SUMMARY Rasa Kairienė Improvement of Entrepreneurship of Small Sales Businesses Master’s studies final thesis, 67 pages, 10 figures, 11 tables, 47 references, 2 appendices, in Lithuanian. KEY Words: businessman, entrepreneurship, human capital, small sales companies, external factors, internal factors. Object of investigation: businessmen of Radviliškis District small sales companies in 2003–2005. Subject of investigation: businessmen entrepreneurship. Aim of the work: to analyse entrepreneurship of small sales companies, to show ways of its improvement and to prepare entrepreneurship pattern. Tasks: 1) To ground entrepreneurship and related concepts. 2) To find out the entrepreneurship of the small sales companies of Radviliškis District. 3) To disclose reasons, creating obstacles for entrepreneurship of small sales companies, and to provide entrepreneurship improvement measures. 3) After having performed analysis, to prepare entrepreneurship pattern. Methods of investigation: synthesis and analysis of economic literature, sociologic questioning and interviewing methods, logical and graphical modelling methods. By studying literature about businessmen entrepreneurship and performing practical investigation, entrepreneurship of small sales companies’ businessmen was established, factors, impeding the entrepreneurship, stated, ways to improve entrepreneurship shown, entrepreneurship improvement patterns suggested.

This masters dissertation aims at observing the influence of political and economic relationship maintained between Portugal and England in the institutionalization of English language teaching process. Given the necessity of (re)construction of the Portuguese nation, one of the first maneuvers of the Pombal s reforms was the training of businessmen. In order to implement the project of Perfect Businessman designed by the Pombal s legislation, the Portuguese School of Commerce was created, with arithmetic, mercantile writing and other related to the commercial business practice. That School has also raised the teaching of English to enable commercial transactions held with England. From the historical context and understanding of the principles of the Pombal s reforms, pieces of legislation and documents that testified about the Portuguese School of Commerce, initiated in 1759 in Lisbon and imported into Rio de Janeiro in 1846, were studied. In an effort to understand the implications of the Luso- British commercial relationship to English teaching, textbooks such as The dictionary of the Portuguese and English Language, in two parts, English and Portuguese, and English and Portuguese (1773); Grammatica Lusitano Lusitano-&-anglica anglica or New Grammatica, and Ingleza Portugueza and Portugueza and Ingleza (1751); Arte Ingleza offerecida ao Illustrissimo Visconde de Cayru (1827), and Nova grammatica ingleza e portugueza dedicada á felicidade e augmento da Nação Portugueza (1812) were analyzed to consolidate the hypothesis that the Portuguese School of Commerce was one of the most important representations of English teaching for specific purposes in the eighteenth century. / Esta dissertação de mestrado tem por objetivo principal observar os graus de influência da relação político-econômica mantida entre Portugal e Inglaterra no processo de institucionalização do ensino de língua inglesa. Diante da necessidade da (re)construção da nação portuguesa, uma das primeiras manobras das reformas pombalinas foi a capacitação dos homens de negócios. Visando o projeto de perfeito negociante idealizado na legislação pombalina, foram criadas as Aulas de Comércio, que, além de oferecer aulas de aritmética, registro mercantil e outras referentes à prática comercial, ainda suscitou o ensino de língua inglesa para viabilizar as transações comerciais mantidas com a Inglaterra. A partir da contextualização histórica e do entendimento dos princípios das reformas pombalinas, foram observadas peças legislativas e documentos que prestaram depoimento acerca das Aulas de Comércio, iniciadas em 1759 em Lisboa e importadas para o Rio de Janeiro em 1846. Com o intuito de verificar as implicações da relação comercial luso-britânica no ensino de Inglês, compêndios como A dictionary of the Portuguese and English Language, in two parts, Portuguese and English: and English and Portuguese (1773); Grammatica Lusitano-Anglica & Lusitano-Anglica ou Grammatica Nova, Ingleza e Portugueza, e Portugueza e Ingleza (1751); Arte Ingleza offerecida ao Ilustrissimo Senhor Visconde de Cayru (1827); e Nova Grammatica Ingleza e Portugueza dedicada à Felicidade e Augmento da Nação Portugueza (1812) foram analisados para consolidar a hipótese de que as Aulas de Comércio foram uma das mais relevantes representações do ensino de Inglês para fins específicos no século XVIII.

