Czech Abstract: Cílem tohoto článku je prezentovat a analyzovat některé přístupy k fenoménu korupce. První kapitola zmiňuje implicitní charakteristiky korupce z definic, které mohou být nalezeny ve veřejně přístupných zdrojích. Druhá a třetí kapitola tyto charakteristiky...

The economic theory of the last decades deals with how certain models of institutions and incentives could improve the coordination of individual actions in society. Setting rules regulating relationships between economic agents is considered as the key requirement of such coordination....

Czech Abstract: Cílem kvalifikační práce je vysvětlení řešení problému korupce z pohledu dvou ekonomických teorií a nalezení řešení problému korupce, které by bylo platné pro obě vysvětlené ekonomické teorie. V metodologické části je argumentováno ve prospěch...

The paper deals with lobbying in the EU and CR. The starting point is the selected definitions of lobbying and lobbying efforts to integrate into the broader context of promoting economic interests in society. The text therefore considers the criteria for defining lobbying, the defining of the...

This paper considers the legitimacy, scope and purposes of redistribution in Czech society. The authors use data from international surveys from the mid-nineties onward, as well as several national Czech surveys. The authors claim that Czech society does not favor extensive redistribution in...

This paper deals with the situation on the European labour market and especially on the Czech labour market. It shows the impact of long-term unemployment - a crucial problem in contemporary European countries - on the economy and on the society and its integrity. Great attention is paid to the...

The paper summarises the results of various economic concepts of minimum wage. Consecutively, it presents an analysis of the minimum wage development in the Czech Republic since its introduction in 1991 and of the impact of substantial changes in its level, which can be observed since 1999. The...

Almost all of us sometimes voluntarily give up some scarce resources to make someone else better. Not only the amount of resources used for such purposes, but also other wider concerns (implications for private and government sector) have drawn the attention of economists in recent decades. In...

The dramatically growing disproportion between the value of corporate assets and market valuation has resulted in a well-researched schism between strategic management and financial theory. Options theory provides a potent tool to resolve this issue. We propose a model which is consistent with...

This article deals with data evaluation of a part of survey in the Czech firms (N = 252). The main aims were flexibility of employment and forms of flexibility, employment of foreigners and ability of Czech employee's to compete at the European employment market. The next aim was organizational...