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Master's thesis focuses on the British economy in the first half of the 20th century and examines the most important components of the economic and regional policy in this period. The aim of the work is to discover the main impact of the first and second world war on the economy of Great Britain while emphasizing the role of the arising regional policy in this period. An evaluation of the most important macroeconomical indicators is performed to fulfil the aim of the work. Results of this paper show that the First World War led to the decline of traditional industries. This was supported in the inter-war years by the decrease of demand, high real wages and overvaluation of the pound while returning to the gold standard. Because the employment was mainly concentrated in the declining industries, which were regionally located, regional disparities in the country increased. The high unemployment in these regions led to the beginnings of state controlled regional policy. However significant decrease of the unemployment was only achieved with the mobilisation of the economy during the Second World War and the impact of new growing industries in the fifties.

The bachelor's diploma focuses on the issue of regional competitiveness. The principal aim of this work is to evaluate the competitiveness of regions in the Czech Republic. The diploma work is organised into three chapters, which joinly form two main parts, a theoretical and a practical part. The first two chapters make up the theoretical part and explain basic terms such as the region, regional development, regional competitiveness, together with indicators for their measurement and factors that influence them. In the practical part an index of competitiveness is created out of 37 indicators that influence competitiveness. It is possible to observe the competitiveness of individual regions and also their ranking within the Czech Republic.