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From research: How do entrepreneurial behavior and innovation performance of company influence access to bank credit?

Access to bank credit is a key issue for many businesses with challenges often arising from a lack of collateral and information asymmetry. Václav Kupec and Natálie Bruder Badie, on behalf of VŠE, analysed this topic in the article published in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. The study analysed 1,367 SMEs and large companies from […]

From research: How do entrepreneurial behavior and innovation performance of company influence access to bank credit?

Data Management Plan: Bureaucratic Burden or the First Real Step Towards Open Science?

For many researchers, the so-called Data Management Plan (DMP) is just another bureaucratic burden distracting them from actual research. However, it can play a crucial role in enhancing transparency, replicability, and efficiency in scientific work. How does the academic community view it? What challenges and opportunities does its implementation bring? And how can university libraries […]

Data Management Plan: Bureaucratic Burden or the First Real Step Towards Open Science?

FIS continues international research on monitoring and explaining misinformation

On March 1, 2025, a three-year international project called ClimateSense was launched as part of the EU CHIST-ERA program. This project will focus on researching methods for monitoring and explaining misinformation, building upon the earlier CIMPLE project (completed in spring 2024), but this time specifically targeting the field of climatology. Artificial intelligence tools as well […]

FIS continues international research on monitoring and explaining misinformation

From research: Corporate-startup collaboration. How to choose the most suitable model?

Corporate-startup collaboration is a sub-stream of open innovation. Ferhat Demir & Martin Lukeš, on behalf of VŠE, conducted systematic literature review and identified nine distinct models in the article published in Review of Managerial Science journal. Moreover, they suggested criteria to choose the optimal collaboration model. From initial sample of 687 papers, 76 manuscripts were […]

From research: Corporate-startup collaboration. How to choose the most suitable model?

Podcast: Vojtěch Svátek about ontology engineering

In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of ontology engineering with professor Vojtěch Svátek. Professor Svátek, along with his team, joined the Horizon Europe project “Onto-DESIDE” through the unique “hop-on” mechanism. Their goal is to support the development of circular economy systems by enhancing the flexibility of data exchange between partners in circular […]

Podcast: Vojtěch Svátek about ontology engineering

„Obtaining a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral grant is challenging but not impossible,” says Michal Strnad, a graduate of VŠE

Ing. Michal Strnad, Ph.D., a doctoral graduate from VŠE, has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship, through which he will focus on the relatively unexplored phenomenon of ethno-regionalist movements in the European Union. What role do these movements play in political affairs, what strategies do they use, and why are they key […]

„Obtaining a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral grant is challenging but not impossible,” says Michal Strnad, a graduate of VŠE

From research: Differences in preferred leader behaviour in Bohemia and Moravia

Can cultural differences explain variations in leadership preferences and what is the impact of other factors? In a paper published in the journal Cross-Cultural Research Daniela Pauknerová and her team, on behalf of VŠE, examined these questions using the Leader Behaviour Description Questionnaire, version XII (LBDQXII questionnaire). The study explores leadership culture in the two […]

From research: Differences in preferred leader behaviour in Bohemia and Moravia

1st GOBLIN Plenary Meeting Successfully Held at VŠE

In February, we were delighted to host the 1st GOBLIN Plenary Meeting at the Prague University of Economics and Business. The event brought together international experts to discuss cutting-edge topics in knowledge graphs, embeddings and more.  The plenary meeting was opened by a welcome address by VSE’s prof. Vojtěch Svátek with a speech introducing the […]

1st GOBLIN Plenary Meeting Successfully Held at VŠE

From research: Forecasting nominal exchange rates using DMA framework

Does the dynamic model averaging (DMA) approach enhance the accuracy of the exchange rate forecasting, particularly in the medium and long run?  In a paper published in the journal Heliyon Martin Časta, on behalf of VŠE, introduced dynamic model averaging framework for exchange rate forecasting. Using data of nine currency pairs (AUD/USD, CAD/USD, CHF/USD, EUR/USD, […]

From research: Forecasting nominal exchange rates using DMA framework

Martin Pělucha: Science for Policy is a Bridge Between Academic Research and Political Decision-Making

Martin Pělucha from the Prague University of Economics and Business has long been exploring how to connect science with policymaking. As part of the Science for Policy initiative, he also engages in training researchers on how to effectively communicate scientific findings to the political sphere. But what exactly does the Science for Policy initiative entail […]

Martin Pělucha: Science for Policy is a Bridge Between Academic Research and Political Decision-Making