Jaroslav Belas
Biographic Data
| ID | 269114 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jaroslav Belas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jaroslav |
| FAMILY NAME | Belas |
| SIGNATURE | BELAS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tomas Bata University in Zlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5900-997X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Inter-organisational knowledge transfer practices for SMEs
The study of knowledge management system design and operation has a history of several decades, yet several research gaps can be found in the literature. Prominent among these is research among SMEs, particularly concerning knowledge management processes that influence their successful operation. This research aimed to explore which factors most influence the success of SMEs through knowledge transfer. The quantitative research, conducted in 2023…
Perception of the quality of higher education by university students: The role and importance of the public sector
The public sector is perceived as a cornerstone of societal growth and development,innovation, social inclusion, and economic progress. Ensuring an environment that supportsthese key aspects requires effective governance, transparency, and investments, includinginvestments in education. The role of the public sector should include providing high-qualityand accessible higher education, which significantly influences students’ entrepreneurialmotiva…
Factors influencing internationalization of micro-enterprises and SMEs in Central Europe
Internationalizing a company is particularly challenging for micro-enterprises and SMEs due to the limited resources available for managing strategic activities. This paper aimed to create a model of the factors influencing the internationalization process of micro-enterprises and SMEs from Central Europe. The study employed principal component analysis to identify latent components of the model, namely innovation, strategic management (SM), and …
The impact of selected HRM factors on company ́s survival of SMEs: Empirical research in V4 countries
This paper aimed to present and quantify the impact of significant HRM factors on the survival of SMEs in the V4 countries. In June 2022, researchers conducted a study in the Visegrad Four countries to understand the attitudes of SMEs. The study employed a random sampling method and included 1,398 respondents. The established scientific hypothesis was verified using linear regression modelling at a significance level of ɑ = 5%. The study found a …
Participative management style in SMEs: Influence of CSR factors. Empirical evidence from the Visegrad Group
The aim of this study was to define significant corporate social responsibility (CSR) factors that determine the use of participative management style in SMEs and quantify this influence. In order to achieve this objective, a questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of 1,398 SMEs across V4 countries. The data was collected through computer-assisted web interviewing by MNFORCE, a well-known market research firm. The empirical research was co…
Characteristics of sustainable leadership in international comparison
Sustainability today ranks as one of the most important requirements for the operation of organisations. There is a wealth of research on the subject, but few studies have addressed the requirements of sustainability management. This study fills this gap. It aims to examine the reported practices of SME managers in three nations to assess their preparedness as regards sustainability leadership expectations. In-depth interviews with Hungarian (36)…
The influence of motivations to share knowledge in preventing knowledge sabotage occurrences: An empirically tested motivational model
The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to share knowledge on knowledge sabotage, in order to shape a motivational model designed to reduce sabotage incidents in practice. It contributes to knowledge management literature broadening our understanding of knowledge sabotage, which has been highlighted as the most extreme counterproductive knowledge behaviour due to its deliberate nature of harming…
The relationship between destination image and destination safety during technological and social changes Covid-19 pandemic
Bankruptcy prediction in the post-pandemic period: A case study of Visegrad Group countries
Research background: Effective monitoring of financial health is essential in the financial management of enterprises. Early studies to predict corporate bankruptcy were published at the beginning of the last century. The prediction models were developed with a significant delay even among the Visegrad group countries. Purpose of the article: The primary aim of this study is to create a model for predicting bankruptcy based on the financial infor…
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on selected areas of a management system in SMEs
The current pandemic, that has wider economic and social impacts, will put to the test all enterprises, which will be forced to search for new survival strategies and to create existential prognoses of business operations during great economic and social uncertainty and new crises whose impacts are hard to predict. This fact motivated the team of authors to realise the study that aims at researching and quantifying the impacts of the pandemic COV…
Selected factors of internationalisation and their impact on the SME perception of the market risk
Research background: Internationalisation of entrepreneurial activities provides an ample opportunity for the growth and sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When making their business activities international, SMEs are facing various obstacles. Investigating the key factors of internationalisation and their impact on SME decision making constitutes a key factor of the research work. Purpose of the article: The main purpos…
Values of family businesses in Czech Republic in the context of socioemotional wealth
