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Business plan of the startup company
Meszner, Petr ; Novotný, Ota (advisor) ; Daněk, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis aims on creating a business plan based on methods verified by practices as well as using modern agile principles. The business plan is oriented towards an effective management support for house unit owners associations, housing cooperatives and selected business subjects. The objective of this work is creating a business plan and prototype of product for newly established start-up company using helpdesk application for managing inquiries and solving problems of clients. First part of this thesis summarizes fundamental problems, issues and terms connected to this thesis. Second part introduces business plan for Start-up Company, and third part focuses on creating prototype of helpdesk application used to realize the business plan in practice.
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Open Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Czech Republic
Procházka, Lukáš ; Srpová, Jitka (advisor) ; Pichanič, Mikuláš (referee) ; HLADIK, PETR (referee)
The doctoral thesis deals with innovations in small and medium-sized enterprises and is particularly focused on the open innovation paradigm. In the theoretical part it explains the relationship between innovations and competitive advantage and provides a broad overview of the current research in the field of open innovations. Based on the theory and supported by the secondary research, it defines research questions and hypotheses that are tested within a survey distributed among Czech small and medium-sized enterprises. Results of the survey serve as a foundation for own models allowing broader implementation of open innovation in Czech small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Use of social networks in supporting innovation
Trčková, Lenka ; Molnár, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Feige, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis focuses on potential use of social networks in supporting innovation activities within companies. The main objective of the paper is to clarify the relationship between innovation activities in companies and its possible support by social network followed by presentation of suitable social networks which allows developing contacts, communication, sharing and cooperation in innovative activities. The objective is fulfilled by defining social networks and innovation; analysing related innovation activities of companies and its possible support through social networks; introducing appropriate social networks; evaluating innovative environment for business and examining awareness and applicability of these innovative concepts: open innovation, innovation marketplaces and collaboration platforms in Czech companies. The main contribution of the thesis is defining social networks in relation to innovation activities of companies, that gives the reader insight into the topic of social networks and innovation; designing an assessment framework of social networks that support innovation and creating an overview of existing social networks that enables innovation activities, which should help companies in easier orientation within services and functionality that analyzed web portals offer. The theoretical part of this paper defines the terms of social networks and innovation, and then explains the relationship of social networks and innovative activities. The theoretical part is followed by an overview of existing social networks that can be used as a support for innovation. The paper then focuses on the innovation environment in the Czech Republic in comparison to Sweden. The last chapter examines the awareness and applicability of social networks in supporting innovation activities in Czech companies.
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