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Australia and New Zealand: economic development and its impact on Asia-Pacific and European Union relations
Behunová, Jana ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the economic development of Australia and New Zealand at the end of the 1980's and beginning of the 1990's and its impact on both countries' status in the Asia-Pacific region. This study consists of three chapters. The first chapter deals with the undergone microeconomic and macroeconomic reforms at the end of the 1980's and throughout the 1990's and discusses the economic situation before and after the changes. The second chapter analyses the history of and current relations between Australia, New Zealand and countries and regional groups in the Asia-Pacific region (China, Japan, South Korea, APEC, ASEAN and EAS). The chapter also pays close attention to areas that have the potential to strengthen relations and cooperation in the future. The third chapter analyses Australia's and New Zealand's relationship with the European Union and investigates possibilities of strengthening the European Union's position in the Asia-Pacific region via EU-Australia-New Zealand relations.
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The concept, practice and culture of lobbying in the English speaking countries
Vymětal, Petr ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Žák, Milan (referee) ; Malíková, Ľubomíra (referee) ; Rychetník, Luděk (referee)
The regulation of lobbying is a current topic both at the level of international organizations as well as in many European and overseas countries. This work deals with the comparison of the rules on lobbying in selected English-speaking countries. Descriptive, doctrinal and comparative methods are used to analyze the main trends in the lobbying regulation of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as Australia. The text is structured into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the definition of lobbying and its differences from corrupt dealings; it also covers the types of lobbying activities and the various kinds of lobbyists. The second chapter attempts to contextualize lobbying into the theories of the decision-making process. A comparison of the similarities and differences of the lobbying rules is made and analyzed in the third and fourth chapters. Both the third and the fourth chapter have a similar structure -- first, the general rules and approaches to regulation are introduced, and then a comparison of selected English-speaking countries is made. The third chapter deals with the most common rules for lobbyists; the fourth chapter focuses on the relatively neglected side of lobbying contacts, i.e. the rules for the targets of lobbying (public office holders). In the end, some measures and recommendations for the Czech Republic are also outlined.
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New phenomena in the relations between the EU and Australia New Zealand at the beginning of the third millennium
Procházka, David ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The goal of the thesis "New phenomena in the relations between the EU and Australia New Zealand at the beginning of the third millennium" is to analyze mutual trade and economic relations in the context of new phenomena in regionalism, represented here mostly by bi-regionalism and trans-regionalism. The first part of the thesis characterizes economic positions of EU, Australia and New Zealand in the global economy and emphasizes their historical and societal ties. The second part of the thesis elaborates on the development of mutual relations between the EU Australia and EU New Zealand. In particular it sums up the process of deepening of their cooperation up to the current association of equal partners. This is illustrated by existing legal basis of the relations and the current trade exchange data. The focal point of the thesis is the possibility of further intensification of mutual cooperation, especially through conclusion of a preferential agreement that would remove remaining trade barriers between the EU and Australia New Zealand. In the context of the new phenomena in regionalism, any type of preferential agreement would have potential to foster their relationships as well as bring positive impact to process of multilateral liberalization. The issue of preferential agreement is therefore considered in the light of the steadily rising importance of the Asia-Pacific region. While Australia and New Zealand have concluded an agreement on a free trade zone with ASEAN, negotiations with the EU have been suspended. The thesis confirms one of its main hypothesis, marking their different approaches to agricultural policy as the main obstacle to concluding of a free trade agreement between the EU and Australia New Zealand. Based on the findings, the thesis concludes by outlining several scenarios of possible future development of mutual relations and their positive and negative aspects.
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How Commodity Prices Influence Over the Currency Movements
Pečeňa, Lukáš ; Karpová, Eva (advisor) ; Jelínek, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor`s thesis describes intermarket correlation of foreign exchange market and commodity market. Intermarket correlation is demonstrated on example of movements of commodity prices and of commodity currencies. The bachelor`s thesis defines the commodity currencies as national currencies of states that tend to export commodities. Such description corresponds with countries like Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The aim of the bachelor`s thesis is to specify the basic factors that determinate a currency exchange rate, furthermore to give fundamental economic overview of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and above all to prove dependence of exchange rates of commodity currencies and a price of commodity that these countries mainly export. In the conclusion the author summed up all the evidences he had reached during the writing of the thesis. At last there is also an outline how use such evidences.
