The article briefly describes financial nad nonfinancial indicators and compares their advantages and disadvantages as corporate performance measures. Shows several examples of nonfinancial indicators for corporate activities and for measurement of their aims. It could be inspiration for...

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...

Energy, or renewable energy sources, is currently a frequently discussed topic. This paper focuses mainly on the economics of photovoltaic energy, specifically valuation of this technology. First, photovoltaic power systems are described, followed by a description of the method of analysis of...

The aim of the paper is to analyze the transfer of financial flows of subsidies and taxes between the state and the beneficiary. In this respect, the topic deals with the return cash flow from the recipient to the state budget, the impact of taxes and VAT rates. The result is a compilation of...

In this paper the results of the primary research into business sphere in manufacturing industry are discussed. For our analysis we used questionnaire survey - the results of the primary research reflect firms´competitiveness and innovative activities from the managers´point of view. The...

To profile the strategy well require, above all other basic natural tasks, seeing the strategy as connected to other market actors behavior. Company coalition alignment is just not enough. We also have to take into account behavior of the competition. In our article we want to partly uncover...

The paper considers company performance measures and the development of the Economic Value Added (EVA) indicator in volatile economies, particularly in the case of the Czech Republic. Methods used for pyramidal analysis, their assumptions, and their application possibilities are discussed. A...

This article deals with the results of primary research of Czech business sphere. The authors compare and evaluate the opinions of the managers of business sphere on their competitive position and analyze the influence of chosen factors on their competitiveness.

The intention of the paper is to introduce the research project No. 2E06044 of the National Research Programme II of the Czech Ministry of Education: "Managerial Audit as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Small and Medium Enterprises". Work on the project has started in July 2006 and will...

World, European and Czech manufacturing has been and is currently facing dramatic changes in its business environment. This paper is focused on the deindustrialization in manufacturing sector.