Performance evaluation is a challenging issue for managers. Data envelopment analysis is a non parametric and linear programming based approach to appraise the relative efficiency of a set of congruent units. One of the shortcomings of classic data envelopment model is their ...

This study focuses on differences between the character of marketing activities in subsidiaries governed primarily by the philosophy of standardization and those governed primarily by the philosophy of localization. 87 Czech marketing managers who were in charge of marketing departme...

The process approach became an integral part of quality management systems due to the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard as early as in 2000. However, the application of the process approach has been implemented in two different ways: (1) a declarative application an...

The construction industry is a key sector of the national economy. In many areas of construction industry does not reach pre-crisis levels before 2008. Its development reflects a range of factors, estimates of future are different. To analyze the current situation and for&#x...

In the beginning of the paper, the position of routing problems in the historical development of public transport is outlined. It is explained why the boom of research papers on this issue came in the seventies of the last century. It is described, how the con...

Facility management is an effective form of organizational changes that support the orientation of the organization on core business activities. At present, at the time of financial crisis, the application of FM is used the most since it provides savings in operating costs&#...

The aim of the article was to map the innovation potential of selected commodities produced by the glass industry. Those selected are domestic glass (beverage glasses, kitchenware, decorative glass, artistic glass, etc.) and jewelry. These are commodities that were identified in ...

Does it pay to be green? This question is by no means new or surprising; but what is really puzzling is that dedicated research efforts have failed to provide consistent evidence on this issue. Therefore, the ‘business case’ for sustainability is controversial, despite ...

In the last decades, different approaches to development with various degrees of success have been seen all over the world. However, in the last period, all economies started to be confronted with the same problems. They are still recovering from the economic and financ...

The paper presents the research results in the field of environmental taxation in the conditions of the Czech Republic which was performed in 2011 and 2012. At first the theoretical analysis of environmental taxation genesis, current state and development in the Czech territ...

In 1990, East Germany had significant preconditions for successful economic development and rapid convergence: the former GDR was the most developed country in the former Soviet bloc and had a long tradition of cultural affiliation with the West. Moreover, its centrally planned&#...