Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Jan Pileček
Author-Name: Jan Müller
Author-Name: Miloš Červený
Title: Businesses in bankruptcy as one of the manifestations of the economic crisis: an analysis of regional disparities in the Czech Republic
Abstract: Paper tries to empirically capture one of the important manifestations of the economic crisis in the Czech Republic, which is the increase in the number of insolvency proceedings. The evaluation concerns the nation-wide development of insolvencies and bankruptcies with an emphasis on ?crisis? period 2008 ? 2010. The analysis is centred especially on interregional and interdistrict disparities with regard to the number of economic entities which fell into bankruptcy during the period of September 2008 ? December 2009. The monitored and evaluated indicators are the time evolution of the numbers, intensity and structure of economic entities specifi ed by the Industrial Classification of Economic Activities, legal status and numbers of their employees. Furthermore, the contribution deals with the relationship between the intensity of bankruptcies of economic entities and the factors that affects regional differences of this indicator.
Keywords: Czech Republic, Česká republika, insolvency, bankruptcy, economic crisis, regional disparities, insolvence, konkurs, ekonomická krize, regionální disparity
Pages: 2-13
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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Author-Name: Martin Šveda
Author-Name: František Križan
Title: The dwelling construction in Slovak cities in the recent period in temporal and spatial context
Abstract: During the last two decades housing development in Slovakia has registered considerable changes. Decrease of housing construction in the early nineties which was typical for post-communist states was replaced by housing boom during the last decade. It is mainly related to housing construction nearness of cities in the context of suburbanization processes. The aim of the paper is to analyze housing construction development in Slovak cities from 2003 to 2008. The analysis focuses on time and space aspects of housing in Slovakia.
Keywords: regional disparities, housing development, slovak towns, finished flats, floorage, average number of rooms, bytová výstavba, slovenské mestá, dokončené byty, obytná plocha, priemerný počet izieb, regionálne disparity
Pages: 14-24
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
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Author-Name: Karel Hostomský
Author-Name: Jan Ženka
Title: The automotive industry crisis as a determinant of regional unemployment growth in Slovakia and Hungary in 2008-2009
Abstract: Slovakia and Hungary provide good examples of export-oriented countries with small domestic markets, which are heavily dependent on foreign capital. Excessive orientation on the automotive industry and supplying industries (especially in the case of Slovakia) and high level of geographic concentration of (mostly greenfi eld) production/ assembly plants into the western parts of both countries make their regional labor markets vulnerable at times of economic crisis. Neither Slovakia nor Hungary were specialised on the automotive industry in the period of socialism and thus were not able to offer an industrial tradition, pool of skilled labor force and dense network of suppliers to the extent like Czechia was. Therefore, it was generally expected that their industrial centres will be seriously threatened by plant closures and relocations of production abroad as soon as they start to loose cost-based competitive advantage. However, automotive industries in these countries exhibited surprisingly strong resistance to the recent economic slowdown. With the exception of metropolitan Bratislavsky region all Slovak regions experienced either stagnation or even increase in the automotive employment. Although Hungarian automotive industry had been seriously damaged by crisis and signifi cantly contributed to increases in unemployment especially in the most developed regions in the northwestern part of country, few large scale bankruptcies were reported. Automotive industry didn´t signifi cantly alter the traditional regional pattern of unemployment in Slovakia and Hungary. Geographical proximity to the Western European markets, large capital investments, relatively skilled and cheap labor force seem to favor maintaining production activities in Central European countries.
Keywords: automotive industry, automobilový průmysl, regional unemployment, crisis, Slovakia, Hungary, regionální nezaměstnanost, Slovensko, krize, Maďarsko
Pages: 25-31
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/rst/33
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Petra Olšová
Title: Analysis of bonds in the Erzgebirge/ Krušnohoří Euroregion
Abstract: The following paper is a part of the grant project ?Analysis of bonds in the Erzgebirge/ Krušnohoří Euroregion?1. In the beginning, we focus on the topic of borders and their importance within a particular area, also from the perspective of creating local communities and regional identity. Such topics have been researched e. g. by Zich (Zich et al. 2000), Jeřábek (Jeřábek et al. 2001) or Houžvička (Houžvička, Novotný 2007). Furthermore, the paper focuses on cross-border cooperation and the concept of euroregions. The main attention is given to the Erzgebirge/ Krušnohoří Euroregion and its historical development. The theoretical part is supported by a presentation of the research results.
Keywords: přeshraniční spolupráce, borders, cross-border relations, euroregion, hranice, euroregion
Pages: 32-40
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/rst/34
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Author-Name: Petr Kolařík
Author-Name: Jana Tomešová
Title: The analysis of Community Initiative Interreg IIIA projects within Czech and Slovak cross-border cooperation
Abstract: This article deals with cross-border cooperation, namely the Community Initiative INTERREG IIIA and its implementation on the Czech-Slovak border. This paper aims to analyze projects submitted under the Czech-Slovak border cooperation in the programming period 2004-2006 for czech projects. The hypothesis says that in most of the investigated characteristics Zlín Region will be dominating due to the fact that. this region could draw money only from Interreg IIIA Slovak Republic ? Czech Republic. While applicants from the South Moravian Region could draw money from the INTERREG IIIA Austria ? Czech Republic, applicants from the Moravian-Silesian Region from the Interreg IIIA Czech Republic ? Poland. Following methods will be used: analytical and synthetic process, methods and mathematical induction.
Keywords: Czech Republic, European Union, Česká republika, Evropská unie, operační program, cross-border cooperation, přeshraniční spolupráce, Interreg IIIA, operational program, Slovak Republic, Interreg IIIA, Slovenská republika
Pages: 41-57
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/rst/35
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Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: David Škorňa
Title: The usage of integrated approaches in development of territories
Abstract: Integrated approach means a set of specifi c events mutually interconnected in terms of content as well as time that will be realized by means of two or more projects aimed at reaching a common objective of the location, city or region and that may be supported from one or several operational programs. Integrated approach is supported method for effi ciency improvement of regional policy in the European Union and therefore through the Cohesion Policy in the Czech Republic as well. In the Czech Republic the integrated approaches are implemented in practical way only by the Integrated urban development plans (IUDP) as a part of the structural funds framework. The goal of the article is to introduce general characteristics of these approaches and their specifi c types in specific territories. As a success ?story? of IUDP implementation the other plans with similar characteristics have emerged ? integrated territory development plans, integrated landscape development plans etc. Supportive goal of article is to not only evaluate present realization of these integrated approaches, but also to defi ne a possible future utilization of these approaches as a part of regional policy tools in terms of making effi cient policy, making quality and explicit decisions, decreasing disparities between regions alongside with strengthening of region competitiveness and development, and last but not least securing of fi nancial means both from EU and Czech Republic sources.
Keywords: regional policy, regionální politika, cohesion policy, integrated approach, integrated landscape development plan, integrated urban and territorial development plan, structural funds, disparity, integrovaný plán rozvoje měst a území, integrovaný přístup, krajinný integrovaný plán rozvoje, kohezní politika, strukturální fondy
Pages: 58-70
Volume: 2011
Issue: 2
Year: 2011
File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/rst/36
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