The Department of Management has entered into a partnership with the creative 3D studio ZigiLab. It will bring students internships, work placements and guest input in their courses, while giving the university and the company room to share knowledge. And we got started right away with a field trip. During VŠE Innovation Week, we took […]
Almost every online shop today displays a privacy policy alongside its product recommendations. The policy is meant to reassure customers that their data is handled responsibly. However, two experiments by Marc Schewe and Štěpán Bahník from the Faculty of Business Administration at the Prague University of Economics and Business show that privacy policies do not […]
On 9–11 November 2026, the Department of Management will host Prof. Dr. Jan Greitens, a German economist specialising in monetary economics and the history of monetary and financial systems. Over three days, he will lead several seminars and take part in teaching. Prof. Greitens is Professor of Economics, specialising in Monetary Economics, at Westfälische Hochschule. […]
Decisions where sales, operations and marketing meet Zdeněk Polansky, CEO of GreenSocS Sound familiar? Sales makes promises, operations can’t keep up and marketing is running at full speed. At first glance the numbers look fine. Yet the company isn’t moving forward. As part of Innovation Week, we will welcome Zdeněk Polansky from GREENSocS, a digital […]
A mistake can push performance forward, but it can also bring it to a halt. In sport, the fear of making mistakes can lead to freezing up, excessive caution and a loss of initiative. In business, the same fear can slow down innovation and change: people stop trying new approaches, hide problems and leave responsibility […]
Why do nations emerge? Part of the academic literature describes them as built “from the top down” by ruling elites, for example through schools or propaganda. But how can we explain the emergence of the Czech nation within the Habsburg Monarchy, when the ruling elites had no interest in it whatsoever? In the Journal of […]
From 22 to 24 July 2026, Rome hosted the international conference WINIR 2026 (World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research), held this year under the theme Private and Public Institutions for Good Governance. The conference regularly brings together researchers in economics, management, history, political science and other social sciences with a focus on institutional research. The […]
Our colleague Jana Abíková got married in June and now goes by the surname Valentová. In InSIS, you will therefore find her as Ing. Jana Valentová, Ph.D. We warmly congratulate Jana and her husband Lukáš and wish them lots of happiness, love, peace and many beautiful moments together!
In a new episode of the Podniko podcast, Jana Abíková from the Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, VŠE, talks about disasters, crisis preparedness and personal responsibility, as well as why some disasters are of our own making. What will you learn in the interview? What does the term disaster management actually mean? What […]
Finding a home of their own is one of the biggest challenges in life for many young people today. How can we help them along the way and offer support that truly meets their needs? That is the question students of the Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE) explored during the summer semester, in […]
