Acta academica karviniensia, 2011 (vol. 11), issue 3
CHARACTER OF DUTCH LABOUR MARKET IN CONTEXT OF EU 27
Renata Fajová
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):5-13 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.041 
The article shows the situation of unemployment in EU mainly the situation of unemployment in the most affected countries. The Netherlands belongs to the countries with the lowest unemployment rate. The author describes distinctiveness of Dutch labour market and also tries to find the size of influence of GDP to unemployment.
SPOKOJENOST OBČANŮ ČESKÉHO TĚŠÍNA SE ZDROJI INFORMACÍ O MĚSTĚ
Štefan Hečko, Petra Janečková, Radim Řihák
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):14-23 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.042
This article presents results of the research Citizen Satisfaction with the Český Těšín Information Sources about the City, which was realized in third and fourth quarter of the year 2010. The aim of the research was to find out which information sources about city Český Těšín its citizens use and how satisfied they are with these sources. In order to obtain data for this research the method of interrogation (the questionnaire technique) was used. Respondents were asked about use of information sources about the city (official board, website, information center, newsletters) and satisfaction with the website and newsletter Těšínské listy. Obtained...
SOLVING CARDINALITY CONSTRAINED PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM BY BINARY PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM
Aleš Kresta
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):24-33 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.043
Mathematical programming methods dominate in the portfolio optimization problems, but they cannot be used if we introduce a constraint limiting the number of different assets included in the portfolio. To solve this model some of the heuristics methods (such as genetic algorithm, neural networks and particle swarm optimization algorithm) must be used. In this paper we utilize binary particle swarm optimization algorithm and quadratic programming method to find an efficient frontier in portfolio optimization problem. Two datasets are utilized. First dataset consists of the stocks incorporated in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, second dataset contains...
MOŽNOSTI MERANIA PRODUKTIVITY PRÁCE VO VÝROBNOM PROCESE A VPLYV PRESTOJOV NA PRODUKTIVITU PRÁCE
Peter Malega, Nikoleta Puchá
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):34-42 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.044
Labour productivity is one of the main indicators of continuous performance improvement and it is the assumption of successful corporate objectives implementation. Labour productivity is expressed as an effectively studied entity respectively a part of this entity transforms inputs into outputs. Each measurement of productivity in the corporate sector talks about how to flashback inputs into outputs and must be oriented to meet customer demand. Stoppages reduce productivity, because the duration of stoppage is very closely related to time. In the "battle" with productivity the time factor plays a very important role, decrease in productivity is clearly...
ANALÝZA BETA-KONVERGENCE REGIONŮ ZEMÍ VISEGRÁDSKÉ ČTYŘKY PROSTŘEDNICTVÍM NELINEÁRNÍHO REGRESNÍHO MODELU
Jan Nevima, Lukáš Melecký
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):43-57 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.045
The paper examines and analyzes the process of real convergence in the Visegrad countries at regional level NUTS 2. Theoretical background of the paper defines the methodological concept and definition of convergence, focusing on the concept of beta convergence, which is the case of unconditional (absolute) convergence. This approach is based on the neoclassical growth model. The empirical part of the article focuses on the analysis of beta convergence in NUTS 2 regions of the Visegrad Four countries in the reference period 1995 - 2006. Beta convergence is analyzed by nonlinear regression econometric model, which is formulated in two variations based...
ARROWOVA EKONOMICKÁ SPECIFIKA ZDRAVOTNÍ PÉČE A INFORMAČNÍ SPOLEČNOST
Marian Nikorjak
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):58-65 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.046
This article aims to briefly reflect on the characteristics of the healthcare market in the context of the current information society. It draws on nowadays already classical article of K. J. Arrow, "Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care". In 1963, Arrow characterised their differences between the healthcare market and the market understood by the classical economics.
PPP Z POHLEDU TEORIE VEŘEJNÉHO INVESTOVÁNÍ
Jan Ostřížek
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):66-77 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.047
The article deals with the theoretical background of the alternative way of financing, building and operating of public infrastructure and public services. The alternative way mentioned above is the Public Private Partnership concept. The eligibility of Public private partnership is evaluated through the theory of organisation and operation of the public administration.