In the awareness of both academicians and the public, family businesses are associated with such values as honor, trust and trustworthiness, ethics, innovativeness, integrity, continuity, love, wisdom, stability, etc. Family businesses make reference to these unique, emotionallycharged aspects as part of their presentation, corporate social responsibility activities, and marketing campaigns. These values may be referred to as Socioemotional Wealt…
Developments in the income situation of the agricultural sector in selected the EU member states
The objective of this research is to provide a case study in the field of ambitious agricultural and rural development programmes of four neighbouring EU member states, namely Czechia, Italy, Hungary, Austria. The efficient agricultural production and compensation for employees strengthen the income conditions of the rural population in the selected countries, which can give insights into the impact of rural population support for a sustainable a…
The importance of social media for management of SMEs
The aim of this paper is to present new scientific results concerning social media in relation to the SME segment. The empirical research based on a sample of 1,520 respondents from the business sector of the V4 countries provided interesting findings. The role of social media is largely underestimated by the SMEs and such enterprises have untapped capacity for using social media in their management. Additionally, the SMEs insufficiently utilize …
Evaluation of economic potential of business environment development by comparing sector differences: Perspective of SMEs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Research background: Improving business conditions and SME development are signs of a country?s macroeconomic stability. The issue of identifying and removing barriers to the development of firms in the SME segment is a priority in all countries with developed economies and its importance is currently increasing. Purpose of the article: The main aim of this paper is to explore possible differences in entrepreneurs? perception of the business envi…
Study of legislative and administrative obstacles to SMEs business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Research background: SMEs represent an integral part of the economy environment in a majority of the countries all over the world. They signify the most efficient, progressive, and important part of the advanced economies. The long-term effort of the EU countries, as well as other advanced economies is to create quality and stable conditions for their development in order to be able to respond to all the possible changes in the business environme…
Do size and age of small and medium-sized enterprises matter in corporate social responsibility
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) is affected by firm characteristics (firm age and size) or not. The study is conducted on a firm-level data collection through a questionnaire. The paper uses factor analysis to compose the CSR variable and nonparametric methods to examine the above associations in a sample size of 822 small and medium-sized enterprises (454 firms from Czech Republic and 368 fir…
Impact of social factors on formation of business environment for SMEs
The objective of this article was to identify the important social factors influencing the quality of business environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to quantify their intensity, and compare the differences between Czech Republic (CR) and Slovak Republic (SR). In this context, empirical research was conducted on SMEs in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Within this research, data from 312 SMEs in CR and 329 SMEs in Slovakia were ob…
Attitude of University Students toward entrepreneurship environment and toward entrepreneurship propensity in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic – International Comparison
On the basis of online survey (made in 2017) about entrepreneurship environment we wanted to find out which entrepreneurship conditions are different from the viewpoint of Czech university students (156 men and 252 women) and Slovak university students (216 men and 352 women). From 40 available questionnaire items about two-thirds of them were different in a group of Czech university students compared with Slovak university students (p < 0.05). C…
Impact of the state on business environment - sectoral analysis
The main aim of the paper is to research the differences in perception and evaluation impact of the country on macroeconomic business environment on the basis of a sector in which the entrepreneur is running a business. Differences in perception and evaluation of entrepreneurial support from the state on the basis of a sector, in which the company is established, are analyzed using the cases of the Slovak and Czech Republic. Correspondence analys…
Linking firm characteristics to perceived important social factors for entrepreneurial activity
This study seeks to investigate the linkages between firm characteristics (firm age and size) and perceived important social factors for entrepreneurship. The research is administered on a firm-level data collection through a survey. The paper uses principal component analysis and non-parametric methods, including a post-hoc test to examine the above linkages within an original dataset of 641 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in…
How do banks implement the capital regulation requirement
This paper studies the capital regulation implementation by commercial banks. Specifically, the authors examine how commercial banks achieve the required capital regulation requirements in the context of the Basel regulation frameworks and whether this compliance promotes banks' efficiency. The authors use partial adjustment models to analyse the banks' quarterly financial statement releases in both pre-and post-regulation periods. On average, th…
Important factors of financial risk in the SME segment
The aim of the article is to define and quantify the significant factors which influence the intensity of financial risk, and to compare the perception of financial risk among groups of entrepreneurs in the SME segment according to their motivations for starting a business. In relation with the aims defined under this research, we carried out a survey of the entrepreneurial environment of SMEs in 2015, using a sample of 1,141 respondents (the own…
Does bank ownership affect relationship lending: A developing country perspective
In this paper we aim to explore how the type of bank ownership -local private banks, government-owned banks (public banks) and foreign banks -can affect relationship lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by using a unique data set from Bangladeshi banking sector. We found that private banks differ from government-owned and foreign banks in terms of relationship lending and credit facilities to SMEs. More specifically, our results suggest…
The effects of perceived and actual financial knowledge on regular personal savings: Case of Vietnam
The paper examines the factors, which affect decision-making on regular personal saving behaviour in the context of an emerging market in Vietnam. Focusing on financial literacy, the paper uses a combined measure of actual financial knowledge and a self-assessment of overall financial knowledge. The sample of the study consists of 240 commercial banks customers selected in 12 branches of four banks in Ho Chi Minh City. The questionnaire covers: (…
Approach of the SME Entrepreneurs to Financial Risk Management in Relation to Gender and Level of Education
Financial risk management is an important area of management of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The ability of SMEs to grow highly depends on their potential to invest money to the development of their companies. These investments need capital and therefore an access to internal or external financial sources. Many authors agree that SMEs have restricted access to external sources of financing. The aim of this article is to define and c…
Satisfaction and loyalty of banking customers: A gender approach
Bank customer satisfaction is a hot topic of current scientifi c research for many reasons. In response to the negative impact of the recent fi nancial crisis of 2008, the public has become very sensitive to all aspects of commercial bank activity. Banks are looking for ways to increase their fi nancial performance. Researchers are trying to fi nd the main determinants of bank customer satisfaction and examine these issues from diff erent perspec…
Bank Customers’ Satisfaction, Customers’ Loyalty and Additional Purchases of Banking Products and Services. A Case Study from the Czech Republic
The aim of this article was to examine and quantify 1) the dependence of additional purchases of banking products from customer loyalty and 2) dependence of bank clients' loyalty from their satisfaction with the bank's customer service. The respondents from our research in 2014 were divided into satisfied (loyal) and dissatisfied (disloyal) banking clients. Their attitudes in the area of loyalty and additional purchases of banking products were c…
Participative management style in SMEs: Influence of CSR factors. Empirical evidence from the Visegrad Group
The aim of this study was to define significant corporate social responsibility (CSR) factors that determine the use of participative management style in SMEs and quantify this influence. In order to achieve this objective, a questionnaire survey was conducted on a sample of 1,398 SMEs across V4 countries. The data was collected through computer-assisted web interviewing by MNFORCE, a well-known market research firm. The empirical research was co…
Important factors of financial risk in the SME segment
The aim of the article is to define and quantify the significant factors which influence the intensity of financial risk, and to compare the perception of financial risk among groups of entrepreneurs in the SME segment according to their motivations for starting a business. In relation with the aims defined under this research, we carried out a survey of the entrepreneurial environment of SMEs in 2015, using a sample of 1,141 respondents (the own…
Factors influencing internationalization of micro-enterprises and SMEs in Central Europe
Internationalizing a company is particularly challenging for micro-enterprises and SMEs due to the limited resources available for managing strategic activities. This paper aimed to create a model of the factors influencing the internationalization process of micro-enterprises and SMEs from Central Europe. The study employed principal component analysis to identify latent components of the model, namely innovation, strategic management (SM), and …
The impact of selected HRM factors on company ́s survival of SMEs: Empirical research in V4 countries
This paper aimed to present and quantify the impact of significant HRM factors on the survival of SMEs in the V4 countries. In June 2022, researchers conducted a study in the Visegrad Four countries to understand the attitudes of SMEs. The study employed a random sampling method and included 1,398 respondents. The established scientific hypothesis was verified using linear regression modelling at a significance level of ɑ = 5%. The study found a …
Characteristics of sustainable leadership in international comparison
Sustainability today ranks as one of the most important requirements for the operation of organisations. There is a wealth of research on the subject, but few studies have addressed the requirements of sustainability management. This study fills this gap. It aims to examine the reported practices of SME managers in three nations to assess their preparedness as regards sustainability leadership expectations. In-depth interviews with Hungarian (36)…
Values of family businesses in Czech Republic in the context of socioemotional wealth
In the awareness of both academicians and the public, family businesses are associated with such values as honor, trust and trustworthiness, ethics, innovativeness, integrity, continuity, love, wisdom, stability, etc. Family businesses make reference to these unique, emotionallycharged aspects as part of their presentation, corporate social responsibility activities, and marketing campaigns. These values may be referred to as Socioemotional Wealt…
