Faculty of Economics

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The information and communication industry (ICT) has become more significant in the regional economic structure in the last two decades, having a notable impact on other industries. Although young in age, the number of firms or employees in the industry is considerable. and have highlighted two different knowledge interactions within the ICT sector -local (i.e. local buzz) and trans-local (i.e. global pipelines). Furthermore, this knowledge interaction pattern can be different according to the size, economic structure and history of the cities/regions under consideration. The article is based on empirical research, focusing on the ICT sector knowledge interactions in the region of Eastern Slovakia. It highlights the old industry related basis of ICT, the importance of local and trans-local interactions, its social capital level as well as clustering potential.

The information and communication industry (ICT) has become more significant in the regional economic structure in the last two decades, having a notable impact on other industries. Although young in age, the number of firms or employees in the industry is considerable. and have highlighted two different knowledge interactions within the ICT sector -local (i.e. local buzz) and trans-local (i.e. global pipelines). Furthermore, this knowledge interaction pattern can be different according to the size, economic structure and history of the cities/regions under consideration. The article is based on empirical research, focusing on the ICT sector knowledge interactions in the region of Eastern Slovakia. It highlights the old industry related basis of ICT, the importance of local and trans-local interactions, its social capital level as well as clustering potential.

The cultural activities have not only a key cultural and social value, but also an interesting economic impact. The cultural sector nowadays represents a productive economic sector which is growing in importance. The paper is focused on the evaluation of big cultural event. In the paper is presented case study which is providing evaluation of big cultural event organized in Košice European Capital of Culture in 2013 using methodology provided by the impact studies in two stages: first through estimating the attendance and second through calculating private spending generated by the event.

The paper highlights the link between the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) designation and the development of cultural tourism in Europe. Cultural tourism is the fastest growing segment of tourism in the world and is the desirable objective of new defined cultural policies in European cities. According to the European Commission (2012), it is estimated that cultural tourism accounts for around 40% of all European tourism. In general, the European Commission confirms the significant role of cultural tourism in the development of tourism in Europe and one of the most visible tools of this strategy is the designation of the ECoC. Cultural policy has also become an important tool of urban regeneration and in the rebranding of European cities. The case study of Košice ECoC 2013 presents part of the results from the Košice ECoC evaluation project. The Košice ECoC 2013 project was designed as a community led project which was targeted at increasing the cultural consumption of residents rather than the number of foreign cultural tourists. However, the biggest events such as White night attracted a lot of tourists from the wider region. More than 70 million EUR was dedicated to investments, which have significantly improved the culture infrastructure in Košice. The ECoC designation supported the local cultural buzz and led to new local production of modern culture, art and the creative industries. Other visible effects have already been seen in the advantages gained by the decentralization of the cultural infrastructure and events in the neighbourhoods. The involvement of people outside the city centre has avoided gentrification in the city. From this point of view the project Košice ECoC 2013 has had the prerequisite to sustainable cultural tourism in Košice.

In the last decade, electronic government in Europe has emerged and established itself as a viable alternative channel for public service delivery. While e-government has now matured in most developed European countries, transition economies in Europe, have only recently begun to recognise its potential benefits and incorporated e-government as part of their national strategy. Although time may result in the amplification of e-government experience for transition economy countries, lessons drawn from developed countries indicate that political, fiscal, social, strategic and organisational issues need to be addressed when formulating plans for deploying e-government. Using case study research, this paper examines strategies adopted by the UK and Slovakia in the context of e-government implementation. Particularly, the paper examines how the perspectives on e-government vision, strategy, focus and related organisational change influence the implementation and diffusion of e-government in developed and transition economies in Europe.► Transition economies in Europe are incorporating e-government as part of their national strategy. ► This paper examines the influence of national e-government strategy on implementation success. ► Alignment of national and local strategies are key for successful e-government implementation.

The presented article analyses machine translation of 50 compounds with metaphorical character in specialized language through online translators Google Translate and DeepL. They are translated from English into Slovak, and analysed separately, but also in complete sentences. The aim is to find out to what extent online machine translators can identify the transferred meaning in specialized language. The paper can be beneficial not only for the professional public, as it also states the correct Slovak equivalents of selected compounds, but also for students of non-philological disciplines, to whom it can help in the study of specialized foreign language terminology.

The Thesis deals with cross-border cooperation between the Slovak Republic and Ukraine with emphasis on the support of enterprise. Active cross-border cooperation is important because it creates condition for the development of frontier regions and weakens negative influence of borders. The thesis offers theoretical outline and characterizes concepts such as enterprise, small and medium-sized enterprises. It evaluates available conditions of financing from the perspective of enterprise life cycle. Further the cross-border cooperation is defined from the point of view of opportunities ad advantages it offers. Another part of the thesis deals with barriers to cross-border cooperation and evaluates insufficiency of this cooperation. Practical part discusses particular analyses of conditions of cross-border cooperation, its support and knowledgeability from the perspective of entrepreneurs. Thesis aims to find out the level of contemporary support within cross-border cooperation framework between the Slovak Republic and Ukraine as well as outlines its possible way out. Data received from questionnaire surveys and interviews with entrepreneurs were analyzed and statistically interpreted by means of MS Excel and IBM SPSS Statistics with the focus on evaluation of enterprise support, knowledgeability about cross-border cooperation and experience with the very cross-border cooperation. Contribution of the thesis lies in evaluation of the state of cross-border cooperation and in proposal of its real starting points for the future.

