This diploma thesis analyses the relationship between external events (i.e. events with impact within the Czech Republic which cannot be influenced by local firms) and the value of market capitalization of companies on Prague Stock Exchange. The analysis of the 1994 to 2012 time series showed that even the most important political, economical and other events specific for the Czech Republic only have marginal impacts on values of companies on the Czech stock market. The impacts of corporate events proved to have much stronger such effects. The most advisable investment recommendation thus seems to be to ignore external events when deciding in which stocks to invest.

This thesis deals by natural disasters and solutions through commercial insurance. The introduction explains the concept of natural disaster and subsequently there are closer specified individual natural hazards. Then, the work focuses on the development of catastrophic events in the world in recent years, the consequences of their formation, their effects and the impact on these events on the world and Czech insurance. Due to the high frequency of floods in the Czech Republic in recent years, the work also addresses the issue of floods, their insurability and changes on the Czech insurance market reacting to the increased occurrence of floods. The thesis focuses on commercial property insurance products of individuals given to individual areas of different risk in terms of flooding. The analysis shows that insurers evaluate the individual risk zones in different ways and the most risk area of insurance excluded. At the end, there are evaluate the scope of insurance risk transfer to other entities, its importance and possibilities of alternative risk transfer.

The aim of my Master's thesis is to analyse event marketing in the organisation ESN VSE Prague - Buddy System o.s. The thesis is devided into two parts. The theoretical part consists of explaining the terms event marketing as a part of the marketing mix, a typology of events and the proper planning of events. The practical part focuses on the analysis of the event called Nation2Nation. Here I describe how the event was organised in the very beginning and deal with the analysis of the current situation. I set up three hypotesis that I confirmed on the grounds of my analysis. The primary source of information were questionnaires filled by visitors, interview with the former head of Nation2Nation and my observation. In the final chapter I made a summarizing evaluation and recommendations.

The aim of my thesis is to clarify several processes in the settlement of claims in ING Life Insurance NV, Czech Republic branch, the analysis of the current situation of reporting claims, processing, analysis, presenting some recommendations for improvement of the current situation. Another goal of my diploma thesis is to present the project eLikvidace (eClaims), which helped to simplify the reporting claims and evaluating the benefits of the project. The work is divided into three main chapters. The first is theoretical and the two others are more practical. The contribution of this thesis is the claryficitaion of the processes regarding the reporting of claims, the presentation of the project and evaluation of its benefits for the company and for the clients.

This diploma thesis analyses the influence of fairs and congresses on destination image. Marketing knowledge in field of branding and image is used as well as theory of tourism and destination marketing. As interdisciplinary approach proposes, fairs and congresses are understood as factors influencing the destination image through various agents. Not only general direct benefits but also variables participating on image transfer of congresses and fairs to destination image are described. Target group performing the strongest influence is identified. Review of contemporary fair and congress industry together with real situation examples demonstrate the transfer of associations. The diploma thesis suggests measures on the base of gained theoretical and practical knowledge, which could help in development of fairs and congresses to strengthen the positive influences on destination image.

The aim of the thesis is analysis cultural sphere in Czech Republic and analysis of existing cultural statistics in relation to tourism in Czech Republic. Furthermore, the thesis evaluates cultural tourism via cultural events, which are considered to be one of the most important forms of cultural tourism. Cultural events in Czech Republic have been researched from economic and social point of view. The thesis analyses festivals according to their structure, genres, attendance, and compares festivals in Prague with festivals in other regions of Czech Republic based on particular criteria.

This work represents the research of television audience of news programs in Czech Republic during the years 2008 to 2013 in order to capture the possible preference for specific viewers areas of economic events, or information. For the needs of econometric time-series analysis is assembled basic model, which is individually applied to a total of five time series of news programs. Econometric estimates suggest that key events increasing viewership of Czech news programs are riots and demonstrations in the territory of Czech Republic, with a positive effect on the ratings of up to 4.1%, or home catastrophic events that increase viewership up by 4.6%. The world macroeconomic events showed the negative effect of up to 2.4% for viewership of television news.

The purpose of this research is to examine whether U.S. banks that announced material operational risk loss (oprisk loss) events can still enjoy a lower cost of capital. I use the bank's credit rating as a proxy for the cost of debt capital, and the actual oprisk loss amounts announced by publicly traded U.S. banks for $10 million and over during the period 1998 to 2012 compiled from my own database. I also investigate whether the type of oprisk loss event and business line in which the loss event was incurred matter to credit rating agencies. I perform additional analysis to determine whether a downgrade in a bank's credit rating associated with the announcement of a material oprisk loss amount impacts the bank's reputation. This study focuses on the U.S. banking industry because of the increased market and regulatory scrutiny of oprisk losses; especially during the financial crisis of 2008 to 2010. The logistic analysis shows that banks' announcement of material oprisk loss amount is associated with a decline in credit ratings. The findings did not support the position that the type of loss event and business line in which the loss event was incurred matter to credit rating agencies. The results for the event study show that a downgrade in a bank's credit rating associated with an announcement of a material loss amount has a robust, statistically significant negative stock market reaction. Furthermore, the results reveal that the losses in market value significantly exceed the announced loss amounts associated with credit rating downgrades, indicating reputational loss to the banks. This research was limited to announcements of material oprisk loss amounts by U.S. banks publicly traded on major U.S. stock exchanges. Investigating the impact of announcements of material oprisk loss amounts by financial institutions publicly listed on major stock exchanges worldwide provides an avenue for future research. This study contributes to the literature on operational risk and the cost of debt capital as reflected in credit ratings by providing empirical evidence of the impact of oprisk losses on credit ratings of U.S. banks.

This study examined, via a meta-analysis, the relations among stressors, social support, and stress reactions. Unexpectedly, small to medium negative, but robust effect sizes were found for the stressors-social support relation. As expected the stressor-stress reaction relation was positive, and the social support-stress reaction relation was negative. Both relations had small to medium effect sizes that ranged from weak to very robust. The direct effect of social support on the stressor-stress reaction was generally supported, whereas the suppressor and mediating models were not supported. Furthermore, the findings were inconclusive for the moderator effect of social support. Non-interpersonal traumas appear different in the stressor-social support and social support-stress reaction relations compared to other trauma types. These findings have important clinical implications.

This dissertation details the design of a fish processing and distribution building in the Fishery Port of Maputo. The ‘port’ is explored as a threshold between a city and the ocean and the perceived spatial permanence of city form is brought into dialogue with the constantly changing forces of the harbour across this threshold. The cyclic fluidity of civic life mediates this dialogue to achieve an architecture conscious and manifest of the temporal. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Architecture / unrestricted