Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Miroslav Foret Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav marketingu a obchodu, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Author-Name: V. Foretová Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav marketingu a obchodu, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Title: International project Communicating town Title: Mezinárodní projekt Komunikující město Abstract: The main objectives of the project Communicating Town is to assist in an improvement of mutual relationships and communication between the council and the public. The use of opinion polls provide an opportunity for the silent majority of citizens to voice their views. The standardised interviews make it possible to get the respondents involved in communication activities. Each questionnaire had two parts; the first sought opinions on questions asked by the council in the given town and the other part was common to all the towns involved and allowed us to compare and make general conclusions. The results were presented in the press. During 1995-2000 nearly fifty towns in the Czech Republic and Slovakia participated in the project Communicating Town. The ten years of study within the framework of the project have demonstrated that this project can provide valuable contributions to many aspects of council and town policies. With each year, further towns have shown an interest in involvement in the project. The results from Brno, Loštice and Zlín, i.e., towns where opinion surveys were repeated at intervals of between one and four years, indicate that the relationships between citizens and the council have improved. Keywords: council, public, opinion poll, communication activities, evaluation of the local government Journal: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Pages: 17-24 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2005 DOI: 10.11118/actaun200553030017 File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030017.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030017.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.mendelu.cz/RePEc/mup/references/acu-200503-0002.txt Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2005053030017 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Hana Letkovičová Author-Workplace-Name: Katedra štatitiky a operačného výskumu, Fakulta ekonomiky a manažmentu, Slovenská poľhohospodárska univerzita, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovenská republika Title: Spatial distribution and relationship between sustainable development measures in EU countries Title: Priestorová distribúcia a vzťah medzi ukazovateľmi trvaloudržateľného rozvoja v krajinách EU Abstract: Since the Rio Earth Summit sustainable development involving environmental, economic or human issues has been set as an important goal. There are a lot of measures that try to reach the Summit aim, among others Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) and Human Development Index (HDI). The aim of presented article is to bring more light into the spatial distribution of ESI and HDI in EU countries and find relevant relationship between these two indices. Keywords: environmental sustainability index, human development index, EU, quantitative methods Journal: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Pages: 87-94 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2005 DOI: 10.11118/actaun200553030087 File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030087.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030087.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.mendelu.cz/RePEc/mup/references/acu-200503-0010.txt Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2005053030087 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Milan Palát Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav statistiky a operačního výzkumu, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Author-Name: Erich Maca Author-Workplace-Name: Kotlářská 44, 602 00 Brno, Česká republika Title: Analysis of the development of export prices of selected agricultural and food commodities in the Czech Republic Title: Analýza vývoje exportních cen vybraných zemědělských a potravinářských komodit v České republice Abstract: The paper is focused on the description of average level, variability and developmental trends the export prices of selected agricultural and food commodities in the Czech Republic with differentiation according to particular countries within the defined reference period 1993-2002. Thre is also presented the short-time point and interval extrapolation prediction of studied events. Methods of regression and correlation analysis and developmental trends were applied for the mathematical-statistical analysis. Keywords: agricultural and food commodities, export prices, Czech Republic, variability, average level, developmental trends, prediction Journal: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Pages: 127-144 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2005 DOI: 10.11118/actaun200553030127 File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030127.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030127.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.mendelu.cz/RePEc/mup/references/acu-200503-0014.txt Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2005053030127 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Milan Palát Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav ekonomie, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Author-Name: Jan Klíma Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav ekonomie, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Title: Development of the rate of employment and unemployment of males and females in countries of EU15 Title: Vývoj míry zaměstnanosti a nezaměstnanosti mužů a žen v patnácti zemích EU Abstract: The paper is focused on the evaluation the rates of employment and unemployment of women, men and as a whole in countries of EU15. Rates of employment were evaluated in the period 1993-2002. Rates of unemployment were evaluated in the period 1994-2003. Employment of males in fifteen countries of EU is higher then employment of females. Unemployment of females in fifteen countries of EU is higher than unemployment of males and in opposite unemployment of females in Sweden is lower than unemployment of males. Trends of rates of male, female and total employment and unemployment are evaluated. Methods of regression and correlation analysis, development trends and cluster analysis were applied for the mathematical-statistical analysis. Keywords: rate of employment, rate of unemployment, countries of EU, statistical processing, development trends Journal: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Pages: 145-162 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2005 DOI: 10.11118/actaun200553030145 File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030145.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030145.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.mendelu.cz/RePEc/mup/references/acu-200503-0015.txt Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2005053030145 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marcel Ševela Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav ekonomie, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Title: Development of convergence in foreign trade of the new EU-members Title: Vývoj konvergence zahraničního obchodu nových členů EU Abstract: The importance of convergence in foreign trade is mentioned in the theory of optimum currency from the very beginning. Also the OCA index incorporates two basic aspect of foreign trade. The territorial reorientation is always characteristic for new EU-members and this process was already accomplished by most of the new EU-members. The more developed associated countries are already at the level of EU-members. The commodity orientation is connected highly with the competitiveness and level of development of the whole economy and the shares of sophisticated product in exports reflect it. Hence the evaluation was concerned on the manufactured goods, SITC group 7-Machinery and transport equipment and the high-technology intensive products. From viewpoint of commodity structure the countries joining EU in 1995 are the most successful. They are closely followed by the other EU-members. The new EU-members of 2004 are lagged, the lag is getting wider with the rise of technology intensity. Only the Czech Republic and Hungary are able to compete with the older EU-members. The commodity convergence of EU countries is runs very dynamically in new members, the shares of other EU countries are almost constant. The results of intra-industry trade also reflect the lag in competitiveness of economies under transition. The transition countries are very heterogeneous in the intra-industry trade as well. The internal structure of transition countries is similar to result obtained when assessing the commodity structure. Keywords: foreign trade, convergence, European Union, EU-enlargement Journal: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Pages: 195-204 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2005 DOI: 10.11118/actaun200553030195 File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030195.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030195.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.mendelu.cz/RePEc/mup/references/acu-200503-0019.txt Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2005053030195 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jana Stávková Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav marketingu a obchodu, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Author-Name: Silvie Sharma Author-Workplace-Name: Ústav marketingu a obchodu, Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika Title: Behaviour of consumers in EU countries Title: Spotřebitelské chování v zemích EU Abstract: The paper focuses on development of consumer behavior on the basis of household expenditures in 1996, 1999 and 2002 in individual countries in Europe. As a tool to examine the changes in behavior was used cluster analysis. The results of this analysis are illustrated in dendrograms, which help to estimate the greatest differences in consumer behavior among north-western European countries and new countries joining EU, then also among western European countries and south European countries. For the analysis of factors with influence on consumer behavior is required a research about motives of behavior and consumption of main agricultural commodities. Keywords: consumer, behaviour, cluster analysis, EU Journal: Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis Pages: 311-318 Volume: 53 Issue: 3 Year: 2005 DOI: 10.11118/actaun200553030311 File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030311.html File-Format: text/html File-URL: http://acta.mendelu.cz/doi/10.11118/actaun200553030311.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf X-File-Ref: http://acta.mendelu.cz/RePEc/mup/references/acu-200503-0030.txt Handle: RePEc:mup:actaun:actaun_2005053030311