Agricultural Economics, 2008 (vol. 54), issue 9
Issues of competitiveness of the present agriculture
V. Bečvářová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):399-405 | DOI: 10.17221/2698-AGRICECON 
The paper deals with the crucial phenomena of changes of the entrepreneurial environment of agriculture caused by the globalisation processes in the agrarian sector and their connection with the criteria of competitiveness of the present agricultural enterprises. It examines the influence of forming agribusiness and the demand driven terms of commodity chains functioning on the position of agricultural companies and the directly related segments in the field of the processing of agricultural products from the perspective of achieving competitive advantage. In this connection, the methodological approach to competitiveness is discussed according to...
Strategic decision-making of the company management using the findings of knowledge management
E. Svoboda
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):406-412 | DOI: 10.17221/2699-AGRICECON
This scientific paper shows the results formulated in the author's research focused on strategic decision-making of the company management in a new entrepreneurial environment resulting from changes caused by integration processes, the development of information technologies and globalisation factors. The goal of this paper is to publish the changes in behaviour of the management of the selected entrepreneurial entities resulting from new factors of changes affecting the entrepreneurial environment. This is reflected in the process of strategic decision-making of entrepreneurial entities in the necessity to use new methods of decision-making of the...
Barriers to the entry into the fruit producing industry in the Czech Republic
D. Kudová, H. Chládková
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):413-418 | DOI: 10.17221/2700-AGRICECON
The contribution is focused on the analysis of barriers to the entry into fruit production. The branch is identified as a fruit growers branch and the threat to new entries in the branch will concern especially the establishment of a new firm or the expansion of an existing firm's plant production by some fruit species production. The methodology is based on the Porter model of competitive forces in the industry. In fruit production, there have been analysed the following entry barriers: economies of scale, differentiations, capital intensity, transfer, access to distribution channels, cost disadvantage independent of scale, government policy, anticipated...
Agricultural and food wholesale and retail trade in the intra-community trade
M. Záboj
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):419-430 | DOI: 10.17221/2701-AGRICECON
The paper focuses on the evaluation of the contemporary situation of two economic sectors in the frame of the European Union, namely the wholesale and retail of agricultural and food products. For these industries, the structural profile with the indicators of turnover, value added and employment was elaborated. Hereafter the costs, productivity and profitability indicators ranking of the top 5 Member States were compared to the EU-25 averages. After a 3.1% increase in the turnover index in 2000, the evolution of sales for the agricultural wholesaling sector recorded a series of small increases and decreases in the turnover, ranging from - 0.6% in...
Analysis of life quality development in the administrative districts of South Moravia
I. Živělová, J. Jánský
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):431-439 | DOI: 10.17221/2702-AGRICECON
: The equable regional development and mitigation of disparities among the individual regions are main objectives of regional policy not only in the Czech Republic but in the whole European Union. The paper presents an analysis of life quality disparities among the administrative districts of the South-Moravian region (Jihomoravský kraj): Blansko, Brno-City, Brno-Province, Břeclav, Hodonín, Vyškov and Znojmo. The region of South Moravia belongs to the regions with a significant economic potential. However, not all districts contribute to this potential equally, the reason being their size, population and life quality. Life quality is affected by the...
Destination management
K. Ryglová
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):440-448 | DOI: 10.17221/2703-AGRICECON
This paper deals with the problems of destination management. It focuses on describing the crucial principles of destination management and consecutively on proving the functionality of these principles in practice in an area with a high potential for tourism development. In the selected South-Moravian region (JMK), we have explored whether an existing organization of destination management can be found in this region (DMC Destination Management Company) and to which extent it participates in the management and efficient development of tourism. To reach the set targets, we have used a secondary analysis of current data, a depth interview with a destination...
Prof. Hutník's 80th birthday anniversary
Ľ. Szabo
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2008, 54(9):449 | DOI: 10.17221/2704-AGRICECON