AKTUÁLNÍ SITUACE NĚMECKÉHO TRHU PRÁCE A FENOMÉN KURZARBEIT
Zuzana Potužáková
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):78-90 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.048
German labour market and its situation are due to its size essential for many EU Member States. Based on this it is important to follow its situation and reforms because they can influence the economic situation in the neighbouring Member States including the Czech Republic. The aim of the article is to describe the situation of the German labour market before the world-wide economic crisis and the impacts of the crisis on the German economy in the context of the government measures. Finally we will focus on phenomena of Kurzarbeit, which helped, despite the crisis, to keep the employment rate relatively high and reduced the growth of the unemployment.
THE HARMONIZING OF FAMILY LIFE AND WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF TYPOLOGY OF THE WELFARE STATE
Eva Rievajová, Zuzana Poláčiková
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):91-102 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.049
This paper deals with theoretical approaches to the harmonization of family life and work based on the Esping-Andersen's typology of the welfare state. In the first chapter we characterize three basic types of the welfare state: liberal, conservative-corporatist and social democratic. We focus on the essential features, on the relationship between the state and the market, the level of stratification and decommodification in these different types. In the second chapter we analyze familiarization of the welfare state typology, refering to the criticism, which calls into questioning the ability of commodification by which Orloff underestimates this ability...
VYBRANÉ FAKTORY OVLIVŇUJÍCÍ POJIŠŤOVNICTVÍ S OHLEDEM NA SOUČASNOU EKONOMICKOU SITUACI V ČR I VE SVĚTĚ
Petra Růčková
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):103-111 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.050
Insurance is one of the fields of business, which are significantly signing of monetary policy to stabilize the country. The essence lies primarily in the fact that a substantial part of the funds accumulated in the field of business is investment in fixed assets, including government securities, which stabilises the currency movement within the economy. In addition, this fact supports the reinvestment of temporarily free resources, allowing the development of the economy. Contribution aims on the basis of this analysis to assess the fundamental factors affecting the insurance industry in the context of the current crisis development. The comparison...
NÁVRH DÍLČÍ KONCEPCE SYSTÉMU BENEFITNÍHO ODMĚŇOVÁNÍ ZAMĚSTNANCŮ VE VÝROBNÍM PODNIKU NA PRINCIPECH CAFETERIA SYSTÉMU
Radim Řihák
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):112-124 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.051
The article analyzes and highlights the importance of drawing up a transparent and clear system of benefit remuneration that is applicable in practice. In its essence, the article deals with the draft of a sub-concept of the system of benefit remuneration of employees based on the principles of cafeteria system. The concept was created on the basis of research done in a particular manufacturing company and it is based on individual specific benefit blocks. Each of them then reflects a certain degree of employee attitude to the work process and his/her approach to other defined parameters. The concept also refers to the attitude of the employer to the...
VÝKONNOST DRUŽSTEV V ČR V KONTEXTU EKONOMICKÉ KRIZE
Petr Suchánek
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):125-133 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.052
The topic of this paper is the efficiency of different types of cooperatives in the period of economic crisis in Czech Republic. This efficiency is analyzed on the principle of financial (quantitative) data, that was derived from financial statements of cooperatives. The aim of this paper is to analyze efficiency of different types of cooperatives in Czech Republic in years 2006 - 2008. Partial aim of this paper is a comparison of developed efficiency of different types of cooperatives with industrial enterprises, analyze of developed deviations and examination of beginning economic crisis impacts to cooperatives.
MODELOVÉ REGIONY A MOŽNOSTI JEJICH VYUŽITÍ PŘI HODNOCENÍ REGIONÁLNÍCH DISPARIT
Pavel Tuleja
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):134-149 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.053
Within the research project "WD-55-07-1: Regional Disparities in the Land Development of the Czech Republic - Their Origin, Identification And Elimination", we deal with in the past three years, we focused our attention on how their own definition of regional disparities and to find appropriate methods that would be useful in measuring interregional differences. During the past three years, we have our research concluded that the assessment of regional disparities, we can use two basic approaches. One possibility is the disparities present in a material respect, which is our proposed integrated indicators, which we addressed for example in the essay...
