This Master's thesis aims to analyze changes in the corporate governance during the financial crisis, highlight the main changes in the field of corporate governance in UniCredit during this period and compare UniCredit`s Corporate Governance with OECD principles. In addition, on the basis of the analysis carried out, my objective will be to recommend possible updates in the Principles and also generalize the findings in order to help Czech companies improve their current system of governance.

This diploma thesis examines the impact and consequences of the implementation of deferred tuition in the Czech Republic on an quality and a system of financing of universities. The aim is to determine the real impact of tuition fees on improving the quality of university education and make recommendations for an implementation or a rejection of this form of financial participation. The first part of my thesis contains theoretical views on education and its role in the modern economy, it defines the term "education" as a kind of an economic good and describes the current system of university education in the Czech Republic. The empirical research will be comparing the current situation of university education system in the Czech Republic with the situation in the EU and OECD countries. The analysis will be based on statistical data on the number of people with university education, the volume of investment into this kind of education, the ratio of public and private funding system, the number of students enrolling on universities, total expenditures per student, applying of university student and other labor market indicators. Based on this comparison,the strengths and the weaknesses of the Czech university education will be established and its trend in the last 5 years. Within the scope of a planned introduction of direct financial participation of university students, the principle of deferred tuition will be considered as a potential tool not only to increase private funding in the system, but also to achieve a better standards of university education. The possible effects of the introduction of tuition fees in the country will be estimated based on the experience with the implementation of this system abroad (UK and Australia) and meta-analysis of expert opinion on financing university education system. The conclusion of the thesis includes a summary of the extent to which the inflow of private funds into the system changes the strengths and weaknesses of the university education in the Czech Republic and making recommendations for its implementation.

The master thesis deals with the issue of transfer price of a controlled transaction between associated enterprises. Part of the master thesis is definition of basic theoretical concepts associated with the issue of transfer pricing with a focus on domestic, international, and European Union law. The master thesis deals with the analysis of case law, whose subject matter is transfer pricing. The theoretical starting points of the thesis are applied to a practical example, which deals with the issue of determining the transfer price for specific controlled transaction between associated enterprises.

The aim of the master’s thesis is to analyse the corporate governance in the Cyrrus, a. s. In the first part of the thesis, particular approaches to corporate governance including an approach used in trading companies in the Czech Republic are appointed. Further, in the practical part, theoretical knowledge to a particular company is applied. With the help of the economic analysis and the analysis of compliance with the Code of Corporate Governance Principles, based on the OECD 2004, the work will evaluate the effectiveness of governance in the particular company and propose recommendations that would lead to an improvement of the situation.

Master thesis deals with the issue of international taxation of transfer prices between related parties. Diploma thesis defines the basic theoretical concepts of transfer pricing with a focus on international and domestic law. The analytical part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of the case law, the subject of which is transfer pricing. The practical part is based on acquired knowledge to elaborate a methodological tool to transfer pricing. The present findings are applied to a model example.

Czech foreign development cooperation represents important part of the Czech foreign policy. It also demonstrates adoption of its own part of responsibility for resolution of current global problems. Together with becoming part of organisations such as European Union or Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development importance of Czech foreign development cooperation is growing. Next to the main goal which is reduction of poverty in third-world countries, development cooperation has also another goals: it is also contributing to construction of good relations with developing countries and it helps ensure economic, security and environmental interests of the Czech republic. Current system of the Czech foreign development cooperation has grown up from the foundations, which have been lawn before 1989. From that time Czech Republic has made a great effort to improve its system of development cooperation and become an effective and responsible donor. As a key step in the direction of desired changes can be considered process of transformation of the Czech foreign development cooperation, initiated in 2007. Transformation was officially crowned when the Fundamentals documents were adopted. These documents present the Conception of the Czech foreign development cooperation and the Law (Act) of the...

