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Comparison of international competitiveness of the Czech Republic and Hungary
Subovicsová, Monika ; Plchová, Božena (advisor) ; Kopecký, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the characteristics of international competitiveness of the Czech Republic and Hungary in terms of key areas affecting the competitiveness of the surveyed countries, namely growth performance, institutional quality, structural competitiveness, innovation performance and quality of human resources. The work is based on the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 of the World Economic Forum. Then work compares the shortcomings of the surveyed countries in terms of competitiveness and determines their location in the world scale. At the end the work determines the future prospects and possible solutions for increasing competitiveness of the economies. During the work has been found out that even the economies have different level of maturity, their competitiveness problems are similar. The key problems of the countries are the inadequate innovation performance, which is one of the means of progress (in the case of Hungary), or to maintain a competitive position (in the case of the Czech Republic), the poor quality of the business environment with low attractiveness for foreign and domestic investors and causing among others unemployment and outflow of skilled labor and the third inefficient government sector.
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Innovation and Regional Development
Johannisová, Lucie ; Krbová, Jana (advisor) ; Musil, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the impact of innovation on regional development. The theoretical section explains the basic concepts of innovation and regional development, and describes the importance of innovation for regional development. The knowledge gained in the theoretical part is applied to the Central Region in the practical part of this thesis. Firstly, the individual actors in the Central innovation system are characterized and then their impact on the development of the region is outlined. Subsequently, the influence of the European Union support trough the Operational Programmes for the development of the region is evaluated. Due to the fact that innovation is the holder of sustainable economic growth and competitiveness of the region, the final chapter is dedicated to the innovative performance of the Central Region and to the comparison of the individual counties according to their level of competitiveness.
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