Acta academica karviniensia, 2024 (vol. 24), issue 1

Polarization in the Labour Market or Upgrading? A Review of Explanations of Structural Changes in the Employment and Their Consequences

Aleš Franc

Acta academica karviniensia 2024, 24(1):5-17 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2024.001  

The submitted paper is a literature review responding to the still existing controversy in the literature regarding the net result of structural changes in employment. These are caused by factors affecting labour demand and supply and can take either the form of polarized employment structure or professional upgrading. The objective of the paper is to explain the impacts of these incentives on individual skill groups of workers. These incentives act in mutual interaction and in a given institutional context. The polarized structure of employment can be rather seen in countries, which intensively trade with newly industrialized countries and invest...

Innovative Synergy: Successful Cooperation of Enterprises in the Hotel Industry

Jozef Gáll

Acta academica karviniensia 2024, 24(1):18-28 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2024.002  

The hotel industry is constantly changing and evolving, and one of the key factors for success in this competition is the ability to innovate and collaborate. Innovative synergy is a process in which two or more businesses work together to create value that they would not achieve on their own. In the hotel industry, this connection can be membership in professional associations or hotel chains. The main goal of the presented article is to evaluate the cooperation of companies in the hotel industry and to identify the advantages/disadvantages and effects of synergy of companies in the context of the hotel industry. This goal will be achieved through...

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Türkiye: ARDL Approach

Mehman Karimov, Emilia Huseynova

Acta academica karviniensia 2024, 24(1):29-42 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2024.003  

This paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment inflows on economic growth in Türkiye. The study covers the period from 2006 Q2 to 2019 Q4. Time series datasets obtained from the CBT and FRED database are used for statistical analyses, including ADF, PP, Zivot Andrews Unit Root Tests, the ARDL bounds testing approach, and the Granger Causality tests, to fulfil the empirical part of the study. Based on the obtained findings, it was confirmed that, Foreign Direct Investment inflows have a positive impact on economic growth in Türkiye. Moreover, the results of the Granger causality analysis reveal a bidirectional relationship between FDI...

Determinants of the Bank Stability: Evidence of the Czech Republic

Jan Kostka, Iveta Palečková

Acta academica karviniensia 2024, 24(1):43-52 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2024.004  

The aim of the paper is to estimate the determinants of bank stability in the Czech banking sector. The effect of selected bank-specific and macroeconomic variables on bank stability measured by Z-score is examined using econometric analysis. The data set consists of a sample of the Czech banks operating together with macroeconomic factors, and the period of observation is from 2001 to 2020 on an annual basis. Using generalized method of moments, it was found that the determinants that affect the banking stability include the ratio of classified loans to total loans of the bank, capitalization and inflation rate.

Czech Consumers and Online Regional Food Shopping: After Pandemic Changes in Shopping Habits

Ondřej Mikšík

Acta academica karviniensia 2024, 24(1):53-63 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2024.005  

The Covid-19 pandemic significantly altered grocery shopping habits worldwide, with online shopping becoming a crucial alternative to physical stores. This quantitative study investigates how the purchasing behaviour of Czech consumers for regional foods has evolved post-pandemic. Utilizing data collected by the research agency IPSOS from 525 respondents aged 18-65, we apply both descriptive and inferential statistical methods to analyse the frequency and determinants of online regional food purchases. Our findings indicate a persistent shift towards online shopping for regional foods, influenced by factor household income. The hypothesis that post-pandemic...

Resilience of municipalities: theoretical concept of resilience of cities and villages and categorization of threats and shocks

Kamila Turečková, Jan Nevima, Petr Rumpel, František Varadzin, David Kula, Marian Lebiedzik

Acta academica karviniensia 2024, 24(1):64-72 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2024.006  

Resilience municipalit je v současné době akcentovaným tématem a týká se všeobecné schopnosti měst a obcí čelit rozličným hrozbám, rizikům a potenciálním škodám, a to nejen věcně, ale také mitigačně a maximálně efektivně. Municipality se v rámci svého faktického posilování odolnosti snaží vytvořit dílčí op+atření nebo komplexní systém, který by jim umožnil pružně zareagovat na nenadálé změny a šoky zejména exogenního charakteru s cílem zvládnout tyto nechtěné šoky co nejlépe a s co nejmenším negativním dopadem na svou činnost, na své občany a další ekonomické subjekty a aktivity ve svém katastrálním území. Cílem tohoto teoreticky pojatého článku je...

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