Integrating technology and business strategy, technology capacities with customers´ needs, technology and business processes require a three-step mechanism of technology management (TM), namely integration of technology identification, implementation, and potential technology commercialization...

Innovation processes have become more open and complex. Large corporations and vertically integrated R&D labs are giving way to distributed networks of innovation which connect different companies and organizations into innovation ecosystems. Business and technology strategies of smaller...

The income of agricultural enterprises has always been influenced by both weather and price volatility. Nevertheless, the risk environment of various farms seems not to be the same. Similarly, risk factors are not independent of each other. The aim of the paper is to assess the spatial and...

The paper deals with quality management in the sector of Tourist Information Centres (TIC) in the Czech Republic and the development of the quality management systems in the sector as part of the national quality management system in tourism. Since the TICs perform a prominent role in...

This article deals with Talent Management, which is a current issue in Human Resources Management. The author follows the latest developments in Talent Management in the times of an economic crisis. Talent Management is undergoing interesting change, from highly specific programmes for talents...

This article describes the presence of women in the top corporate positions in the developed countries of Europe, U.S.A. and the Czech republic. The article compares the women representation with the cultural dimensions of Geert Hofstede. The author also describes the situation in the Czech...

The papers present problems of using of sociological empirical researchs in organizations. There are questions of cognition of organizations especially questions of behavior of employees. Author focus on differences of theoretical, empirical and common cognition and show, that this differences...

This article deals with selected activities of human resource management and connects them with a new trend - temporary work. Afterwards this article focus work satisfaction, motivation, work stimulation, role of manager etc.

This article deals with the problem of the lack of talented employees across industries, from the low-tech to the high-tech, as well as across countries, from the developed to the developing ones. The author includes among the key causes the increase in "intangible assets', ageing populations,...

The paper deals with psychological and sociological characteristics of managerial activities. It analyses influence of culture on employee behavior and performance of managerial activities. The focus is on the influence of organizational culture and its specific consequences on the psychological...