The article presents a new approach to the generation of business models based on value streams. The originality of the study lies in the assumption that in every business model the generator of added value is the value chain which, if original enough, will maximize potential while minimizing costs. This approach will provide the respective enterprise with a high level competitiveness in the long term. The tested group of enterprises consisted of 354 SMEs, one hundred eightyseven of which were from the manufacturing and industry sector, with 167 from the services sector. The novelty of this approach also consists of the integrated approach to the business environment in which the value streams were analyzed. The results suggest that the analysis of value streams is suitable for the projection of business models. In addition, the methods of dimensional reduction and logit regression have been identified as appropriate analytical tools, with representative results found valid and utilizable in business practice. The authors of the article are aware that this is only the first step in addressing this issue, one which will play a critical role in the gradual process of the upcoming digital transformation of all business models, not only those of SMEs in the Czech Republic.
The aim of this article is to provide the results of research focused on the topic connected with the country of origin eff ect and its infl uence on the consumer behaviour of the young consumers called the Generation Y. This research is conducted on the base of the qualitative research methods combining the focus group and group discussion (called focus group discussion). The Generation Y consumers are at these days important part of the consumers -they are forming their opinion and consumer behaviour so the companies can positively infl uence them. This study contains the results which refl ect the opinion of consumers in condition of the Czech Republic in connection with the country of origin eff ect, consumer ethnocentrism and consumer patriotism and its infl uence in the wine industry.
ZICH, R.: Analysis of company success potential from the point of view of success-ability. Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2009, LVII, No. 6, pp. 343-350 The success-ability conception represents a specifi c approach to company competitive strategy creation. Because of a diff erent philosophy especially as regards the concept of competitive advantages, it requires a specifi c approach to evaluation of a company's market position from the point of view of its competitiveness. Basic evaluation includes four perspectives evaluating the profi le of company competitiveness, suitability of the adopted approach, ability to develop the adopted approach and eva luation from the point of view of the benefi t for the customer together with the ability of the competition to imitate the company's approach. This method has application not only in the area of company strategy creation but it can also be used when investigating the competitiveness of companies. strategy, competitiveness, competitive advantage, competition, success-ability, strategic analysis Analysis can generally be regarded as a fundamental part of the strategic management process. Naturally opinions as to its signifi cance may vary as well as the preference of specifi c analytical tools. A certain parallel can be seen between the approach to strategy formulation and implementation and the adopted analytical approach. A simple conclusion could be the argument that traditional strategy concepts are linked with traditionally viewed strategic analysis. Owing to its somewhat diff erent nature and philosophy the success-ability conception requires a corresponding approach to analysis. Because for the purposes of this approach the usual concepts insuffi ciently analyze the diff erent nature of various types of advantages and the specifi cs of some atypical market manifestations and their combinations. THEORETICAL BASESIf we look at the defi nition of the term strategy as it is defi ned by diff erent authors we fi nd a defi nite paral lel in linking the strategy to goals, method of their achievement and the corresponding development of competitiveness in a specifi c competitive environment. Similarly we can also fi nd common cha ra cteris tics in the defi nition of the strategic management process. The eff ort to achieve certain formalization and methodological elaboration of strategic management lead to a schematic and to a con si dera ble extent simplifying approach to the defi nition of this process. On the one hand this approach may tempt us into using a somewhat mechanical procedure when formulating strategy but on the other hand it provides rather clear guidance. However, what is becoming more and more the centre of attention is Mintzberg's principle emphasizing the infl uence of the "strategy being developed" which together with the "planned strategy" forms the strate gy actually implemented [Mintzberg, 1998]. Besides the fact that it is a reaction to the current dynamics of the competitive environment which also includes, for example, ...
The primary objective of the presented research represents an evaluation of the terminology applied to the presentation of the strategic plans of companies. The purpose of the research was both an evaluation of the applicability of the terminology, defined in the theoretical level in the context of company practice, and -in a wider context -a search for links among the used approach of presentation, terminology and factual behavior of companies. The results show five key findings. First, the terminologies defined on the basis of the analysis of the three concepts of competitiveness share crucial common features. Second, the approach of the presentation used by the evaluated companies is still being developed, and reflects both external influences and internal aspects. Third, the manner used by the analyzed car producers is a rather significant element of its competitive behavior and, in a certain range, such a manner reflects the approach to the strategic development of competitiveness. Fourth, companies on a similar level of development tend to use similar way of communication. Fifth, the period of the economic crisis had less of a significant impact on the development of the communication of a company generally evaluated as less successful.
ZICH ROBERT, VESELÁ JITKA: Competitive space demand accelerator and its impacts on importance and sustainability of competitive advantages. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 2, pp. 529-538 A determined eff ort of companies to improve their potential of success-ability through a development of their own competitiveness is very signifi cantly refl ected in the nature of their competitive environment. A question can be asked: what changes are introduced and what their mechanism is. The main objective of this article has been to defi ne a theoretical background to a principle of a competitive space demands accelerator and its impacts on deterioration and sustainability of competitive advantages. The methodology used is based upon a success-ability concept. The successability concept describes behavior of companies in the way which -from the point of an approach to competitiveness development -is able to identify specifi c features, frequently neglected by conventional approaches. Presented paper defi nes a mechanism of growing level of demands of competitive environment especially in the context of three key factors -company, its competitors and customers and their needs. The paper explains a paradox -an endeavor to gain higher level of advantage results in a rapid deterioration of new, achieved level of such advantage, in the sense of a lead over competitors, practically very soon a er securing of such advantage. competitiveness, competitive advantage, success-ability concept, competitive space demands accelerator, competitive space, customer need Approximately since the 1990s we have been reading a repeated statement on growing intensity and changing character of the competition, demanding higher level of competitiveness, more and more o en. This widespread assumption is unambiguously accepted premise not only theoretical, but also practical. The eff ort of companies to improve their potential of successability through development of their own competitiveness is very signifi cantly refl ected in the nature of their competitive environment.A question can be asked: what changes are introduced and what their mechanism is. A problem of request for permanent growth, though in socalled sustainable form, can be connected with theoretically unlimited growth of market demands; a corresponding development of abilities of companies should correspond with such demands. Nevertheless, what is a mechanism of mutual interdependence of development of abilities of companies and market demands? Assumptions that companies respond (or, preferably, even anticipate) to any growth of market demands and adapt their competitiveness to such growth accordingly need not to be the only logical explanation. A supposition can be made that just these activities, which are to strengthen the position of companies, play signifi cant -or even dominant -role in the
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