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Volume 14 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

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Volume 14 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

Epigenetics as a New Challenge in the Legal Field

Mirko Pečarič
The discovery of epigenetics as hidden external influences on genes could in the future affect all aspects of our lives. This includes also legal life, both in terms of its different application or enforcement of liability and the understanding of law itself. Epigenetics is a path towards personalised medicine, and with this to personalised and...
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Volume 14 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

Family Firm Succession Plans of Students in the Visegrad Countries

Andrea S. Gubik
The recognition of the social and economic role of entrepreneurship has brought to the fore the question of what influences entrepreneurial ideas and how entrepreneurship can be encouraged. One possible route to an entrepreneurial career is to take over the family business. This article focuses on the pre-succession period and examines the factors...
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Volume 14 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

Czech VAT Gap Progress

Gabriela Kukalová, Lukáš Moravec, Daniela Pfeiferová, Ivana Kuchařová, Kateřina Marešová
The article aims to estimate the VAT Gap amount development from 2010 to 2016 in the Czech Republic. The methodology of the VAT Gap identification was based on the indirect top-down method for each year of the reporting period, using the authors’ calculation of the weighted average VAT rate in the Czech Republic. The results of the years under...
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Volume 14 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

Assessing the Vulnerability to Human Trafficking Amidst Migration Patterns: A Case Study of Kazakhstan

Amangeldy Khamzin, Zhanna Khamzina, Zhumakhan Nurmanbetkyzy, Elmira Kenzhibekova, Yermek Buribayev
Kazakhstan, with its open borders with CIS nations and significant migration flows, emerges as a key origin, transit, and destination point in human trafficking. While acknowledging Kazakhstan’s modest progress in combating human trafficking, this study aims to develop comprehensive proposals for enhancing the protection of trafficking victims’...
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Volume 14 (2023): Issue 4 (December 2023)

Sectors on the Czech Labour Market

Diana Bílková
This paper deals with the situation on the Czech labour market from the point of view of the sectors, namely Agriculture and Mining Sector, Manufacturing Industry, Energy, Construction Sector, Service Sector Requiring Mostly Personal Contact, Service Sector Rather without Personal Contact and Service Sector Usually Provided by the Public Sector...
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