Acta Universitatis Bohemiae Meridionalis, 2001 (vol. 4), issue 1
Elected parameters of agricultural enterprises in higher situated areas of the Czech Republic
Drahoš Vaněček, Dalibor Kaláb
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):5-14229 
Agriculture in higher situated regions in the Czech Republic has a great importance, because into this group of less favored areas fall at about one half of all enterprises. They are concentrated mostly in four geographical areas: Šumava mountains, West - Bohemian area, Bohemian - Moravian highland and North - east Moravian region. The first three of them were examined and results are in this article. These parameters were examined: legal entrepreneurial form, see level of the administrative center, number of employees and specialization. The necessary data were obtained from the Czech Statistical Institution and grouped and classified in different ways.
Institutional problems in the czech cereal sector
Marie Pourová, František Vaníček
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):15-21261
The paper deals with the institutional problems in the cereal sector in the Czech Republic. The information was obtained in the frame of Project PHARE-ACE No P97-8098-R "Institutional Economics in the Agri-Food Business: How can Structural Policy help to Integrate EU?" and the article is part of final report of this project. The research was performed in the Czech Republic in 2000 by means of a questionnaire method and a method of interviews with managers of individual farms of cereal sector which is one of the most important sectors of agriculture in CR. Problems of the execution of property rights in supplier-customer relations in cereal...
Application of quantitative methods for oligopoly market analysis
Michael Rost, Eva Vaněčková, Anna Čermáková
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):23-27240
Oligopoly market is characterized by the production of homogenous commodities with very similar attributes. The market can be segmented into groups of producers - oligopolists by means of cluster analysis. Regression analysis makes possible to derive cost functions for production of this commodity at every oligopoly firm and a uniform price function for all oligopolists. These functions enable to express the profit of every oligopolist in relationship not only on his output, but also on outputs of the other oligopolists. Determination of an optimal output for every oligopolist is equivalent with finding its equilibrium strategy in the game with the...
The origin and actual state of Jednota, consumption cooperative in České Budějovice
Dagmar Parmová, Drahoš Vaněček
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):29-35244
Consumption cooperative Jednota České Budějovice is going through a great transformation lo be successful in comparison with other, mostly international food purchasing chains. One way for improving the situation is to look; after some integration forms with other district cooperatives Jednota in the Czech republic, the other way is in restructuring of existing shops into some characteristic, specialized groups with their own different ways of supplying with goods and managing. A very important role in these changes has supermarket TERNO, which received very good economical results in last years. Marketing research in this supermarket showed an increasing...
Specificities of the polish meat secto
Krystyna Rejman, Ewa Halicka, Barbara Kowrygo
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):37-45214
The meat sector in Poland is very fragmented, with low level of horizontal integration, high cost of breeding and relative low quality (high fat content). It indicates a severe decline in beef consumption, accompanied by a dynamic growth in poultry and stabilization in pork consumption. The main exported processed meat product is sausage, poultry (Russia), geese (EU) and turkeys.
Subject "Small Business" at the Agricultural faculty at South Bohemian University
Irena Stejskalová, Eva Navarová
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):47-51222
Management of Agricultural faculty is aware of the importance of small business for the national economy. Therefore "Small Business" as a subject has been introduced into the curriculum. In this article the importance of the subject "Small business", its characteristics and a practice application of acquired knowledge are evaluated. The marketing research was done among students of above-mentioned subject in winter term 2000/2001. These students themselves processed the business plans. The attention was given for example to the sphere of business, required financial resources, and realization of their business plans in practice.
The management of the czech agricultural enterprises - the wages
Darja Holátová
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):53-55256
The level of the agriculture is one of the most important objectives of the process of enlargement the Czech republic to the European Union. The article presents primary information concerning one part of the management - wage management - in the agricultural enterprises of the montane and submontane region. The analysis of data of the four agricultural enterprises is comparable and is valued on the domestic labour market in the area of the wages.
Foreign-language terminilogy harmonization of communication in the agrarian foreign trade
Milena Dvořáková
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):57-62235
The Language Department has again participated in the research project of the Department of Agrarian Economics at the Faculty of Management and Economics, CUA Prague, called Effective Integration of Czech Agrarian Sector into the Framework of European Structures - Prerequisite of Sustainable Development. Language Dpt has been contributing to this project by research in the field of economic terminology harmonization of communication. It concentrates on translating professional Czech word-stock so that specialized comprehensive dictionaries can be issued eventually, at the end of the research period. This particular contribution contains preliminary...
Strategy of agriculture and risk management
Jan Leština, Dagmar Bednářová
Acta Univ. Bohem. Merid. 2001, 4(1):63-65217
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, risk cannot be excluded but its impact on the production can be reduced. Risk can grow into a problem and its solution always involves higher expenses.