Retail Market Structure Development in Central Europe

An Overview of German Centers of Corporate Dominance and Motives for Corporate Headquarters Relocation

“…The findings shall prove to be relevant for all those seeking to understand how corporate power is distributed within Germany and for those who seek to understand what drove the recent relocations of large corporations' headquarters. The latter is particularly interesting because of the high cost and planning efforts involved in relocating the HQ of one of the largest companies in Europe's strongest economy which represents an important business partner for Central and Eastern European countries (Machek, 2012).…”

Analysis of the Retail Trade and Automotive Industry in the Russian Federation

“…in (Machek 2012), consisting of stating and analyzing 1) sales development, 2) top market participants, their origin and concentration and 3) specifics and perspectives of the market. Econometric tools for time series analysis, used where possible, include one-dimensional time series ARIMA(p,q,r) model, and multi-dimensional co-integration regression model, based on (Engel and Granger, 1987) methodology.…”

An Analysis of French Mergers and Acquisitions in Different Sectors of the Czech Economy

“…During the socialist era, state-owned companies dominated the local market and consumers had access to a very limited range of low-quality goods and services (Machek, 2012). In this section, we will illustrate the successful role of French firms in the transformation of the Czech market on the examples of the cheese market and market of financial services.…”