Dissertation topics
Doctoral thesis topic titles for Doctoral study programme P0413D050013 Economics and Management for the academic year 2021/2022
Thesis topics offered by internal supervisors:
| Tentative PhD thesis topic | Supervisor |
|---|---|
| The Important Determinants of the Quality of Business Environment in the SME Segment | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| Management of the Business Risks in the SME Segment | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| Specific Factors of Management in the Segment of SMEs | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| Specific Features of Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| Corporate Social Responsibility in the SME segment | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| The Bata System of Management in the 1930s and Its Feasible Application in the Current Business World | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| Process Optimization in Organisations Providing Health and Social Care | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| New Human Resource Management and the Growth of Company Competitiveness | doc. PhDr. Ing. Aleš Gregar, CSc. |
| Company Marketing/Demarketing and Consumer Ecological Behaviour | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Cross Cultural Consumer Behaviour and Branding for Strategic Marketing | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Brand Management in a Different Industry | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Company Internal Branding in the Process of Building a Strong Brand | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Entrepreneurship and SME Development | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Social Entrepreneurship | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Cooperative Strategies in International Business and Management | doc. Ing. Miloslava Chovancová, CSc. |
| Performance and Efficiency Improvement in Administration and Production Processes with the Use of Selected Methods and Techniques of Industrial Engineering | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Process Operation Management Methodology Based on Performance Indicator Systems | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Enterprise Process Modelling and Optimalization Based on a Process-Controlled Company | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Production Audits – Planning Methodology, Performing Audits in Industrial Companies | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Model Proposal of the Industry 4.0 Concept in Industrial Companies According to Higher Efficiency | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Influencer Marketing and Cross-Cultural Differences across Generations | doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. |
| Development of the Circular Economy Principles Reflection in the Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct | doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. |
| Sustainable Development and Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility from the Consumers´point of View | doc. Ing. Alena Klapalová, Ph.D. |
| Performance Measurement and Management of Companies | doc. Ing. Adriana Knápková, Ph.D. |
| Performance Measurement and Management of Clusters | doc. Ing. Adriana Knápková, Ph.D. |
| Entrepreneurial University | doc. Ing. Adriana Knápková, Ph.D. |
| Business Model Innovations | doc. Ing. Adriana Knápková, Ph.D. |
| Future and Modern Trends of Controlling as a Managerial Subsystem | doc. Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D. |
| Current Trends in the Cost Management | doc. Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D. |
| Determinants of Sustainable Entrepreneurship Among University and High School Students | doc. Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D. |
| Innovation and Performance of Firms in the Terms of the Industry 4.0 | prof. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková |
| Challenges in Business Models Innovation | prof. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková |
| Model of Online Buying Behaviour and Its Influence on Online Performance of Companies | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| The Internet and Its Influence on the Marketing Performance of Companies | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| Factors Influencing Performance of Online Companies | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| Factors Influencing Customers‘ Online Buying Behaviour on B2C / B2B Markets | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| Digital Transformation and Its Influence on the Competitiveness of Companies | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| Digital Trasformation and Its Influence on B2B Buying Behaviour | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| Your own topic on online business issues | doc. Ing. Michal Pilík, Ph.D. |
| Modern Trends in Management Accounting Practices | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Cost Management of Non-Profit and Healthcare Institutions | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Budgeting and Planning Systems | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Performance Measurement Systems | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Integrated Business Information System on the Base of Business Intelligence | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Business Intelligence Information System and Its Information Support for Business Performance Management and Industry 4.0 Concept | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Management of Business Economic Processes and its Information Support Based on the Business Intelligence Information System | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| System of Strategic Measurement and Management of Corporate Performance and its Comparison in Czech and Foreign Companies | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Role of Energy Storage in the Energy Market Design: Economic, Institutional and Legal Aspects | prof. Ing. Petr Sáha, CSc. |
| Innovative Business Models for the Ongoing Energy Transition: Exploring Emerging Trends such as Decarbonisation, Prosumerism and Blockchain | prof. Ing. Petr Sáha, CSc. |
| Influence of Horizontal (Vertical) Integration on the Effectiveness of Health Care Organizations | doc. Ing. Pavla Staňková, Ph.D. |
| Factors Limiting the Application of Marketing Management Tools on the Health Care (Social Services) Market | doc. Ing. Pavla Staňková, Ph.D. |
| Key Factors Influencing Entrepreneurship Efficiency on the Health Care Market | doc. Ing. Pavla Staňková, Ph.D. |
| Efficiency of Knowledge Sharing in Health Care Organizations | doc. Ing. Pavla Staňková, Ph.D. |
| Transformation of Traditionally Managed Organizations into Knowledge-Driven Organization with the Use of Business Process Management Tools in the Context of Industry 4.0 | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
| Factors of Sustainable Tourism and Their Application to the Selected Region | doc. Ing. Zuzana Tučková, Ph.D. |
| Managing the Efficiency of Service Businesses (Tourism Sector) with an Emphasis on Sustainability | doc. Ing. Zuzana Tučková, Ph.D. |
| Economic Sustainability and Service Business Management | doc. Ing. Zuzana Tučková, Ph.D. |
| Balanced Scorecard in the Non-Manufacturing Sector | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
| Performance Evaluation of Enterprise Processes | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
| Human Resources Controlling | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
| Qualitative Indicators in the Performance Measurement | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
| Globalization, Deglobalization and Re-Localization | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
| Knowledge Management | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
| Innovation and Strategy: Self-Sustainability of Systems | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
| Business-Model Innovation | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
| Multiple-Criteria Decision Making | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
| Conflict Dissolution | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
| Entrepreneurial University | prof. Ing. Milan Zelený, M.S., Ph.D. |
It is possible to choose a topic offered by an external supervisor listed in the table below. In this case please contact Research and Professional Procedure Office (studium-phd@fame.utb.cz) prior contacting a supervisor.
Topics offered by external supervisors:
| Tentative PhD thesis topic | Supervisor |
| Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance | doc. Yuriy Bilan, Ph.D. |
| Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues | doc. Yuriy Bilan, Ph.D. |
| Migration and Labour Market | doc. Yuriy Bilan, Ph.D. |
| The Qualitative and Quantitative Determinants of Innovation Potential and Innovation Performance in the SMEs | prof. Ing. Beáta Gavurová, PhD. MBA |
| Risk Management Models in the SMEs and Their Potential to Increase the Sectors’ Competitiveness | prof. Ing. Beáta Gavurová, PhD. MBA |
| Economic Quantification and the Human Resources Management Influence on the SMEs’ Performance | prof. Ing. Beáta Gavurová, PhD. MBA |
| Barriers to Entrepreneurship Development in the SMEs Segment | doc. Ing. Aleksandr Ključnikov, Ph.D. |
| Economic Aspects of Entrepreneurship in the Shared Economy Segment | doc. Ing. Aleksandr Ključnikov, Ph.D. |
| Diversification of Business Risks in the SME Segment | doc. Ing. Aleksandr Ključnikov, Ph.D. |
| Impact of Automated Warehousing on Company Cost/Profitability | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Decision Models for the Design, Management and Cost Optimization of Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (As/Rs) | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Decision Models for the Design, Management and Cost Optimization of Autonomous Vehicle Storage and Retrieval Systems (Avs/Rs) | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Warehouse Management – How to Improve Order Picking Systems Profitability | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Intralogistics 4.0 with Material Handling Systems with the Objective on Management Science | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Research on Physical Internet (Pi) and Internet of Things (Iot) for the Efficient Supply Network of the Future | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Assessment of the Ethical Aspects Associated with a Business Plan | doc. Ing. Josef Maroušek, Ph.D. |
| The Managerial Approaches in a Territorial Governing Unit | doc. Ing. Richard Pospíšil, Ph.D. |
| The Impact of Innovative Technologies on the Management of Supplier-Customer Relations | doc. Ing. Richard Pospíšil, Ph.D. |
| Impact of BREXIT on EU Member States | prof. Ing. Juraj Sipko, PhD., MBA |
