XXIV. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách

Title in English: 24th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences: Conference proceedings. The conference proceedings consists of papers presented at the 24rd International Colloquium on Regional Sciences that was organized by Department of Regional Economics and Administration FEA MU. It contains 79 articles arranged by topic. The individual articles deal with e.g. socioeconomic disparities among regions, regional policy, territory attractiveness, tourism or regional public administration

Relacja kosztów i wydajności pracy w ramach bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych w krajach V4

The aim of this paper was to determine the impact of labour costs and labour productivity on foreign investors when deciding on the placement of their investments in a given country. The relationship between labour costs and labour productivity and the inflow of foreign direct investment was examined. The data necessary for the analysis were obtained from the ILOSTAT database. The analysis for the V4 countries was demonstrated, i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic for the period of 2004 to 2018. Correlation analysis was performed to examine the statistical dependence of time series. In the analysis of aggregate data for the V4 countries, was observed only a moderate correlation between the amount of foreign direct investment and indicators of productivity and labour costs.Celem pracy było określenie wpływu kosztów pracy i wydajności pracy na inwestorów zagranicznych przy podejmowaniu decyzji o lokowaniu inwestycji w danym kraju. Zbadano zależność między kosztami pracy a wydajnością pracy a napływem bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych. Dane niezbędne do analizy uzyskano z bazy danych ILOSTAT. Przedstawiono analizę dla krajów V4, tj. Czech, Węgier, Polski i Słowacji za lata 2004-2018. Analizę korelacji przeprowadzono w celu zbadania zależności statystycznych szeregów czasowych. W analizie danych zagregowanych dla krajów V4 zaobserwowano jedynie umiarkowaną korelację między wielkością bezpośrednich inwestycji zagranicznych a wskaźnikami produktywności i kosztów pracy

Analysis of Innovation Activities of Slovak Small and Medium-Sized Family Businesses

Family businesses began to emerge in Slovakia after the change of social establishment in 1989, and since then they represent a significant group of business entities with a significant contribution to the economy, and have significant growth potential. Innovations have become a driving force for the future opportunities of these companies. Based on empirical research, this paper aims to identify the innovation activities of small and medium-sized family businesses in Slovakia and to determine their impact on the company’s economic results. We can state that out of small and medium-sized family businesses included in the survey, 76.5% have implemented innovations in the last five years. We use statistical tests to verify the research hypotheses. We can state that there is a statistically significant relationship between the size of the company and the number of types of introduced innovations, as well as between the generation running the company and the number of types of introduced innovations. Second-generation family businesses can, therefore, be considered more innovative than first-generation family businesses. We investigate the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on innovation activities in these companies. It is interesting that in 30.6% of family businesses the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic positively affected their innovation activities