Contractual Research and Consultancy
At the Faculty of Business Administration we do not focus only on education, but we are also a partner to middle and top management in solving business problems. Individual activities in this area are provided by departments or interdisciplinary teams.
Research and advisory activities are carried out at different levels:
- Applied research (e.g. TAČR)
- Contractual research and consulting
- Standard semester student projects
- Professionally supervised student projects within the CEMS program and minor specialization NextGen Cosnulting
- Professional research and consulting led by departments and centers of excellence
In which areas we can be your partners?
Centers of Excellence
Centres of Excellence have relatively autonomous teams of practitioners and academics who specialise in a particular field. The Centres provide a common platform for interdisciplinary teamwork between faculty and practice, focusing on educational and other activities in addition to contract research.
More information about the Centers of Excellence can be found here.
Selected examples of our projects
Research project for ORLEN Unipetrol RPA
Since November 2017, members of the Department of Logistics have been working on a research project for ORLEN Unipetrol RPA. This is a multi-phase project under the overall title “Petrochemical Logistics – Intermodal Distribution Network for Polyolefins – The Study Phase”, in which the Department is developing the concept of intermodal distribution of polyolefins and related services.
Design of a growth strategy for the largest Czech family-owned company DEK
An international group of six NextGen Consulting students in the Growth Strategy course worked together to design different growth strategies for DEK. The whole project was based on close collaboration at multiple levels of the company. An analysis of the current state of the company’s management and an analysis of suitable areas to decentralize in order to further grow the company was conducted.
Influence Monitor Research Project
The purpose of the research for Market Vision is to provide insight into the lives and behaviours of young people on social media to managers responsible for marketing communications in companies.
The investigation is conducted on a target group of young people in the Czech Republic aged 15-34 and is representative. Two waves are conducted each year, with outputs on young people’s use of social networks and in particular on the popularity of influencers available in June and December.