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Methodology of development and deployment of Business Intelligence solutions in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Rydzi, Daniel ; Jandoš, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Vlček, Radim (referee) ; Slánský, David (referee)
Dissertation thesis deals with development and implementation of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) in the Czech Republic. This thesis represents climax of author's up to now effort that has been put into completing a methodological model for development of this kind of applications for SMEs using self-owned skills and minimum of external resources and costs. This thesis can be divided into five major parts. First part that describes used technologies is divided into two chapters. First chapter describes contemporary state of Business Intelligence concept and it also contains original taxonomy of Business Intelligence solutions. Second chapter describes two Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) techniques that were used for building those BI solutions that are introduced in case studies. Second part describes the area of Czech SMEs, which is an environment where the thesis was written and which it is meant to contribute to. This environment is represented by one chapter that defines the differences of SMEs against large corporations. Furthermore, there are author's reasons why he is personally focusing on this area explained. Third major part introduces the results of survey that was conducted among Czech SMEs with support of Department of Information Technologies of Faculty of Informatics and Statistics of University of Economics in Prague. This survey had three objectives. First one was to map the readiness of Czech SMEs for BI solutions development and deployment. Second was to determine major problems and consequent decisions of Czech SMEs that could be supported by BI solutions and the third objective was to determine top factors preventing SMEs from developing and deploying BI solutions. Fourth part of the thesis is also the core one. In two chapters there is the original Methodology for development and deployment of BI solutions by SMEs described as well as other methodologies that were studied. Original methodology is partly based on famous CRISP-DM methodology. Finally, last part describes particular company that has become a testing ground for author's theories and that supports his research. In further chapters it introduces case-studies of development and deployment of those BI solutions in this company, that were build using contemporary BI and KDD techniques with respect to original methodology. In that sense, these case-studies verified theoretical methodology in real use.
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Support for small and medium sized enterprises in the Czech Republic from national programs and EU funds
Kracík, Martin ; Pevná, Jana (advisor) ; Krtička, Miroslav (referee)
The essence of the first part of this work (chapters 1, 2 and 3) lies in the brief introduction to the support for small and medium sized enterprises. After that follows presentation of key institutions (ministries, agencies, etc.) helpful during the process of obtaining support from national programmes. Except of basic services performed by given institutions, useful web links are also included. In the same way, particular European support programmes are presented. In the framework of second part (chapters 4, 5 and 6), backward bases are exemplified on the practical example of the company Strojírny Podzimek, Ltd. and their experiences. That case shows, what does the making use of the national support programmes mean practically. Likewise, business support from EU funds is described, namely on the case of company Frýdlantské strojírny Rasl a syn, Inc. Third part of this thesis (chapters 7 and 8) is making us familiar with resuming statistics about the amount of subsidies drawn from national programmes and from the EU funds. In both cases, brief forecasts of future development and approximate amounts of unused funds are stated.
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Renewable energy sources and their exploitation for prosperity of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
Morovics, Martin ; Srpová, Jitka (advisor) ; Skopal, Pavel (referee)
The aim of the thesis was to examine the basic technical and technological requirements of photovoltaic technology in terms of economic characteristics, analyze the current situation in the use of renewable energy sources, especially photovoltaics in the Czech Republic with comparing to the world's situation. The thesis also provides an overview of laws and legal norms applicable in the Czech Republic and the European Union with regard to photovoltaics. The crucial part is dedicated to investment evaluation of the renewable energy (photovoltaic) projects. The author supports presented ideas with a comprehensive investment analysis of a specific rooftop photovoltaic project realized by medium sized company. In addition to evaluation process the investment recommendation is provided and the most significant risk factors of the project are identified. The conclusion of this thesis includes a single-factor sensitivity analysis of a net present value of the project.
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Opportunities of Internationalization of French Small and Medium Enterprises in Russia and Central/Eastern Europe
Charrier, Ines ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Mercier Suissa, Catherine (referee)
Only one third of the French SMEs are going abroad. However, this option can be an opportunity for the enterprises to extend their growth. The Chinese market is often designated to be the best place to invest. Nevertheless, it is far from France geographically and culturally. Russia and Central/Eastern Europe represent for French SMEs huge and frequently unknown markets, closed to France with all the benefice of their accession to the European Union. These regions have economic and demographic potentials because of their singular history. The study of these countries will show the possible market development in which the French companies and specially SMEs have competences and know-how highly valuable in these markets. Furthermore, the European and French incentives for SMEs and the support of different organizations are additional assets to facilitate the internationalization.
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Role of commercial banks in support of small and medium sized enterprises' export in Czech republic
Pavlíček, Jiří ; Černohlávková, Eva (advisor) ; Nejedlý, Michal (referee)
Bachelor thesis aims at analysing services connected with support of small and medium sized enterprises' export, which are provided by commercial banks. The thesis do not focus just on description of services, but also analyses relation between state (or international) institutions and commercial banks. It beggins with description of banking in the Czech republic and definition of small and medium sized enterprises and shows reasons for the support. In second part, there is written about main state and international institutions providing support to small and medium sized enterprises. In the end, products provided by commercial banks are described.
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Web Analytics for Small and Medium Businesses
Jašek, Pavel ; Novotný, Ota (advisor) ; Rauch, Tomáš (referee)
This topic of this work is web analytics and customer knowledge methods that help small and medium sized businesses for decision support and are intended to yield higher e-commerce results. The main purpose of this thesis is to design and verify possible uses of advanced web analytics methods in a customer-oriented small business. The theoretical part conducts research into the current state of the web analytics industry. The conditions of small and medium enterprises are described and suitable web analytics tools are compared. Several web analytics maturity models are discussed. The practical part of the thesis states specific recommendations obtained from the pilot project for the company Baushop s.r.o. The project consists of a business analysis and use of analytics tools for optimizing internet campaigns and improving customer service. Specific data analysis methods are discussed and all supportive data are provided.
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Technology transfer in SME
ČUPROVÁ, Barbora
This thesis describes the currently highly debated topic especially in the field of small and medium sized enterprises - technology transfer. This, together with research and development which is an integral part, can greatly contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the country, improve the problem of unemployment, GDP and inflows of foreign investors and so on. The aim was to analyze and describe the current situation of technology transfer in the Czech Republic. This work clearly shows that in this area, our country is far behind the developed countries. The result of this work is to propose possible solutions to the most streamlined recovery process of technology transfer resulted into obtaining maximum economic benefit for the Czech Republic.
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ritical success factors of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Skřivánek, Václav ; Basl, Josef (advisor) ; Antlová, Klára (referee)
The topic of this diploma thesis is "Critical success factors of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises" Firstly, the terms enterprise resource planning system, small and medium sized enterprise and critical factor are defined. Part of this thesis is also dedicated to the importance of those systems in small and medium sized enterprises and the supply of products on the market is described as well. The importance of enterprise resource planning systems for this segment of customers is still growing and the number of products offered is quite wide. Customers have unambiguously preferred Czech solutions. Next part of the thesis contains critical factors literature search -- analysis of two studies. Conceptual model of critical factors is made on the basis of findings and comparison of those two studies. The relevance of this model is verified by the analysis of case studies of enterprise resource planning system implementations in small and medium sized enterprises. These case studies were downloaded from websites of system vendors. On the basis of new findings, new model was designed. Each critical factor is described in each part of the thesis to help understand under which circumstances it was used. Finally, the model is assessed.
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