This thesis analyzes the development of competitiveness of the Czech Republic after its EU accession and comparison with mainly other EU members. Individual chapters include definitions of competitiveness presented by different institutions, evaluation of the position of the Czech Republic from the view of one-criteria approach and multicriteria approaches of the WEF and the IMD. The thesis tries to create a general view of the competitiveness of the Czech Republic and to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of particular assessing concepts.

This thesis discuss the phenomenon in income taxes during last decade - the flat tax. The paper analyzes historical development of income taxes and ideas of flat tax, how it worked in history and how economists elaborated different proposals of flat tax in 20th century. The main accent has concept of american economists Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, which is well-developed and which was the lodestar of czech tax reform in 2008. Thesis consists of analysis of their theoretical model, its effects and consequences. The comparison of czech implementation with original concept follows on some model examples of czech taxpayers. That illustrates how the implementation worked out.

This thesis deals with the analysis of interbank payment systems in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. The paper describes the fundamental characteristics of payment systems, including their division by various aspects. The thesis contains an overview of legislation affecting the operation of payment systems in the European Union in both analyzed countries. Furthermore, an analysis of interbank payment systems in the Czech Republic and the Netherlandsis performed, while in the Netherlands, there are two systems, large-value system TARGET2-NL and retail system Equens, the Czech Republic has only CERTIS system that performs both large-value and retail transactions. In the last part of the thesis there is detailed analysis of statistical information on these payment systems for the period from 2005 to 2009.

Práce zdůrazňuje vzájemný vztah cestovního ruchu a kultury, jejich význam pro společnost a ekonomiku ČR. Na základě srovnání s dalšími zeměmi EU vyplývá, že Česká republika má významný potenciál, aby stavěla svou konkurenční výhodu na kultuře a cestovním ruchu. Práce vysvětluje metodiku kvantifikace ekonomických přínosů obou odvětví, včetně multiplikačních efektů. Zvyšování konkurenceschopnosti ČR jako turistické destinace zajišťuje státní agentura CzechTourism, v oblasti kultury však neexistuje systematická koncepce propagace v zahraničí. Kromě větší finanční podpory obou sektorů by měla vláda klást důraz na spolupráci Ministerstva kultury a Ministerstva pro místní rozvoj ČR, ale i dalších institucí na všech úrovních veřejné správy.

This thesis is focused on consumer behavior of Czech people in relation to the product which has a very long tradition in Czech Republic and is for this country typical. In the beer consumption Czech Republic is often on the top of the list in the world comparison and that is why this thesis is trying to find out what are the factors specific for Czechs that are causing this. It is also focusing on other differences between Czechs, Germans and Austrians and find out, if these differences are important from marketing point of view. Conclusions of this thesis should be useful for psychologist intrested in alcohol related problems and for companies producing or importing beer products from and into Czech Republic, Germany and Austria, to which it may provide useful information for creating effective marketing campaign.

The subject of this diploma thesis was to identify changes in a visit rate of spas in Czech Republic that have been caused mainly after adoption of a new Indication list in 2012. Its impacts were examined by comparison and analysis between two time periods, by year 2013 and from year 2013. Essential indicators of spas, such as trend of treatment days, numbers of clients, accommodation capacity and staffing, were examined in more detail in the diploma thesis. Based on the results and findings were then estimated further trends and development of spas in Czech Republic.

This master thesis deals with the analysis of competitiveness of Slovakia in comparison with the Czech Republic. The theoretical framework of competitiveness is presented in the early section of this thesis. First chapter examines diferents approaches and theories concerning competitiveness. The next part focuses on measurement and evaluation of competitiveness at macroeconomic level. In this context, an overview of the methodologies used by the World Economic Forum, The World Bank and The International Institute for Management Development is presented. The key part is the analysis of competitiveness of Slovakia which is realized on the basis of selected price and costs variables and composite indicators. The main aims established while runnig the research were the following: to evaluate the development of competitiveness of Slovakia after its entry into the eurozone, to examine its relative position to the Czech Republic and identify strengths and weaknesses of the both economies resulting from the international competitiveness reports.

This thesis aims to evaluate the activity of the economic diplomacy of the Czech Republic in France . The first chapter theoretically defines the issue of economic diplomacy and its main players. The second chapter is fully focused on France and discusses Czech-French business relations in terms of trade , commodity structure of trade and investment. The third chapter contains the characteristics of the the main actors of economic diplomacy of the Czech Republic in France and brings interviews with representatives of these institutions. The last chapter analyzes the actual effect of economic diplomacy of the Czech Republic and provides conclusion in the form of the SWOT analysis. Thus corresponds to the research questions regarding the current state of the diplomacy and its weaknesses and potential areas for improvement.

This work cover the topic of bilateral cooperation between two countries with different political-economic and cultural-historical characteristics, that is the Republic of Iraq as developing country and the Czech republic on the other side ,which is classified by the OECD as advanced ,industrialized country. It focuses on the often debated issue, namely how to consolidate and streamline both an economic and political cooperation of the Czech Republic with the newly formed society in the Republic of Iraq. Despite a long tradition of joint relations, nowadays the Czech Republic is not a major player in the development of Iraq, but it has its potential to thrive in partial aspects of the transformation of Iraqi society such as agriculture and the environment, energy, transport, but also active in the field of counseling institutional transformation of the country such as government and regional institutions, human rights, etc. serves as a type of connecting link in this effort. This can be presented as an international development cooperation, which may very well continue to the long tradition of Czech-,resp. Czechoslovakian -- Iraqi relations. The scope of development assistance is both Czech and world-level expectations, particularly in terms of volume, but you can talk about it as a precursor of a deeper economic cooperation The total amount of development funds arising from the Czech Republic in Iraq represents a considerable amount, for example, between 2003 and 2005 it was 78 million USD. In the same period, the trade exchange was only 17 million USD. It should be noted that much of the development funds can be described as a humanitarian (building hospitals). In addition, it must be pointed out that the solving of development and humanitarian projects in Iraq is very problematic. It is necessary to use local co-workers, who often choose between work and cooperation with international organizations for which they can get a wage, thereby they face the pressure from the local environs that suspect them of cooperating with those who destroyed the country and who occupy it. These attitudes of local people slow down many development objectives and overall reduce the sustainability of development activities. That is why international organizations are focusing on the supply of capital equipment, in which they may engage private capital and thus open the way to Iraq to companies, which would be financially beneficial to both parties, i.e. the Iraqi citizens. To penetrate the Iraqi market with a new product or service, however, means not only to face competition from local products, but also the recently mentioned increasing activity of the neighboring Islamic countries, especially Turkey and Iran, but other producers of cheap goods from South and Southeast Asia. In this respect there is rather a chance for the Czech Republic to approach wealthier clientele, which will be (with economic growth and wealth of the Iraqi people) looking for higher quality goods for which it would be willing to pay.

The aim of my thesis was to analyze the business environment in the Czech Republic and to evaluate the possibilities for Swiss entrepreneurs on this market. My second aim was to provide the necessary information to the companies from Switzerland who currently consider possible enter on the Czech market. The business environment in the Czech Republic was analyzed on the basis quantitative analysis of particular factors, which determine the business environment in the Czech Republic. Furthermore I made the qualitative analysis of the Swiss point of view by conducting three individual interviews with the Swiss ambassador in the Czech Republic, with the CEO of the Chamber of Commerce Switzerland -- Czech Republic and the marketing director of a Swiss company operating in the Czech Republic.