Marek Vokoun

• PhD.
• Professor (Assistant) at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

This study investigates the determinants influencing the labour market integration of former clients of rehabilitation centres, with a focus on past clients of Europe Teen Challenge (ETC). The research aims to examine the impact of economic, social and personal factors on the likelihood of successful labour market integration and the motivation to...

Neuroeconomics is a modern interdisciplinary approach that explores the interplay between economic theories and the biological and physiological processes that influence human decision-making. This article explores the differences between traditional economic concepts, such as the "homo economicus" model, and neuroeconomics approaches that emphasiz...

This study examines the influence of economic factors on crime in the regions of the Czech Republic from 2005 to 2023. The analysis utilizes panel data encompassing economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the number of business entities exiting the market, and the number of unemployed individuals, alongside crime data across vario...

This paper delves into the multifaceted phenomenon of globalization and examines its contemporary manifestations. Globalization, characterized by increasing interconnectedness and interdependence among nations, has gained momentum through technological advancements, trade, and communication. In the context of historical dialectics, capitalism, and...

This paper investigates the symbiotic relationship between education and risk management within Czech healthcare facilities, specifically focusing on nurses' education regarding patients' disabilities. On the sample of 1,200 respondents from Czech healthcare facilities, the survey results suggest that education levels significantly shape risk aware...

Vienna’s geostrategic importance fluctuated through the ages because of the power clashes and subsequent political and socio-economic impacts on the population. This paper assesses its current position in a historical context and then focuses more on the socio-economic dimensions such as interconnectedness and other transport aspects of the geostra...

This paper investigates the transport policy development and characteristics of the Austrian passenger transport sector from the 1950s onwards. The analysed performance indicators deal with the three most prevalent modes of transport (cars, trains and airplanes) and are linked to independent decision-making units (passengers) and their motives (pri...

This paper studies the determinants of innovation activities in Central European economies at the firm, sectoral, country and international levels. It focuses on innovation activities in four countries, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, and Slovakia. Our dataset includes data from the three waves (2010, 2012, 2014) of the Community Innovation S...

This paper analyzes the rapid onset of Robotic process automation (RPA) technologies in the Czech financial sector between 2015-2020. The development and experience from the “hype-and-fear” phase contributed to business process integration and technological spillovers are expected in the future. If ICT capabilities are the source of performance dif...

Market competition drives organizations to higher efficiency. This paper analyses the relationship between the prevailing organization’s market orientation and marketing innovation activities. The sample of organizations consists of business enterprises from the manufacturing sector in the Czech economy. Data come from the Community Innovation Surv...

The environmental benefits from the eco-innovation activities of enterprises have the nature of reduced material or water use per unit of output, less pollution and waste, better CO2 ‘footprint’ in production and subsequent business processes. The socioeconomic impacts are associated with circular economy benefits like reduced energy use, decreased...

The analysis aims at the different innovation activities of foreign-owned enterprises in the Czech economy. Data comes from the Czech Community Innovation Surveys of 2010, 2012, and 2014. This paper evaluates new-to-the-market innovation activities at the firm level. The analyzed sample consists of observations about innovators and companies that d...

Innovative activities of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas and in Czech economy are relatively unexplored areas. Socioeconomic and environmental contributions of SMEs activities can be gained not only by means of ecological innovative activities of rural SMEs. Rural areas are also a suitable localization strategy for obtaining...

This paper focuses on the analysis of the relationship between business cycles and innovative activity in a small open economy. Small economies benefit from imports of foreign technologies through international trade and foreign investments and are subjects to significant exogenous shocks that impact their business cycle. The economic analysis is b...

The entry focuses on the issue of strategic importance of human resource (HR) management. The questionnaire survey was aimed at companies from the Region of South Bohemia. The approach to personnel agenda was analysed, as well as the connections to the branches in which the tested businesses were active, the size of the company, the education level...

The paper analyses logistics industry in Czech Republic and analyzes clusters and groups of one hundred companies that were active in the market in 2014. Analysis is based on the economic theory of endogenous growth and technological spillovers of multinational firms. They have the know-how and technology, which makes them more productive than loca...

