The management quality, the quality of the products, service and prosperities of the firms is among others dependent on the erudition and competition of the managers. Managers are obligated to create the atmosphere for improvement and looking for way to the enterprises competitiveness. This is...

The small and middle-size enterprises (SME) are the stabilizing elements in the regional development. This research is oriented at strengths and weaknesses of this kind of enterprising. Small and middle-size entrepreneurs can find some support from regional institutions, first of all from the...

The work of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is important for their ability to reduce the negative impact of structural changes, create the conditions for the innovative activities, for implementing new technologies etc. On the other hand the small and medium-sized companies encounter...

Creating clusters is a tool of economy management, which is recommended also by the European Union. Attention is focused mainly on regional industrial branch, whose development is kept under review. The cluster enhances the competition ability of small and large enterprises and makes better...

The chambers of commerce in both countries have the same mission, which is the support of entrepreneurial activities, the protection of their members, securing their needs and the development of entrepreneurial connections. According to a different historical background of the both countries the...

The Czech and Slovak borderland is similar to each other concerning geomorphology, but it differs in an economical way. This article shows with the help of SWOT analysis some differences and shows also some reserves in the economical activities of the Austrian and Czech borderland. It shows the...

The contribution deals with the relation between agricultural production and risk factors. This relation was studied in 2000 in the agricultural plant in South Bohemian region that farms 3420 ha of agricultural land and employs 140 workers. Risk is a natural companion of all business activities,...

The establishment of a cluster focused on processing of fine inorganic waste is perceived as positive not only for its further utilization but also for its environmental advantages. However, not all addressed companies were interested in joining the cluster. The reason was above all mistrust and...

The main aim of this paper is evaluation of approaches, opinions and presumptions of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in south bohemian region, looking for weaknesses in their activities. Minimization of these weaknesses contributes to improvement of future development of these companies....