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Specifics of Czech Family Firms, their Influence on Business Performance and Value Creation
Srbová, Pavla ; Knápková, Adriana (referee) ; Koráb, Vojtěch (referee) ; Rydvalová, Petra (referee) ; Režňáková, Mária (advisor)
Many family business owners in the Czech Republic currently deal with the first generational exchange. Thus, they are faced with what might be the value of their company. The research is focused on Czech family businesses and their specifics. The objective of the thesis is to describe Czech family business specifics and to determine their relevance to family business performance and value creation. In the theoretical part of the thesis the definition of family business is presented, and the specificity of family businesses is described. The specifics are categorised into three sections: control of the family business; long-term sustainability of family business; social responsibility of family business owners and family relationships. Sustainability is a long-term priority in family-run business. Also, the family control of the business, both ownership and managerial, is important to keep long-term sustainable business in the family. Furthermore, establishing and maintaining good relations with family members, employees and the company's environment (e.g. supporting socially beneficial activities) is core for a successful company. Based on the literature review, a three-factor model of family business specifics was designed. The model was further verified on the data obtained from the questionnaire survey. In the next section, the theoretical part focuses on approaches used to measure the performance and value of the family business. It summarises performance indicators and presents a method for business value estimation, considering family business specifics. The analytical section of the thesis presents the Czech family business (MSMEs) specifics. Compared to foreign research findings: the analysed businesses have a shorter history; mostly do not plan in long-term; owners are often more willing to accept non-family investors; and family members are not commonly preferred when hiring employees. Although owners do not draw up strategic plans, they have long term goals and want to pass the business on to their children. Next, the study examined the relation of these specifics and the performance, and value creation ability of the family business. The proposed factor of familiness representing social responsibility and family relationships was found to affect business performance and the ability to create value for their owners.
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Information security as one of the performance indicators in energy company
Kubík, Lukáš ; Svoboda, Vlastimil (referee) ; Sodomka, Petr (advisor)
Master thesis is concerned with assessing the state of information security and its use as an indicator of corporate performance in energy company. Chapter analysis of the problem and current situation presents findings on the state of information security and implementation stage of ISMS. The practical part is focused on risk analysis and assessment the maturity level of processes, which are submitted as the basis for the proposed security measures and recommendations. There are also designed metrics to measure level of information security.
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Corporate performance with respect to access to finance
ŠTUDLAR, Jakub
The thesis entitled "Corporate performance with respect to access to finance" is focused on capital resources of companies in a selected industry and the measurement of their corporate performance. The main objective of this thesis is considered to be to assess the relationship between access to finance and the economic performance of enterprises in the selected industry. All the data required for the analysis is taken from the Albertina database which contains financial statements of companies from the previous years. Based on the data obtained from the database, the firms are classified into quadrants according to their capital structure. Subsequently, performance of the firms is determined by selecting proxies for bankruptcy and creditworthiness indices. From the results of the analysis, it is possible to compare the capital structures of the enterprises with their performance and draw conclusions.
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Total cost ratio of company in relation to corporate efficiency
KUBÍK, Tomáš
The goal of this diploma thesis is to evaluate the total cost ratio in relation to corporate efficiency. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with basic terms of cost, financial and managerial concept of costs and different approaches to classification of costs. In this part the principle of corporate efficiency is explained and the difference methods of measuring of efficiency are mentioned. The practical part of this thesis is oriented primarily to describing development of costs in company and determination of most important cost items. This part also focuses on the calculation of profitability indicators and pyramidal decomposition of ROE. After this, the influence of sub-indicators to top-indicator was evaluated by using the gradual change method. The ROE was changed between years 2015 and 2016 by -0,1050 CZK. By using the gradual change method, it was determined, that this change was mostly caused by total cost ratio of production con-sumption, because it is the most important cost item in company. The influence of production consump-tion was -0,1078 CZK. Therefore, if the company plans to improve its efficiency and increase profits, the total cost ratio of the production consumption must be better manage.
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Information security as one of the performance indicators in energy company
Kubík, Lukáš ; Svoboda, Vlastimil (referee) ; Sodomka, Petr (advisor)
Master thesis is concerned with assessing the state of information security and its use as an indicator of corporate performance in energy company. Chapter analysis of the problem and current situation presents findings on the state of information security and implementation stage of ISMS. The practical part is focused on risk analysis and assessment the maturity level of processes, which are submitted as the basis for the proposed security measures and recommendations. There are also designed metrics to measure level of information security.
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Fate of privatized enterprises in the 1. wave of voucher privatization
Hlaváček, Jiří ; Ježek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Procházka, Pavel (referee)
This diploma thesis is aimed to map the development of the companies that have passed the first wave of voucher privatization from 1991 until 2013. Development of 988 companies has not been yet comprehensively examined. The aim is to determine the ownership structure, including the ability to find majority shareholders. The second part is focused on how many companies has been closed over the past twenty years and method of liquidation. Another finding is that two-fifths of companies have changed the form of shares to the documentary. Finally, the research focuses on delisting of shares from czech capital market. The last part is based on comparison of results of the two waves of voucher privatization and the main findings are very similar.
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Application of Method Vitality of Company Evaluation Designed by Pollak in the Czech Conditions
Spálovský, Mojmír ; Synek, Miloslav (advisor) ; Dvořáček, Jiří (referee) ; Karásek, Petr (referee)
The paper deals with the verification of method Vitality of company evaluation, designed by Harry Pollak. The aim of this paper was to verify based on case studies the accuracy of how the method works and modify it for use in the Czech conditions. Qualitative research in the form of a guided interview was due to the effectiveness of the method verification focused on the 22 companies that have gone through crisis management. Research has shown that the method is fully functional and correctly diagnoses the health of the company, regardless of size, industry, history or location. Through revision of the method in the form of adjustment weights, changes and additions of the characteristics and their parameters was developed a new method of Vitality of company evaluation, which better reflects the conditions of Czech companies, emphasis the importance of key business elements and easier evaluates extreme situations of the company. This diagnostic method is generally applicable, simple, quickly and easily interpretable and applicable, which responds to the imperfection of previous methods. The experience of crisis management case studies show that the crisis caused by over-indebtedness or decline in demand due to external reasons are those that can be solved. The basic elements of these solutions are quality products, satisfied customers and reliable staff.
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Fate of privatized enterprises in the 2. wave of voucher privatization
Hanzl, Jiří ; Ježek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Pícl, Michal (referee)
Development of companies from voucher privatization has not been yet comprehensively examined although this information is necessary to evaluation the process of voucher privatization. This thesis is aimed to map the development of the companies that have passed the second wave of voucher privatization from 1993 until 2010. The aim is to determine the ownership structure of the companies, including the determination of how many of them are still under state control. The second area focuses on the economic performance and on finding of how many companies has been closed over the past period, and the comparison of development across industries. The comparison of economic efficiency is based on the information of the ownership structure depending on the size of the share of the largest shareholder. Finally, the research focuses on the marketability of the shares and delisting, changing the form of shares to the documentary, which was used by almost half of the companies.
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