Zbyněk Ondra

Study programme:  Social Geography and Regional Development

Thesis title: The role of regional innovation systems in the entry and functional upgrading of companies in GPN

Supervisor: Prof. RNDr. Jiří Blažek, Ph.D.

Main section: Ph.D. students
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Department: Social Geography and Regional Development

Thesis topic: 

The role of regional innovation systems in the entry and functional upgrading of companies in GPN/GVC

Thematic research group: Economic Geography

 

Qualifications:

  • 2010 : (Bachelor degree) BA (Hons) in Business Management  -  Nottingham Trent University
  • 2016 - 2019  MSc. (Ing.) Economics and Management - Brno University of Technology
  • 2023 - present (PhD.) Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University

Research: 

The topic of the dissertation, is based on the need to understand the influences, limitations and challenges related to a regionally successful companies in the field of high-end scanning electron microscopy manufacturing, not yet anchored in any GPN/GVC, its possibilities regarding entry into these networks, as well as the influence of institutional and socioeconomic factors of the regional innovation system (RIS), facilitating or limiting the entry of companies into the GPN/GVC.

External activities:

Business Development Consultant in Brno University of Technology