Developments in the income situation of the agricultural sector in selected the EU member states
The objective of this research is to provide a case study in the field of ambitious agricultural and rural development programmes of four neighbouring EU member states, namely Czechia, Italy, Hungary, Austria. The efficient agricultural production and compensation for employees strengthen the income conditions of the rural population in the selected countries, which can give insights into the impact of rural population support for a sustainable a…
The importance of social media for management of SMEs
The aim of this paper is to present new scientific results concerning social media in relation to the SME segment. The empirical research based on a sample of 1,520 respondents from the business sector of the V4 countries provided interesting findings. The role of social media is largely underestimated by the SMEs and such enterprises have untapped capacity for using social media in their management. Additionally, the SMEs insufficiently utilize …
How do banks implement the capital regulation requirement
This paper studies the capital regulation implementation by commercial banks. Specifically, the authors examine how commercial banks achieve the required capital regulation requirements in the context of the Basel regulation frameworks and whether this compliance promotes banks' efficiency. The authors use partial adjustment models to analyse the banks' quarterly financial statement releases in both pre-and post-regulation periods. On average, th…
Does bank ownership affect relationship lending: A developing country perspective
In this paper we aim to explore how the type of bank ownership -local private banks, government-owned banks (public banks) and foreign banks -can affect relationship lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by using a unique data set from Bangladeshi banking sector. We found that private banks differ from government-owned and foreign banks in terms of relationship lending and credit facilities to SMEs. More specifically, our results suggest…
The effects of perceived and actual financial knowledge on regular personal savings: Case of Vietnam
The paper examines the factors, which affect decision-making on regular personal saving behaviour in the context of an emerging market in Vietnam. Focusing on financial literacy, the paper uses a combined measure of actual financial knowledge and a self-assessment of overall financial knowledge. The sample of the study consists of 240 commercial banks customers selected in 12 branches of four banks in Ho Chi Minh City. The questionnaire covers: (…
Significant determinants of the competitive environment for SMEs in the context of the financial and credit risks
Th e aim of the article is to compare signifi cant determinants of the competitive environment for small and medium-sized enterprises in the context of fi nancial and credit risk in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Th e survey on the quality of business environment was carried out in 2015 through a questionnaire on the sample of 1,141 respondents in Czech Republic. Th e total number of 438 questionnaires was collected during the research in Slovakia.…
Model of the loan process in the context of unrealized income and loss prevention
Currently, in the banking sector of the economically developed countries is possible to monitor the trend of high liquidity and the low volume of credit nancing of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). is situation is far from ideal because the banks are losing potential revenue and the SME segment within appropriate extent cannot nance its business objectives through bank loans. e aim of the paper was to propose a model for a comprehensive …
Significant Attributes of the Business Environment in Small and Meduim-Sized Enterprises
Aim of following contribution is to define and quantify selected attributes of the business environment in Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). In this context, our own research was prepared and gradually implemented, where the intensity of individual business risks, status, motivation, feelings of entrepreneurs in SME segment, relationship to the bank, state, society, and business optimism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia was analyzed. Du…
Significant Attributes of the Business Environment in Small and Meduim-Sized Enterprises
Aim of following contribution is to define and quantify selected attributes of the business environment in Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). In this context, our own research was prepared and gradually implemented, where the intensity of individual business risks, status, motivation, feelings of entrepreneurs in SME segment, relationship to the bank, state, society, and business optimism in the Czech Republic and Slovakia was analyzed. Du…
Model of the loan process in the context of unrealized income and loss prevention
Currently, in the banking sector of the economically developed countries is possible to monitor the trend of high liquidity and the low volume of credit nancing of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). is situation is far from ideal because the banks are losing potential revenue and the SME segment within appropriate extent cannot nance its business objectives through bank loans. e aim of the paper was to propose a model for a comprehensive …
Satisfaction and loyalty of banking customers: A gender approach
Bank customer satisfaction is a hot topic of current scientifi c research for many reasons. In response to the negative impact of the recent fi nancial crisis of 2008, the public has become very sensitive to all aspects of commercial bank activity. Banks are looking for ways to increase their fi nancial performance. Researchers are trying to fi nd the main determinants of bank customer satisfaction and examine these issues from diff erent perspec…
Bank Customers’ Satisfaction, Customers’ Loyalty and Additional Purchases of Banking Products and Services. A Case Study from the Czech Republic
The aim of this article was to examine and quantify 1) the dependence of additional purchases of banking products from customer loyalty and 2) dependence of bank clients' loyalty from their satisfaction with the bank's customer service. The respondents from our research in 2014 were divided into satisfied (loyal) and dissatisfied (disloyal) banking clients. Their attitudes in the area of loyalty and additional purchases of banking products were c…
Approach of the SME Entrepreneurs to Financial Risk Management in Relation to Gender and Level of Education
Financial risk management is an important area of management of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The ability of SMEs to grow highly depends on their potential to invest money to the development of their companies. These investments need capital and therefore an access to internal or external financial sources. Many authors agree that SMEs have restricted access to external sources of financing. The aim of this article is to define and c…
Significant determinants of the competitive environment for SMEs in the context of the financial and credit risks
Th e aim of the article is to compare signifi cant determinants of the competitive environment for small and medium-sized enterprises in the context of fi nancial and credit risk in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Th e survey on the quality of business environment was carried out in 2015 through a questionnaire on the sample of 1,141 respondents in Czech Republic. Th e total number of 438 questionnaires was collected during the research in Slovakia.…
Financial Literacy of Secondary School Students. Case Study from the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Financial literacy is an important area of education for secondary school students, because appropriate management of personal finance creates preconditions for successful and quality life. In this article we examined the level of financial literacy of students of commercial academies in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our results confirmed that the learning process in both countries has some reserves. The average value of correct answers regarding …
Microenterprises and Significant Risk Factors in Loan Process
Microenterprises -small companies with their own characteristic features -are a major component of the economic system, which brings positive effects on employment, increases the supply of goods and services, promotes the growth of competition in the market and performs other important functions in the economic system. Microenterprises face sufficient problems with the access to bank financing, which is a base for their sustainable growth. The ai…
Does bank ownership affect relationship lending: A developing country perspective
In this paper we aim to explore how the type of bank ownership -local private banks, government-owned banks (public banks) and foreign banks -can affect relationship lending to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by using a unique data set from Bangladeshi banking sector. We found that private banks differ from government-owned and foreign banks in terms of relationship lending and credit facilities to SMEs. More specifically, our results suggest…
The effects of perceived and actual financial knowledge on regular personal savings: Case of Vietnam
The paper examines the factors, which affect decision-making on regular personal saving behaviour in the context of an emerging market in Vietnam. Focusing on financial literacy, the paper uses a combined measure of actual financial knowledge and a self-assessment of overall financial knowledge. The sample of the study consists of 240 commercial banks customers selected in 12 branches of four banks in Ho Chi Minh City. The questionnaire covers: (…
How do banks implement the capital regulation requirement
This paper studies the capital regulation implementation by commercial banks. Specifically, the authors examine how commercial banks achieve the required capital regulation requirements in the context of the Basel regulation frameworks and whether this compliance promotes banks' efficiency. The authors use partial adjustment models to analyse the banks' quarterly financial statement releases in both pre-and post-regulation periods. On average, th…
Important factors of financial risk in the SME segment
The aim of the article is to define and quantify the significant factors which influence the intensity of financial risk, and to compare the perception of financial risk among groups of entrepreneurs in the SME segment according to their motivations for starting a business. In relation with the aims defined under this research, we carried out a survey of the entrepreneurial environment of SMEs in 2015, using a sample of 1,141 respondents (the own…
Attitude of University Students toward entrepreneurship environment and toward entrepreneurship propensity in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic – International Comparison
On the basis of online survey (made in 2017) about entrepreneurship environment we wanted to find out which entrepreneurship conditions are different from the viewpoint of Czech university students (156 men and 252 women) and Slovak university students (216 men and 352 women). From 40 available questionnaire items about two-thirds of them were different in a group of Czech university students compared with Slovak university students (p < 0.05). C…
Impact of the state on business environment - sectoral analysis
The main aim of the paper is to research the differences in perception and evaluation impact of the country on macroeconomic business environment on the basis of a sector in which the entrepreneur is running a business. Differences in perception and evaluation of entrepreneurial support from the state on the basis of a sector, in which the company is established, are analyzed using the cases of the Slovak and Czech Republic. Correspondence analys…
