Competitiveness

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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9th July 2018 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry

World Bank Subnational Doing Business in the European Union 2018: Croatia, Czech Republic, Portugal and Slovakia

The World Bank/European Commission report compares business regulation for domestic firms in 25 Cities in Croatia, the Czech Republic, Portugal and Slovakia with 186 Other Economies.

9th July 2018 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda

R. Urbánek, GM Microsoft CZ&SK: "The purpose of artificial intelligence is to multiply the natural abilities of people."

When Henry Ford said: "For most purposes, a man with a machine is better than a man without a machine," he certainly did not know how his words would resonate even 100 years later at the threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, says Rudolf Urbánek, General Manager for Czech Republic and Slovakia at Microsoft, in his blog.

4th July 2018 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Radio Praha: World's most intense laser system launches outside of Prague

The world's “most intense” laser system went online this week in the Czech village of Dolní Břežany outside of Prague. Known as the L3-HAPLS, the laser intensity of the system is more than six orders of magnitude higher than previous state-of-the-art models.