Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2013 (vol. 21), issue 3

The Innovation Performance of the Czech Republic and a Comparison with Other European Union Member States

Tomáš Pavelka

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013, 21(3):3-13 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.401  

The European Union dedicates considerable attention to research, development and innovation. Within the long-term strategy Europe 2020, Innovation Union has become one of the key initiatives. The European Union has decided to regularly monitor progress in this area through the Summary Innovation Index. The Czech Republic also pays considerable attention to research, development and innovation. The key paper is the National Innovation Strategy, approved by the Czech Government in 2011. The aim of this article is to evaluate the innovation performance of the Czech Republic by using the Summary Innovation Index 2011, which contains a total of 24 indicators....

The Development of the Standard of Living of Czech Pensioners

Martina Šimková, Jaroslav Sixta

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013, 21(3):14-31 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.402  

The development of the standard of living of pensioners is an important issue that is very rarely analysed. The paper focuses on the development of households' consumption for both economically active and economically inactive households. Besides the impacts on individuals' consumption, it is the most important expenditure component of gross domestic product. The change in households' consumption is also caused by population aging. It means that the proportion of people in the retirement age and pensioners' households increases. Actually, this causes that the number of people needed to provide for retired people is decreasing. The paper deals with...

Modelling selected indicators of the financial situation of households in the Czech Republic

Hana Řezanková

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013, 21(3):32-50 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.403  

The aim of the paper is to estimate models for household classification from the point of view of their financial situation. The models are constructed on the basis of data from the Living Conditions 2010 survey. The target indicators are the possibility of a household to afford a week-long vacancy outside home, the possibility of a household to afford paying an unplanned expenditure in a certain amount, and an evaluation of how a household is economical with its income. The explanatory indicators are the gender of the head of the household (HOH), the education level of the HOH, the marital status of the HOH, the age of the HOH, and the household type...

Japanese Economy After the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011

Zuzana Stuchlíková

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013, 21(3):51-67 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.404  

After a sharp contraction in the economic activity in 2008-2009 (the biggest economic slump in Japan after World War II), the Japanese economy started to recover in 2010. The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 brought Japan's recovery to a halt. It ruined vast parts of Japan's north-eastern coastal areas and damaged key infrastructure. It was one of the most destructive earthquakes in all of the Japanese history. This article focuses on the Japanese economy and its development in 2010-2012. It pays special attention to the economic impact of the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011 (damage to private capital and public infrastructure,...

Oil in Timor-Leste: A Ticket to Prosperity?

Jiří Sýkora

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013, 21(3):68-85 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.405  

Timor-Leste is currently the third newest member state of the United Nations, independent since 2002. It is also one of the poorest places on earth where life is extremely difficult: after prolonged fighting, physical infrastructure is virtually nonexistent, services such as health and education are of a low quality and not accessible in the mountainous interior, and a big part of the population lives in extreme poverty scraping just enough to survive. However, all this might change during the next decade(s). Timor-Leste not only has many problems but also a powerful tool for their solution: oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea. Timor-Leste has had...

Czech Derivatives Ending in -ost and their German Equivalents

Věra Höppnerová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2013, 21(3):86-92 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.406  

Words ending with the suffix -ost are very common in the Czech business language. In German, the corresponding words are words derived using several different suffixes, created by implicit derivation without suffixes, or composed words. These are namely words indicating share, frequency or intensity. Moreover, the Czech negation ne- is expressed in various ways in its German equivalents. This variety of equivalents to Czech words derived using the suffix -ost is very rich, so it is advisable to make students of translating courses familiar with it. The students tend to create these words mostly using the suffixes -heit or -keit.