Bakalárska práca sa zaoberá cezhraničnou spoluprácou medzi Slovenskou republikou a Ukrajinou, pričom dôraz sa kladie na podporu podnikania. Aktívna cezhraničná spolupráca je dôležitá, pretože vytvára predpoklad pre rozvoj prihraničných regiónov a oslabuje negatívne vplyvy hraníc. Práca ponúka teoretický prehľad a charakterizuje pojmy ako podnik a malí a strední podnikatelia. Hodnotí dostupné možnosti financovania z pohľadu životného cyklu podniku. V ďalších častiach práce je definovaná a charakterizovaná cezhraničná spolupráca z pohľadu príležitosti a výhod, ktoré ponúka. Taktiež v práci je venovaný priestor aj bariéram a hodnoteniu nedostatkov cezhraničnej spolupráce. Praktická časť sa venuje konkrétnym analýzam stavu cezhraničnej spolupráce, jej podpory a informovanosti z pohľadu podnikateľov. Cieľom práce je zistiť na akej úrovni sa nachádza ich súčasná podpora v rámci cezhraničnej spolupráce medzi Slovenskou republikou a Ukrajinou a načrtnúť jej možné východiská do budúcnosti. Analyzovali sme údaje, ktoré vzišli z dotazníkového prieskumu a uskutočnených rozhovorov s podnikateľmi. Taktiež využívame štatistické metódy a programy MS Excel a IBM SPSS Statistics. Pri posudzovaní jednotlivých závislostí sme sa zamerali na ukazovatele ako hodnotenie podpory podnikania, hodnotenie informovanosti o cezhraničnej spolupráci a skúsenosti so samotnou cezhraničnou spoluprácou. Prínos práce spočíva v zhodnotení daného stavu cezhraničnej spolupráce a návrhu jej reálnych východísk do budúcnosti.

The thesis deals with globalisation and its impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while emphasising their internationalisation. SME activities on the international markets create favourable conditions for their growth, which has positive impact on the Slovak domestic market in the long run. The thesis presents a theoretical overview of a given topic and it characterizes the terms as globalisation, internationalisation and interdependency. Further it brings characteristics of SMEs and their role in the Slovak economy. Another part of the thesis offers an outline of options for SME financing, especially its bank forms. Attention is also paid to issues of the internationalisation of companies within the European territory and relevant factors, including recent geo-political situation in the Eastern Europe. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the particular analysis of penetration of Slovak enterprises into foreign markets from the point of motivational and demotivational factors and their impact on an enterpriser´s decision making on his future activities. The thesis also provides an assessment of the current status, gives recommendation on funding and support to business activities when entering international markets. The thesis is based on the results, received from the questionnaire, as well as from interviews with banks, institutions and enterprisers. The variety of the addressed subjects has resulted in a more vivid view of the examined topic.

Práca sa zaoberá vplyvom globalizácie na malé a stredné podniky (MSP) s dôrazom na ich internacionalizáciu. Aktívne pôsobenie podnikov na medzinárodných trhoch vytvára predpoklad pre ich rast, čo má v konečnom dôsledku pozitívny efekt aj na domáci trh Slovenska. Práca ponúka teoretický prehľad danej problematiky a charakterizuje pojmy ako globalizácia, internacionalizácia a interdependencia. Ďalej je priestor venovaný charakteristike malých a stredných podnikov a ich úlohe v slovenskom hospodárstve. V ďalších častiach práce je poskytnutý prehľad možností financovania MSP najmä v jeho bankových formách. Pozornosť je zameraná aj na problematiku internacionalizácie podnikov v rámci európskeho priestoru i na faktory, ktoré ich ovplyvňujú, aktuálnu geopolitickú situáciu vo východnej Európe nevynímajúc. Praktická časť sa sústreďuje na konkrétnu analýzu miery prenikania slovenských podnikov na zahraničné trhy z pohľadu motivujúcich a demotivujúcich faktorov a ich dopadu na rozhodovanie sa podnikateľa o budúcich aktivitách. Práca zhodnocuje súčasný stav, poskytuje odporúčania v oblasti financovania a podpory podnikania pri vstupe na medzinárodné trhy. Opiera sa o výsledky získané z realizovaného dotazníkového prieskumu, ako aj z rozhovorov (banka, inštitúcia na podporu podnikateľov, podnikateľ). Rôznorodosť oslovených subjektov priniesla plastickejší pohľad na skúmanú problematiku.

The paper presents an example of e-government service integration on a semantic basis, as it was designed within the Access-eGov research project and applied in the Schleswig-Holstein state government. The case study follows up the application of a requirements-driven approach for designing egovernment service interfaces with respect to the informational needs of citizens and business users. Using this approach, a conceptual model for egovernment services was developed, formalised in the WSML ontology language, and used for semantic annotation of the services as a basis for integration. A subsequent field test was focused on the evaluation of produced semantic description on the client-side system components as Annotation tool and the Personal Assistant Client. The results of the field test have been evaluated and are presented in as lessons learned.

Abstract: In 'real life' situations citizens as well as businesses usually do not need an atomic (singular) government service, but a (often non-linear) sequence (including if-then-else branches). And since we are still far away (especially in the New Member States) from the ...