Acta academica karviniensia, 2020 (vol. 20), issue 1

EMISSION ALLOWANCES – RECOGNITION AND THE FUTURE

Hana Březinová, David Trytko

Acta academica karviniensia 2020, 20(1):5-17 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2020.001  

Emission of the greenhouse gases has a significant impact on the environment of the whole planet. Innumerable international plenary sessions have agreed only on partial solutions. The signatory countries came up with the instrument which should improve the air quality- the emission allowances. The politicians and environmentalists involved in the Kyoto Protocol and subsequent Paris Agreement have negotiated emission reductions. Achievement of this goal is established for years 2005 - 2030. 43 % of current greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced. Each allowance represents the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide (CO₂) or the...

GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN WELLBEING PRIORITIES UNDERSTANDING

Marie Mikušová

Acta academica karviniensia 2020, 20(1):18-30 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2020.002  

The subject of this research is wellbeing. This area is still quite neglected in the Czech Republic. A research objective has been set: to determine whether the first generation is feeling a lower level of wellbeing than the emerging generation, as presented by the U-shape. Research questions have been formulated: Are there differences in the evaluation of wellbeing in two generations? If they exist, in which criteria are the differences significant? Data from 3,000 respondents from two generations were obtained for the research. The significance of the wellbeing elements was evaluated using the network process analytical method. In young respondents,...

METHODS OF EVALUATING INTERNATIONAL RISKS IN THE INSURANCE MARKET

Michaela Petrová, Martina Krügerová, Michal Kozieł

Acta academica karviniensia 2020, 20(1):31-46 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2020.003  

Today, insurance companies are looking for new approaches to risk insurance so that the risk remains insurable and at the same time does not endanger the existence of the insurance company itself. Every risk must be evaluated by the insurance company as best as possible. Insurance companies have their own methodologies for assessing international risks, which show differences. Each insurance company tries to ascertain the most accurate quantitative and qualitative data in order to analyse the potential risk in depth. Evaluation is the basis for setting prices, country risk limits and, if necessary, has an impact on the specific definition of risk acceptance...

ADJUSTING OF THE WEIGHTING SCHEME USING PENALTY METHODS IN THE BUSINESS AND CONSUMER SURVEYS

Veronika Ptáčková, Jiří Novák, Lubomír Štěpánek

Acta academica karviniensia 2020, 20(1):47-57 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2020.004  

The Business and Consumer Survey is a commonly used and easy-to-follow tool for describing the current and near-future situation in the national economy. A lot of countries use leading indicators for economic predictions. The computations of the indicators are generally based on weighting schemes considering the importance of each survey questions groups. The European Commission harmonizes the weighting schemes for those calculations.In this article, we adjust the weighting scheme of the Economic Sentiment Indicator as the main result of the Business and Consumer Survey and design a new weighting structure of the calculation.  To find a new weighting...

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES’ IMPACTS ON THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF COMMUNICATION MODELS AMONG A SAMPLE OF MILLENNIALS — A PILOT CASE STUDY

Dagmar Svobodová

Acta academica karviniensia 2020, 20(1):58-70 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2020.005  

The goal of the article, to conceptualize the personal communication of a sample of millennials based on their type of communication strategy. It describes the article’s theoretical foundation, Berne’s communication interconnected with Silsbee’s concept of presence. Research methodology presents the mixed research strategy for this gender, implemented as a research pilot case study, and presents the empirical data on assertive presence that was acquired through a questionnaire survey. The results describe of a non-hierarchical cluster analysis from the angle of levels of personal preference for assertive presence in communication...

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