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The paper deals with the relationship between an environmentally friendly approach on the part of companies and financial performance. The paper emphasises that corporate social responsibility is an important issue in the strategic management of companies. The paper examines companies in the textile industry with an environmentally friendly certification in the Czech Republic, and then compares their indicator of profitability with companies in the textile industry without this chosen certification. The Wilcoxon test and t-test are used for the comparison. No statistically significant differences are confirmed. The limitations of the research are also discussed in the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organic farming has become a topic that receives an increasing academic as well as popular attention. This study examines the financial differences between the organic and conventional farmers, as well as their income volatility. Based on the Student's t-test, the regression analysis and the matched-pair investigation on a sample of Czech 291 organic and 4045 conventional farmers over the period 2009-2013, the study indicates that the organic agricultural companies outperform the conventional companies in the terms of profitability. However, their asset turnover is considerably lower. No evidence of different income volatility has been found. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with organic farming in the Czech Republic and discusses ecological agriculture of the country in both perspectives, consumer and a production point of view. This article presents the results of a primary data collected after questionnaire survey. This survey revealed the popularity of organic products among consumers. Furthermore, the popularity of individual products, a higher willingness to pay, and other aspects like the application of organic products on the market was determined. For evaluation of the selected dependency, the chi-square (χ²) test of goodness of fit was used. To assess the economic point of view (production view), data from the FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) database were used. The conventional and organic systems are compared in the article. A comparison of the costs and benefits of selected products in both farming systems is also provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article deals with the importance of environmental factors for business strategy. It discusses the potential benefits to companies which show concern for the environment beyond their legal obligations. The main contribution of this article is in presentation of the results of a questionnaire survey concerning customer views on products certified as 'environmentally friendly'. The knowledge of the respondents concerning individual instruments was not great. Most of the respondents were unwilling to pay more than 20% more for environmentally friendly products in comparison with conventional products. Only 38% of the respondents bought environmentally friendly products repeatedly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presented article deals with the important role that the voluntary activities of companies play in a responsible approach to the environment, and also with the growing importance of environmental protection. The research is oriented towards the companies which operate in the Czech Republic. The potential benefits of this approach for companies are discussed. Attention is especially focused on eco-labelling as one of these voluntary instruments. The author examines whether holders of the certification «environmentally friendly product» achieve higher performance in comparison with the industry average. Return on assets is chosen for the evaluation of performance. Further, the growing trend of expenditures on environmental protection is presented in the article through selected statistical data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Suggests an alternative method in the containment of spray reagents in thin-layer chromatography spot detection.

Suggests the use of Teflon tape as a way to avoid frozen ground glass joints without using grease. Distillation apparatus; Use of Keck joint clips; Reduced breakage; Fewer ringstands and jaw-type clamps.