The Department of Strategy and Center for Family Businesses are opening a new minor specialization entitled Family Business. The minor is focused on specifics of family firms, which represent the predominant form of entrepreneurship worldwide. The minor specialization will bring together academics, family business owners and students to answer, for instance, the following questions: Which […]
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Information about the book This book focuses on gender and family entrepreneurship, as they are interrelated concepts particularly important in today’s global society. The book highlights the significance of the role of gender in the development and growth of family businesses. It helps readers understand the role of family dynamics in business, particularly in terms […]
On June 23, 2017, Jiří Hnilica, who is the head of Department of Strategy and vice-rector for international relations and information systems, received the letter of appointment and became professor of business administration and management. During the ceremony, he also gave a speech in the name of all appointed professors.
Machek, Ondřej: Rodinné firmy [Family firms] 1st edition. Prague: C. H. Beck, 2017, 160 pages. ISBN 978-80-7400-638-8. Despite the importance of family firms for the Czech economy, family business is still a neglected area of research in the Czech Republic and there is no scholarly book devoted to this field. The goal of this book […]
On November 10, 2016, Professor Henry Mintzberg OC OQ FRSC was awarded the degree of Doctor Honoris Oeconomiae. Bestowed by the Rector of the Prague University of Economics and Business, Madame Professor Ing. Hana Machková, CSc., for his extraordinary contribution to management science. Professor Mintzberg was called upon to deliver an address to the various […]
The research team of the Center for Family Business starts to work on the project “Privately-held Firms with Multiple Owners: The Role of Family and Responsible Ownership” funded by the Czech Science Foundation. The project is scheduled for 2017-2019. In non-listed privately-held firms, co-owners are a social group: multiple (two or more) owners who are […]
Since the winter semester 2016/17 the Department of Strategy offers a new course for Master students, 3SG552 – Family Busines Strategies. The course is taught by the guarantor doc. Ing. Jiri Hnilica, Ph.D. and Mgr. Stanislav Servus, LL.M., holder of the prestigious certificate ACFBA, Advanced Certificate in Family Business Advising. The course has been prepared […]
Since the winter semester 2016/17 the Department of Strategy offers a new course for Master students 3SG551 Design Thinking and Anthropology in Strategy. The course is taught by the guarantor doc. Ing. Lubos Smrčka, PhD., certificated in Design Thinking by the University of Virginia, and Ing. et Mgr. Tomas Ryška, Ph.D., graduate of Economics and […]
The award is available here.