The aim of this diploma thesis was to evaluate aggregate data on municipal grants revenue, to assess their variability in time and cross-sectional comparisons and to find factors that influence their size and dynamics. For the analysis, the data of 1 000 municipalities in the time period from 2001 to 2016 were used. Fourteen factors were identified that could influence municipal grants. Grants were grouped into items, and factor influence was monitored separately for non-investment and investment grants. A panel regression analysis was used to assess the influence of determinants, examining the dependency between the explained variables (non-investment and investment grants) and the clarification variables (individual factors). The performed analysis has shown that the non-investment grants are influenced especially by the following factors: the jurisdiction of the municipality to a particular region, the scope of delegated competences, the establishment of a school, the population of the municipality, the population aged 0-14 and 65 years or more, elections to House of Commons, built gasification and sewerage. In the case of investment grants, the following variables have been identified as statistically significant: the scope of delegated competence, the existence of a school, the municipality's area, the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union and elections to the regional councils.

In today’s fast-changing markets, many international firms invest a significant amount of money in terms of marketing and technology to launch their products globally. To reduce such costs, a better understanding of the factors that affect the performance of global products launch is needed. However, little is known about how institutional factors of the type social, legal and political could influence the performance of global products launch. Accordingly, this thesis aims to investigate whether the simultaneous action of institutional factors of the type social, legal and political influence the performance of a new global product launch. Considering a single case study of Tesla’s products in 21 European countries between 2014 and 2019, a quantitative approach was followed using panel regression analysis. The sales of Tesla’s were used as dependent variable to represent the market performance of Tesla. For independent variables, data was collected for institutional factors including social indicators based on Hofstede framework (i.e., Uncertainty avoidance, Power distance, Individualism), political (i.e., Government Effectiveness, Voice and Accountability) and legal indicators (i.e., Rule of Law, Strength of legal rights) based on the World Bank indices. Seven hypotheses were formulated and tested. The results indicated that the market performance of Tesla’s products is positively associated with political factors in terms of voice and accountability. Moreover, the establishment of supercharger network from Tesla was found to have a significant positive impact on its products’ sales. Due to multicollinearity, some of the independent variables were removed and hence their respective hypotheses were not tested. For future research, it is recommended to use more data which incorporate a wide variety of countries including non-European countries as well as other companies offering electric cars.

This study examines the relationship between financial conditions and on-field success among 36 prominent European football clubs from 2010 to 2017. The research employs panel regression analysis to explore how clubs’ financial indicators such as wage costs, increasing revenues, debt-equity ratios, and return on assets correlate with their sporting performance. The findings suggest a substantial association between these financial factors and the clubs’ achievements. In particular, the results emphasize the importance of wage costs and increasingrevenues in boosting a club’s capacity to invest in high-quality players, thereby improving sporting outcomes. The presence of a top globally ranked player also has a significant impacton a club’s performance. These findings carry important policy implications for club management and governing bodies, particularly in revising wage regulations and promoting vigilant financial management for sustainable growth and competitiveness.