Small standing water bodies that support colonization and help the survival of many species are nowadays often under threat. Since relationships between species and environments are often complex and not fully understood in these systems, this literature review has been written and a mesocosm experiment has been carried out in order to identify main mechanisms driving community assembly in habitats differing in complexity. I investigated the influence of artificial vegetation and clay on the community composition over a period of time. I found that a turbid environment (with clay) was not suitable for predators. This corresponds to our finding that in these environments, prey groups should be better developed, although the environment is different for each species.

The main aim of the thesis (diploma work) was to analyse the current situation in (running) small and medium-size businesses in the region of South Bohemia and to uncover the possibilities of any further development and innovation, and to suggest suitable aid(support) programmes for SMB in South Bohemia. Implicit partial aims were: - characterization of the region of South Bohemia, including SWOT analysis; - evaluation of the importance of of the technology centres and their up-to-now findings and experience

The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the financial performance of SMEs in the Czech and Slovak Republic in the years 2003-2012. Slovak economy is from all EU Member States historically and structurally most similar to the Czech one. The year 2004 was crucial for both countries and also characteristic because of accession to the European Union. Both countries before 2009 had been using their own currency, but Slovakia separated from this direction and joined the euro area. This period is associated with unpleasant events in the world and therefore the economic crisis. The Czech Republic has committed to join the European Union to become a part of the Eurozone. The regression analysis used in empirical part of thesis provides the results of impact of the crisis on SMEs, especially for two observed countries to be able to compare development in the Czech Republic with the development of Slovakia, who entered this period with a common European currency.

This thesis examines the influence of EU development grants upon economic performance of SMEs in the South Moravian region. Data concerning the economic performance of a sample of ten chosen companies in years 2006-2011 was obtained from the Business registry. The economic performance of chosen SMEs was identified using performance indicators such as vertical analysis, horizontal analysis and ratios and consequently EVA spread and EVA were calculated. The results of the companies were compared with the manufacturing industry. Data concerning the economic performance of the manufacturing industry were obtained from the web pages of the Ministry of industry and trade. Differences in the companies' performance due to the grant were identified using the F-test and T-test. Also Fish-er's test was used to examine connection between different factors concerning the quantitative results as well as the qualitative results obtained from a survey. The index method was used to identify significant factors influencing the yearly changes of ROE.

This thesis deals with the issue of subsidies for small and medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural sector. The main objective is to demonstrate the importance of subsidies and their impact on financial results. Application will be made on practical examples of small enterprises - cooperative farm and private farm, and medium-sized enterprise - school farm Žabčice. To achieve results, there was used secondary data which was obtained from the Czech Statistical Office, Eurostat and the Ministry of Agriculture. The operational objective was the analysis of income, costs and revenues from plant and animal production of the given companies in the year 2013. Within the crop production, there was analyzed wheat, barley and canola. Within the animal products, there were analyzed fattening bulls. Based on the results of the analysis the necessity of subsidies has been demonstrated.

This thesis is focused on development of recommendations for selecting appropriate business strategy for small businesses operating in the gastronomy sector, which would lead to consolidate their position in this sector of the market. The theoretical part describes starting points which are followed by the practical part. The result of the work is based on the analysis of the external and internal environment of the three monitored companies. To analyze the external environment was used the PESTE analysis and analysis of competitive forces. Analysis of the internal environment is based on an analysis of the vision, goals and mission of the enterprise, value chain analysis and portfolio analysis of monitored companies. Factors of external and internal environment are processed by matrix EFE and IFE. From the analysis of the external and internal environment are compiled IE matrix and SWOT matrix. SWOT matrix creates recommendations for selecting an appropriate business strategy.

This diploma thesis deals with the internationalization process of Czech small and medium-sized enterprises in ICT and identifies risk factors of this process. In the literature review is described internationalization and associated phenomena, like globalization and liberalization. Second part is given to basic approaches to internationalization. This part also includes a definition, importance, advantages and disadvantages of small and medium-sized enterprises and their situation in Czech Republic. At the end of this part, there is described risk, risk management and risks in internationalization process. The main aim of practical part of this diploma thesis is to identify the key risk factors of internationalization process of small and medium-sized enterprises in ICT. Risk perception is compared between companies in the border areas and companies other than border areas. The results of this work are also compared with the results of research by the OECD. Practical part of this thesis also contains description of small and medium-sized enterprises in Czech Republic and characteristic of ICT sector with the emphasis on foreign trade of this sector.

Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) are very important components of each developed economy. They are considered a key factor of the economic development and create a healthy business environment. This matter is interrelated with challenges that SMEs face when entering foreign markets. SME state support programmes equally play in this process an important role. The thesis therefore deals with the risk factors of the internationalization process of SMEs, specifically those that operate in food industry. The main objectives of this paper are to identify the key risk factors that affect enterprises when entering and engaging in foreign markets and to formulate a concrete set of recommendations that are conductive to reduction or even elimination of the identified risk factors. As a result, the research with its finding intends to contribute to more efficient management of small and medium sized enterprises.

This thesis deals with venture capital as an alternative source of financing in the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis is to identify and comprehensively evaluate the impact of venture capital investment on the economic performance of the selected small and medium enterprises, based on the analysis of the venture capital market. The literature research represents an input of the issue of venture capital. Custom work brings closer an existing development venture capital in the Czech Republic. After that it deals with the influence of venture capital on the performance of selected businesses from the sector information and communication technologies, through selected absolute and relative indicators of financial analysis, bankruptcy models and indicators of value creation for shareholders. The results are compared with studies in discussion and then they are subsequently formulated into proposals and recommendations.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to identify benefits and costs related to the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standard for small and medium-sized enterprises (IFRS for SMEs). The theoretical part describes the development of harmonization of financial reporting in the European Union and the formation of IFRS for SMEs. Furthermore, the comparison of International Financial Reporting Standard for SMEs with Czech accounting legislation is accomplished. The identification of costs and benefits and their analysis are based on a survey conducted on a sample of construction companies. Subsequently, the influence of costs and benefits for willingness to apply the IFRS for SMEs to the company is evaluated.