Paper tries to map the market position of eight competitors of the Czech wine market in period 2001–2006. Authors use the Map of the Marketplace approach and compare key economic indicators – Relative Market Share and Return on Assets – of selected firms. During the analyzed period we can...

Paper comes from key economic indicators of eight Czech wine producers, and compares their levels reached in 2000 and 2005 based on the Map of the Marketplace approach. This application shows, that even though the Czech Republic have entered the European Union, in that period, the changes that...

Paper focuses on evaluation of competitiveness of Czech wine production in relation to the development concept formulated within solution of a grant provided by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture (No. NAZV QF 3276). For evaluation of competitiveness, the concept of “New 7 S” is selected,...

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...

The Moldovan wine industry has been hunted in 2006 by an external shock that was fatal for the sector. The wine production and exports have registered a dramatic fall. Despite declarations of national authorities that the risks were abolished and the situation has normalized, unfortunately the...

The objective of the paper is to identify some of the determinants of foreign investment of the largest multinational enterprises (MNEs) operating in the wine industry. The list of the largest MNEs has been compiled using financial databases and company websites. The results of this study have...

This working paper provides a compilation of statistics on international wine consumption, production and trade from the mid-nineteenth century until the beginning of the Second World War. The statistical data is structured in three parts dealing with consumption, production and trade both at...

The article's objective is to analyse the improvements obtained by the implementation of eco-efficiency in wine production. The principal aim is to achieve the rational energy and materials consumption in the whole wine production process implementing the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology....

We study whether quality assessments made by wine experts and by consumers (based on prices obtained at auction between 1980 and 1992), can be explained by variables describing endowments (land characteristics, exposures of vineyards) and technologies (from grape varieties and picking, to...

The article's objective is to analyse the improvements obtained by the implementation of eco-efficiency in wine production. The principal aim is to achieve the rational energy and materials consumption in the whole wine production process implementing the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology....