Central European Business Review, 2018 (vol. 7), issue 1
Articles
“Be or Not To Be”: A Dilemma of Business Policy Support on a Regional Level
Jarmila ©ebestová, Petra Krejčí, Petr ©iąka
Central European Business Review 2018, 7(1):3-13 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.192 
Regional authorities implement national priorities in business policy according to the current local requirements in their regional development strategy. Unfortunately, their effort to support entrepreneurial spirit and innovations is not as effective as it could be; its tools and institutions are not as well used as they intended. The question arises: where does the problem lie, is it in the means of communication or in the entrepreneurial requirements at the regional level? The main goal of this paper is to demonstrate some of the missing points or the weaknesses of institutional communication. These conclusions are based on a regional study in the...
Visegrád Group Expertise and Position in the Samsung Global Value Chain: A Case Study of Samsung Electronics in the V4 Countries
Viktória Endrődi-Kovács, Gábor Kutasi, Anikó Magasházi
Central European Business Review 2018, 7(1):14-36 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.193
The participation of national V4 electronic industry in global value chains is a source of additional output, in addition to, a driver of technological development and employment. The aim of the study is to analyse whether the V4 region has the expertise capacity to upgrade its position in the electronics GVC integrated into the Samsung company. The analysis is built on the theory of GVC and the methodology of surveying the V4 labour market and education related to engineering. The quantitative results are supplemented with research interviews with Samsung managers and related municipal leaders. The analysis concludes on V4 upgrading opportunities...
Investment Subsidies in the Meat Industry and Their Impact on Business Economics
Zdeňka Náglová
Central European Business Review 2018, 7(1):37-45 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.194
This article deals with meat industry subsidies in the Czech Republic. Food processing businesses are entitled to draw funds from the Rural Development Program 2007-2013 (RDP), Axis I, Measure I. 1. 3 Adding value to agricultural and food products. The aim of this paper is to assess whether there were any changes in performance indicators in subsidized meat businesses and to identify their effects on the meat industry. Competitiveness of meat industry is low. Subsidies are among other factors that can help to reach for better competitiveness of this branch. The fixed effect model was used in order to carry out the analysis. According to the results,...
The Successful Internationalization of Intesa Sanpaolo Bank in Central and Eastern Europe: Acquisitions, Insidership and the Uppsala Model
Stefano Valdemarin
Central European Business Review 2018, 7(1):46-57 | DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.195
The study of internationalization processes of multinational enterprises and its evolution is one of the most important topics in the domain of international business. According to the Uppsala model and the business network view, being an insider in local networks is a fundamental issue for service companies such as banking groups because of their strong intangible dimension. That’s why VUB Bank is an extraordinary bank. It has a little office in Prague, the only one in Czech Republic, and, at the same time, owns 233 branches in Slovakia. But this bank is a subsidiary of Intesa Sanpaolo, the biggest Italian banking Group, one of the leaders in...