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Economic paradiplomacy - activities of Czech regions in the field of foreign investment
Portešová, Veronika ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Peterková, Jana (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to provide a comprehensive overview of the economic part diplomacy of the Czech Republic and by comparing the approaches of the individual regions to identify possible examples of good practice that could be transferred to other regions and thus help to boost their further development in terms of economic paradiplomacy. The paper provides answers to the questions: why did the Czech regions involve in international relations? What regional instruments do they use to promote their interests? What goals and motives do the regions follow from their involvement in foreign affairs? What are the relationships between each region and the central level? Are the objectives of economic paradiplomacy consistent or inconsistent with the objectives of central government? The work is divided into four parts. The first part shows the key moments in the field of studies in paradiplomacy and presents the research framework of the diploma thesis. The second part is the analysis of strategic documents in terms of the objectives of economic paradiplomacy. The third part contains an analysis of the activities carried out by the regions in the framework of the economic paradiplomacy, by characterizing the cooperation with the central level and the regional actors and by analyzing the tools used by the regions between 2012-2016. The fourth, the final part, then, presents an assessment of economic paradiplomacy and provide answers to research questions.
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Regional specialization and economic volatility of Czech regions
Randa, Michal ; Pavlínek, Petr (advisor) ; Čadil, Vladislav (referee)
Regional specialisation and economic volatility of Czech regions ABSTRACT This thesis deals with the assessment of the impact of regional specialization and regional diversity on economic performance of Czech regions by indicators of economic development: the growth of the average wage, employment growth, rising unemployment, increase in the number of patents and the GDP per person. The second aim is to assess the effect of types of diversity on regional performance. Finally, this thesis aims to assess the impact of diversity on regional resilience by analyzing the development of employment and GDP per person. Key words: Czech regions, diversity of industry, specialization, regional performance, regional resilience, related and unrelated variety, Jacobs' effects, Marshall's effects
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Statistical analysis of crime Czech Republic
Kroutilová, Denisa ; Langhamrová, Jitka (advisor) ; Arltová, Markéta (referee)
The crime rate is among the highest risk factors and endangers society. By analyzing the development and subsequent predicting future values, you can take steps that would help to reduce crime and create the conditions conducive to the good development of society and security of citizens. Therefore, the State should control crime by one of the most important priorities. This thesis deals with the analysis of crime and number of people prosecuted in the Czech Republic, constructed using time series. Development into the future is estimated in the next three years. Longer forecast should not make much sense because of the rapidly changing laws. The conclusion is devoted to crime in Czech regions. Analysis is performed using cluster analysis, which examines the number of crimes in different regions. The result is a decision that the region together in terms of crime the most similar.
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