Diploma thesis "The logistic chain of agricultural commodities" is focused on the analysis of material flow in agricultural sector. Work assesses the benefits of storing commodities after harvest or sale of produce without adjustment from field. The study evaluates the economic and process performance in terms of processing of agricultural commodities after harvest from the beginning to final option trading. The obtained data will be possible to assess benefits of storing commodities. In the practical part is analyzed profitability of investment i post-harvest lines and sets out proposal to stremline the logistics chain of commodities within the company DAŇHEL AGRO a.s.

Financialization of crude oil and its frequent inclusion into investment portfo- lios raise the demand for proper correlation estimates of this commodity and other financial assets. This thesis particularly examines the co-movement of crude oil price with prices of four other representatives of commodity market (gasoline, natural gas, gold and Industrials Index). It contributes to the exist- ing literature by the results obtained from application of wavelet coherence, which allows uncovering dynamics of interconnection between commodity prices in time as well as over different frequencies. Analysis brings many in- teresting findings and practical implications. Among others, it specifies the investment horizons that should be considered to maximize diversification properties of studied commodities. 1

Legal regulation of sensitive commodity advertising (such as pharmaceutical drugs, dietary supplements, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, games of chance) The subject of this thesis is the legal regulation of sensitive commodity advertising, such as tobacco products and alcoholic beverages on which I have focused in my work. The thesis is mainly based on topics relevant to current legislation and case law, which are directly linked to the advertising regulation of these products, and is based on controversy with the views of other experts on the subject. In my work I have not only described the historical development of advertisement in general, but also the initial introduction of advertising regulations as such, and, at the same time, the legal instruments related to the private and public law regulation with a detailed breakdown of relevant case law - without omission of international law and European Union law. Simultaneously, I have thoroughly analysed the issue of advertising regulations and its collision with the constitutionally established rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of enterprise also in the light of the imperative judicature decisions. One of the main parts of the analysis of this topic was also the focus on the ethical component of advertising self-regulation,...

The thesis deals with the relationship between the stock prices of commodity companies and commodity prices produced by these companies. Each commo-dity was testing with three related companies. In this thesis was used various methods for testing. Namely Engle-Granger test of cointegration, the correlation analysis, Granger causality test and VAR-GARCH model for testing volatility spilloves between markets. Empirical results show that effect of commodity to shares is different for each group of commodities. The most evident effect appears at the impact of industrial and precious metals on mining companies and the effect of oil prices on the shares of the oil companies. In contrast, the prices of gas and agricultural commodities did not influence the prices of those commodities shares significantly.

This thesis is focused on the evaluation of an international trade with species of Crocodylidae family. The main data source was CITES trade database, in which there are registered all the trades with required species. Based on data analysis it was identified the course of commerce with all the commodities between 1993 and 2012. The most frequently marketed species are these four crocodiles: Crocodylus niloticus, porosus, siamensis a novaeguineae. For these species were observed total net import, gross export, the number of trades per year, share of countries participated on import and export, the purpose of the trade and the source of traded commodities. At the rest of the species the less marketed ones summary tables of import and gross export were created. From the analysis was found out that the most of monitored species come from the farm breeding, which are specialised inleather and meat production. The third significant commodity is leather products. From charts can be noticed the growth of leather and skin production for Nile crocodile and of live specimens export for Siamese crocodile. For the next two in detail analysed species there was no production growth noted.

The diploma thesis deals with energy commodities investments. The content of thesis is trough analysis of markets to identify key factors affecting supply, demand and prices of energy commodities. By correlation analysis examines the relationships between energy commodities, stocks and the business cycle. Processing time series models create predictions of energy commodities prices. Using the Value at Risk method to quantify the risk, which investor has to accept in the case of investing in energy commodities. In conclusion, based on the results obtained, formulates investment recommendation.

The Czech fishery analysis, SWOT analysis of processing fish department and the fish commodities sale marketing survey of the most important firms were done. Next the consumer marketing survey was done by means of printed questionnaire. 110 informants were spoken and men and women at working age with family were destined as a target group in the Vysočina region. Calculation, co called ratio coefficient of differentiation (P=4s2/R2), was done, which showed, that informants used by determining of meat kind popularity by fish meat of whole answers scale (P=0,33) and by determining of importance of product characteristic the freshness had minimum answers differentiation (P=0,009), which 98% of informants marked as very important. By next questions informants evaluated importance of individual quality attributes by means of 4 point scale (1-very important, 2-rather important, 3-rather uninportant, 4- unimportant). The questions of this type were interpreted by means of weighted arithmetic average (x), and so their importance rate was detected. The freshness (x=1,02) and the palatableness (x=1,34) were marked as 2 the most important product characteristic and as at least important characteristic the ease of food preperation (x=2,23) and the size of package. The consumer awareness about positive influence over human health was marked as the most acceptable promotion of fish commodities (x=1,44) and the TV advertising (x=1,45) and the programmes about cooking (x=1,57) were marked as the best promotion. Next questions evaluation was done by means of percentage share and absolute, cumulate and relative frequencies.

The thesis deals with the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically, it focuses on responsible purchasing of raw materials for the production of private labels products. The way to achieve the sustainability of private labels is explaind on the example of Ahold Czech Republic. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part, the author explains basic definitions and concepts of CSR, and also deals with the reporting of the results of CSR activities. In the practical application, the author introduces critical commodities together with its environmental, social and economic risks, which are connected with irresponsible and unsustainable way of cultivation. An essential part of the work is the introduction of certification systems that provide certification for farmers and other supply chain actors. Certification guarantees sustainable cultivation. In the final part of the work the author compares the process of individual and group certification and proposes a tangible advantageous solution for Czech suppliers.

The main focus of this thesis lies on description of Risk Management in context of Energy Trading. The paper will predominantly discuss Value at Risk and its modifications as a main overall indicator of Energy Risk.

Diplomová práce se zaměřuje na vymezení teoretické a praktické podstaty intradenního obchodování. To jest použití nástrojů technické analýzy, představení obchodních systémů, výběr brokera a aplikace poznatků a softwarové podpory při uskutečňování obchodů na termínových trzích s důrazem na podkladový nástroj – indexy. Jako o velice důležité součásti intradenního obchodování je také pojednáno o psychologii tradingu, která navzdory své zdánlivé nepodstatnosti je jednou z nejdůležitějších aspektů ziskového obchodování na reálných trzích současně s kvalitním money managementem a řízením rizika. Na základě výzkumu je vytvořen a v této práci prezentován intradenní obchodní systém určen pro ziskové obchodování na burzovních trzích – indexech, a výsledky a zkušenosti s jeho reálným nasazením na světových trzích.