The aim of this paper is to analyze and systematic theoretical findings which are based on Porter´s Generic Chain of Values in regards to the area of supporting activities. Supporting activities were long time at the margin of interest, both social and economic. Today, they represent important...

The text describes the basic decision making task of trader concerning private labels - decision on building private label assortment in certain product category and decision on private label range in circumstances of limited space at trader´s disposal. The text works up (on basis of Direct...

This paper deals with the new strategies in management of innovations, particularly the strategy of differentiated complexity of innovations. It explains how to manage and apply rationalization innovations, incremental innovations and radical innovations. It is always necessary to apply proper...

The aim of this article is to inform about the application of modern approaches into management, mainly management of change. Modern approaches involve the application of some ideas of system theory, some ideas of biology, cybernetics and entropy.

The objective of this paper is expose the methodology and the indicators of productivity movement in the manufacturing subsystem and his influence on the EVA (Economic Value Added) of the enterprise. In order to measure the contemporary value concept of production, it is necessary to construct...

Economic crisis represents an important challange for the business sphere of the Czech Republic. For firms it is an objective cause of restructuring and streamlining business processes and of boosting adaptability to changes. The aim of the primary research realized within the research purpose...

This paper presents the basics of the Transaction cost theory (TCT) and shows it's contribution to the Theory of the firm by the view of the new institutional economics. In the first part, author presents resources and presumptions of the TCT mainly by O. E. Williamson. The theory is based on...

The modern development of Corporate Systems and innovations (realistic) in the economic production criteria, as compared to traditional criteria, supported largely by optimum operating conditions. In order to measure the contemporary value concept of production, it is necessary to construct an...

If taxes are the same across countries and no tariffs are imposed on international trade, the optimal strategy of a multinational firm is to set transfer prices at marginal costs of its affiliated firms. But in reality we observe trade tariffs and tax differences among countries which lead...

The aim of the article is to investigate if there exists a systematic link between size of the firm, market concentration and R&D activity of firms. Three tentative results emerged from the regression analysis based on the firm balanced panel data 1998-2006. First it follows from a regression...