Priority areas and research results of the department for the year 2021-2022

 

In the year 2021-2022, the Department of Business Economics was involved in a total of 11 projects, including 4 VEGA projects, 1 KEGA project, 1 international project and 2 projects of young researchers and 3 research activities from other entities. The above projects determined the comprehensive research profile of the Department in the period 2021-2022 and thus its overall scientific and research focus.

Among the most significant research results achieved at the Department of Business Economics for the year 2021 can be included in particular:

The definition of a narrower subject of scientific investigation within the entities operating in the creative industries, according to the criterion of their economic significance.
Analyzing and testing the entrepreneurial dimension of the selected sample of the subject of investigation by means of modified methods, testing of predictive bankruptcy models, employee competence model.
Definition of the possibilities of transformation of intangible assets of creative industry entities into financial form, definition and characterisation of the individual phases of their life cycle, analysis of the types of innovations of CP entities that they create and implement and testing of their innovation process in relation to the creation of economic value, including in the context of creating partnership links with other entities.
Testing the factors influencing the performance of CCI entities and formulating a set ofrecommendations for the management of CCI entities and testing the pricing strategies of creative industry entities.
Decision making of firms in imperfectly competitive markets, green economy and consumer utility.
Research on the conditions of ethical information system in scientific research institutions.
Educational and information system CONPROT, according to the target groups at the EU in Bratislava and externally, for professional and lay public.
Identification, diagnosis and analysis of the relationship between the typology of intellectually disadvantaged methods and tools for their inclusion.
Assessment of the current status of family businesses in Slovakia and generational change/succession in them and the factors influencing succession and generational change as a specific phase of the life cycle in family businesses ensuring the sustainability of the business for future generations.
Mapping the current state of sustainable development issues in family businesses, testing the correlation between financial performance indicators and selected sustainable growth indicators.
Analysis of the financial health of family businesses as a factor affecting the financial sustainability of family businesses, testing of selected Slovak prediction models on a sample of family businesses and verification of the predictive ability of the selected models through ROC analysis.

The priority research areas of the Department of Business Economics in 2022 will be:

Continued research in the area of green innovation and its innovative diffusion in imperfect markets.
Continuing research on sustainable business development and sustainable consumption while maintaining the market competitiveness of businesses.

Management of the Department

Head of the Department: prof. Ing. Helena Majdúchová, CSc.

Deputy Head of the Department: Ing. Bc. Peter Štetka, PhD.

Secretary of the Department: Ing. Jana Kissová, PhD.

The Scientific Secretary: Ing. Bc. Peter Štetka, PhD.

Secretary: Albína Mituchová

 

Divisions of the Department

Department of Value processes in company

The Head: doc. Ing. Daniela Rybárová, PhD.

Department of Microeconomy and company strategies

The Head: doc. Ing. Nora Grisáková, PhD. 

 

History of the Department

At The University of Economics in Bratislava, in the academic year 1951/1952 the study program economics of industry was created. The responsibility for this field of study took the Department of economics of industry, which was formed in the academic year 1950/1951 out of the Department of industry and the construction industry. Department of economics of industry, and also, its follower, Department of Business economy, belongs to one of the oldest Faculty departments.

In 1990, the Department of Economics and Industry management was renamed for the Department of Business Economy. By the year 1992 the department was the coordinator of the study field Economics of industry and was economy and the study specialization Economics of construction.  Later on the Department was the coordinator of the study field, business economist. Since the academic year of 1995 the Department coordinates the study specialization Economics of the business subject in the field of Economics and management of the company. After the introduction of study programs in the year 2004 the Department has been a coordinator of two programs: Economics of Company and co-coordinator of Business Management and Economic expertise.

 

Department today

The Department of Business Economy is involved in the education of economists and business managers at all levels of study programs - Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral study programs. In the Bachelor study program the subject Business economy is taught at all faculties of the University of Economics in Bratislava. Other subjects provided by the Department considerably complete the profile of the graduate in the particular field of study.

 

Activities of the Department

The Department has a rich scientific activity. It participates in the tasks of the projects such as VEGA, KEGA, Visegrad Fund and projects of young scientists APVV. The results are presented at the scientific conferences of the UE in Bratislava and its faculties, the scientific conferences abroad, in national and foreign magazines and it is used in teaching, as well as in setting up specialized literature.

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