Influence of Qualitative Factors on Quantitative Determinants in the Czech Meat Industry Economy

Zdeňka NáglováTereza Horáková

DOI 10.7160/aol.2016.080410
No 4/2016, December
pp. 111-123

Náglová, Z. and Horáková, T. (2016) “Influence of Qualitative Factors on Quantitative Determinants in the Czech Meat Industry Economy ", AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 111 - 123. ISSN 1804-1930. DOI 10.7160/aol.2016.080410.

Abstract

The meat industry is one of the key sectors within the food industry in the Czech Republic. Development, especially in the pork production, is unfavourable. Negative foreign trade balance and low self-sufficiency is reported. Czech market products compete with foreign imports of meat and economic performance of enterprises plays an important role in this field. Article aims to identify qualitative factors limiting the competitiveness of the meat industry and to identify groups of enterprises with key position. The size of a company was confirmed as an only factor limiting the competitiveness. Statistically significant differences among the three performance indicators (out of the four analysed) were demonstrated. The larger the enterprise, the greater values of indicators are. Form of company ownership, drawing subsidies and region of the company cannot be confirmed as factors influencing the economic performance and competitiveness.

Keywords

Meat industry, competitiveness, economic performance, cluster analysis, food processing industry, economy of enterprises.

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