C30 - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables: GeneralReturn

The importance of organic products in the Czech Republic as an EU member state is growing. Among other things, increasing the share of organic products in relation to conventional products is one of the long-term objectives of the European Community. The research carried out focused on examining differences in consumer purchasing behaviour, specifically the associations that consumers most often associate with brands that label bio/organic products in the Czech Republic. Using various statistical methods, the knowledge and perception of organic/bio products labelled with the Czech and European logos was investigated. The research shows that consumers most often associate products bearing the Czech label with ecology and environmental friendliness. Respondents often associate this labelling with higher quality and at the same time subjectively perceive the food as healthier. The European organic food label is most often associated with ecology and environmental friendliness, higher quality and perceived as healthier by respondents. Respondents show significantly higher ignorance of this label than the national label.

Small firms are faced with the challenges of competing with larger firms. This has given birth to utilising different strategies to enhance the small firms’ capacity to achieve their corporate goals. This study examines the nature of coopetition among small firms and how it has influenced their ability to create value. Employing the survey research design, the study sampled 1119 small firms and established the interaction between coopetition and value creation in small firms using the partial least square-structural equation model. The results reveal entrepreneurial orientation is the most prevalent type of coopetition among small firms and that coopetition is a significant driver of value creation among small firms. The study recommends that small firms should integrate coopetition into their strategy to remain relevant, increase their revenue, customise their services through value-added services and create new products and services.

The aim of this article is to analyse the flight delay causes at base airports (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Budapest, Bratislava, Katowice, and Warsaw), with a special focus on a selected airline company operating in the central European region. To process the data, methods of multivariable statistics, namely tests of independence in contingency tables, the Kruskal-Wallis testing, cluster analysis, and correspondence analysis were used. Apparently, both charter and scheduled flights have the same percentage of delayed flights, delays occur most frequently in June, and Boeing 737-800 reported delays more frequently than Airbus A320. The research has shown that the highest number of delayed flights occurs in Budapest, the lowest number in Katowice. During the night, short delays occur most often, long delays most frequently arise in the evening. The most common cause for longer delays is technical maintenance or an aircraft defect and previously delayed flights. The flight dispatch by supplier companies is the source accounting only for rather short delays. Overall, the delayed flights frequency increases with the  size of the city and the airport.