The thesis analyses the effects of tourism on Austrian national economy. It focuses on two aspects, the influence of tourism on the gross domestic product and the employment. The thesis summarizes the use of European Union structural funds for the development of tourism and compares the position of single provinces (Bundesländer) in both Austria's national economy and tourism. It explores the possibilities of tourism building up the less developed regions and translates Austrian experience with tourism policies to Czech Republic.

SubmItted In fulfilment of the Master of Arts Degree / The study traces and explains reformulation of ANC natlonatlsatlon policy between 1990 and early 1994. In doing so It develops the sociology of natlonallsatlon. It argues that natlonallsatlon is a nexus of particular social relations. First, since these relations are dynamic, nationalisation can only be fully understood through a concrete rather than an abstract approach to its study. Second, the nature of the relations which natlonallsatlon expresses are both political and economic. Therefore changes in ANC nationallsatlon policy cannot be analyzed only from an economic or pragmatist perspective. Finally, nationalisation reflects and expresses class relations. It is necessary to understand the class character of the major actors Involved and the balance of class forces to analyze any particular instance or absence of natlonallsatlon, The ANC's natlonallsatlon policy gradually rejected wlde-scalo natlonalleatlon. Nationallsatlon represents one form of the state-capital relation. The ANC's olass character as a nationalist organisation constrains It to act within the broad framework given by global trends in capitalism, since Its aim Is to get hold of a nation state (ttle characteristic political form of capitalism). As a government-in-waltlng' during the transition, It was Increasingly concerned to find the optimum relation between Itself (a future state) and capital In Its economic policy, the aim being to safeguard the national economy. The advancing lnternatlonallsatlon of capital has created a tendency for a multi-polar relation between individual capitals and various nation-states. Nationallsatlon (a close link between Individual capitals and a rjngle nation state) is out of line with these trends. However, these trends were not directly, unproblematlcally or even consciously assimilated Into ANC policy. The ANC's contradictory relation to its mass base Is key in understanding the ANC's increased sensitivity to such questions. The prolonged nature of the transition revealed the political limitations on nationalism In the present global context, in the ANC's vacillation between its mass base and other political actors. This constrained the ANC's ability to drive home an economic and political programme of Its own Initial choice and increased its sensitivity to capital and other major actors. Research Into the South African economy and the experience of other countries was Interpreted from the ideological framework given by the Eastern European revolutions and the collapse of command 1st economies, which themselves were interpreted from the framework of nationalist polit!cs. The study concludes that natlonallsatlon must be understood to express social relations. Its disappearance from ANC economic policy expresses the dynamic of the prevailing capitalist system, through the agency of a nationalist organisation. / AC2017

Syftet med studien är att beskriva aktuella aktörers samverkan för kompetensförsörjning inom Västmanlands län. Studien är av kvalitativ karaktär och baseras på semistrukturerade intervjuer med representanter från aktuella aktörer som spelar en viktig roll för tillväxten i länet. Den teoretiska referensramen för studien är trippelhelix-modellen för samverkan. Resultatet analyserades med en SWOT-analys för att visa på svagheter och styrkor med samverkan för kompetensförsörjningen i Västmanlands län samt för att kunna ge förslag på hur den kan utvecklas. Studien visade att arbetet med trippelhelix-modellen inte sker medvetet i samverkansforumen då vissa aktörer inte kände till modellen, vilket var ett önskemål från de respondenter som arbetade med den idag. Frågan om det verkligen fanns en mismatch diskuterades gentemot att arbetsgivarna inte ser studenternas helhets kompetens utan endast ämneskunskap och därmed ökar mismatchen. För att se studenternas möjligheter och potential finns ett ökat behov av samverkan mellan gränserna. / The purpose of this study is to describe relevant actors cooperation for competence supply in the county of Västmanland. The qualitative study was based on semistructured interviews with representatives from relevant actors that play an important role for the growth of the county. The theory for this study is the triplehelix-model for cooperation. The result was analyzed through a SWOT-analysis to determine weaknesses and strengths with the cooperation for competence supply within the county of Västmanland and to give suggestions for further development. The study showed that work on the triplehelix-model is not done consciously, in cooperation forums when some players did not know the model, which was a request from the respondents who were working on it today. The question whether there really was a mismatch were discussed in relation to that employers do not see the students' overall competence, but only subject knowledge, thus increasing mismatch. To see the students' possibilities and potential there is an increasing need for cooperation between the borders.

The thesis is focused on the development of investment patterns of the sectoral point of view in comparison with the EU and selected member countries. The aim of the thesis is to bring the industrial structure of gross fixed capital formation in the Czech Republic and compare the founded results with those for the European Union and selected EU member states. The theoretical part deals with basic facts about investment, what they represent, how they are distinguished and what is the importance in the national economy. The practical part deals with the structure of investments in the Czech Republic in terms of material and sectoral in the form of graphs and tables. Then there is noted the comparison of the Czech Republic data with the EU and selected member countries in the shares of total investment to GDP, gross fixed capital formation by industry structure and investment by institutional sectors.

