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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NBC: Where exactly is Silicon Valley? That definition keeps expanding - interview with V.Muchna, CEO Y Soft Corporation
A recent McKinsey report says Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia can all expect strong growth partly because they are starting from rather low numbers, NBC channel's Scott McGrew says, opening an interview with Václav Muchna, CEO of the Czech Y Soft Corporation.
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Bisnode Index of Women Influence: Czech Republic ranks low among 11 countries
The Bisnode Index of Women Influence – BIWI – compares various countries according to the influence women have on their economies. The influence of women is measured according to four parameters: share in the number of companies, share in the number of employees, share in revenues and share in net profits. The share of the number of women-owned companies compared to the total number of companies is the base for calculating the BIWI.
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Radio Praha/E15: Czech foreign owned companies take second biggest dividend yield in 2017: report
Foreign–based mother companies of some of the Czech Republic’s biggest firms last year claimed the second highest dividend yield from their local assets ever, according to calculations by the business daily E15, Radio Praha writes. A study by the consultancy company Bisnode suggests that the domination of foreign owned companies of the overall Czech economy has been dropping in recent years, though.
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