Srovnání měst Praha, Brno a Ostrava z hlediska rozvoje znalostní ekonomiky

This thesis deals with the knowledge-based economy in the Czech Republic. The aim of this thesis is to compare the levels of the knowledge-based economy in the cities of Prague, Brno, and Ostrava. To compare these cities a "ranking" was built based on a custom index. The index was formed based on the first, theoretical, part of the thesis. This part of the thesis describes the term knowledge-based economy, the trends in the knowledge-based economy and its pillars. It further focuses on existing indicators used to measure knowledge-based economy on a national and multinational level. In addition to establishing the final ranking, each city was assessed based on indicator categories. The second part studies and refutes the initial hypothesis that the level of the knowledge-based economy should roughly be similar in the examined cities. Where the first place in the ranking, therefore, the best level of the knowledge-based economy, was awarded to Prague. Brno scored the second and finally Ostrava the third.