Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Stanislav Tripes
Author-Name: Jiří Dvořák
Title: Strategic Forces in the Czech Brewing Industry from 1990-2015
Abstract: The need for this research stems from the dynamic development that the brewing industry has undergone since the Velvet Revolution when the market was split between seventy-one regional breweries. In the 1990s, customers began to prefer the larger nationwide breweries, a trend that led to the bankruptcy of some regional breweries thereby creating a market niche that was quickly filled by microbreweries. By 2015, there were 44 industrial breweries and around 300 microbreweries. By then, the beer market had diversified, and since the brewing industry had been highly dynamic, managers had to change strategy regarding customer requirements. Strategic change has since been reflected in the pricing and quality of the beer, marketing communication, and merchandising. Knowledge of developments in the industry and adapting strategies to meet these changes have been key factors in determining future survival. The purpose of this study is to describe the development of the brewing industry and the resulting strategic changes of different breweries. Historical knowledge is required for future research into the perception of the brewery managers’ strategic thinking. This paper is the first step in longitudinal research focused on strategy formulation at the business level in the brewing industry and brewery performance. The study is based on qualitative approaches and a two-step research design: the first phase is historical research, where the data was obtained from contemporary newspapers, professional and scientific journals, and annual reports from breweries. The second phase is composed of interviews conducted at four breweries, which are representative of the population. The results of this study help to clarify industry behaviour and are intended as a source of knowledge that practitioners can use in their strategic decision-making process. The study reflects previous industry behaviour and describes current trends in customer requirements that can be used when forming a business level strategy and identifying an appropriate generic strategy.
Keywords: Czech Republic, industry development, breweries, generic strategy
Classification-JEL: L10, M10, N30
Pages: 3-38
Volume: 2017
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Karel Zeman
Title: National Economic Analysis of Agricultural and Church Restitutions in the Czech Republic
Abstract: Democratically set ownership rights are the basic premise for a fully functioning liberal market economy. The restitution processes in the Czech Republic should have played an important role in rectifying the abuse of ownership rights during the period of the centrally-planned economy. Unfortunately, the asymmetries of the church restitutions, as the last process which should have been part of the rectification, i.e. the restoration of democratic ownership rights in the Czech Republic, became the catalyst for new injustices and grievances in relation to ordinary entitled persons to whom other restitution laws also applied. In light of the above, this article contains an analysis of the restitutions of agricultural and forest assets and an analysis of church restitutions. The results of these analyses are compared in order to confirm the hypothesis that church restitutions were given preference over ordinary entitled persons. The conclusion to the article shows this to be fully in accordance with basic economic theories.
Keywords: comparison, restitution, entitled person, obliged person, agricultural assets, church assets, settlement of claims
Classification-JEL: H810, H820, P210, P260, Q150
Pages: 39-56
Volume: 2017
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Tomáš Kouba
Title: Tax Enforcement of Execution and Insolvency Proceedings
Abstract: Taxes and other charges that are paid secure the economic existence of national and public budgets and funds. If a tax debtor refuses to consent to or pay their state tax, the state will not let this act go unpunished. While the issue of tax enforcement through taxation or the execution of insolvency proceedings is a highly interesting topic, it is also a huge and extremely sensitive and topical issue. Tax arrears have emerged within our economy and will continue to increase. Likewise, it is also known that the number of insolvency executions ordered for these non-payers is on the rise. This review focuses on the field of tax enforcement and defines the current position. The objective of this paper is to create the basis for further research into the effectiveness of enforcement instruments.
Keywords: tax law, taxes, law enforcement, legal institutions, tax underpayment, tax arrears
Classification-JEL: H26, K34, K42, O17
Pages: 57-67
Volume: 2017
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Miloslav Machoň
Title: Global Public Goods: The Case for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Abstract: The debate surrounding the provision of welfare by state institutions has been widely discussed in the field of political economics since the 1930s. Related research also focuses on welfare supply at an international system level. This article assesses whether international cooperation in the area of sharing remote sensing data leads to the supply of global public goods, which to date has not yet been discussed in related scholarly literature. The supply of global public goods is assessed within the GEO international regime and leads to the use of the non-rivalrous GEOSS, which can be accessed by every socio-economic group in every UN member country including future generations. However, providing the benefit of GEOSS is not always favourable because of the low number of financially participating consumers.
Keywords: public goods, global public goods, international regime, Group on Earth Observations, Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Classification-JEL: H87
Pages: 68-83
Volume: 2017
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Pavel Sirůček
Title: Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - J. K. Galbraith
Abstract: J. K. Galbraith was a Canadian-American journalist, diplomat, activist, and economist who popularised economics and classified the institutional tradition of economic thought known as neo-institutionalism. Galbraith was famous for his critiques of standard economic schemes and was also a bestselling author. In his time, he was regarded as one of the most famous American public intellectuals.
Keywords: J. K. Galbraith, (neo)institutional economics, industrial society, capitalist system
Classification-JEL: B52, H10, N12, P10
Pages: 84-92
Volume: 2017
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Ondřej Šíma
Title: Book Review
Abstract: Book Review
Pages: 93-97
Volume: 2017
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
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