| One Belt, One Road | prof. Ing. Juraj Sipko, PhD., MBA |
Doctoral thesis topic titles for Doctoral study programme P0412D050011 Finance for the academic year 2021/2022
Thesis topics offered by internal supervisors:
| Tentative PhD thesis topic | Supervisor |
| Management of Financial Risks in the SME Segment | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| Credit Risk Management of the Private Company | prof. Ing. Jaroslav Belás, PhD. |
| Central Bank Instrumentarium and its Transformation over Time | Ing. Mojmír Hampl, MSc., Ph.D. |
| Unconventional Monetary Policy in Developed Countries After 2008 | Ing. Mojmír Hampl, MSc., Ph.D. |
| Nature of the Current Monetary System of Elastic Money and Suggestions Regarding Its Improvement | Ing. Mojmír Hampl, MSc., Ph.D. |
| Targeting Inflation in the Czech Republic and in the World | Ing. Mojmír Hampl, MSc., Ph.D. |
| Post-Keynesianism, Neo-Keynesianism, Monetarism, New Classical Economics, Neo-Austrian School and Their Impact on the Theory and Practice of Monetary Policy | Ing. Mojmír Hampl, MSc., Ph.D. |
| Monetary policy and transition processes on the labour market | Ing. Mojmír Hampl, MSc., Ph.D. |
| Financial Performance Measurement and Management of Companies | doc. Ing. Adriana Knápková, Ph.D. |
| Financial Performance Measurement and Management of Clusters | doc. Ing. Adriana Knápková, Ph.D. |
| Future and Modern Trends of Controlling as a Managerial Subsystem | doc. Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D. |
| Current Trends in the Cost Management | doc. Ing. Petr Novák, Ph.D. |
| Possibilities and Limitation of the IFRS | doc. Ing. Marie Paseková, Ph.D. |
| Quality of Accounting Information | doc. Ing. Marie Paseková, Ph.D. |
| New Trends in the Measurement and Management of Corporate Financial Performance | prof. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková |
| Innovations and Performance of Financial Services Companies in FinTech era | prof. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková |
| Risk and Investment Decision Making in the Terms of Industry 4.0 | prof. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková |
| Fiancial Technologies in the Corporate Finance Management | prof. Dr. Ing. Drahomíra Pavelková |
| Management Control and Performance Measurement in Emerging and Transitional Economies | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Product Costing Methods in Hybrid Organizations | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Responsibility Accounting Systems and Their Impact on Organizational Behaviour | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Developing Trends in Management Control and Performance Measurement Systems and Its Transformations | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Behavioural Aspects in Management Accounting | prof. Ing. Boris Popesko, Ph.D. |
| Financial Controlling Tools | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
| Balanced Scorecard in Non-Manufacturing Sectors | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
| Qualitative Indicators in Performance Measurement | doc. Ing. Roman Zámečník, PhD. |
It is possible to choose a topic offered by an external supervisor listed in the table below. In this case please contact Research and Professional Procedure Office (studium-phd@fame.utb.cz) prior contacting a supervisor.
Topics offered by external supervisors:
| Tentative PhD thesis topic | Supervisor |
| Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance | doc. Yuriy Bilan, Ph.D. |
| Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues | doc. Yuriy Bilan, Ph.D. |
| Using option models in capital budgeting for IT internal controls and IT security | Dr. Bruce Dehning, Ph.D. |
| Earnings management incentives in mutual (cooperative) versus stock corporations | Dr. Bruce Dehning, Ph.D. |
| How do companies choose where to locate research and development activities: trade-offs between expertise and tax effects | Dr. Bruce Dehning, Ph.D. |
| The value-relevance of goodwill, and the market’s ability to anticipate goodwill write-offs | Dr. Bruce Dehning, Ph.D. |
| Does the vesting period or length of employee stock options vary with IT spending? | Dr. Bruce Dehning, Ph.D. |
| Modern Financial Investment Instruments on International Financial Markets | doc. Ing. Aleksandr Ključnikov, Ph.D. |
| Tax and Financial Aspects of Shared Economy | doc. Ing. Aleksandr Ključnikov, Ph.D. |
| Can Visualization Analytics Create (Or Overcome) Information Biases in Auditing Decisions? | Partha S. Mohapatra, PhD |
| Ethical Issues in Tax Services Offshoring | Partha S. Mohapatra, PhD |
| Public Audit Oversight Board in the Czech Republic and Its Impact on Auditing | Partha S. Mohapatra, PhD |
| Audit Quality: Is It the Firm or the Partner That Drives Audit Quality? | Partha S. Mohapatra, PhD |
| Economic and Legal Aspects of the Independence of the Czech National Bank in Relation to Future Membership of the Czech Republic in the Euro Area | doc. Ing. Richard Pospíšil, Ph.D. |
| Analysis of Monetary Policy of the Czech National Bank Before Joining of the Euro Area | doc. Ing. Richard Pospíšil, Ph.D. |
| The Vehicles of the European Union to Restore and Maintain Fiscal Discipline | doc. Ing. Richard Pospíšil, Ph.D. |
| Analysis of the Performance Management of Selected Local Government Units in the Development of Tax Assignment | doc. Ing. Richard Pospíšil, Ph.D. |
| Present and Future Development of Cryptocurrencies and Their Influence on Monetary Policies and International Payments | prof. Ing. Juraj Sipko, PhD., MBA |