The thesis is about analysing the capability of the civil aircraft industry in contributing towards improved national technological competitiveness. The South African government recognises the potential for the country’s aircraft industry to contribute to the growth of the national economy. However, it is not known if the current support mechanisms are adequate for developing the appropriate technological base and for promoting the innovative capabilities of the industry. Countries with successful aircraft industries were studied: South Korea and Brazil were used to represent emerging economies and France was used to represent developed economies. This was done to analyse existing models or frameworks and/or commonalities that led to the successful development of technologically competitive civil aircraft industries internationally. The South African civil aircraft industry was also studied, and its technology development competence was compared to that of successful countries. How the local technology development framework could be structured or improved, using lessons from successful countries, was considered. Local participants were representatives of the South African government departments or ministries (DTI; and DST), academia (The University of the Witwatersrand – Wits; and the University of Cape Town – UCT), research institutions (CSIR and NRF), and firms (Aerosud, Denel, and Aerospace Monitoring and Systems – AMS). Based on the analysis of the findings, frameworks aimed at improving the technological base of the South African civil aircraft industry were proposed as follows: </ul> <li> The development of technology capability building through government interventions. This emphasises aggressive government interventions that encourage collaboration between firms in the industry, and with research and higher education institutions, followed by major investment in research and development.</li> <li> An institutional structure for the development of national aircraft technology. This is aimed at strengthening the technology development arena of the South African aircraft industry, through acquired projects, but with less emphasis on business acquisition.</li> <li> The establishment of the South African Aircraft Industry Corporation (SAAIC), a technology development and skills-transfer programme.</li> </ul> Copyright / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) / unrestricted

This thesis deals with circumstances of the economic reform designed by Kurt Rozsypal in 1958 -- 1959. It starts with the study of economic and political situation after the Second world war, postwar reconstruction, question of socialization and take over of the communist party. Then, it focuses on analysis of the first Soviet five year plan and effects of its application on Czechoslovak economy. This part is followed by the study of the first economic crisis and the era of New course. Analysis of the second five year plan, its consequences, preparation and realization of Rozsypal's reform and explanation of the reasons its failure are the second part of the thesis. It finishes with the third five year plan, collapse of the economy in 1963 and cancellation of the plan as well as Rozsypal's reform.

The aim of this thesis is to analyse the economic development of Czechoslovakia during the Fourth Five-Year Plan (1966-1970) taking into account political development concerning mainly the formation of the second economic reform in Czechoslovakia. The theoretical section of the thesis deals with the political and the economic situation in Czechoslovakia between 1947-1965. It also looks into the characteristics of mechanisms of the functioning of the Czechoslovak economy. The analytical section deals with Šik´s Reform including its most important economic documents. It analyses the Fourth Five-Year Plan focussing on the most significant indicators of the national economy - national income, investments, industry, agriculture and forestry, transport and communications, water management, international trade, construction industry, standards of living, research and development. Despite the continuation of Šik´s Reform which had little influence on changing the economic progress, and despite the political tensions culminating in August 1968, the economic development during the Fourth Five-Year Plan can be regarded as quite successful.

The aim of thesis is clarify of the exchange rate affects on firm competitiveness. The first chapter deals with the theoretical bases of the competitiveness of companies in relation to foreign exchange rate. The second chapter deals with evaluating and measuring the competitiveness of the three selected sectors of the economy. For this purpose, the influence of the exchange rate on the competitiveness of these three sectors. This chapter is also selected company performance, which is also demonstrated by the effect of the nominal and real effective exchange rate to its competitiveness. The final part of thesis describes the assessments of opportunities and risks associated with exchange rate.

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Orientador: Claudinei Magno Magre Mendes / Banca: Célia Reis Camargo / Banca: Milton Carlos Costa / Banca: Lupércio Antônio Pereira / Banca: José Leonardo do Nascimento / Resumo: O conjunto da obra de Caio Prado (1933/1966) está permeado por sua incessante proposta política de independência econômica do país e de inclusão, em termos políticos, econômicos e culturais, de significativa parcela da população brasileira historicamente deixada à margem da produção, do consumo, da vida política e cultural do país. Assim, para que o seu projeto e programas político-econômicos nacionalistas sejam viabilizados, Caio Prado elege algumas classes sociais como os atores indispensáveis à execução dessas transformações e outras classes como entraves. Não só as classes sociais, no entanto. Cabe também ao Estado nacional um papel importante em nossa modernização. O que este trabalho focaliza, portanto, são os papéis político-econômicos atribuídos por Caio Prado às classes sociais brasileiras na viabilização da consolidação da economia nacional voltada para o mercado interno, pressuposto primordial para a consolidação da independência brasileira frente a dominação imperialista. Para tal empreendimento, faço inicialmente uma análise do conjunto da obra caiopradiana em busca de seu olhar sobre as classes sociais brasileiras. Posteriormente, ofereço o detalhamento de seus programas políticoeconômicos destinados à superação da economia colonial e consolidação da economia nacional. Por último, trato dos papéis político-econômicos das classes sociais (e do Estado) enquanto atores (ou empecilhos) do referido projeto e programas políticoeconômicos nacionalistas. / Abstract: The work of Caio Prado Junior (1933-1966) is permeated by his incessant political proposal of economical independence of the country and inclusion, in political, economical and cultural terms, of significative share of Brazilian population historically left aside the country consumption, political and cultural life. Therefore, in order to have his political-economical programs and project feasible, Caio Prado entitles some social classes as key actors for performing this transformations and some others as obstacles. Although, not only the social classes. It is up to the national state an important role in this modernization. This thesis focuses the political-economical roles attributed by Caio Prado to the Brazilian social classes in the availability of consolidation of national economy centered an the internal market, key premise for the consolidation of the independence towards the imperialist domination. For such an enterprise I initially make an analysis of the work of Caio Prado in search of his views on the Brazilian social classes. After that, I offer details of his political-economical programs designed for surmounting the colonial economy and consolidation of the national economy. Finally, I discuss the political-economic roles of the social classes (and the state) while actors (or obstacles) of the aforesaid project and nationalist political-economical programs. / Doutor