Jiri Alina

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Transportation

Scopus Publications

Ekonomické sounáležitosti literárního žánru českého venkovského realismu druhé poloviny 19. století v kontextu edukačních hodnot
Jaroslav Šetek, Jiří Alina, and Tomáš Volek
University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice



Capital intensity and labour productivity in waste companies
Martina Novotná, Ivana Faltová Leitmanová, Jiří Alina, and Tomáš Volek
MDPI AG
At first glance, it might seem that the economic aspects of sustainability in terms of waste management have resolved themselves already in areas of activity. In reality, however, companies in this area also need to address how to ensure their future operations. The primary priority for companies in the area of waste disposal is to provide efficient collection, sorting, and recycling, effectively using company resources. The goal of this paper was to explore the relation between capital intensity and the productivity of labour in companies in the waste sector in the countries of the Visegrad Group (V4), and consequently, to define the bonds among economic indicators in the form of the economic normal. The study used data from 875 enterprises from the V4 countries, which were divided into categories according to the development of capital intensity and labour productivity. This study found that companies mainly implement modest investment development, which was characterised by the high effectiveness of capital usage, diminishing labour productivity, low labour endowment, but at the same time, increasing profitability. The reason for the labour productivity decrease was due to the growing proportional cost of labour. This trend was typical for most of the large-sized and middle-sized companies, whereas for most small companies, there was a dominant severe capital development with decreasing labour productivity and relatively high profitability of incomes. The smallest representation takes companies with capital-intensive development with the positive development of all monitored economic indicators.


Using constraints in freight volume to identify regional needs for roadway infrastructure
Jiri Alina, Richard McGrath, Ivana Faltová Leitmanová, and Filip Petrách
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences
Policy decisions on the allocation of funds among sub-national regions for transportation infrastructure, specifically for motorways, face budgetary constraints and problems of geographical allocation. The purpose of this research is to assist the policymakers in efficiently allocating resources. The objective of this research is to test the ability of a limited model to identify regions whose freight transport capacity is constrained by lack of motorway infrastructure. This paper conducts an analysis of the relationship between freight transport volume, indicators of the demand for goods, indicators of congestion, and the availability of motorways and class one roadways across regions to determine if a model based on available data may inform the policymakers to effectively use limited funds and avoid unnecessary construction. The NUTS3 regions in the Czech Republic are used to estimate a preliminary model that may be generalized for the use across countries. The analysis finds sufficient variability across regions in the marginal effect of motorways on freight transport to assist the policymakers in determining which regions face the most economically severe constraints, and to separate the effects of population density from the lack of infrastructure. Although the Czech Republic is a developed country, there is significant emphasis, due to the increasing volumes of transportation flows, on the analysis of transportation in relation with the land use.


Buffer stock implementation in the regional context




Selected forms of ownership on real estate and reconstruction financing




Process of consignment stock implementation

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