The diploma thesis deals with the elaboration of a business plan for the establishment of a nutrition center in Olomouc. In the first part, there are elaborated the theoretical starting points for the business plan, and then the thesis deals with analyses and a segmentation of the market. Based on this information the proposal of the business plan is elaborated.

The main topic of this thesis is the trading with one of the most important commodity in the market – electricity. This thesis will analyse the topic from the point of view of a natural person who potentially would like to start trading in the market. The description focuses on causes and consequences of the market liberalization. The electricity trading will be also analyzed from the point of view of a consumer and also of a producer. Possibilities will be listed on how to purchase and sell electricity, principles how particular markets work and also comparison of the price of electricity with the prices of other commodities. The aim is to give a detailed description about domestic market electricity price creation. The main purpose of this thesis is to describe the situation in the domestic market with electricity and future development in this branch, expressing also considerations about switching the electricity supplier.

A result of this work is suggestion of business plan for founding service – interior vehicle cleaning. On the beginning of the work are defining condition of market, general and departmental environs. Is valorizing a existing situation in this area. It will be proposing the complete business plan with financial rated.

The aim of my dissertation is forming of bussiness plan for providing of accommodation services without boarding, situated in a small vinicultural village, considering and choosing of the most suitable form of its financing. The project begins with a vision of owners, it continues with marketing analyses and a market research, a preliminary financial calculation and it finishes with choosing of the suitable investor.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to create a draft business plan for establishing a small company that trades in information and communication technology in the town of Moravský Krumlov. The diploma thesis is divided into three linked parts – theoretical, analytical and the draft. The basic notions and terms are defined in the theoretical part. The analytical part – by means of strategic analysis – examines microeconomic and macroeconomic relations, i.e. the overall situation and market preconditions. The draft presents the business plan itself, i.e. the description of the company; its vision and mission; business, marketing and organisational plans; risk evaluation; and the financial aspects of the business plan.

The diploma thesis is focused on a preparation of a business plan for the establishment of a new home furnishing fabrics and decorations e-shop. It examines the present market and competition state. It contains a project implementation draft including a financial budget.

大陸實施經改、台灣開放探親後的兩岸關係，正朝著政治分立、經濟合作路徑邁進。隨著台商經營模式由中小企業為主的低技術傳統產業，走向資金與技術密集型高科技產業，台商間的互動型態也由早期的小群體或個體作戰模式，轉為依賴集體力量、透過組織形式爭取共同利益。於此情況下，獲兩岸政府直接、間接承認的台資企業協會理應有非常大的運作空間，發揮外與兩岸政府斡旋、內為台商提供服務之功能。因此目前的相關文獻，莫不期待台商積極投入台協，而台協則發揮極其關鍵的功能。本研究卻將對此觀點提出挑戰，基於台協所提供的制度性入會誘因，分析台協的組織能力。基於上述設計，此研究奠基於筆者月餘的田野調查，訪談對象遍及上海、昆山、無錫三地台商與台辦人員。研究結果相當程度否定了學界視為理所當然之「台商積極參與台協」假設。根據筆者的研究，台資企業協會在中共政權的「強國家」以及經濟社會的「韌網絡」雙向壓縮下，台協的角色與功能，已遭到相當程度的弱化。 / With the on-going post-Mao reforms, more and more Taiwanese businessmen (Taishang) seek business opportunities in mainland China. After almost fifteen years, these entrepreneurs have given up labor-intensive manufacturing and shifted to high-tech production. At the same time, they also feel constant needs to organize themselves, for reasons involving political capital, social capital and selective incentives. Most of these Taishang then create the Taiwanese Business Associations (TBAs) to serve their purpose. Although TBAs being founded one by one, our preliminary investigation suggests that most of them are in fact weak organizations. This research thus seeks to explain why those TBAs tend to be weak on the basis of the incentives they would provide for their members. After a month-long field research in Shanghai, Wuxi, and Kunshan, I find that these associations are bound to be weak organization mainly because of the “strong state” and “powerful networks.” The practices of the state hamper the functioning of TBAs while the operation of social networks creates an alternative organization with the functions of associations.

This Master’s thesis deals with the business plan for the establishment of family pension focused on agro-tourism in the small village Dolní Újezd in the Olomouc region. The aim of the thesis is assess the possibility of realization. The business plan also includes finance plan and risk assessment.