Agricultural Economics, 2008 (vol. 54), issue 8
Shift-share analysis of employment growth - the case of V4 countries
P. Bielik, M. Rajčániová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):347-351 | DOI: 10.17221/300-AGRICECON 
The performance of labour market together with its consequences (changes in employment, wages and labour productivity) is regarded as one of the major economic problems of our times. Well functioning labour market is an important precondition for economic growth and competitiveness of the country (Musil 2007; Blanchard 2006). The aim of this paper is to examine the changes in employment with the help of the shift-share analysis. Shift-share analysis enables the decomposition of employment growth into sectoral-mix effect, competitive effect and residual effect. First part of the paper will present the literature background on the development of labour...
Information systems in the adaptation process of the Euro currency in Slovakia
M. Kučera, M. Fiľa, A. Látečková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):352-357 | DOI: 10.17221/301-AGRICECON
On the 1st of January 2009, the Slovak Republic should implement the Euro currency and enter the European Monetary Union. The implementation of the Euro currency is in currently the most important theme in our country. Business companies will benefit most, but they will also bear most of the single-shot costs. Up to 80% of the costs are constituted by the adaptation of information systems (IS). At the end of the year 2007, only 14% of Slovak companies were prepared in the terms of the Euro adaptation in IS. This condition of the business sector is very important and also alarming. Accelerated preparations of the changes in IS are needful,...
Entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises: Comparative study between Slovakia and Poland for the years 2001-2007
I. Ubrežiová, K. Wach, J. Horváthová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):358-366 | DOI: 10.17221/299-AGRICECON
The main attention of the submitted paper is devoted to the comparison of development of entrepreneurship in Slovak and Polish small and medium-sized he enterprise sector. The conditions for blooming entrepreneurship are created in the national economy. Especially the role of SMEs in the transition economy, both in Slovakia and Poland, has the impact on SMEs. The entrepreneurship of small and medium-sized enterprises is extended in the whole Slovakia. From the viewpoint of the regional structure, most enterprises are located in the Bratislavský region (30.4%), Košický region (11.8%), Žilinský region (10.1%) and Trenčianský region (10.1%). On the other...
Macroeconomic aspects of the development of Slovak regions in the post-accession period
E. Matejková, A. Qineti, R. Serenčéš
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):367-375 | DOI: 10.17221/296-AGRICECON
The objective of this paper is the analysis of the macroeconomic aspects of regional development in the Slovak Republic. Regional development is a much frequented topic recently. In the pre-accession period, Slovak regions had the opportunity of benefiting from the pre-accession funds and competing for finances through projects and strategies. The EU support did not stop with the accession, it continues with the increasing intensity and variability at present. The real challenge is how efficiently is this support used and if it goes to the destinations where it is most needed. For the purposes of the identification of regional development tendencies,...
Variant calculation system - the instrument of economic performance management of a multifunctional agricultural enterprise
E. Škorecová, M. Farkašová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):376-383 | DOI: 10.17221/297-AGRICECON
The article is focused on the importance of using the variant calculation methods in the management of companies' performance under the conditions of multifunctional agriculture. It mentions the difference between the calculations formed for the needs of valuating the production in the financial statements and the managerial calculations. Attention is paid to overhead costs in agriculture, their development is depicted with tables and graphs. The development of overhead costs during the time period of 1997-2006 is presented in crop production and outputs of wheat and rapeseed, in livestock production in Slovakia and in the outputs of cattle (6-24 months)...
Image of the multinational trade chains functioning in the Slovak food market
Ľ. Nagyová, Z. Tonkovičová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):384-391 | DOI: 10.17221/298-AGRICECON
The image of a shop is the perception of the attributes of trade chains which are stated by consumers or the target market. The part of the shop image can be the assortment, the production quality and price, services of the shop, organization, the location and atmosphere of the shop, advertising and the shop reputation. The basis for conceiving this paper was an assumption that the image of a shop is one of the determining factors of the shopping place choice. The individual attributes of a shop can affect the perception of a consumer and therefore affect his decision about the choice of a shop and buying goods. The image analysis of trade chains was...
Processes and problems of the marketing management adaptation at the EU market: The case of the Slovak meat processing industry
E. Horská, P. Orémus
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(8):392-398 | DOI: 10.17221/295-AGRICECON
The goal of the paper is to define the decisive factors of the successful adaptation of the marketing management to the new conditions of the EU internal market on the basis of examination of the process of marketing management adaptation in the selected companies of the meat processing industry in the SR from 2002 to 2006. The results of the survey show the importance of diversification of the product portfolio and product innovations in compliance with the nutrition trends, the orientation on the market of the V4 countries and the ex-soviet republics and the development of marketing relations on all the levels of the supplier-customer relations.