Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: editors Title: INDEX OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS (VOLUME 56), AUTORS INDEX (VOLUME 56) Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: I-VIII Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/2646-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/2646-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:12:id:2646-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ivana TICHÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jan HRON Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jiří FIEDLER Author-Workplace-Name: Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Title: Managerial decision making - importance of intuition in the rational process Abstract: The article contributes to the debate over the use of intuition in the managerial decision making. A brief overview of the debate is further elaborated with the comparison of findings brought about by two surveys conducted in the field settings. The comparison shows some similarities - for instance, the number of respondents admitting their reliance on intuition in decision making, but also some major differences. Keywords: decision making, intuition, survey, comparison Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 553-557 Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/169/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/169/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201012-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:12:id:169-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: František STŘELEČEK Author-Workplace-Name: Department Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Jana LOSOSOVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Department Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Author-Name: Radek ZDENĚK Author-Workplace-Name: Department Accounting and Finances, Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic Title: The relations between the rent and price of agricultural land in the EU countries Abstract: The price of agricultural land and its value are of importance when forming the production potential of agricultural enterprises. The price of land marked an irregular development in the period 2006-2007 having increased in the majority of the EU states. The proportion of rent to the market price of land referred to as the capitalization rate kept varying within the range of 2-3%. The price of a site should, besides the land rent, also reflect the interest on the land rent received. The price of agricultural land with respect to the land rent manifests relatively important price inertia. This inertia in connection with a high growth rate of land rent results in the unrealistically high interest rate. Such situation is an evident advantage for land owners and is, on the contrary, a disadvantage for the tenants of the agricultural land. To make the interest rate realistic means especially stabilizing the land rent with low growth rates. These growth rates are different for different states. In general it can be maintained that the relative increase in land rent should not surpass 4%, exceptionally 6%. Keywords: price of land, land rent, capitalization rate, payback period Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 558-568 Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/130/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/130/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201012-0003.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:12:id:130-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: M. SVATOŠ Author-Name: L. SMUTKA Author-Name: O. MIFFEK Title: Competitiveness of agrarian trade of EU-15 countries in comparison with new EU member states Abstract: The paper analyses the commodity structure of agrarian trade of the EU countries. The comparative advantages of particular aggregations are accentuated from the view-point of their use on the EU internal market, and on the world market. The analysis is based on an evaluation of comparative advantages by means of a modified Ballas index. It is viewed on two levels, for the EU internal market and the world market. The results of the analysis are shown in a chart. Subsequently, the authors implement an idea arising from a BCG (Boston Consulting Group) matrix on the results of a graphical representation. The aim is to point out mainly those aggregations (SITC, rev. 3) which are, or have a potential to be, a pillar of agri-business, and vice versa to show the aggregations which are non-prospective in the long term, or problematic. The analysis is performed on two levels to utilise differences in the commodity structure of agrarian trade in both the cases of the old (EU-15) and the new EU member states (EU-12) (the member states which enlarged the EU in 2004 and 2007). From the results of the analysis, the significant changes are apparent if we compare commodity structures of trade of the countries of the EU-15 and EU-12. Keywords: competitiveness, Lafay, Ballasa, index, revealed comparative advantage, agrarian trade, European Union Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 569-582 Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/129/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/129/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201012-0004.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:12:id:129-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gutierrez Ramirez Enver DALAN Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Author-Name: Karel SRNEC Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Title: The scenario of microfinance in Latin America against the international financial crisis Abstract: Latin America has very good conditions for microfinance; the macroeconomic growth which Latin America had shown in the recent years created favourable conditions for the microfinance institutions' favorable conditions and its development. Profitability of the microfinance sector presents an attractive market for the financial institutions which already have a have strong position in the market. The purpose of this work is to focus on the current situation and performance of the microfinance sector while identifying some of the reasons that affect the microfinance institutions in this region. The work also provides a view on the microfinance industry development to get a better description of the sector. The microfinance institutions are earning an undeniable importance in the process of the regional development and represent an important factor in the alleviation of poverty and insecurity for large segments of the population. The work is based on information from relevant sources that allow us to identify the current status of microfinance in Latin America, especially in these times when the crisis affects also the region's economic dynamism. Keywords: Latin America, Mexico, economic deceleration, recession, crisis, poverty, microfinance institutions Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 583-590 Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/49/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/49/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201012-0005.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:12:id:49-2010-AGRICECON Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Miroslava BAVOROVÁ Author-Workplace-Name: Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Title: Structural changes in the German agri-food complex: the end of small and medium enterprises? Abstract: The article describes the concentration process, structural changes and competitiveness in the German agri-food sector over the last decade. This descriptive analysis aims to outline the developments at the individual stages of the food chain and to identify the challenges the sector will face in the upcoming years. The study is based mainly on the data published by the German Statistical Office and the ZMP1, and the evaluation of the primary and secondary literature sources. The data shows that small and medium-sized enterprises were sustainable alongside the large ones and have played an important role in the German agriculture and food processing sectors in the recent years. Various business strategies can be expected to make the coexistence of small and large-scale enterprises also possible in the future. Keywords: business structure, structural change, concentration process Journal: Agricultural Economics Pages: 591-600 Volume: 56 Issue: 12 Year: 2010 DOI: 10.17221/9/2010-AGRICECON File-URL: http://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/9/2010-AGRICECON.html File-Format: text/html X-File-Ref: http://agriculturejournals.cz/RePEc/caa/references/age-201012-0006.txt Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlage:v:56:y:2010:i:12:id:9-2010-AGRICECON