Agricultural Economics, 2011 (vol. 57), issue 12
Adaptive organization design based on system integration
Jan HRON, Tomas MACAK
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):565-572 | DOI: 10.17221/200/2011-AGRICECON 
During the task of projecting an adaptive organizational system whose required output value we know (for instance, a minimized overall loss of a system), we use the method referred to as the integration of subsystems into a control structure. As the suggestion content of this contribution is an application of adaptive system into the area of organizational arrangement of resources, it is primarily necessary to define the elements of this system. The objective of this paper is, consequently, to create, on the basis of system organization of adaptive systems, a methodology for projecting the adaptive organizational systems. Any control and adaptive organizational...
New strategic alliances of wine producers in the Czech Republic
Pavel TOMŠÍK, Martin PROKEŠ
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):573-579 | DOI: 10.17221/183/2011-AGRICECON
The paper describes the main reasons for the formation of new regional association of wineries, based on a different origin of wines in the wine region of Moravia in the southeast part of the Czech Republic. This research aim is to create a plan for a new development of such strategic alliances on the basis of results of the localization factors. The coefficient of localization is used for the identification of the cluster. The results are compared with the already operating associations for the appellation in Austria (DAC). There were traced changes in the consumer preferences in the Czech wine market. Consumers are placing more emphasis on the selection...
Oligopoly competition on market with food products
Lucie SEVEROVÁ, Lenka KOPECKÁ, Roman SVOBODA, Josef BRČÁK
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):580-588 | DOI: 10.17221/107/2010-AGRICECON
Oligopoly can be defined as a market model of the imperfect competition type, assuming the existence of only a few companies in a sector or industry, from which at least some have a significant market share and can therefore influence the production prices in the market. Many models of oligopoly that differ from one another mostly in the nature of the competitive companies' behaviour can be found through the study of oligopolistic structures. Some models describe only the behaviour of two companies in the monitored market (duopoly), others describe several companies of the same power (cartel), still others assume that one of the companies has a dominant...
The demand for beer in presence of past consumption and advertising in the Czech Republic
Concetta CASTIGLIONE, Ladislava GROCHOVÁ, Davide INFANTE, Janna SMIRNOVA
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):589-599 | DOI: 10.17221/103/2010-AGRICECON
The paper focuses on beer consumption in the Czech Republic, the country with the highest beer consumption per capita in the world. To understand the recent beer-consumption behaviour, we use the monthly data from a three year period, 2006-2008, to estimate both the 2SLS and the SUR model charting the demand for beer extended to the past consumption and advertising expenditure. The demand for beer in the Czech Republic reacts more strongly to the changes in price than it does to the investments in advertising. The results suggest two implications for the policy-makers. Consumption is as sensitive to the price of beer and its alternatives as it is to...
Evaluation of economic efficiency of orchards investment project with respect to the risk
Zlata SOJKOVÁ, Izabela ADAMIČKOVÁ
Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):600-608 | DOI: 10.17221/104/2011-AGRICECON
Continuous elimination of the acreage of orchards in Slovakia has a negative impact on the overall fruit production. Improvement of the conditions could be achieved by introducing new technological systems into orchards and supporting the measures motivating farmers. Three investment strategies for planting apple orchards are presented in the paper: slim spindle, high density and extended orchards. Economic efficiency of the systems is evaluated through the return of investment, net current value and inner profit percentage. Within the assumption of the objective evaluation of input parameters, we can expect an acceptable economic efficiency of the...
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Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):609-611 | DOI: 10.17221/4425-AGRICECON
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Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2011, 57(12):612-613 | DOI: 10.17221/4426-AGRICECON