Competitiveness of ČR
Publications Competitiveness of the Czech Republic is outputs of the Research Centre for Competitiveness of Czech Economy (CVKS). Till the year 2011, it is a collective output of two research centers - Centre for Economic Studies, University of Economics and Management and the National Observatory of Employment and Training National Educational Fund.
Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2013-2014
The aim of this publication is identification of related industrial and political implications based on a comprehensive analysis of the resources and results of competitiveness of the Czech Republic. The publication focuses on four key areas: (1) Growth performance and stability, (2) institutional quality, (3) structural competitiveness and (4) Innovation performance. Specific attention is paid to the structural aspects of competitiveness at sectoral and regional level.
- The first part, Growth performance and stability analyzes economic development and growth of the Czech Republic in an international context, including their impact on macroeconomic balances.
- The second part, Institutional quality assesses the quality of governance and the business environment. It is divided into chapters that characterize the problems of evaluation and measurement of the institutional environment and it´s prerequisites for economic efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.
- The third part, Structural competitiveness includes two chapters dealing with the separate sectoral and regional competitiveness.
- The fourth part, Innovation performance is aimed at assessing the level of economic activity in terms of the use of innovative capabilities and identifying cross-sectoral differences.
Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2011-2012
Publications Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2010-2011 analyzes the five main branches of theCzech economics in international comparison. Each chapter is complemented by a set of relevant indicators containing time series values and a description of their methodology. The data is current as of November 2011. The publication is divided into five parts.
- The first part of the book Growth performance and stability (CES VŠEM) includes a wide range of indicators to assess the macroeconomic developments in the Czech Republic and its comparison with developments in other European Union countries.
- The second part of the publication Institutional quality (CES VŠEM) deals with the evaluation and measurement of the institutional environment is a prerequisite for economic efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.
- The third part the structural competitiveness (CES VŠEM) includes two chapters dealing with self-sectoral and regional competitiveness.
- The fourth part the Innovation performance (CES VŠEM) includes two chapters. The first chapter is devoted to sources of innovation performance, which are associated with research and development and focuses on the effects of innovation performance, which can be seen in the analysis of innovative enterprises. The second chapter assesses readiness, usage and benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT).
- The fifth part the quality human resources (NOZV NTF) deals with the description and evaluation of key indicators in relation to the four basic circuits quality of human resources, which are the qualifications and skills of the population, participation in education, spending on education and human resources to develop technology and knowledge-intensive sectors.
Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2010-2011
Publications Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2010-2011 analyzes the five main branches of theCzech economics in international comparison. Each chapter is complemented by a set of relevant indicators containing time series values and a description of their methodology. The data is current as of November 2011. The publication is divided into five parts.
- The first part of the book Growth performance and stability (CES VŠEM) includes a wide range of indicators to assess the macroeconomic developments in the Czech Republic and its comparison with developments in other European Union countries.
- The second part of the publication Institutional quality (CES VŠEM) is divided into four chapters, which deals with the evaluation and measurement of the institutional environment is a prerequisite for economic efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.
- The third part the structural competitiveness (CES VŠEM) includes two chapters dealing with self-sectoral and regional competitiveness.
- The fourth part the Innovation performance (CES VŠEM) includes two chapters. The first chapter is devoted to sources of innovation performance, which are associated with research and development and focuses on the effects of innovation performance, which can be seen in the analysis of innovative enterprises. The second chapter assesses readiness, usage and benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT).
- The fifth part the quality human resources (NOZV NTF) deals with the description and evaluation of key indicators in relation to the four basic circuits quality of human resources, which are the qualifications and skills of the population, participation in education, spending on education and human resources to develop technology and knowledge-intensive sectors.
Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2010 - main indicators dovelopment
Already the fifth book on the development of the competitiveness of the Czech Republic in international comparison and analysis of the key factors influencing this development. Unlike the previous edition, this publication contains only a set of statistical indicators monitored in time series and their methodology. The publication is divided into five parts.
- The first part of the book Growth performance and stability (CES VŠEM) includes a wide range of indicators to assess the macroeconomic developments in the Czech Republic and its comparison with developments in other European Union countries.
- The second part of the publication Institutional quality (CES VŠEM) is divided into four chapters, which deals with the evaluation and measurement of the institutional environment is a prerequisite for economic efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.
- The third part the structural competitiveness (CES VŠEM) includes two chapters dealing with self-sectoral and regional competitiveness.
- The fourth part the Innovation performance (CES VŠEM) includes two chapters. The first chapter is devoted to sources of innovation performance, which are associated with research and development and focuses on the effects of innovation performance, which can be seen in the analysis of innovative enterprises. The second chapter assesses readiness, usage and benefits of information and communication technologies (ICT).
- The fifth part the quality human resources (NOZV NTF) deals with the description and evaluation of key indicators in relation to the four basic circuits quality of human resources, which are the qualifications and skills of the population, participation in education, spending on education and human resources to develop technology and knowledge-intensive sectors.
Competitiveness of the Czech Republic 2008-2009
The concept of publication is based on the assumption that in more developed countries, the aggregate economic performance is increasingly a reflection of the importance of knowledge-based activities and their economic and social effects. Successful transition to a knowledge-based economy (which is a difficult challenge, especially for the new member states of the European Union) requires an increase in input quality and effectiveness of their use in a stable economic framework. An important condition for the success of these mechanisms and processes adequate institutional quality produced by both private and public enterprises and adequate political support.
- Yearbook contains evaluation of the competitiveness of the Czech economy focusesd on five of its key aspects - growth performance and stability, institutional quality, structural competitiveness, innovation performance and quality of human resources. Specific emphasis is placed on the context of global competitiveness.
