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Global value chains after the Great Recession: main challenges for advanced and developing countries
Tsyrulnik, Alexandr ; Bolotov, Ilya (advisor) ; Černá, Iveta (referee)
The industrial revolution made great industrial powers out of North America and Western Europe. Hundred years after, ICT revolution and offshoring of production processes paved the way for intense economic growth of the developing countries. Following breakdown of the Soviet Bloc, market oriented reforms in China together with other circumstances have gradually changed balance of powers in favour of the developing world. However, developed economies have been keeping a competitive advantage consisting in activities associated with creativity and know-how, while the newly industrialized countries have been using mainly extensive growth model based on cheap labour and repetitive activities. These processes have been taking place across highly advanced and sophisticated global value chains. Our goal is to look deeply into the impact of the smiling curve and the evolution of the shares of value added for both developing and developed countries, before and after the Great Recession, across three industries: textile, electronics and automotive, and find out, whether developing countries are situated in a so-called low value added trap, in other words their shares for a longer period have either been stagnating or declining, while shares of developed countries have been constantly growing.
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Respect for Human Rights and Transnational Corporations: Coca-Cola Case Study
Hyšková, Kateřina ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of violation of human rights by transnational corporations on a case of Coca-Cola. The theoretical part explains the international legal responsibility of individual subjects of the international environment and the issue of non-binding international legal standards for the issue of transnational corporations and human rights. In the empirical part, the thesis tries to answer the question of to what extent and which specific human rights Coca-Cola violates and analyses the behaviour of the company when confronting states and their citizens for violating their rights.
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The concept of creating shared value as an instrument of regulation of transnational corporations in the globalized international relations: A case study of Nestlé
Fila, Ladislav ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Machoň, Miloslav (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the concept of creating shared value, as an instrument of self-regulation by transnational corporations, with particular emphasis on respect for human rights. Specifically, this thesis studies the case of practical application of this concept at Nestlé. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate, whether the concept is an effective instrument of self-regulation by transnational corporations. The theoretical section analyses the concept of creating shared value, including the theoretical definition of the practical application of this concept. The empirical section focuses on the practical application of the concept at Nestlé, and consequential evaluation of the effectivity of the concept. In order to objectively evaluate the effectivity of the concept, this thesis is based on materials from both Nestlé and independent organizations, which inspect the real impacts of this concept in practice.
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Transnational Corporations in Europe: Is their Economic Power Growing?
Lojková, Kristýna ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Vošta, Milan (referee)
Transnational organizations (TNCs) can be considered as an economic drivers which are able to adapt to changing economic climate. The ability of being present in more than one country give them the opportunity to raise their competitiveness through choosing the countries according to its preferences. Recently the relation between nation states and the TNCs has been changed slowly. The number of TNCs is growing and they are able to play an active role in the wolrd economy. Their activities produce possitive and negative externalities thus it is possible to find their followers and opponents at the same time. The aim of this thesis is to analyze whether the economic power of the TNCs is growing significantly or not.
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Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
Matoušková, Adéla ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Erbenová, Monika (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of the low stock of foreign direct investment in Japan. The aim is to identify the principle causes of this phenomenon and to suggest possible solutions. The barriers to foreign direct investment follow the methodology of APEC and their identification in the context of the Japanese economy is based on surveys amongst the managers of transnational corporations conducted by the Japanese governmental organization JETRO. The next issue, which is discussed in the thesis are the foreign direct investments as a phenomenon in the world economy, especially their impact on the economy.
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Position of transnational corporations in Southeast Asia
Tsyrulnik, Alexandr ; Bolotov, Ilya (advisor) ; Čajka, Radek (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses activities of transnational corporations in Southeast Asia conducted by the foreign direct investment. The goal is to explore the mutual relations between these two entities and to understand, what the region means for transnational corporations and, simultaneously, how corporations influence the socio-economic live of the region. The course of analysis does not contain only modern aspects of the development of foreign direct investment, but also the key historical issues. The thesis consists of three parts. The first provides the main macroeconomic profile of Southeast Asia. In the second part we go through the historical concept together with today's opportunities and challenges presented in the region. Finally the third chapter focuses on the current state of the foreign direct investment, its dynamic, main actors, trends and impacts, both positive and negative. The subject is quite important nowadays due to the contemporary process of globalization, in which transnational corporations are the driving force and the states of Southeast Asia are one of the main providers of different kinds of facilities for the corporate activities.
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The issue of regulation of transnational corporations
Ulrychová, Petra ; Melcher, Ota (advisor) ; Čajka, Radek (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the regulation of transnational corporations. The aim is to assess the challenges of multinational companies, their regulation and possible interactions with national states. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on general characteristics of multinational companies and one of the ways of their regulation, corporate social responsibility (CSR). In the practical part of the thesis is described on a concrete example of the activity of the oil company Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria of how transnational corporations influence national states. If they strengthen the state and bring him benefits, or are the instigator of destabilizing the economy and other issues.
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Conflicts in the Niger Delta
Belányiová, Veronika ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Pavlicová, Vendula (referee)
Oil is one of the most important raw materials in the world economy these days. Countries which have oil resources have a lot of benefits, but that can be also a center of conflict. This bachelor thesis deals with conflict caused by oil in Nigeria, particularly in the Niger delta. The first part discusses the evolution of conflict, the actors and the second part deals with description of the devastating consequences in that area. The last part is trying to highlight the positive steps that has been undergone by central government itself and in coordination with international organizations to end the conflict and to remedy the poor life conditions in the Niger delta.
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Options of business result optimization in a globalized economy
Vencovská, Kateřina ; Černohlávková, Eva (advisor) ; Baluchová, Daniela (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with selected methods that large companies can use to optimize their business results in the international environment. It focuses namely on methods of outsourcing, offshoring, tax optimization and cash flow management. The first part briefly describes globalization in the world economy and transnational corporations as its major players. The next two chapters are devoted to strategies which lead to cost reductions of enterprises due to outsourcing and offshoring. The fourth part characterizes the way offshoring enters into foreign markets in the form of foreign direct investments. The fifth section deals with tax optimizations for multinational companies. The sixth part mentions the measures taken so far in the area of tax coordination in the world and in particular the European Union and the last chapter briefly defines various options which can be used for cash flow optimization.
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Transnational corporations and their position in the global economy
Tomšejová, Andrea ; Adámková, Vlasta (advisor) ; Vlčková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis deals with characterisation of transnational corporations in global economy in the process of globalisation. Follows the description of the development of transnational corporations and globalisation during the globalisation phases. The second part of the thesis describes the process of transformation of a company into a multinational company. Next part includes the lists of the biggest financial and non-financial corporations. International activity of TNCs is realised by FDI. Another part of this thesis is also the evaluation of current trend of localisation of the FDI in relation to TNCs. The last part includes evaluation of the position of TNC and explanation of their dominant position in the global economy.
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