Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2007 (vol. 15), issue 2

Development of Manufacturing and its Enterprises on Beginning of the 21st century

Jiří Dvořáček

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):6-16 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.45  

World, European and Czech manufacturing has been and is currently facing dramatic changes in its business environment. This paper is focused on the deindustrialization in manufacturing sector.

New Economy and Transport Management

Jan Eisler

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):17-31 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.46  

The short characteristics of the transport economics and transport system. The assumed development of the demands and supllies of the transport. The transport services like the factor of the development of society and companies. The specification of the necessary level of the transport services in society. The objective of this article is to create the decision methodology and perspektives of the transport utility based on the hamonising conditions in the firms to make possible rational transport services.

Monte Carlo Simulation in Risk Analysis of Investment Projects

Jiří Fotr, Lenka Švecová, Ivan Souček, Lubomír Pešák

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):32-43 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.47  

At present time, when the rate of risk is increasing, achieving higher quality of investment decision-making by integrating risk and uncertainty factors could positively affect economical results and firm's prosperity. Firstly this article characterizes shortcomings of investment decision making connected with over optimism of people, preparing and evaluating investment projects. Important tool, which could contribute to removing, or at least weakening of these shortcomings, represents Monte Carlo simulation. To description of content Monte Carlo simulation in framework of risk analysis, its problem aspects, advantages and disadvantages is devoted...

New Value Indicators of Productivity - EVA's Factor

Jiří Klečka

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):44-54 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.48  

The modern development of Corporate Systems and innovations (realistic) in the economic production criteria, as compared to traditional criteria, supported largely by optimum operating conditions. In order to measure the contemporary value concept of production, it is necessary to construct an indicator which accurately reflects economic effets, such as changes in consumption levels (a factor of production) and changes in their dutiable status, by means of the quantity flow. Productivity movement in the manufacturing subsystem can be explicitly expressed, as can its influence on the economic profit (for example the indicator EVA - Economic Value Added)...

The Competitiveness of the Processing Industrial Firms - the Comparison of the Results of the Primary Research and the Goals of the National Reform Programme

Marta Nečadová, Lubomíra Breňová, Štěpán Průcha

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):55-70 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.49  

This article deals with the results of primary research of Czech business sphere. The authors compare and evaluate the opinions of the managers of business sphere on their competitive position and analyze the influence of chosen factors on their competitiveness.

Intercultural Management and Managerial Activities

Ivan Nový

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):71-90 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.50  

The paper deals with psychological and sociological characteristics of managerial activities. It analyses influence of culture on employee behavior and performance of managerial activities. The focus is on the influence of organizational culture and its specific consequences on the psychological and sociological level. Research findings from Misumi, Sinha and Ohio school are emphasized. Influences are analyzed on the levels of leading, goal setting, decision making, problem solving, motivating and intercultural competences of managers. Then the focus moves towards management of international teams, problem solving in teams and conditions of their success....

Quo vadis, logistica?

Petr Pernica

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):91-105 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.51  

This abstract answers the following questions: "Is it necessary to do things differentia telly?", "Do new strategies express new technologies as well?", Are the cost savings still important?, "Which effects can be achieved by logistic solutions?", Things are necessary to where they can be done better?", "Which are limits of that?", "How does the development effects the logistic market?", "Could firms choose the right logistic partners?".

Trends in the Interpretation of the Corporate Resources in the Formulation Corporate Strategy

Helena Sedláčková

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2007, 15(2):106-116 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.52  

The article deal with the main direction of view to the corporate strategy: resourced based view and structured based view. Each of them emphasizes the different area by influencing corporate strategy. The strategic analysis includes both view. The difference is visible in the stressing the importance the corporate resources and abilities of environmental aspects.