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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17th January 2018 / Competitiveness / Digital Agenda

Growing A Software Company Internationally Is A State Of Mind

The CEO of an international software company operating globally in 14 countries, with customers in more than 120 countries, outlines his expansion strategy.

16th January 2018 / Competitiveness / Tax & Finance

OECD Revenue Statistics 2017: The Czech Republic ranked 18th out of 35 OECD countries in terms of the tax-to-GDP ratio in 2016, up one place

The OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics report found that the tax-to-GDP ratio in the Czech Republic increased by 0.7 percentage points, from 33.3% in 2015 to 34.0% in 2016.

16th January 2018 / Competitiveness / Business and Industry

The Czech Republic will become even more strategic partner to the USA

We were honored to welcome the new US ambassador to the Czech Republic, Mr Steve King at our GE Aviation site in Prague on Friday. The compliments received from Ambassador King regarding our investments as well as our success stories in the Czech Republic are encouraging and reflects a hard work of entire team here: „Based on kind of things that are happening here, the Czech Republic will become even more strategic partner to the USA“. Here comes a short video & interview from the visit.