- Competitiveness of Czech Republic 2008-2009 builds on the previous publications issued under the name Competitiveness Yearbook of the Czech Republic and is the output of the Centre for Economic Studies VŠEM in cooperation with the National Observatory of Employment and Training National Training Fund.
- Publications are created with the support of the Ministry of Education Grant Research Centre for Competitiveness of Czech Economy 1M0524.
Competitivness of Czech republic is divided:
1. Growth performance and stability (CES VSEM) is divided into three chapters
- The first (Vojtech Spevacek, Mojmir Hajek, Vaclav Zdarek) examines the international economic environment and growth performance of the Czech economy measured by GDP and alternative idicators. Sources of economic growth are analyzed, broken down into labor, capital and total factor productivity.
- The second chapter (Vojtech Spevacek) analyzes the impact of demand on economic growth and macroeconomic stability. Particular attention is paid to the external economic balance and relationship of savings and investment.
- The third chapter (Ruzena Vintrova, Vaclav Zdarek) evaluates the process of nominal and real convergence and the problems associated with the adoption of the euro.
- The statistical section includes the characteristics of economic performance, stability and convergence. Their selection was chosen so as to give a comprehensive picture of the macroeconomic developments in the Czech Republic compared to other EU countries. Indicators can be thematically divided into four parts: (1) growth performance - GDP growth includes, for work and for their dependent economic development level of a country (measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity), (2) labor, wages and prices - development of employment and unemployment shows how use of human resources and wage and price growth affects living standards, macroeconomic stability and nominal convergence, (3) demand and stability - consumption, investment, savings, and their relationship linking the economic growth and macroeconomic balance, which is significantly affected development of public budgets and budget deficits that accumulate in public debt, (4) external relations are characterized by the growth of exports and imports of goods and services, the current account balance deficit and FDI inflows. In the development of terms of trade and real effective exchange rate reflects the country's competitiveness in foreign trade.
2. Institutional quality (CES VSEM) is divided into four chapters
- The first chapter (Milan pupil Petr Vymetal, Anna Bajziková, Jana Prochazkova) in the assessment of institutional quality responds to the Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress in 2009.
- The second chapter (Milan pupil Petr Vymetal, Anna Bajzikova, Jana Prochazkova) deals with the various evaluation indexes of institutional quality...
- The third chapter (Milan pupil Petr Vymetal, Anna Bajzikova, Jana Prochazkova) is based on analysis of the World Bank's Governance Matters project.
- The statistical section includes all of the above indices, without division into chapters. The authors´effort is to capture not only present using the latest data, but to show if it is possible and achievable, and developmental trendy. To all conscious that a large part of the data has soft character data, as highlighted in the analytical section.
3. Structural competitiveness (CES VSEM) includes two chapters
- The first chapter (Mark Rojicek) outlines the structural impact of the economic recession on different sectors and industries in the country.
- The second chapter (Jaroslav Kahoun) analyzes the financial position and performance of NUTS 3 regions in the Czech Republic.
- The statistical section contains two chapters. The first involves the sector 's competitiveness, the economic performance of the Czech Republic, which approximate structural view on the supply side, ie. which sectors and to what extent they contribute to the overall performance of the economy. In addition to the performance aspects of the industry are also included qualitative indicators. On the basis of selected indicators of the overall ranking is compiled by the so-called general indicator of competitiveness. Indicators can be thematically divided into the following sections: (1) economic indicators expressing the efficiency and productivity of labor, (2) indicators of internationalization of production and consumption, (3) indicators of employment and labor costs, (4) indicators of science, research and innovation, (5) indicators of investment and capital, and (6) an indicator of inflation expressed as a price deflator production. The second data set includes regional indicators of areas that have been selected with regard to the regional representativeness. Indicators can be thematically divided into three parts: (1) indicator of regional economic performance, (2) characteristics of regional innovation performance, (3) indicators of regional quality of life.
4. Innovation performance (CES VSEM) is dedicated to its effect on the growth of competitivness of the domestic economy
- The first chapter (Karel Müller) monitor stimuli of current debate about concept of the national innovation system.
- The second chapter (Karel Müller) analyzes the national system of research and development, its sources, effects and institutional transformation.
- The third chapter (Karel Müller) is devoted to the problems of the innovation performance of the business sector.
- The fourth chapter (Jana Gibarti) focuses on the regional aspects of innovation performance.
- The fifth chapter (Karel Müller) tries to define globalization factors that influence the growth and changes in the innovation system of the Czech Republic.
- The sixth chapter (Josef Basl, Jan Pour) shows selected issues of information systems and technologies.
5. The quality of human resources (NOZV NTF) is divided into three chapters
- The first chapter (Michal Lapacek, Olga Kofronova) addresses the motivations and interests of young people to study science and engineering disciplines and comparing the two age groups of graduates in terms of their employment in the Czech Republic and the EU.
- The second chapter (Jiří Branka, Marta Salavova, Vera Havlickova) evaluate the development of the overall position of the Czech Republic within the EU in terms of participation of adults in further education, studying the impact of ICT on the development of competencies required by the labor market and, last but not least, compares the situation in the Czech Republic to the situation in each EU countries in terms of the use of computers in their work, the acquisition of e-skills and the level of these skills.
- The third chapter ( Hana Zackova, Zdenka Simova, Zdenka Matouskova, Vera Czesaná) examines the causes of labor migration in the context of the global economy and the EU , compares the rate of use of flexible forms of work in the Czech Republic and the EU , and also addresses the decisive factors in the differentiation of wages.
- The statistical section aims to provide readers with an overview of the most important indicators of mapping the quality of human resources. These are the indicators processed prestigious international and national institutions, divided into four groups: (1) mapping the qualifications and skills of the population, (2) affecting participation in education, (3) regarding expenditure on education and (4) the availability of human resources for development technology.
