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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20th August 2015 / Competitiveness / Employment and Social Affairs

Competitiveness: Employment issues: Czech ways to overcome labor market shortages. Surveys, trends (updated)

Czech businesses are finding ways to overcome talent/skills gap; some of them run their own schools and training centres, some provide initial work experience to socially excluded youth and some reach out to physically handicapped..Read more here and here. In an interview for the Zet.cz radio, dir...

15th August 2015 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Competitiveness: Radio Prague: New hybrid footwear gets toe-hold in market

Is it a sock or a shoe? The most accurate answer is probably a bit of both: new footwear called Skinners, developed by young law school graduate Petr Procházka. The design caught the attention of many fans and is in the middle of a successful crowdfunding campaign. The benefit of wearing the hybri...

14th August 2015 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Competitiveness: CTK:Czech centre first in world to perform unique heart pump surgery

Surgeons from the Prague-based Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine (IKEM) in cooperation with German experts have been the first in the world to perform a unique heart surgery without opening the rib cage...Read more....