Competitiveness / Business and Industry

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

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15th June 2016 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry


Eurostat: Czech Republic sees declining trend of enterprise death rates

In the Czech Republic, the trend of enterprise death rates was declining between 2012-2013. Also, the services sector accounted for 54.0 % of the Czech workforce, recent Eurostat data on business demography show.
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14th June 2016 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry


Aspen Institute Prague: Creative Visegrad: City, Culture and Public Space

The idea of economic growth and local development based on the arts and culture takes a solid root in the Central Europe. Cultural and creative industries are now often perceived as tools that can not only enliven vacant and underutilized infrastructures but also generate jobs and retain inhabitants in, until recently, unattractive localities.   
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14th June 2016 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry


AMO: V4: Heaven or Hell for Sharing Economy?

In early June, the European Commission issued guidelines on how to regulate the functioning of sharing economy platforms on the EU internal market. Is it possible to create a single horizontal definition of the phenomenon? In what aspects is the regulatory approach of the V4 countries different from the other EU member states? And what are the tax risks associated with the diffusion of such platforms?  
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic