This work is focused on supporting of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Visegrad Four (V4), i.e. the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland and Hungary in 2007 - 2013. The work analyzes the governmental support of SMEs in each of these V4 countries, which includes the situation of the SMEs, institutions providing support and individual programs of support. This part is followed by the SWOT analysis of support systems in V4 countries. The final chapter is devoted to the practical application of support system of SMEs in the V4 countries on the example of state assistance to entrepreneurs affected by the floods in June 2013. This work gives a comprehensive look at the issue of support of SMEs in the V4 countries and provides detailed understanding of their position and importance of small and medium-sized enterprises at both, national and international level.

The aim of this work is the issue of Enterprise Resource Planning offered by way of Systems as a service and the suitability of this implementation for small and medium enterprises. Theoretical part describes the genesis and development of Enterprise Resource Planning, their functionality and purpose. There's also specified the term Cloud computing, its principles, advantages and disadvantages and options of distribution. One of the principles of the distribution, System as a Service is described in detail, including the necessary Service-level agreement, and its capabilities in providing Enterprise Resource Planning. The practical part of the work consists of developing a comprehensive overview of the Czech market of Enterprise Resource Planning offered in the form of rent System as a Service. This list is analyzed from the perspective of a key customer for this product, namely Small and medium enterprises. The last part of this work consists of obtaining customer references and supplier experiences from already realized projects.

This thesis deals with application of Competitive Intelligence in the environment of business incubators in the Czech Republic. The main goal of this work is to analyze the competitive environment of Czech business incubators and draw conclusions leading to a possible increase of their competitiveness. The theoretical part describes the competitive intelligence including selected analytic methods, the support system for development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the role of the state in their support and aspects of innovative business. The following part deals with characteristics of business incubation, basic division of business incubators and their importance for the development of SMEs. It then describes the history of incubators in the world and the way they operate in the Czech Republic, including description of basic services provided. The practical part analyzes broader competitive environment throughout the country, using Porter's five competitive forces model. Then there is a complete list compiled of all operating and planned incubators in the Czech Republic displayed on a map, divided into different regions. There are six incubators selected for a thorough competitive analysis in the Central region and the city of Prague, which are the regions with the strongest competitive environment in the Czech Republic. Based on results of analyses mentioned above, there is a set of final recommendations on how to increase the competitiveness of Czech business incubators and to get overall improvement in business incubation.

This Master's Thesis focuses on integration of software that are provided as services (SaaS) into current on-premise information systems of enterprises. In enterprise computing, services such as SaaS are usually integrated into cloud services. In recent years, cloud services have been experiencing a dynamic growth, and, in various forms, they have been entering enterprises of different sizes and fields. At the same time, the experience show that implementation of SaaS into enterprise computing faces many challenges due to the fact that the SaaS vendors have exclusively focused on improvement of software functionality and the integration itself has completely remained out of their attention. Given that, the integration of SaaS is rather complicated or even inaccessible for many enterprises. In particular, small and medium-sized businesses are a very specific target groups and the traditional integration platforms are unaffordable for them. The goal of this thesis is to develop a methodology based on MeFIS that would cover integration of SaaS into on-premise-based information systems in small and medium enterprises. In this thesis, first, I will define the terms used in integration of IT and cloud services and describe the essential principles, tools, and technologies used. Second, I will conduct a literature review of available sources to find the best methodology for integration of SaaS, which would take into account the specific needs of small and medium enterprises. Third, I will develop a methodology based on the methodology framework MeFIS (Methodology Framework for IS/ICT Systems). At the final stage, the developed methodology will be applied in one company in the Czech Republic. The emerged integration challenges will be described and their solutions will be developed; thus, this thesis might also serve as a specific example of SaaS integration into enterprise information systems within small and medium-sized businesses.

This thesis focuses on developing a business plan for the production of baby food. The thesis consists of three parts. The main purpose of the theoretical part is to introduce the reader the environment of small and medium enterprise subsequently to describe the proper writing of a business plan. There are also recommendations for suitable structures procedures. Methodical part deals with the proper execution of marketing research, considerable attention particularly a method of interrogation. The practical part is the business plan itself. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the feasibility of the project and its ability to prosper at today's market.

The thesis deals with small and medium businesses, their actual situation, but also history in the Slovakia and in the region of Eastern Europe, eventually EU. It is focused also at the field of national and international support of small and medium enterprises. The practical part of the thesis analyses functioning of small enterprise in the Slovakia with concrete example -- firm Thomas Sluis Slovakia, s.r.o. It describes its history, the process and consequences of the joint with foreign partner, the actual situation and strategic basis for future activities of the firm.

This diploma thesis focuses on data included in social networking sites. It also evaliuates the possibilities of using such data from small and medium enterprises (SME) point of view. The first part of the thesis describes the context of social networking sites (SNS). Further it explores structures in which SNS data persist and conditions to be met when loading the data. The first part incorporates an overview of basic actions to be peformed when starting using the data. The second part of this thesis is more focused on usage of the data. It offers a detailed overview of cases of use in terms of data on SNS. The third part is subdivided into two separate sections. The first section describes results of an experiment on what data can be found based on name and email address. The second section contains a suggestion on a course of actions needed to be made to establish an SNS strategy in a SME. The course of steps is further demonstrated on a real world small enterprise. The main asset of the thesis is the overview of data available on SNS, steps to load it and it's cases of use. This allows the enterprises in SME sector to orientate themselfs in the world of SNS data and to fast integrate the data in the everyday life. Another asset of this thesis is the demonstration of what data can be found on SNS after entering name and e-mail address. This can help individuals imagine what data they are sharing without knowing it.

