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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7th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Competitiveness: Radio Prague: Ideas: Accelerator seeks to help Czech companies put down roots in US. Prague swop shop site finds treasure in trash

Czech companies, even the biggest of them, do not have a sizable footprint in the United States. The value of Czech exports to the US is approaching around 100 billion crowns, which sounds a lot but is probably a bit disappointing given the size of the overall market. But an initiative from a US b...

5th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Competitiveness: Czech Republic ratifies agreement on Joint Visegrad Patent Institute

At the beginning of October, the Czech Republic ratified the agreement on the establishment of the Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI), an authority that will serve as the International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Trea...

30th September 2015 / Competitiveness / Technology, R&D and Innovation

Competitiveness: Radio Prague: Prague picked as first expansion site for Israeli anti-hacking experts

The Czech Republic has been chosen as the first location outside Israel for anti-hacker company CyberGym to set up its operations. The firm was founded on the experience of Israel’s biggest power company to fend off thousands of hacking attacks a day aimed at shutting down its power plants and the...