The paper gives a summary of the contemporary theoretical and practical approaches to the question of sectoral competitiveness and makes an attempt of verification of theoretical hypotheses by the means of linear regression. In its first part the paper offers a theoretical field for creating a broader competitiveness concept. The theoretical concepts an practical methods used by the professional institutions are both presented therein. In its second part an attempt to unite the presented theories is made. The theoretical conclusions are then applied on the sample of statistic data from EU and UN sources with the aim of verification of theoretical conclusions validity.

The goal of this essay is analysis of important indicators which will be subject of comparation,their values reflects in competitiveness. This essay contents too recommendation for economic policy for future.Essay is separated to seven chapters.The first discuss about characteristics of comparative economic areas, the second one describes gross domestic product, mainly progress and structure.The third charapter analyses prices from comparative price level, rate of inflation to individual items of consumer price index. The fourth chapter refers to general government financial balance, reflection in government liabilities, changes in interest rates and government interventions in social transfers or subsidies.The fifth chapter deals with current account per GDP and nominal exchange rate. The sixth chapter judges unemployment rate and labour productivity of economic sectors. The last chapter includes ratings of economics by additional indicators like Human Development Index or Corruption Perceptions Index.

Decreasing importance of national economies as subjects of international trade and increasing importance of multinational corporations as the most important actor of international business activities is a characteristic trend in the world economy since the end of the 20th century. The thesis describes actual status of national economies and multinational corporations in the global economic system and its role in international trade; defines possibilities of growth in competitiveness of national economies and analises an extent to which multinational corporations can participate on this growth or be its source.

The main aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze Chinese innovation policy. First chapter is the introduction of the innovation policy in general and there is also a brief economic characteristic of China in order to understand further issues. The second chapter analyzes main features of the Chinese innovation system. Third chapter focuses on the role of Chinese government and it also analyzes the importance of the Chinese economic development zones. The last fourth chapter concentrates on the Chinese innovation policy in the global context.

The work as itself focuses on the ways, how to compare direct market competitors by quantifying the variables with impact on their market position. Described methods will be explained on practical examples.

The subject of thesis is examining the impact of internet advertising and web site usability on the competitiveness of internet commerce. The aim of this work is the successful application of theoretical knowledge to practical examples of e-shop Lahůdkářství Jan Paukert. This application should show an increase in attendance and achievement of higher sales. The work is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The first part is focused on theoretical knowledge in the field of usability and web ads, the second deals with their application to the internet shop.

The thesis deals with the topic of image of a travel agency. The corporate image represents an important success factor for every company, rather that there is a strong competition as in the case of the Czech market of travel agencies. The paper shows results of several surveys, objective of which was to explore particular factors that influence image of a selected travel agency.

The aim of the master thesis is to evaluate the competitiveness of the individual countries of the European Union, to specify which member countries art most competitive and on the other hand to determine which countries are among the other EU states dropping behind. The subject of this thesis is at first defining the concept of competitiveness, evaluation of different methods used for its measurement and description of tools, which are used by EU in order to increase the competitiveness of EU countries. In the second part is defined the competitiveness of the EU countries using the analysis of relevant data based on stated of criteria.

This thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part I deal with foreign direct investment and its relation to competitiveness, in the following part I apply this issue to the South Moravia Region. In the first chapter I characterize in general foreign direct investments, the second one is devoted to impacts of foreign investments on national economy. In the following chapter I briefly outline history of foreign direct investments in the Czech Republic and decribe current situation of our country in this field. The fourth chapter deals with competitiveness of the Czech Republic. In the last chapter I describe and analyze effect of investments on the economy of the South Moravia Region, in the end I propose measures in order to increase competitiveness.

The purpose of this diploma thesis is to explain why the European Union considers innovation, research and development as the engine for increasing its competitiveness, to find out how this area is supported by the European Union, discover if these efforts persist despite of the economic crisis, evaluate how these effots help to rise its competitiveness, analyze in what areas the failurs persist and propose measures that would help improve European Union's performance.