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This work is devoted to the issue of competitiveness and the market position of the company. The aim of this diploma thesis is to utilize the practical use of selected methods of strategic management to evaluate the current competitiveness of the company WASH ART and based on the results, design a suitable strategy to strengthen its position on the market. PEST analysis, Porter's analysis of five competitive forces, VRIO analysis, analysis of the company's exposure and marketing research carried out using questionnaires were utilized in order to evaluate the company and collect the data required to evaluate the appropriate strategy. Findings were then used to design a plan that the company should follow in order to meet the goal of strengthening its position on the market.

This thesis deals with the evaluation of the competitiveness in the construction company HOCHTIEF CZ a.s. on the basis of strategical methods and processes.

The goal of my work is to analyze the market position selected company and suggest improvement in its market position and to analyze its competitive environment. I chose the company OVB Allfinanz a.s., which operates on the Czech market for 44 years. My work consists of two parts. The first part describes the theoretical knowledge concerning strategic management and analysis, explanation of terms of competition, competitiveness and other related terms such as: generic competitive strategies, SWOT analysis and Porter's model of competitive forces. In the second part I will focus on the SWOT analysis and Porter model. I also focused on the analysis of competitors in the field of insurance brokers. The results are based on information obtained from the questionnaire survey. I also used the method of controlled interviews with successful regional group leader ProfiFP and thus I gained not only credible information about the company, but I could use my experience, when I am working for OVB. From the obtained data I proposed possible improvements for company .

The aim of this bachelor work was to assess competitiveness of a selected company in the market based on use of strategic management procedures and methods, and to propose a suitable strategy in order to strengthen its position. The work dealt with competitiveness of the company in the given branch from both the external and internal environment.

Aim of the thesis is to develop a strategic analysis of the selected company with specific focus on external and internal analysis and then to make recommendations for the future development of the company.

The objective of this thesis is to propose a business strategy that would result in sustainable competitive advantage for Trafin Oil, a.s. - a Czech company operating on the waste oil market. In order to accomplish the stated objective, extensive research has been performed into the existing body of literature on the subject. Frameworks for analysis of the competitive situation are presented and applied thoroughly in the practical part. Moreover, to better comprehend Trafin Oil, a.s. strategic position a customer survey was conducted and extensive interviewing took place. Based on the applied frameworks and the insights gathered throughout the research, the thesis delivers a strategy which rests on developing a unique strategic position and involves different sets of activities to deliver its value proposition. The strategy ought to guarantee higher collection stability and generate substantially higher profits.

Diploma thesis deals with strategic analysis of an enterprise. The theoretical part is devoted to an introduction to strategic management, basic concepts and analyzes of selected external and internal environment. The practical part is focused on the application analyzes referred to in the first part of the thesis. The aim of this thesis is to carry out a strategic analysis of cafe FotoCafé. Results of the analysis help to evaluate the current status of the cafe on the market in Jindrichuv Hradec. The evaluation of current strategy of the cafe is also based on these results. The analysis revealed some shortcomings and weaknesses in operation of cafe. Part of the conclusion is a proposal about operation of cafe in the future.

This thesis deals with strategic analysis of particular organisation. Appropriate methods of internal and external analysis are chosen and theoretically described as well as the theories for competitive strategy design. In practical part of the work, strategic analysis outputs are implemented for the needs of organization with a view to formulate optimal design of competitive strategy. The work concludes with results summarization, representing the preview to the strategy selection issue, designated for the needs of company management.

The aim of this bachelor thesis is to elaborate the strategic analysis of the company Easy Life, s.r.o., which runs the online bookstore Beletrie.eu. The paper concentrates on the analysis of e-commerce on the book market in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part represents the important aspects, methods and procedures of the strategic analysis. The practical part contains the application of strategic analysis methods and there are also designed appropriate strategic recommendations for increasing the company's market competitiveness.

Doctoral dissertation work that results from the new management theory has explored in both theory and practice new directions in approach to the strategy in German iron-foundries. It has explained the reasons that lead to structural changes, made the foundation for decision process, described the problems that occur when put in practice and suggested their resolution. Further on, it was explored and critically evaluated which competitive advantages these strategy directions contributed to and consequently discussed the superior aim of strategy. It has resulted from the empirical research that the German iron-foundries have been strongly influenced especially by new information technologies and car industry and its strategies. The most significant trend of iron-foundries is the focus on the key branch of activity. Cooperation and innovative strategy represent the complementary strategy to the primary strategy and enable to merge the comprehensive requirements of customers with the needed specialization and hereby retain their competitiveness. The research respecting the global economic crisis in the car industry shows that German iron-foundries have to re-evaluate their actual strategies and convert the growth to stability and long lasting development.

This thesis deals with strategic analysis of the company Hornbach Baumarkt CS, s.r.o. Thesis is divided into a theoretical part which contains basic definitions, methods and tools for strategic analysis. This knowledge are subsequently used in the practical part. After the company introducing, the external and internal environment of the company is gradually analyzed and includes a PEST analysis and Porter model of five competitive forces. I tis followed by a breakdown of business resources, financial and portfolio analysis of the company which is focused on a private label strategy. Completion is a SWOT analysis, which shows the strengths and weaknesses of company and also reveals the opportunities and threats that affect the company from the outside. Thesis ends by proposing strategic recommendations arising from the implementation of the strategic analysis.