Doctoral thesis topic titles for Doctoral study programme Finance for the academic year 2021/2022
Doctoral thesis topic titles for Doctoral study programme P0488D05000 Industrial Engineering for the academic year 2021/2022
Thesis topics offered by internal supervisors:
| Tentative PhD thesis topic | Supervisor |
| Measurement, Production and Logistic Performance Management of Czech and Slovak Manufacturers | doc. Ing. Roman Bobák, Ph.D. |
| The Importance of an Integrated Management System (SMK+EMS+BOZP+CSR+ISMS+…….) to Increase Business Performance | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| The Company Management and its Impact on Product Quality | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| Increasing Competitiveness by Using Optimization of the Quality Management System | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| Innovative Systems of Quality Management Focused on Psychosocial Risks and their Impact on Business Performance | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| Applying the Lean Six Sigma Method to the Management of an Organization | doc. Ing. Petr Briš, CSc. |
| Increasing Performance and Efficiency of Administrative and Production Processes by Using Selected Methods and Tools of Industrial Engineering | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Increasing Performance of Business Processes Based on the Knowledge of Value Added Related to Administrative and Production Processes | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Modelling and Optimization of Business Processes Based on Process Management | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| A Complex Methodology of Production Audits Focused on Increasing the Value Added for a Customer | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| An Outline of Implementation Model of Industry 4.0 Methodology in a Selected Industrial Company | prof. Ing. Felicita Chromjaková, PhD. |
| Modern Means in the System of Technological Process Management | prof. Ing. Vieroslav Molnár, PhD. |
| Modelling and Optimization of Internal Shipment | prof. Ing. Vieroslav Molnár, PhD. |
| The Process Model of Information System for a Lean Company | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Business Intelligence – an Integrated Information System of Companies | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Modelling and Optimization of Business Processes Based on Process Management and its Information Support | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Parametrization of the Impact Related to the Implementation of Industrial Engineering methods on Business Performance | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Management of Business Economic Processes and its Information Support Based on Controlling Information System | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| An Efficient System of Strategic Measurement and Business Performance Management – its Comparison in the Context of Czech and Slovak Companies | prof. Ing. Rastislav Rajnoha, PhD. |
| Optimization of Systems by Using Simulations to Increase Business Performance (Manufacturing or Non-Manufacturing Businesses, Public Administration Institutions, etc.) | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
| Increasing Business Performance by Optimization Using SW Support of Business Process Management | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
| Increasing Business Performance by Using Business Process Management and Business Process Reengineering | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
| The Issue of Changes in a System of Business Management When Using Business Process Management | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
| Optimization of Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing Systems by Using Industrial Engineering Methods | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
| Components in Process Management and their Use in the Organisation Led by Knowledge Management | doc. Ing. David Tuček, Ph.D. |
It is possible to choose a topic offered by an external supervisor listed in the table below. In this case please contact Research and Professional Procedure Office (studium-phd@fame.utb.cz) prior contacting a supervisor.
Topics offered by external supervisors:
| Tentative PhD thesis topic | Supervisor |
| Computer Simulation in a Context of Industry 4.0 | prof. Ing. Gabriel Fedorko, PhD. |
| Proposal of the Methodology for Creation and Application of a Digital Twin in the Area of Production Logistics | prof. Ing. Gabriel Fedorko, PhD. |
| Implementation of the Autonomous Transport Systems into the System of Intra-Plant Logistics | prof. Ing. Gabriel Fedorko, PhD. |
| Impact of Automated Warehousing on Company Cost and Profitability | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Decision Models for Design, Management and Cost Optimization of Mobile Robotized Storage and Picking Systems | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Warehouse Management: How to Improve Order Picking Systems Profitability | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Intralogistics 4.0: Centralised and Decentralised Control of Transport Systems | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Intralogistics 4.0: Application of Drones in Warehouses and Production | prof. Tone Lerher |
| Intralogistics 4.0: Smart (Guided) Assembly-2-Light Systems | prof. Tone Lerher |