A sample of 18 papers and 32 data sets revealed 210,404 firm level observations about European firms making decisions about innovation. A total of 66,965 observations describe activities of innovators between 1986 and 2008. This paper used a basic literature review to assess properties of innovation among quite rare full CDM (Crépon, Duguet, and Ma...

This article develops a new business environment index with indicators that are appropriate, broadly available for developing regions, and, most importantly, are not double-edged. We used the index to analyze the business environment in Latin America, and it suggests the main role of basic economic principles, institutional economics approach and h...

The number of companies that are introducing ethical management continues to grow globally, including the Czech Republic. A code of ethics is a tool for determining the infrastructure of a company, as well as manages it. Expert opinions on the possible economic impact of ethical management differ considerably. The aim of this contribution is to pro...

Eight Czech CIS waves between 2001-2014 were analyzed. An adjusted (incomplete) CDM model was used to estimate effects of characteristics of firms (firm size, government funding, market orientation, or foreign ownership) on the innovation process (decision to innovate, R&D intensity, sales from innovated goods). Public support had a very limited or...

The paper analyses process innovators and non-innovators and their characteristics and strategies. The sustainable urban development is dependent on many factors. One of them is the ability of large companies to adapt to changes. The likelihood of engaging continuous process innovation is higher for larger firms in the Czech manufacturing industry....

Public institutions are key players in the regional labour markets in the Czech Republic. Their activities are constrained by economic policies, which are aimed at increasing employment and the efficiency of the labour markets. Our analysis uses a questionnaire to collect data from the institutions and evaluate their perception of the regional labo...

The paper analyzes the food industry in the Czech and Slovak economy. It utilizes two methods (Cobb-Douglas total factor productivity and Data envelopment analysis) and two data samples (the Czech statistical office firm database and Bisnode Inc. firm database) to test the hypotheses related to the development in the food sector after and during th...

The role of entrepreneurship is recognized in economic theory as well as in economic policies, particularly in post-communist countries. This paper examines environment for small and medium enterprises in Georgia, a country that is highly ranked for its institutional environment. In a survey of local stakeholders we have confirmed that institutions...

This paper describes the role of R&D and analyse its impact on productivity in the Czech economy in a CDM model. Four CIS waves (2001, 2003, 2006, and 2008) were used in the CDM model. The estimated low innovation input elasticity around 9 % describes the Czechs as poor innovators in the EU. This economy was a developing country until 2006 and we h...

This report has been prepared in the framework of the project “Transfer of know-how to small and mid-size businesses” of the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) and USAID. It summarizes the conditions of the SME sector (small and medium size enterprises) in Georgia, identifies the main problems in their development and provides recommendations for fu...

The paper analyses the current state of interdisciplinary approach in economic history in the Czech Republic. The results suggest that present historians do not have sufficient knowledge and experience when dealing with quantitative methods and other methods of social sciences as well. The state of research in the field of economic history is in fa...

The paper deals with the state of the social sciences after the boom of internet services in the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The results of our survey, based on 512 responses from the economics and history departments of major Czech public universities, show that internet services are considered a quality factor for academic output; however, the i...

The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the relationship between healthcare utilization and physical inactivity in the European Health Interview Survey in the Czech Republic in 2008 data sample. The above-average physically-active Czech population is a unique dataset which provides a testing ground for various hypotheses; however, no statistical...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze awarded scientific degrees at the University of Economics, Prague (EUP) in the fifties of 20th century. Methodological approaches of economic, social, cultural and political history, economics and statistics were pursued and required in this study. An interdisciplinary approach that enabled further determinat...

Kolektivní monografie Nové přístupy k metodologii hospodářských a politických dějin je výstupem stejnojmenného projektu Interní grantové agentury Vysoké školy ekonomické v Praze, realizovaného v roce...

The-purpose of this paper is to analyze awarded-scientific-degrees at the University of Economics, Prague (EUP) in the fifties of 20th century. Methodological approaches of economic, social, cultural and political history, economics and statistics were pursued and required in this study. An interdisciplinary approach that enabled further determinat...

This paper presents and discusses the calculation of a new competitiveness index for 18 countries in Latin America. The position of each country in our index is based on the comparison of 8 indicators in four dimensions and the weight thereof throughout the years 1999-2010. The system of weights allows time and dimensional preference. The dimension...