Linking firm characteristics to perceived important social factors for entrepreneurial activity
This study seeks to investigate the linkages between firm characteristics (firm age and size) and perceived important social factors for entrepreneurship. The research is administered on a firm-level data collection through a survey. The paper uses principal component analysis and non-parametric methods, including a post-hoc test to examine the above linkages within an original dataset of 641 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in…
Evaluation of economic potential of business environment development by comparing sector differences: Perspective of SMEs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Research background: Improving business conditions and SME development are signs of a country?s macroeconomic stability. The issue of identifying and removing barriers to the development of firms in the SME segment is a priority in all countries with developed economies and its importance is currently increasing. Purpose of the article: The main aim of this paper is to explore possible differences in entrepreneurs? perception of the business envi…
Study of legislative and administrative obstacles to SMEs business in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Research background: SMEs represent an integral part of the economy environment in a majority of the countries all over the world. They signify the most efficient, progressive, and important part of the advanced economies. The long-term effort of the EU countries, as well as other advanced economies is to create quality and stable conditions for their development in order to be able to respond to all the possible changes in the business environme…
Do size and age of small and medium-sized enterprises matter in corporate social responsibility
The aim of this paper is to investigate whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) is affected by firm characteristics (firm age and size) or not. The study is conducted on a firm-level data collection through a questionnaire. The paper uses factor analysis to compose the CSR variable and nonparametric methods to examine the above associations in a sample size of 822 small and medium-sized enterprises (454 firms from Czech Republic and 368 fir…
Impact of social factors on formation of business environment for SMEs
The objective of this article was to identify the important social factors influencing the quality of business environment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to quantify their intensity, and compare the differences between Czech Republic (CR) and Slovak Republic (SR). In this context, empirical research was conducted on SMEs in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Within this research, data from 312 SMEs in CR and 329 SMEs in Slovakia were ob…
Selected factors of internationalisation and their impact on the SME perception of the market risk
Research background: Internationalisation of entrepreneurial activities provides an ample opportunity for the growth and sustainability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). When making their business activities international, SMEs are facing various obstacles. Investigating the key factors of internationalisation and their impact on SME decision making constitutes a key factor of the research work. Purpose of the article: The main purpos…
Values of family businesses in Czech Republic in the context of socioemotional wealth
In the awareness of both academicians and the public, family businesses are associated with such values as honor, trust and trustworthiness, ethics, innovativeness, integrity, continuity, love, wisdom, stability, etc. Family businesses make reference to these unique, emotionallycharged aspects as part of their presentation, corporate social responsibility activities, and marketing campaigns. These values may be referred to as Socioemotional Wealt…
Developments in the income situation of the agricultural sector in selected the EU member states
The objective of this research is to provide a case study in the field of ambitious agricultural and rural development programmes of four neighbouring EU member states, namely Czechia, Italy, Hungary, Austria. The efficient agricultural production and compensation for employees strengthen the income conditions of the rural population in the selected countries, which can give insights into the impact of rural population support for a sustainable a…
The importance of social media for management of SMEs
The aim of this paper is to present new scientific results concerning social media in relation to the SME segment. The empirical research based on a sample of 1,520 respondents from the business sector of the V4 countries provided interesting findings. The role of social media is largely underestimated by the SMEs and such enterprises have untapped capacity for using social media in their management. Additionally, the SMEs insufficiently utilize …
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on selected areas of a management system in SMEs
The current pandemic, that has wider economic and social impacts, will put to the test all enterprises, which will be forced to search for new survival strategies and to create existential prognoses of business operations during great economic and social uncertainty and new crises whose impacts are hard to predict. This fact motivated the team of authors to realise the study that aims at researching and quantifying the impacts of the pandemic COV…
The influence of motivations to share knowledge in preventing knowledge sabotage occurrences: An empirically tested motivational model
The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to share knowledge on knowledge sabotage, in order to shape a motivational model designed to reduce sabotage incidents in practice. It contributes to knowledge management literature broadening our understanding of knowledge sabotage, which has been highlighted as the most extreme counterproductive knowledge behaviour due to its deliberate nature of harming…
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