In this thesis, an econometric analysis has been conducted in order to research the rate of new business creation that venture capital investments potentially generate. Data was gathered from 32 OECD countries between the years 2006-2017, to establish to what degree TEA (total entrepreneurial activity) and TEA opportunity based, was fuelled by venture capital investments. In comparison to the majority of the literature, the findings of this thesis give a more nuanced picture to the enthusiastic attitude towards venture capital. As the results indicate a less significant impact of venture capital investments than expected, this thesis serves as an important counterweight to the overall positive stance towards the finance form. However, other findings of the study are in line with previous literature. For example, high GDP is associated to high entrepreneurial activity and high taxes discourage entrepreneurial activity. It is also worth mentioning the subtle, but existing, disparity in the results between TEA and TEA opportunity based. This indicates that further and more thorough research should be conducted within these two different measurements. / I den här uppsatsen har en ekonometrisk analys genomförts i syfte att undersöka venture capitals påverkan på graden av uppkomsten av nya företag. Data samlades in från 32 OECD länder mellan åren 2006-2017, för att ta reda på hur TEA (total entrepreneurial activity) och TEA opportunity based påverkas av venture capital investeringar. I jämförelse med majoriteten av existerande litteratur, så ger resultaten av den här uppsatsen en mer nyanserad bild den rådande entusiastiska attityden gentemot venture capital. Då resultaten indikerar en mindre signifikant påverkan av venture capital investeringar än förväntat, bidrar den här uppsatsen till en viktig motpol till en gällande positiva inställningen till finansieringsformen. Dock stämmer andra resultat från uppsatsen överens med tidigare litteratur. Exempelvis är högt BNP signifikant med hög entreprenöriell aktivitet och höga skatter visar sig ha en avskräckande effekt. En annan intressant iakttagelse utifrån resultaten, är den subtila, men existerande skillnaden mellan TEA och TEA opportunity based. De indikerar att vidare och mer djupgående forskning bör göras på de två olika variablerna.

Plastics have a wide application field, where cosmetic products are one of them. Polymers which are building blocks to plastics exists in many variants, overall they can be categorized into two groups; microplastics and water soluble polymers. Both polymer types are important to study and understand since polymers in general are not covered by any legislation. To gain a more profound understanding of their impact on environment this study was conducted. In collaboration with SSNC (Naturskyddsföreningen), a database containing hundreds cosmetic products was processed. The most occurring polymers were quantified and prevalent ingredients having “poly” in their name were selected for further investigation namely Nylon 12-20 (microplast) and Acrylates C/10-30 Alkyl-crosspolymer (water soluble). A standardized analysis method OECD 301 F was performed to test the polymers biodegrading ability. Results from biodegradation method showed that, neither of the two polymers is readily biodegradable in aqueous environment, despite their different properties. In connection with the obtained results, a filtration analysis was performed, with the purpose to determine the possibility to capture the polymers using microfilters. Results mainly showed flowthrough of both polymers. Relating the results to reality implies that these polymers are not captured in waste water treatment plant due to inefficient filtration and thereby spread to the environment. In addition more research should be devoted to water-soluble polymers and their impact on nature. Based on all compiled results, it is proposed that legislation addressing microplastics should be edited and revised in such a way that water soluble polymers are included in future prohibitions (against microplastics). / Plast har många användningsområden varav kosmetiska produkter är ett av dem. I kosmetika används exempelvis naturliga ämnen, sådana som förekommer i naturen och således kan brytas ned. Sedan finns syntetiska polymerer, sådana som syntetiseras och tillverkas av människor. Det finns oerhört många varianter av syntetiska polymerer som används inom kosmetika, generellt kan de kategoriseras i två grupper; mikroplaster och vattenlösliga polymerer. Med hjälp av Naturskyddsföreningens databas som innehåller hundratals kosmetikaingredienser, söktes de komponenter som hade ”poly” i sitt namn eftersom de inte täcks av lagstiftning. Bland dessa, valdes två mest förekommande polymerer för att studeras vidare, nämligen Nylon 12-20 (mikroplast) och Acrylates C/10-30 alkyl crosspolymer (vattenlöslig). En standardiserad analysmetod OECD 301 F tillämpades för att testa deras biologiska nedbrytbarhet. Resultatet från nedbrytbarhetstestet visade att ingen av polymertyperna, trots deras åtskiljande egenskaper, är lättnedbrytbar i vattenmiljöer. I följd av resultatet från analysen genomfördes en filtreringsanalys på KTH, för att avgöra om respektive polymer går att fånga upp i olika storlekar av mikrofilter. Resultatet visade att ingen av dem fångades upp (med den utrustning som var tillgänglig på KTH). Baserat på resultaten föreslås det att lagstiftningar som innefattar mikroplaster bör redigeras och revideras på ett sådant sätt att vattenlösliga polymerer är inkluderade i framtida förbud (mot mikroplaster). Utöver detta bör mer forskning ägnas åt vattenlösliga polymerer och deras påverkan på naturen.