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E-Government in Anglo-Saxon countries with a special attention to United Kingdom
Hrbáček, Pavel ; Přibil, Jiří (advisor) ; Kincl, Tomáš (referee)
A goal of the thesis "E-Government in Anglo-Saxon countries with a special attention to United Kingdom" is to investigate a progress of eGovernment implementations in selected English speaking countries and to compare their achievements to Czech Republic. Reasons why governments motivate themselves to introduce eGovernment services are investigated in the first part of the document, together with a description of mandatory legal, technical and social requirements and risk involved. Next part analyses different kinds of a cost and benefits of eGovernment implementation. The final parts focus on a common list of 20 eGovernment services and their implementation. Comparing results of all countries shows a leading role of United Kingdom and still below-the-average utilization of eGovernment services in Czech Republic.
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Economic Development in Australia from 2007 to 2010
Bolek, David ; Karpová, Eva (advisor) ; Hnát, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis aims to describe the development of Australian economy during the first decade of the 21st century. It investigates closely its constantly growing economy which kept growing also during the historic recession (2007-2010) and the steps taken by government, which contributed to its sustainable growth. Beside the description of basic macroeconomic indicators (GDP, inflation and unemployment rate), it also analyses the foreign trade, its commodity and territorial structure. The development of balance of payments is analysed with stress on the current account. Last but not least, this thesis deals with mineral resources which form australian special characteristics.
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Comparison of banking system in Australia and in the Czech Republic
Polách, Miroslav ; Křížek, Tomáš (advisor)
The bachelor's thesis is focused on banking in Australia. It defines its main characteristics such as structure of financial market, commercial banking and reaction of the banking system to financial and economic crisis. Banking system of the Czech Republic is also characterized for following comparison with the Australian banking system. The last part of the thesis is focused on comparison of banking system in Australia and in the Czech Republic. There are main indicators such as comparison of central banks and models of financial supervision, structure of banking sectors, financial structure of banking sectors, concentration and competition in the markets, effectiveness and profitability, capital adequacy and indicator of liquidity.
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Migration politics of Australia: shift or continuity in this policy?
Blažková, Jiřina ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Popovová, Marie (referee)
The primary goal of this paper is to analyse the development of Australian migration politics from its creation to the present. By fundamentally examining the migration legislation and the structure of Department of Immigration and Citizenship, this paper analyses global migration flow in comparison to Australia. After dissecting the influential periods in Australian immigration from the: gold rush; White Australia; and, multicultural eras of Australian immigration, this paper charts the creation and examines the development of Australian immigration policy. This document then draws attention to the contemporary immigration policy and migration flows in Australia. Highlighted at the end is the correlation between: population and economic growth with immigrant intake and, Australian political changes at the beginning of the 21st century.
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Australian culture and its effect on business negotiations
Blažík, Radek ; Boučková, Jana (advisor) ; Skokanová, Dagmar (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to outline the basic theoretical frameworks and concepts of cultures and cross cultural communication and interaction followed by a description of the national culture of Australie and its effect on the Australian business environment. When finished the thesis can be used as a guide for businesses trying to expand their activities to Australia or for individuals, who are interested in the Australian culture itself. Readers of this paper will be intruduced to the latest concepts to cross cultural management and communication, such us Intercultural Effectivness and Cultural Intelligence. Focus is also devouted to the issue business negotiations in culturaly diverse environments. The paper tries to provide the reader with a complex understanding of the australian culture. This is done through the characterizing of aspects that have the biggest influence on a countries culture, such as history, demografics, climate , education etc. Another part Another part of the thesis is a quick introduction to the macroeconomic conditions of Australia. It should give the reader a general idea about what the structure of the australian economy is like, how the taxation system works and what some investment possibilities on the australian continent are.
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