In this thesis we analyzed methods contributing to corporate government improvement in order to enhance companies' efficiency, thereby preventing their bankruptcy during times of crisis. In the theoretical part we defined corporate governance, described its elements, influential factors and models. Particular attention was paid to the concept of effective governance and recommendations aimed at its achievement. Overall it was discovered that to be successful company should have such corporate governance system which will ensure maximization of shareholder value, respect for stakeholder rights, balance of strategically important long-term goals, effective supervision over managers' actions, regular audits and reliability of their results and transparent and frequent Board reports. In the historical part we gave an overview of main corporate governance developments which took place from the moment the first corporations emerged till the global financial crisis outbroke (its early outcomes are included as well). In the course of time the following findings were reached: owners should be involved in management of an organization, managers should act in best stakeholders' interests, remuneration schemes should be well thought-out, auditor and the Board itself should be independent, financial information should be adequately disclosed, etc. In the second chapter we examined corporate governance regulation in Europe as thesis topic implies focus on this region. In addition to the above mentioned corporate governance improvements regulatory measures are aimed at strengthening the role of non-executive directors, unambiguous description of auditor's and Board's duties, higher quality of information provided to investors, achieving gender balance on Boards. In the third chapter the analysis of case study was carried out. Northern Rock, which was a very successful bank for a long time, suddenly asked the Bank of England for financial support in September 2007 what immediately caused depositor run and 32 percent drop in its share price. Despite the fact that it was looking for a buyer for several months it failed to find the one who would be able to adequately compensate taxpayers, therefore in February 2008 it was nationalized. Several factors contributed to its downfall, however the main role is assigned to poor corporate governance whose improvement requires the undertaking of following measures: stricter criteria for auditor's independence, remuneration based on performance and aimed at long-term commitment, promotion of stakeholder activism, limitations on risks and creation of "honesty motivational" corporate culture. The principal conclusion was that good corporate governance should contribute to company's forward movement but at the same time it should respect accountability framework.

The theme of this diploma thesis is a business valuation of a family company STAV-INVEST Roof Systems Ltd. according to standard procedures for the business valuation. At the beginning, there is a description of the business valuation in general and also of the specifics of business companies and of the Czech Republic itself. The next section is the description of all important aspects of the company -- from basic information, through the organizational structure, product and service portfolio, customer base, to the seasonality of sales. The next chapter talks about the analysis of the environment from the macro and microeconomic aspect and also the SWOT analysis. The company is valuated quantitatively with the financial indicators. Among standard tools which are used belong the horizontal and vertical analysis, ratio indicators, EVA and also internal measurement methodology of efficiency. Further, the financial plan, from which it derives its own business valuation. The most appropriate method of business valuation are than selected, applied and commented.

The thesis deals with insurance fraud in connection with the economic crisis. The first chapter describes the moral hazard, adverse selection and information asymmetry. Focus on the topic global financial crisis. Further, the concepts fraud and insurance fraud are explained. The main focus of this work is that the financial crisis has led to an increase in insurance fraud and what aspects lead to this fact. The last chapter deals with the procedures of insurance companies, which seek to insurance fraud detection, prevention and repression. This chapter is a description of the settlement of claims, insurance fraud investigation, which includes the characteristics of fraud perpetrators. The last part is dedicated to the prevention and repression of insurance fraud.

My master thesis analyses the transformation process of the Czech Republic in the field of foreign-trade relations. In the first part focuses on analysis of foreign trade under centrally planned economy and on development of relations with the most important groups of countries. The second part deals with transformation of foreign trade. I attend to particular periods of transformation process, development commodity and territorial structure. Further I deal with changes that came with the EU accession.Very actual is also financial crisis and effect on Czech trade. Conclusion of my master thesis evaluates export support in the time of financial crisis.

This thesis is focused on the financial analysis of firm Pražské silniční a vodohospodářské stavby, a.s. and comparision with the four selected competing firms. Financial analysis is carried out for the period 2007-2011 and compared to the situation before the economic crisis and during the crisis in the sector of civil engineering. The thesis is divided into several parts. The first focuses on the theoretical part of the financial analysis, then is analyzed the civil engineering before and during the economic crisis, and then are characterized the compared companies. Then there is the financial analysis performed on all the comparision companies, consisting primarily of the analysis of profitability, liquidity, activity and indebtedness, completed with bankruptcy and credibility models. In the conclusion is summarized all the results obtained.

The thesis is aimed to describe and approach the REIT practice that is, especially in the U. S. very enhanced. In the first part, general parameters of real estate investment trusts are introduced and understated in connection with the depiction of the advantages and disadvantages of this issue. In chronological sequence, the development and progress of the U. S. real estate market is approached. The thesis further undertakes the current subject of the global financial crisis with a special focus on the REIT involvement and the potential application of the new EU directive - AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive). This directive is expected to harmonize the joint investments. The objective of the thesis is a detailed description and specification of REIT in selected developed countries (U. S., Western Europe, and Australia) followed by a comparation of these regimes and an analysis of the considerable real estate investment companies in the Czech Republic including the financial analysis of the public joint-stock companies. A development of Czech real estate market during the mortgage crisis is also depicted and a market forecast is prognosed. The thesis concludes potential restraints of the REIT legal introduction in the Czech Republic as this corporative type has not been lawfully validated there.

The thesis deals with the question whether the financial crisis caused changes in the structure of tax revenues in the EU Member States. It's necessary to specify trends in the tax mixes that helps us to determine whether the changes in the structure can be really caused by the crisis or it is EU long-term trend. The analysis focuses on indirect taxes, social contributions and direct taxes that are analyzed separately as personal income taxes and corporate income taxes. The analyzed period is the beginning of the crisis. These are mostly the changes in the turning period pre-crisis and crisis (2006 and 2007 are compared with 2008 and 2009). The analysis is performed by t-tests.

The objective of this thesis is to analyse which role Moral Hazard played in recent financial crisis. By combining theory of Moral Hazard, risk and Corporate Governance, this thesis describes the means by which Moral Hazard sneaks into economy. By his presence, economy can get on the track leading to financial crisis. This thesis brings unconventional views on some elements of the economic environment such as limited liability, risk insurance or management bonuses. Classic explanation of their impacts is critically thought through.

The subject of this research is the current Czech banking sector, respectively two of its chosen representatives Česká spořitelna and Komerční banka. These financial institutions are compared with basic economic indicators, with their parent banks Erste Group and Société Générale. The subject of the analysis, which is performed with emphasis on the comparison of parent and subsidiary companies, is the level of capital adequacy, return on equity, return on assets and loan to deposit ratio. The results of this investigation are put into context with the historical, political, regulatory and macroeconomic development. From the identified relationships is obvious higher production rate and economic stability of "Czech" banks, but consolidated results for the entire group do not have serious systemic problems in their functioning.

Elaborate master’s thesis investigates at first the general knowledge of the theoretical background related with the global financial crisis and its subsequent transfer to the automotive industry. After the theoretical examination is master’s thesis analyzing company MS technik in the period before the financial crisis and especially during the drop in production caused by the effects of financial crisis in the automotive industry. The main part of master’s thesis is solving the impacts of the crises and their consequences in MS technik and in particular the proposals and their subsequent application in the enterprise to cope with the effects of financial crisis which in 2008 affected the market of the automotive industry.