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Research activities

Research activities of the members of the department are mainly focused on risks, supply chain management and management of innovation activities. It focuses on defining a business process model based on the discovery and use of business opportunities and on mapping the readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises to implement Industry 4.0. When research tasks are solved through wide variety of methods such as multiple-criteria decision-making, statistical analysis of data, data envelopment analysis, cluster analysis and selected innovative methods are also implemented.

Research areas

  • risk management,
  • supply chain management,
  • multiple-criteria decision-making methods (AHP, PROMETHEE),
  • statistical analysis of data,
  • data envelopment analysis,
  • management of innovation activities in companies (innovation methods and methodologies),
  • business process model based on discovering and using business opportunities,
  • readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises for the implementation of industry 4.0.

Publication results

Unrated conference paper

HORVÁTHOVÁ, Petra, Marie MIKUŠOVÁ and Hana ŠTVERKOVÁ. Evaluation of Employee Well-being in the Business Firm. In: Proceedings of Reviewed Contributions from the 5th International Scientific Conference Economics and Management of the Enterprise in the 21st Century : 14th-15th April, 2021 = Sborník recenzovaných příspěvků z 5. mezinárodní vědecké konference Ekonomika a řízení podniku ve 21. století : 14.-15. dubna, 2021. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2021. p. 27-37. ISBN 978-80-248-4531-9. [Detail]
KOLKOVÁ, Andrea and Blanka POCZATKOVÁ. Analysis and forecasting the number of students on colleges in the Czech Republic. In: Proceedings of IAC 2019 in Budapest : International Academic Conferences : Global Education, Teaching and Learning (IAC-GETL), Management, Economics, Business and Marketing (IAC-MEBM), Engineering,Transport, IT and Artificial Intelligence (IAC-ETITAI) : August 23-24, 2019. Praha: Czech Institute of Academic Education, 2019. p. 1-8. ISBN 978-80-88203-12-4. [Detail]
ŽWAKOVÁ, Martina. The Simple Analysis of Sensitivity as a Tool for Risk Management Applied in a Company. In: MEKON 2018 : proceedings of participants’ reviewed papers from the 20th international conference. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2018. p. 33-45. ISBN 978-80-248-4203-5. [Detail]
KOVÁŘ, Jakub. Usability of moving average based methods for demand forecasting. In: 19th International Conference MEKON 2017 : conference proceedings : Ostrava, February 1 - 2 2017. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2017. p. 104-113. ISBN 978-80-248-4034-5. [Detail]
ŽWAKOVÁ, Martina. Risk Management Methods - Possibilities of Application in a Small Enterprise. In: 19th International Conference MEKON 2017 : conference proceedings : Ostrava, February 1 - 2 2017. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2017. p. 124-135. ISBN 978-80-248-4034-5. [Detail]
KOLKOVÁ, Andrea and Radim MAŇÁK. Evaluation of economical efficiency of investments into education. In: Current Problems of the Corporate Sector 2016 : proceedings : May 5-6, 2016, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Bratislava: Ekonóm, 2017. p. 531-541. ISBN 978-80-225-4245-6. [Detail]
FIALOVÁ, Vendula, Andrea KOLKOVÁ, Andrea FOLVARČNÁ and Radim MAŇÁK. The impact of selected changes in business environment on small enterprises in the czech republic. In: Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability : proceedings of the 5th international conference IMES : May 25-26, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic. Praha: Oeconomica, 2017. p. 220-231. ISBN 978-80-245-2216-6. [Detail]
KOLKOVÁ, Andrea. Entrepreneurship on the financial markets based on the selected indicator technical analysis. In: Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability : proceedings of the 5th international conference IMES : May 25-26, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic. Praha: Oeconomica, 2017. p. 426-436. ISBN 978-80-245-2216-6. [Detail]
KOLKOVÁ, Andrea. Application of fibonacci numbers on technical analysis of EUR/USD currency pair. In: International Day of Science 2017 : conference proceedings : April 25, 2017, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Olomouc: Moravian university college Olomouc, 2017. p. 99-107. ISBN 978-80-7455-060-7. [Detail]
