded groups are enterprises that employ the long-term unemployed, the ethnic minorities or youth in difficult life circumstances. The respondents also confirmed the complicated administration of the enterprise start-up phase, as well as concerns about the future ability to finance their business. In the conclusion section of the thesis it is established that social entrepreneurship is unlikely to have an easy future as the deadline to apply for European Union grants to finance projects is in June 2013 and further support of social politics is uncertain. However, in the current uneasy times of economic crisis and rising unemployment the social entrepreneurship should be treated with high consideration as it is one of the possible ways to deal with such problems in all countries.
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The Marketing Strategy of a Social Business Mléčný bar Bílá vrána
Lišková, Marta ; Odehnalová, Jitka (advisor) ; Průša, Přemysl (referee)
This diploma thesis studies the marketing strategy of a social business Mléčný bar Bílá vrána. The theoretical part of this work presents the process of creation, implementation and control of a marketing strategy and features definitions of social business and its difference in comparison to classical businesses. The practical part of this work analyses the real strategy of Mléčný bar Bílá vrána. The strategy is researched and evaluated here. This work brings suggestions for improvements of this strategy.
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Opportunities of Employment in Social Enterprises with Regard to Specifics
ČECHOVÁ, Jitka
Barchelor essay ? Options in employment in social company regarding healt disability? is aimed on incorporate healt disability people in regime of social company. Theoretical part is focused on key words of social economy and social bussines. Also describes legal aspects of employment of health disadvantage people and is focused on options on labour market. Practical part analyzes model standarts of social company and the main characterWhich defining social company. It also follows to see fulfillment and compliance of standarts in Pracovní Sobota company.
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Social economics in the Czech Republic
Jičínská, Aneta ; Krebs, Vojtěch (advisor) ; Szabová, Lucia (referee)
My thesis deals with social economics and its subjects, social enterprises. The first part of my thesis introduces us to main terms and the development of social economics in the Czech republic. I also focus my attention on its pillars and targets in view of the determination of the sphere of its impact. Therefore we specify here the fields in which social economics works. The main aim of my thesis is to characterise social economics and firms which are considered to be social enterprises. Furthermore, I want to refer to the usefulness and importacne of social economics both for a society and the entire economics as well. In the practical part I focus my attention on the particular social enterprise, which is in operation for several years, and I try to refer to its helpfulness. In conclusion of my thesis I come to the evaluation of the importance and position of social economics together with my judgement on its usefulness.
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Sociální podnikání neziskových organizací v ČR
Šmídová, Tereza ; Vávrová, Hana (advisor) ; Boukal, Petr (referee)
The final thesis presents findings of the nongovernmental non-profit organizations' entrepreneurial activities in the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis was to find out if NGOs fulfil criteria for social firm according to defined standards. NGOs necessarily run a business to get additional money for their activities to substitute diminishing state funds. The research focused on NGOs' entrepreneurship was done by electronic questionnaire within this thesis. Its purpose is to inform about motivation, risks, problems, personal characteristics and financial sustainability of social firms. The study has evidence that none of the respondents from Czech NGOs fully met standards' requirements. The organizations usually are not able to earn at least 50 % of the firm's turnover through sales of goods and services and also 25 - 55 % of the workforce is not disadvantaged in gaining employment.
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Social economy in the Czech Republic, its origins and possible future development
Leznarová, Linda ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (advisor) ; Kubelková, Karina (referee)
The Diploma thesis examines social economy area, social entrepreneurship in particular, with focus on integration of disadvantaged groups on Czech Republic labor market. The main objective of the thesis is to identify strengths and weaknesses of the social entrepreneurship and work integration concept with emphasis on legislation, financing and historical and cultural influence as well as suitability of the environment for further progress. Particular attention is given to evaluation of purposiveness of creating work opportunities for disadvantaged groups by social enterprise. The thesis also examines social entrepreneurship environment in selected European countries to find inspiration for improvement or to identify areas to be aware of and avoid them. The analytical part of the theses is focused on Czech Republic, using information data gathered form subject matter experts, or based on information provided by social enterprise representatives. The thesis is concluded with a SWOT analysis delivering complex overview of Czech social enterprise and its prospective opportunities or potential impediments.
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Analysis of the Success Rate of Mergers and Aquisitions in the Czech Republic
Bártíková, Tereza ; Smrčka, Luboš (advisor) ; Schönfeld, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to imagine being an entrepreneur who does not have sufficient funds to realize his business plan. He has to consider various financial alternatives, their pros and cons. The introductory section explains the basic concepts related to starting new business activities and using various different funding sources. More details are said to one of the mentioned European Union grants supporting social entrepreneurship. The second part describes the case of an entrepreneur who has just used this subsidy and is starting a new business. There follows a comparison of the situation in the usage of grants to credit provided by the three largest banking institutions in the Czech Republic.
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Social Cooperative of Municipalities/Microregion as Tool to Solve Regional Needs and Handicapped Citizens Employement
MALÁSKOVÁ, Martina
My thesis is that ?Social cooperatives across communities can be used as a tool to better address regional economic needs and improve employment levels of disadvantaged citizens.? My hypothesis is that cooperation across communities creates more positive economic effects than simply individual participation within a single village. When individual villages join forces there is a greater probability of obtaining dotations from the EU Monetary Funds. The group of villages is also in a better negotiating position with other governmental departments and authorities than just negotiating on their own. This is extremely important since it is the individual villages and cities that suffer the most when they cannot address the economic issues of their disadvantaged citizens ? e.g. increasing crime levels, antisocial behavior and other negative aspects. If the individual villages join together in a social cooperative they will be in a better position to negotiate and thus collect benefits to better serve their disadvantaged community. Social cooperatives do exist today that are focused on addressing the needs of the disadvantaged. They work to offer employment positions (opportunities) to the disadvantaged citizens who then can provide certain types of services or products they produce back to the community. Unfortunately, these types of cooperatives do not exist within our micro region. Unlike abroad, this type of cooperatives does not exist in our country yet and therefore it was difficult to evaluate my theory in practice within the Czech Republic. As a result, I used micro region ZÁHORAN as an example to explore the reason why we do not have these social cooperatives.
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Social Economy in Fiel Social Servises
KREJČÍKOVÁ, Stanislava
The study includes a concept of social economy in theoretical and practical approach with special respect to comparison of finantial effectiveness of field and stationary social services for target group of eldery and disabled persons.It concerns with a problem of migration from rural areas of Bohemia and defines an employment of socially disadvataged groups of population in charity field social services as a solution.
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The success of the social enterprise concept in Slovakia
Szabóová, Andrea ; Kubelková, Karina (advisor) ; Kotýnková, Magdalena (referee)
A new instrument of active employment policy -- social enterprise has appeared in Slovakia. This concept is aimed at creating new job vacancies for disadvantaged job applicants. The aim of this work is to focus on the effectiveness of a running project, i. e. efficiency of invested resources, efficiency of new job vacancies creation and to draw any conclusions for continuing social enterprises functioning in Slovakia. The work consists of three parts. The first part monitors the historical concept development and its theoretical basis. The second part describes the functioning of social cooperatives in Italy which tradition lasts the longest and have also become an inspiration for Slovakia. Finally, the third part is dedicated to what is happening in the social enterprises in Slovakia and temporary conclusions of the running project.
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