Doing Business With the Czech Republic

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Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Gmb Pub Ltd
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Summary

* An invaluable guide to business practice and trading opportunities* Includes contributions from prestigious international partners from the accounting, banking and legal worlds* Free online access to a dedicated website, which gives readers up-to-the minute information (with unique password for each reader) Provides entrepreneurs and research institutions with an authoritative appraisal of the new economic and investment climate, an update on market potential in the key sectors, and unique best practice advice on all aspects of investing in or trading with the Czech Republic. Data for the book and the website is supplied by a unique network of contacts in the Czech Republic including the local offices of Deloitte & Touche, Bank Austria and CMS Cameron McKenna. Information on Risk is supplied by Coface, and Grey Area Dynamics by Merchant International Group. This includes links to their web sites and offices in the Czech Republic.

Table of Contents

Foreword xvii
Martin Jahn
List of Contributors
xix
Map 1: The Czech Republic and its Neighbours
xxvi
Map 2: The Infrastructure of the Czech Republic
xxvii
Introduction xxix
PART ONE: THE ECONOMY AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Economic Performance and Outlook
3(6)
Progress Report on EU Accession
9(6)
Foreign Investment Regime
15(5)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Business Risk Assessment
20(8)
Coface, Bank Austria Creditanstalt and MIG Corporate Intelligence
Foreign Direct Investment
28(10)
Foreign Trade
38(7)
Jonathan Reuvid
Regions of the Czech Republic
45(8)
PART TWO: THE LEGAL STRUCTURE AND BUSINESS REGULATION
Legal Framework
53(4)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Privatization and the Legal Environment for Reform
57(3)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Alternative Corporate Structures
60(6)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Agency Agreements, Distributorships and Franchising
66(4)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Employment Law
70(3)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Intellectual Property
73(5)
CMS Cameron McKenna
Dispute Resolution
78(7)
CMS Cameron McKenna
PART THREE: FINANCE, ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION
Financial Services Sector
85(7)
Kevin R Smith
Accountancy and Audit
92(4)
Deloitte & Touche
Business Taxation
96(9)
Deloitte & Touche
Financial Support and Finance Facilities from the EU
105(7)
Bank Austria Creditanstalt
Capital Markets
112(16)
Michal Srb
Martina Lambert
Mergers and Acquisitions
128(8)
Filip Otruba
Bohdan Malaniuk
Pavel Dedek
Martina Lambert
Privatization: A Progress Report
136(7)
Jiri Hrbacek
PART FOUR: KEY SECTORS OF INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS
Primary Industries
Metallurgy and Metalworking Production
143(10)
Vladimir Toman
Josef Klofac
Oil and Gas Industry
153(12)
Milos Podrazil
Construction Sector
165(11)
Milan Veverka
Jiri Zemlicka
Production of Building Materials
176(11)
Vaclav Knor
Jiri Kudrnovsky
Environmental Legislation and Construction Activities
187(5)
Pavel Vesely Ing.
Manufacturing Industries
The Czech Defence Industry as a Part of Industry Policy
192(6)
Jiri Pisklak
Engineering Sector
198(7)
Viktor Danielis
Automotive Industry
205(15)
Volvo
Engineering Industry Products: Machining and Forming Equipment
220(5)
Jiri Langer
Production of Electronic Components and Equipment
225(6)
Pavel Riha Ing.
Chemicals
231(11)
Blanka Ksandrova
Plastics
242(5)
Miroslav Manas
Textile, Clothing and Leather Industry
247(8)
Vaclav Haas
The Printing Industry
255(5)
Milada Vlasakova
Telecommunications: An Overview
260(9)
Tomas Studenik
Service Industries
State Policy for the Development of Transport and Communications
269(8)
Josef Zatloukal
Transport Logistics
277(14)
Bohumil Reznicek
Pavel Saradin
Jan Perner
Tourism
Commercial Section of the British Embassy, Prague
284(7)
Operating through Agencies, Distributorships and Franchises
291(6)
Jan Grozdanovic
Barbora Stankevova
Real Estate Development
297(5)
Ander Hall
Ludek Schmidt
Czech Media Market
302(6)
Marian Rasik
Human Resources
308(9)
Oliver Schmidt
Executive Search
317(6)
Lubomir Ochotnicky
Insurance Industry
323(10)
Petr Knebl
Jitka Bendova
Prague Office Market
333(16)
Omar Sattar
PART FIVE: CASE STUDIES
Tesco in the Czech Republic
349(5)
Ian Hutchins
Czech Technology Park, Brno
354(31)
Roderick Barker
PART SIX: APPENDICES
1. Sources of Further Information
363(13)
2. Contributor Contact Details
376(5)
3. Bank Austria Creditanstalt Contact List
381(4)
Index 385(12)
Index of Advertisers 397

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