DETERMINANTS AND THEIR USE IN ECONOMICS
Eva Valentová
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):150-157 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.054
The Cramer's rule provides a method of solving a system of linear equations through the use of determinants. The Hessian can be used for a test whether a given critical point is a local minimum or maximum of a function of two or more real variables. In the article the use of the Cramer's rule and the Hessian is demonstrated on economic optimization problems.
QUANTITY INDICATORS AS A MEASURE OF CREDIT MARKET INTEGRATION IN THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES
Pavla Vodová
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):158-165 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.055
The aim of this paper is to assess with quantity indicators the extent to which credit markets in the Visegrad countries are integrated with euro zone countries. According to the role of foreign branches of credit institutions and the share of cross-border loans, integration of credit markets in the Visegrad countries is increasing. However, financial crisis has slowed the integration a bit. Especially during the crisis, information about creditworthiness of counterparties is highly important. Banks prefer to provide loans to domestic borrowers because better information is available about domestic counterparties.
TECHNIKY ZAJIŠTĚNÍ KOMODITNÍHO RIZIKA: PŘÍPAD DISTRIBUCE PLYNU
Denisa Vrebová, Markéta Jarotková
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):166-177 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.056
Risk can be understood as a lack of knowledge about future situations. In the case that is studied in this paper, it concerns the future price of a natural gas. This risk can be hedged by a broad family of strategies. In the paper we study and compare only the most standard strategies on the basis of a simulation study. Within the comparison we use the basic characteristics of probability distribution of the hedging effect and the quantiles of both tails. According to theoretical expectations, the risk is minimal for a covered position, whilst the barrier option means both the highest mean value and risk in sense of the standard deviation.
VÝZNAM DOPRAVY V LOGISTICE PODNIKU
Marta Wilczková, Petr Vlček
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):178-185 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.057
The article deals with the importance of transport and transport systems within the logistics management of supplier-customer chains. Suitable management of transport costs constitutes the part of the management of total logistics costs of enterprises. The aim of the enterprise is to increase the value of the product for the customer while reducing overall costs so that the enterprise can better apply the competitive advantage that is associated with the optimal use of traffic and transport processes. As the result of the development of information and communications technologies used for the management of the transport within and out the enterprise,...
VYBRANÉ EVOLUČNÍ TEORIE PROCESU INTERNACIONALIZACE PODNIKATELSKÝCH AKTIVIT
Šárka Zapletalová
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):186-193 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.058
Internationalization is a phenomenon researched intensively over the last few decades from a variety of viewpoints. Internationalization of entrepreneurial activities is the necessity for majority of entrepreneurial subjects. This article inquire into the internationalization process of entrepreneurial activities. The objective of this paper is to present the overview of the most important internationalization theories.
ZOSTAVENIE SÚBORU KĽÚČOVÝCH INDIKÁTOROV FINANČNEJ VÝKONNOSTI PODNIKU
Zuzana Závarská
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):194-207 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.059
One of the significant consequences of the globalization processes is the sharpening of the competitive environment and the sharpening of the subsequent pressure on the business efficiency. Beside the traditional indicators, in the last years the accent is putted on the modern firm performance indicators based on the theory of the shareholder value. The palette of the firm financial performance indicators is therefore relatively broad, what is the reason why the financial analytics stay in front of the problem to choose the set of indicators which would reflect the firm financial performance most precise.Some of the indicators are in the significant...
MOUREK D. A KOL. Cykloturistika. Současný stav a perspektivy v České republice
Zuzana Stefanovová, Václav Lednický
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):209-211 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.060
FEKETE, I. Občiansky zákonník. Veľký komentár. 1. diel (§1 - §459), 2. diel (§460 - §880)
Roman Pauliček
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):212-214 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.061
BARÁNY, E. Pojmy dobrého práva. Bratislava: Eurokódex
Alena Pauličková
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):215-216 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.062
MURA, L. Ekonomika malého a středního podnikání
Alena Pauličková
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):217-218 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.063
Program Baltské univerzity v České republice
Alena Labodová
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):219-222 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.064
Vzpomínka na Jindřicha Waldese
Václav Lednický
Acta academica karviniensia 2011, 11(3):223-226 | DOI: 10.25142/aak.2011.065
List of Reviewers
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