POLCAROVÁ, Eliška, Lenka MALÉŘOVÁ, Marek SMETANA, Hana ŠTVERKOVÁ and Jana WOJNAROVÁ. Historical perspective on the development of the concept of resilience. In: New Trends in Management and Production Engineering: regional, cross-border and global perspectives : 4th international scientific conference : Cieszyn, 1st-2nd June 2017 : book of abstracts. Dąbrowa Górnicza: University of Dąbrowa Górnicza, 2017. ISBN 0-000-00000-0. [Detail]
LUDVÍK, Ladislav and Alla OSTÁRKOVÁ. ЗЕЛЕНЫЙ - ИННОВАЦИОННОМУ БИЗНЕСУ: СВЕДЕНИЯ ИЗ РЕГИОНА УГЛЯ И ЖЕЛЕЗА. In: Problemy nedropol'zovaniâ : sbornik naučnyh trudov : 19. – 21. aprelja 2017, Sankt-Peterburg, Rossija. Petrohrad: Sankt-Peterburgskij Gornyj Universitet, 2017. ISBN 978-5-94211-781-8. [Detail]
ADÁMEK, Emil. DETERMINANTS OF CZECH CURRENCY – AN EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE APPROACH. In: MEKON 2016 : the CD of participants' reviewed papers from 18th international conference : February 3-4, 2016, Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, Ekonomická fakulta. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2016. p. 3-13. ISBN 978-80-248-3899-1. [Detail]
BLECHARZ, Pavel and Hana ŠTVERKOVÁ. The quality perceived by the young customer versus Coca Cola Zero advertisement. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Czech-China Scientific Conference 2016 : June 7, 2016, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Rijeka: InTech, 2016. p. 2-10. ISBN 978-953-51-2857-1. [Detail]
PETERKOVÁ, Jindra and Zuzana WOZNIAKOVÁ. Innovation Measurement in the Czech Republic and People’s Republic of China. In: Proceedings of the 2nd Czech-China Scientific Conference 2016 : June 7, 2016, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Rijeka: InTech, 2016. p. 213-226. ISBN 978-953-51-2857-1. [Detail]
POCZATKOVÁ, Blanka and Pavlína KŘIBÍKOVÁ. Counseling Companies' Role In Social Corporate Responsibility Building. In: Actual Economy: Local solutions for Global Challenges. ACE-2015+ : 10 - 11 December, 2015, Praha, Česko. Bangkok: Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, 2015. p. 202-204. ISBN 0-000-00000-0. [Detail]
POCZATKOVÁ, Blanka and Pavlína KŘIBÍKOVÁ. Small and medium sized enterprises and their organizational structures. In: Innovative Economic Symposium 2015 : Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises as a Stabilizing Factor in the Market Economy. České Budějovice: The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, 2015. p. 41-50. ISSN 2464-6350. [Detail]
FRANEK, Jiří and Kateřina KASHI. A Review and Critique of Hybrid MADM Methods Application in Real Business. In: ISAHP 2014 : international symposium on the analytic hierarchy process : June 29-July 2 2014, Washington, DC. Pittsburgh: Creative Decision Foundation, 2014. p. 1-5. ISBN 0-000-00000-0. [Detail]
KASHI, Kateřina and Jiří FRANEK. AHP in Personnel Management: Can the Key Competencies Change with Company’s Strategy?. In: ISAHP 2014 : international symposium on the analytic hierarchy process : June 29-July 2 2014, Washington, DC. Pittsburgh: Creative Decision Foundation, 2014. p. 1-5. ISBN 0-000-00000-0. [Detail]
SIKOROVÁ, Irena. Aplikace metody AHP v oblasti řízení kvality služeb. In: IMEA 2013 : the 13th Conference of Postgraduate Students and Young Scientists in Informatics, Management, Economics and Administration : conference proceedings : Pardubice, 26th-27th September, 2013. Pardubice: University of Pardubice, 2013. p. 117-124. ISBN 978-80-7395-696-7. [Detail]
FRANEK, Jiří. The Classification Of SME Based On The Survey Of SME ICT Utilization In The Moravian Silesian Region. In: MEKON 2012 : the CD of participants' reviewed papers from 14th International Conference. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2012. p. 1-8. ISBN 978-80-248-2552-6. [Detail]
FRANEK, Jiří. Knowledge Workers: a typology framework. In: MEKON 2011 : the CD of participants' reviewed papers from 13th International Conference. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2011. p. 1-14. ISBN 978-80-248-2372-0. [Detail]
NYTRA, Igor, Lucie KRČMARSKÁ and Hana RŮČKOVÁ. Managers' Competencies and their significance for business competitiveness. In: Proceedings International Conference Increasing Competitiveness or Regional, National and International Markets. Ostrava: Ekonomická fakulta VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2007. p. 1-5. ISBN 978-80-248-1457-5. [Detail]