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.

The aim of the diploma thesis is the detailed description and comparison of working of pension system in the Czech Republic with the system working in the Kingdom of the Netherland. Dutch pension system is considered one of the best pension systems in the world and that is why the diploma thesis contains also reflection if there would be the possibility to implement some elements into the Czech system. Partial aim of the thesis is the description of necessity of pension reform due to unfavourable demographic growth which brings higher pressure also on financial costs of pension systems. In addition to the comparison of how first pillars based on pay-as-you-go financing work is an important part of the thesis the comparison of private pension savings in the Netherland with currently introduced system of private pensions in the Czech Republic. For the clear arrangement is at the end of chapters short summary and final chapter contains the global comparison of both systems including the description of profitability and expensiveness, positives and negatives.

The thesis examines suicidality in selected countries. The main goal is to compare the level of suicidality in the Czech Republic, Sweden and Spain, and to note down identical and dissmiliar outlines. In the following part, there is compared dependence of suicides on economic indicators (gross national product per person and rate of unemployment). The highest results of gross rate of suicidality are in the Czech Republic, then in Sweden and eventually in Spain. Suicidality of men is much higher than suicidality of women. The specific rate of suicidality increases with growing age. The most used method is hanging and throttling to death. Most of suicides are commited in spring. High indirest dependece of specific rate of suicidality and gross national product per person was ascertained in all above mentioned countries. As to rate of unemployment the lower relation was ascertained only in Sweden.

This thesis aims to analyze the evolution of the investments of Mexico in foreign countries, its beginnings, the economic policy behind the boost on investments, the main Mexican industries evolution of investments in the globe and the specific food industry development through the years. To reach the final analysis of the specific opportunities of three of the biggest companies in the Mexican food sector, Grupo BIMBO, Grupo MASECA and Conservas La Costena, which will have conclusions on the Czech conditions for businesses, competition in the food industry by domestic companies and the description of the capacities of each Mexican enterprise that may or may not enable them to invest in the Czech Republic. The first chapter analyzes a theoretical approach to the global context dynamics and the theories that we believe are proper for the investment flows analysis along with the performance of Mexico in this dynamics. The second chapter covers the development of the outward Mexican FDI linked to some historical facts, policies and reaching an analysis on the evolution of Mexican FDI presence in Europe. The Chapter three deepens the study in the food sector, with a global contextualization of the dynamics in and out of Mexico, and then analyzes our three specific cases, BIMBO, GRUMA and LA COSTENA. Finally, the fourth chapter will end with the analysis of the Czech Republic as a potential investment receiver, barriers, legal framework, and competition in the food sector, to reach the final description and conclusions about the opportunities of Mexican investments in the food sector on the Czech Republic.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to reveal whether the Czech tax system can be considered less stable in comparison with systems of selected five other OECD countries . The examined data cover a period from the year 2000 to 2014. To examine the first hypothesis of this study, stating that the Czech tax system is more unstable than tax systems of Austria, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, an "index of changes" has been defined to analyze these changes. Changes are analyzed in relation to personal income tax, corporate income tax and value added tax. The second hypothesis deals with the relationship between the resulting stability of the tax system and statistics of Doing Business evaluating openness of the aforementioned countries towards investments. The result of this study is that the Czech tax system is less stable in comparison with selected countries. It has also not been proven that there is a correlation between stability of the tax system and assessment of the openness to new investments.

This thesis aims to outline an overview of the institutionalization of sports activities talented young people of the Czech Republic and Austria. Work should introduce basic legal documents relating to the country and provide the basic institutional framework for sport in the Czech Republic and Austria. The main objective is to compare the Austrian and Czech system of care for talented young people, to find similarities or differences and propose any recommendations. Both of the above countries are members of the European Union and other international organizations, are similar in population and area, and in part, also underwent common historical development, and therefore are only minimally culturally different

Perception of the Russian Threat in the Czech Political, and Administrative Discourse Abstract The goal of this diploma thesis is to find how the Russian threat is perceived in the Czech political, and administrative discourse. The author decided to use constructivism, and discourse analysis to achieve the goal. Concretely he was inspired by Teun A. van Dijk's approach. The author chose actors, which in his opinion are the most important for shaping of the Russian threat construct in the Czech political, and administrative discourse. There are two categories of chosen actors. First category is composed of relevant institutions: The President of the Czech Republic, and his office, and The Government of the Czech Republic. The author chose five sub-actors to represent the government: The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Ministry of the Defence and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, and Ministry of Industry and Trade. Second category is aimed on parliamentary political parties, and movements in the Chamber of Deputies. The discourse could be characterized like fragmented. Chosen institutions mostly recognize possibility of Russian threatening behavior. They do not perceive any military threat for the Czech...