DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.001
This paper discusses the problems of poverty in the Czech Republic. It focuses on the identification of social groups and on ways of identifying the income situation of households that are the most vulnerable to poverty,…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.002
The aim of this paper is to analyse the nine summits that have taken place to date between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is an historical analysis from the first EU-LAC Summit in 1999 to the mos…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.003
The issue of charitable giving has been central to the interest of researchers in the international field for several decades. Charitable giving is closely connected with economic policy and directly affects issues withi…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.004
This article, by using the analytical category “image politics”, tries to disentangle the network of people and organizations that in the first half of the 20th century developed, produced and promoted the “image” of the…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.005
The power of eminent domain is often considered to be the inherent power of the government and it is rarely questioned. There are two possible justifications for eminent domain. Either the government has a superior posit…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.006
Relations between Germany and Namibia are still heavily influenced by colonialism. As part of the scramble for Africa in the 1880´s, the German Empire came to what is now Namibia and created German South-West Africa. Ger…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.007
One of the main tools with which a teacher contributes to the effective education of students is the issue of learning styles. A teacher should not only be able to recognize these learning styles and respect them, but al…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.008
The article deals with the effort to forecast the development of future sales over a period of several months. The ability to forecast is very important for a company in terms of being able to manage its working capital …
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.009
The paper focuses on the scientific degrees awarded by the University of Economics, Prague (UEP), in 1950s Czechoslovakia. Unique primary sources, such as minutes from UEP Scientific Board meetings and witness statements…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.010
This article deals with the economic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s and 1970´s. Its goal is to establish whether the current economic interconnection of the German and …
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.011
In comparison with the traditional way of trading, the Internet business companies have greater growth potential. This is true for as long as they are able to recognize and expand efficient marketing activities within th…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.012
The European migrant crisis is a current phenomenon which has sparked heated debate within professional circles and among the general public. This paper looks at the current situation in Europe and reflects on the proble…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.013
This article deals with the period of Peter von Biron´s rule in the Duchy of Courland. It analyses the Duke´s relationship with Courland nobility, his foreign policy and the reasons for the ending of the independence of …
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.014
The aim of this study is to analyse the economic relationship between Czechoslovakia and Argentina in the period 1945–1955 via archival documents. At the end of World War II Czechoslovakia was unable to recover the posit…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.015
This paper presents an overview of studies that describe the emergence of innovation project performance measurement. It is dedicated to the issue of economic indicators and focuses on the metrics that can be employed to…
DOI: 10.36708/LS.2015.I02.016
The conference was hosted by The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, the Czech Republic on 5th November 2015. The Institute currently focuses on transferring research activities into the application…