The main objectives of this work are determining Self-Service Business Intelligence as one of Business Intelligence approaches, description and characterization of Qlik Sense and finally development of particular solution using the above tool. In the first part thesis deals with the theoretical side of the approach, describes its advantages and disadvantages and users coming into contact with the respective technologies. Subsequently, thesis specifies requirements for Self-Service Business Intelligence and mentions different requirements and sizes of solutions in organizations. At the end recommendations for the implementation of the approach and technologies are mentioned. The second part is devoted to Qlik Sense platform, as one of the representatives based on the Self-Service approach. At first basic features, options and benefits are described. Then the development of solutions and principles of work with this tool are explained. Finally, architecture of enterprise server solution is described together with installation steps and basic configuration of a Qlik Sense site. The third part is focused on mobile virtual operator GoMobil, its current state, Business Intelligence needs and last but not least the requirements and development of solution using Qlik Sense platform.

The aim of this Master's Thesis is to set up an initial business plan of the ice cream shop in the busy touristic area of the capital city of Prague. The thesis is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part deals with the analysis of the small and medium enterprise segment in the Czech Republic and the local entrepreneurial environment in comparison with other European countries according to regularly compiled international reports. Additionally, an analyses of specific consumer behaviour will be carried out. The end of the theoretical part introduces the generally recommended structure of a business plan describing closer its respective parts. The practical part applies this structure into practise based on the example of the initial business plan in the traditional ice cream branch. The plan presents a new concept of selling the ice cream including the supplement products. It strives to reflect the up-to-date market needs which were revealed through the conveyed market research. The output of this thesis presents the conclusion regarding the feasibility and attractiveness of this contemplated project that can subsequently serve as a material for the internal management.

O valor das pequenas e médias empresas de base tecnológica para a economia local brasileira é amplamente reconhecido como essencial para a atividade empresarial, a criação de postos de trabalho qualificados, e inovação com grande potencial no mercado, contribuindo para a dinâmica da economia. Além disso, essas empresas fomentam o processo de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico em uma sociedade, além de estreitar as relações entre os diversos setores da economia. Desse modo, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo estudar a forma como o processo de inovação tecnológica ocorre em pequenas e médias empresas de base tecnológica localizadas na Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. O referencial teórico utilizado é composto por cinco modelos de inovação: modelo linear de inovação (Scienc push), modelo linear reverso de inovação (demand pull),the coupling model, modelo de interações em cadeia, e modelo sistêmico. A abordagem metodológica utilizada foi o estudo de caso múltiplo qualitativo. Os dados foram coletados com de entrevistas semiestruturadas e a análise ocorreu para cada caso, e fazendo uma comparação em busca de semelhanças e diferenças, levando à formação de resultados válidos. A amostra foi composta por quatro pequenas e médias empresas das cidades da Região Metropolitana do Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. Como resultado da observação de modelos de desenvolvimento de inovação adotados pelas empresas, verifica-se que o modelo se aproximava do que foi proposto no modelo de interações em cadeia. O desenvolvimento da inovação depende do segmento em que a empresa opera e das interações que possui com ambiente interno e externo. Foi possível concluir que a PMEBT não inova de maneira sistemática, mas de modo intuitivo e muito centrado nas ideias de seus fundadores. Inova focando tanto no atendimento aos requisitos dos clientes quanto nas necessidades observadas no mercado. A formação de parcerias ainda é vista com receio pelos dirigentes e proprietários. / The value of small and medium technology-based enterprises for Brazilian for local economy is widely recognized as essential to entrepreneurial activity, creating skilled jobs and innovation with great potential in the market, contributing to a dynamic the economy. In addition, these enterprises encourage the process of science and technology development in a society and narrow down the relationships between various sectors of the economy. Thereby, this paper aims to study how the technological innovation process occurs in technology-based small and medium enterprises located in Metropolitan Region of Paraíba Valley and North Coast. The theoretical framework used is composed by five our models of innovation: linear model of innovation (Scienc push) , linear model of innovation reverse (demand pull), the model coupling, chain interactions model and the system model. The methodological approach used was the qualitative multiple case study. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews and analysis occurred for each case and them making a comparison between the cases in search of similarities and differences leading to the formation of valid results. The sample consisted of four small and medium enterprises in the cities of the metropolitan region of the Paraíba Valley and North Coast. As a result of observation of innovative development models adopted by companies, it turns out that the model is closer to what was proposed in the chain interactions model. The development of innovation depends on the segment in which the company operates and the interactions it has with internal and external environment. It was concluded that the PMEBT does not innovate in a systematic way, but intuitively and very focused on the ideas of its founders . Inova is focusing on meeting the customer requirements and needs observed in the market . The formation of partnerships is still viewed warily by the leaders and owners.