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Competitiveness of the EU and the eastern enlargement
Kamenská, Lenka ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Pluskalová, Eva (referee)
This bachelor thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter brings different views of a term competitiveness and its measurement. A special attention is paid to the approach of the World Economic Forum to competitiveness. In this chapter, the Lisbon strategy is also mentioned. The Lisbon strategy is a strategic document of the EU, covering the decade 2000-2010, whose aim was to make the EU "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion". The second chapter describes competitiveness of two members of the eastern enlargement Bulgaria and Estonia,whose position on the competitiveness ranking list is completely different. This chapter points out specific features of these economies, examines factors that contributed most to the growth of competitiveness and identifies competitiveness barriers that prevented a country from achieving better position on the competitiveness ranking list. The final chapter evaluates member states progress towards the Lisbon strategy goals and introduces a new reform agenda called Europe 2020.
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Governance of the Lisbon strategy
Buranovský, Martin ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Pluskalová, Eva (referee)
The intention of the bachelor thesis is to analyze what specific tools and mechanisms of governance were used in the implementation process of the Lisbon strategy. Furthermore, it reviews its achievements and assesses whether the implementation methods and the individual instruments chosen could ensure the actual realization of the objectives set in the agenda. Finally, this work has the ambition to express the opinion of the author on future destiny of the new strategic plan dubbed Europe 2020. It also presents a newly introduced Euro plus pact and briefly assesses its potential contribution to the Union.
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Environmental protection and the EU competitiveness
Bednář, Jiří ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Vondrušková, Barbora (referee)
The main objective of this bachelor work is to characterize the EU environmental policy with focus on ecological aspects of its competitiveness. The work is about instruments, principles and institutions which the EU environmental policy is based on. It outlines its history and development up to the present. Furthermore, the work deals with the Lisbon strategy and the EU sustainable development strategy.
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