The purpose of the study is to analyse the issues of economic, social and institutional factors in the growth of agri-food sector and the development of rural areas in Europe. The authors of chapters included in this volume try to answer the questions concerning above-mentioned phenomenon on the...

This article attempts to identify the main reason for the profitability of Czech food processing companies. For this purpose, an analysis of the profitability of the food industry was carried out in the framework of the Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP) paradigm; specifically, the relative...

So called "hard times" are in our paper connected with post-crisis situation. FLIEM model predicts that before the crisis, during the crisis and after the crisis phases are connected with higher levels of inventory in food processing enterprises. Investments in current assets of the businesses...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. World Trade Development -- Chapter 3. Development of the World Trade in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemics -- Chapter 4. Development of International Trade between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation -- Chapter 5. Methodology -- Chapter 6. Data...