Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: E. Rosochatecká Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Economic efficiency of agricultural enterprises and its evaluation Abstract: Agriculture as a sector of national economy shows a permanent loss (except the year 1995 and 2000). The investment volume and number of workers decreases. The necessary resources for businesses development are not created at the general level. Introducing of new technologies for restructuring appears as problematic from this point of view. The stated results of the sector of agriculture stem from the average data of the monitored set of enterprises collected by the RIAE. Evaluation objectivity of the agricultural enterprises economic results is influenced by the quality of the database and of the used evaluation method. In the contribution, the method of the financial analysis indices, economic normal and the indicators of the enterprise financial situation prediction were utilised for evaluation. For the analysis, own set of monitored enterprises is used and also its comparison with the selected results of the RIAE. Keywords: value added, business, economic, normal, profit, loss Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 97-101 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5455-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5455-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0001.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5455-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: J. Homolka Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Regional development as a presumption of general development of society Abstract: The contribution firstly mentions a determination of possible approaches to the problems of regional development. The contribution content is the characteristics and comparison of the regional policy level in the European Union and the CzechRepublic. In the European Union, this policy has developed for a long time and it has been modified to the form which it has at the beginning of the 21st century. In this, it is a continuous process. On the contrary, in the Czech Republic during directive management, regional policy was not formulated and most of decisive processes were centralised. Since the beginning of 90ies, significant changes have taken place and in 2000 it was possible to say that the necessary presumptions for the use of efficient regional policy principles had been created. Keywords: regional policy, economic development, integration, structural funds, euroregion Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 102-105 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5456-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5456-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5456-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: F. Střeleček Author-Workplace-Name: The Department of Accounting and Financial Management, University of South Bohemia, Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: P. Kollar Author-Workplace-Name: The Department of Accounting and Financial Management, University of South Bohemia, Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic Title: Searching the proportional level of operating costs - specification of the minimum volume of production Abstract: This article concerns the topic of various types of costs and refers to relations between them. It also solves relations between costs and the output in in-kind units, between costs and revenues (in financial units), between the unit price and the sale profit. The article also describes two possibilities how to find the break-even point: one way is to compare the dynamics of revenues and costs, the second one is to compare actual and expected variable costs. The article also suggests the way how to find the break-even point using cost-revenue ratio indicators. Keywords: proportional costs, fixed costs, over-proportional costs, under-proportional costs, unit costs, break-even point, minimum profit, minimum profitability of production, variable costs, cost-revenue ration, rate of profit Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 106-116 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5457-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5457-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5457-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: I. Boháčková Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: L. Svatošová Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Profitability and risk ratio of financial portfolio Abstract: Financial portfolio represents a certain type of investments diversification and hence it issues a possibility how to reduce risk ratio and to ensure a sufficient profitability of financial investment. The paper shows ways of calculation and evaluation of investment possibilities. A base for the determination of the efficiency of portfolio particular parts is a rate of efficiency of particular securities and their weight (representation) in the portfolio. Risk of an investment action is linked to the results of the technical analysis of particular securities and of the mutual dependence among them, resp. of their mutual ability to influence each other. The contribution is worked out on a theoretical basis, nevertheless, the procedure can be applied easily to the investment possibility in the area of securities. It cannot be used in enterprises of agricultural primary production but it can be applied in the dimension of the agri-food complex, respectively in the agri-business dimension. Keywords: financial investment, portfolio, profitability, risk ratio Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 117-120 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5458-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5458-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5458-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M. Pourová Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: V. Stehlík Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Czech consumers´ evaluation of choosen meat products Abstract: The article summarises the main results of the analysis of the perception of selected meat products in theCzechRepublic (i.e. the following types of salami: Gothai, Famer´s, Tourist, Poličan, chicken ham salami, Hunter´s, pork ham salami and turkey roll). Two factors have been defined on the basis of a composition approach, which influence the evaluation of meat products by Czech consumers during their purchase. The first factor was the perceived quality of the product and the second one was the healthiness factor. It has been found out that the perceived quality of the product has a decisive influence on forming of the preferences of Czech consumers in all analysed meat products. This finding has resulted from both direct and indirect acquisition of preference data. The healthiness factor is also important even though it has a relatively higher importance mainly in the meat products made from poultry and lean parts of other slaughter animals. Further, the analysis has confirmed the hypotheses of the influence of the consumers´ perception on forming their preferences. Keywords: meat products, evaluation, preference, consumer, CzechRepublic Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 121-125 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5459-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5459-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5459-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: R. Krninská Author-Workplace-Name: University of South Bohemia, Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic Title: Globalisation, human resources and the increase of their potential in relation to sustainable development in regions Abstract: Globalization can be understood as a process changing the very essence of modern human civilization, penetrating all its spheres and currently manifesting itself mainly at the economic level. One-sided profit targeting, often just with short-term efficiency, leads to discontinuity changes and imbalance and not only in the economy. We can see operating at the same time breaks in the rules of nature, particularly in atmosphere protection, and contradictions between economic growth and sustainable development. The worldwide process of globalization is also accompanied by a process of localization. Here it is possible to observe differences between the newly emerged global culture and specific cultural traditions in regions. Global civilization changes interfere with the development of particular regions. Flexible and appropriate responses can be provided on condition human potential is developed. It can fully develop in all creative approaches only after the accomplishment of personal development and lifelong education. The quality of human resources is also related to the acceptance of the values of sustainable development and to creating personal identity with strong roots in traditional culture as well as maintaining regional specificities. For the management of human resources it is necessary to anchor the effort of human capital cultivation in business culture. Keywords: globalization, sustainable development, regionality, human resources management, human potential development Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 126-129 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5460-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5460-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5460-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: J. Pataky Author-Workplace-Name: Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovak Republic Title: Methodological aspects of an improvement of calculation information system in agricultural companies Abstract: Phenomenalistic data of the development of prime costs in agriculture-oriented companies inSlovakia indicate that they have considerably increased in the main production, intracompany services and the company as a whole. Therefore, the management of a company has to apply an economic approach to cost management. Recommendations to build up a control structure of the cost system in the agricultural primary production are presented and its rational connection with actual costing, which uses algorithms of unconventional calculation methods, is analysed. In the cost system control structure, costs are recommended to be divided in two levels, namely by groups of activities and classification by elements of cost and by the relationship to outputs covering agricultural products. Using a general model, the objectives analysed are implemented in the livestock production aimed at dairy cow breeding. Keywords: cost, cost management, output, activity, production Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 130-133 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5461-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5461-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0007.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5461-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M. Vosejpková Author-Workplace-Name: University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Economics, Èeské Budìjovice, Czech Republic Title: The country population trend in the selected region of the Czech Republic Abstract: There are 80% municipalities under one thousand inhabitants in the CzechRepublic. The population trend observed in the region ofSouth Bohemia has proved a long-term and gradated depopulation of such small municipalities. While population has fallen in municipalities under one thousand inhabitants, towns and municipalities with more than one thousand inhabitants show the opposite trend. The possibility of changing this trend seems to lay in the state help for small municipalities parallel with the expected change of the situation after the EU accession because it is very probable, that many young families will be looking for the financially more convenient living in the country. Keywords: district, municipality, population, region, trend Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 134-137 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5462-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5462-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-200203-0008.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5462-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: T. Doucha Title: After prof. Zdeněk Sokol Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 138 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5463-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5463-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5463-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: V. Jeníček Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Globalizace a ekonomický růst Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 139-144 Volume: 48 Issue: 3 Year: 2002 DOI: 10.17221/5464-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/5464-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:48:y:2002:i:3:id:5464-AGRICECON