This thesis focuses on the issue of innovation of information system in selected company. The theoretical part is concerned with general term innovation, how does innovation effect competitive strength of a company, classification of corporate information systems and what usage each part of the system in company has. The practical part is to analyze the current situation of company system and propose changes to increase effective usage of the company data.

The aim of my bachelor thesis is to evaluate the present situation of a company by using suitable strategic analyses, based on the analyses, to propose an optimal strategy leading to an increase in the competitive advantage of the chosen company.

Aim of this thesis was to develop a complete strategic analysis of the selected company OREA Hotel Dvořák Tábor. The theoretical part deals with the characteristics of the basic concepts of strategic management, strategy, corporate culture, external and internal strategic analysis, SWOT analysis and strategy formulation. These theoretical foundations are applied to practical business. Since it is now declining demand for hotel services, due to financial crisis, the aim is to propose a strategy that will lead to the maintenance or at best, to increase market share.

The aim of this thesis is to elaborate the strategic analysis of the Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s. company, i.e. to analyse both the company environment and the inner resources and abilities, to reveal strengths and weaknesses of the company and even oportunities and threats. The aim is also to identify specific merits of the firm and finally to mention strategic recommendations with regard of elaborated analysis. The whole thesis is divided into two main parts: the theoretical part, where are described methods and procedures of the strategic analysis and the application part, where these methods are applied to the Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s. company.

The thesis deals with problems of the IS/ICT innovation strategic management in the surroundings of the Czech Republic and participates in solutions to the three-year research project GA201/08/663 -- Information systems innovation to support competitiveness of enterprises. This project has been realized at the Faculty of Information Science and Statistics at the University of Economics, Prague in support of the Czech Science Foundation since 1st January 2008. Thesis sequence to the project consists in filling of particular priorities defined for 1st year of research. Of course this fact represents determining aspect of thesis main goals definition. Firstly, carry out a research on actual level of information systems in Czech enterprises forcefully into the IS/ICT innovation. Secondly, set up working paper for presentation of continuous outcomes after the introductory phase by appearances at scientific conferences, by articles in scientific papers and by findings'publication at a website of the Czech Society for System Integration. Structure of the thesis, which consists of a theoretical and a practical part, specifies methods of goals'filling. The theoretical part represents introduction to problems -- it covers identification of key elements influencing IS/ICT innovation in surrounding of the modern knowledge economy, IS/ICT innovation classification and detailed statement of IS/ICT innovation management process, which is based on methods of strategic management process in general. The practical part gives attention to questionnaire research -- structure of the questionnaire, research methodology and answer evaluation. Contribution of the thesis, together with filling of particular goals of the research project GA201/08/663 -- Information systems innovation to support competitiveness of enterprises, consists in multidimensional view of the specific problems. IS/ICT innovation is seen not only from an enterprise informatics point of view, but also from an entire enterprise angle when economic aspect is also taken into account. This approach accents support task of informatics -- the IS/ICT contribute to the filling of enterprise's goals.

In my thesis I worked out strategic analysis firm Café Campanila, which is one of the four businesses of SALE-Praha, Ltd.. I acomplished selected external and internal analysis, said the recommendation for future business development and find an appropriate strategy.

The work is an analysis of external and internal environment of the company. Mainly is used analysis of the sector, PEST analysis, Porter five forces, 4C, analysis of business resources, financial and SWOT analysis. First part sumarises theory of strategic analysis and on this base is works up the practical part. The outcome is a general and marketing strategy of the firm.

The goal of this thesis was designed a complete strategic analysis, both internal and external form of the selected firm LACMAN s. r. o. LACMAN s. r. o. is a small, emerging company, the subject of its business is the distribution of connectors. Thesis is divided into five main blocks: In the first part, called Introduction, describes the basic building blocks for the preparation of the strategy, it is mission, vision and a fundamental target of LACMAN s. r. o. The second part is quite theoretical, it is known as a theoretical-methodological basis and discusses and describes the theoretical facts that I need to apply in practice. The third part is the name and the pictor of the company, how society see the company. This section describes the basic characteristic of information, cultural, sports, and mainly social sponsoring company and the overall culture, norms and standards which govern the company staff. The fourth part is called Practical and is divided into external analysis where I work with macro-economic company's data, policy and legislative factors, and mapping analysis of supplier-customer relationships and existing competition in the market with the connectors material. Internal analysis me serve to evaluace how are the company's resources (material, inmaterial, human and financial) in sufficient quantity, the quality and whether it is used effectively. In this part of thesis, I also included a detailed financial analysis, there I solve the financial health of the company. And the SWOT analysis, which, in my view, contains a large number of strengths, but on the other hand, contains numerous threats from outside the company. The last part is called the Finish, here summarizes the findings from the all analysis. I believe that this thesis is to analyze the company of great benefit and a council, how to overcome difficult times and stay on the market at the time of global economic crisis.

Cílem práce je posoudit úspěšnost podnikání konkrétní společnosti, jež svou velikostí spadá do kategorie malých a středních podniků, a to z pohledu její strategie a stratecického řízení. Správnost nastavení podnikové strategie je hodnocena na základě vypracované strategické analýzy a SWOT matice. Z výsledných zjištění těchto analýz jsou následně formulována doporučení pro tvorbu resp. modifikaci této hodnocené strategie.