The aim of this thesis is to describe causes and consequences of a financial and economic crisis and analyse its impact on a particular company. Firstly, the thesis focuses on the definition of the financial crisis and its theoretical classification. The following chapter is devoted to analyzing origins and development of the financial crisis in the USA. In addition, this chapter describes the bank situation as well as the transmission of the crisis into the real economy. The second part concerns itself with the glassworks in Sázava and its formation and history as well as the description of assortment, the competition, important customers and the SWOT analysis. Finally, the last part analyses the impact of the crisis on particular sections...