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The impact of crises on differentiation and integration in the EU: COVID-19 and Ukraine
Běhunčík, Radek ; Martinková, Viera (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
The European Union has had to deal with an increasing number of crises over the past 15 years. The future of its integration is thus increasingly dependent on concrete crisis responses. At the same time, the increasing heterogeneity of its members makes it more difficult to find compromise solutions, and integration often takes a differentiated path. This paper has attempted to answer the question of what is the impact of crises on the integration and differentiation of the European Union. It did so through an explanatory two-case study of the most recent emergencies - the COVID-19 crisis and the high energy price crisis linked to the war in Ukraine. To find the answer, a congruence analysis of the Union's crisis responses was conducted based on the models of Riddervold et al. The supply and demand theory of differentiation then explained the absence or presence of differentiation. The central data source was the European secondary legislation, frequently neglected by integration theorists. The analysis results find the crises' effects to be pro-integration in the given cases, here primarily in a uniform pattern. However, in the case of COVID-19, the thesis reveals shortcomings of the crisis response models used, pointing to the need for their conceptual reformulation. For a more comprehensive understanding...
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Proactive and Reactive Approaches in Crisis Management
Chaloupková, Lenka ; Zelená, Veronika (advisor) ; Hajdíková, Taťána (referee)
Increasingly in today's dynamic business environment, serious crises are more often encountered and of increasing severity. The process which is intended to prevent or reduce the damage of a crisis is called Crisis Management. It is a rapidly changing area of business management, since it constantly develops over time, improving and enriching itself with new and better information. The aim of this thesis was to summarize current theoretical knowledge of proactive and reactive approaches in crisis management and to analyse crisis management in a selected company London Mining Plc. The theoretical part was developed through the analysis of currently available scientific literature and specialized publications. The practical part was based on the questionnaire survey method and semi-structured interview. The results showed that although the company was prepared for crises; acted proactively and had drawn up a detailed crisis plan that helped the company avoid many expected crises, the company went into administration due to a crisis caused by force majeure - a result of the falling global price of the main commodity and an unexpected outbreak of the Ebola virus in their principal place of business activity.
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