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Abstract
Location processes are constitutive for the formation of economic landscape. Largest enterprises represent one of the most important units of territorial economies. Their role is palpable mainly in the sphere of employment, technological level, value chains, competition as well as overall economic power. It is far from surprising that the weight of enterprise headquarters is higher than that of their affiliates. Therefore, the main objective of our article is to analyze and assess the development of spatial organization of one hundred largest enterprise head offices in the Czech Republic from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Due to data limitations, size of the enterprise is measured by its turnover. Spatial distribution of one hundred largest Czech enterprises and its development over time represent the focal point of our evaluation from quantitative point of view. The analysis was based upon annually published top 100 databases. Qualitative assessment is underpinned by the results of the questionnaire, which was focused on particular location factors accentuated by largest enterprises. Consistency analysis and exploratory factor analysis provide us with useful instrument for the evaluation of qualitative dimension of the issue and help us to conceptualize location preferences of largest enterprises in the country.
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Jan Sucháček
Jan SUCHÁČEK is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, the Czech Republic. His research and publications focus mainly on the urban and regional economics and development, spatial aspects of European integration and globalization. He is the author or co-author of more than 60 articles and 4 books. He has been involved in numerous domestic as well as international research projects.
Petr Seďa
Petr SEĎA is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, the Czech Republic. He has graduated from the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava and received the MSc degree and PhD degree in finance engineering. His research interests are in the area of mathematical modelling in the finance and regional sciences. He is the author or co-author of more than 30 articles and 2 books.
Václav Friedrich
Václav FRIEDRICH is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, the Czech Republic. His research interests involve applied statistics, marketing research and modelling as well as didactics of mathematics and statistics. He took part in numerous research projects. He is the author/co-author of many research articles and author/co-author of 2 books
Jaroslav Koutský
Jaroslav KOUTSKÝ is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social and Economic Studies, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti nad Labem. His research specialization is the area of economic geography and regional economic development. Current publications and research projects are focused on the transformation process of traditionally industrialized areas and cities.