Det har länge pågått diskussioner om hur förhållandet mellan inflation och ekonomisk tillväxt ser ut och vilken påverkan, inflation har på ekonomisk tillväxt. I denna uppsats analyseras relationen mellan inflation och ekonomisk tillväxt inom OECD-länder samt Subsahariska Afrika med hjälp av paneldata från tidperioden 2002–2021. Studien använder BNP per capita tillväxt som beroende variabel samt sju oberoende variabler (inflation, initial BNP per capita, befolkningstillväxt, handel, investeringar, statliga utgifter och finansiellt djup) för att utforma en regressionsmodell.  Regressionsmodellen genomfördes med fixed effects för att kontrollera icke observerade länder med specifika egenskaper och tidsrelaterade chocker. Resultaten i studien visar att det finns ett negativ samband mellan inflation och ekonomisk tillväxt som är statistik signifikant. / There have long been discussions about what the relationship between inflation and economic growth looks like and what impact inflation have on economic growth. In this essay, the relationship between inflation and economic growth is analysed within OECD countries and Sub-saharan Africa in the time period 2002 – 2021 using paneldata. The thesis uses GDP per capita growth as the dependent variable as well as seven independent variables (inflation, initial GDP per capita, population growth, trade, investment, government expenditures and financial depth) to design a regression model. The regression is carried out with fixed effects to control for unobserved countries specifics charactheritstics and time related shocks . The results in the study shows that there exist a negativ relationship between inflation and economic growth which is statistical significant.

The research aims to assess the current groundwater resources management in Bac Lieu province. The combination of descriptive statistic and interview approach (including individual interview and key informant panel) were applied based on the principles of water governance framework developed by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to assess the policy coherence and the transparency and stakeholder engagement of the groundwater management. The study showed that the current groundwater resources management improved overtime; however, the policies were not completely sufficient and the responsibility of the units related to the groundwater resources management was not indicated clearly yet. Thus, overlaps in function of different management units are found and the access of the local people to the groundwater management was limited. In addition, the stakeholder involvement in managing the groundwater resources was in short of both amount and qualification. The separation of powers seems to be higher and higher, the local government has the main responsibility to manage the groundwater and the communities, especially the local people still have low rate of participation in the groundwater resources management process. / Nghiên cứu được thực hiện nhằm đánh giá hiện trạng quản lý nguồn tài nguyên nước dưới đất (NDĐ) tại tỉnh Bạc Liêu. Sự kết hợp giữa phương pháp thống kê mo tả va phương pháp phỏng vấn (bao gồm phỏng vấn cá nhân và phỏng vấn chuyên gia)dựa trên những quy định về quản trị tài nguyên nước của Tổ chức Hợp tác và Phát triển Kinh tế (OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) được áp dụng để đánh sự chặt chẽ của các chính sách quản lý, sự minh bạch của công tác quản lý và sự tham gia của các bên có liên quan. Kết quả cho thấy, cơ chế quản lý nguồn tài nguyên NDĐ đã và đang dần hoàn thiện, song các chính sách quản lý vẫn còn chưa đầy đủ và trách nhiệm của các đơn vị quản lý vẫn chưa được quy định rõ ràng. Vì vậy, đến nay công tác quản lý còn phát sinh sự chồng chéo và thiếu sự phối hợp giữa các cơ quan chức năng có liên quan cũng như sự liên kết giữa cơ quan quản lý địa phương và người sử dụng tài nguyên NDĐ. Thêm vào đó, các bên có liên quan tham gia vào quản lý nguồn tài nguyên NDĐ còn hạn chế về cả số lượng và năng lực, trong đó chính quyền địa phương là đơn vị quản lý chính; do vậy, sự tập trung quyền hạn vào một chủ thể (chính quyền địa phương) là rất cao và sự tham gia của cộng đồng, đặc biệt là người sử dụng NDĐ, còn hạn chế.