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Analysis of Socioeconomic Impacts of the FSC and PEFC Certification Systems on Business Entities and Consumers
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2019)The article discusses the issues of effectiveness of the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certification systems in relation to enterprises and the level to ... -
An Assortment of Woody Plants Produced in the Manor of Nové Dvory at the Turn of the 18th and 19th Centuries: European, Asian and North African Taxa
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Lists of woody plants produced in nurseries were preserved from the years 1794, 1800 and 1814 in the manor of Nové Dvory of the noble family of Chotek. 276 taxa of woody plants in the current concept, permanently cultivated ... -
Sustainable Development of a Peripheral Mountain Region on the State Border: Case Study of Moravské Kopanice Microregion (Moravia)
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2019)The sustainability of rural areas is considered to be most threatened in peripheral, hardly accessible microregions with insufficient economical sources. The paper analyses one such rural area in the eastern part of Moravia ... -
Assessing geotourism resources on a local level: A case study from Southern Moravia (Czech Republic)
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2019)In the last decades, the geotourism has shown a considerable growth all over the world and it is appreciated and accepted as a useful tool for promoting natural and cultural heritage and for fostering local and regional ... -
Chatbots for enterprises: Outlook
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Chatbots are going to be the main tool for automated conversations with customers. Still, there is no consistent methodology for choosing a suitable chatbot platform for a particular business. This paper proposes a new ... -
'Products Mapping' and Agri- Food Trade between Nigeria and ECOWAS Member Countries
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Intra-ECOWAS trade and food evxports have been debated and given attention in recent years. The paper uses an analytical tool, called 'products mapping' following some methods, such as trade balance index, Balassa index ... -
Digital transformation maturity: A systematic review of literature
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)The goal of this paper is to present contemporary developments in the field of digital maturity models. By conducting a systematic literature review finally 24 relevant studies including 22 different models were identified ... -
Analysis of Sustainable Transport for Smart Cities
(MDPI AG (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute-MDPI), 2019)For decades, transportation has been considered as a link to all aspects of life worldwide. In this case, the world's natural environment, social well-being and economic development all usually depend on transportation ... -
IFRS 16 and its Impacts on Aviation Industry
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Current differences between the accounting models for a financial and an operating lease and their critics from the users of the financial statement forced the IASB issued a new Leases Standard, IFRS 16, which supersedes ... -
Assessing web surface credibility by generation Y: A Q methodological study
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Online marketing includes a variety of activities. Website presentation is one of the most striking. For many business providers it is vital to have a web-site and therefore there are currently more than 1.8 billion websites ... -
The excess smoothness and sensitivity of consumption in the V4 countries
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)This paper contributes to the debate on the Permanent Income Hypothesis (PIH) and excess consumption smoothness and sensitivity in the context of conditions in the V4 countries. This paper also shows results contrary to ... -
Factors of employee engagement at the workplace. Do years of service count?
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)This article deals with employee engagement in SMEs when the employee's years of service are taken into consideration. The aim of the paper is to show if seniority influences engagement and if there are further factors ... -
Will the amendments to the IAS 16 and IAS 41 influence the value of biological assets?
(Česká akademie zemědělských věd, 2017)The aim of the paper is the evaluation of the impact of the new amendments to the IAS 16 and IAS 41 - Agriculture: Bearer Plants on the financial reporting in agriculture. The paper is based on the comparison of the current ... -
Evaluation of Czech warm-blood stallions based on performance of their daughters
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)The objective of the present study was to assess the Czech warm-blood stallions based on results of basic performance tests of their daughters. We evaluated 1140 daughters of 51 fathers. On the basis of calculations we ... -
Remote infiltration areas as a main source of ground water for floodplain forest without floods
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)This article brings new information about phenomenon of the growth of floodplain forest without influence of floods over 50 years. Floodplain forest and its hydrogeological regime are under detail research for 10 years and ... -
Contribution to the knowledge of incidence, development and galls of the bisexual generation of Biorhiza pallida (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)The research study deals with the occurrence, cecidogenesis and development of the bisexual generation of Biorhiza pallida in the Brno region. Galls were found most frequently on Quercus petraea and on Q. robur. At the end ... -
Discretionary disclosure of listed non-financial firms in an emerging market: Evidence from Ghana
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)The main objectives of this study are to measure the extent of voluntary disclosure of listed non-financial firms in Ghana. The paper also seeks to identify the corporate governance attributes that influence voluntary ... -
The effects of capital structure on banks' performance, the Ugandan perspective
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)The paper aims to investigate the effects of capital structure on banks' performance on Ugandan banks for a ten years period, 2006-2015 with a sample of 20 commercial banks. The study employs four performance indicators ... -
Quality destination management
(Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2019)Tourism is recognized as a significant industry worldwide, a key sector and source of development and income in several countries. The article focuses on quality management in tourist destinations in the Czech Republic. ... -
Rheological behaviour of chocolate at different temperatures
(Zdruzenie HACCP Consulting, 2018)The rheological behaviour of the chocolate at different temperatures was studied using a concentric cylinder viscometer with precision small samples adapter, temperature sensor and standard spindle. BIO chocolate (100% ...