Řízení rizik internacionalizačního procesu českých malých a středních podniků

The dissertation deals with the management of risks occurring in the internation-alization process of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the engi-neering industry. In the first part, the characteristics of the engineering industry in the Czech Republic are outlined on the basis of secondary data. In the second part and on the basis of obtained primary data, the internationalization process of Czech engineering SMEs is characterized and the important risk factors in this process are identified. Risk factors are seen as areas from which arise the specific risks in the internationalization of enterprises. The dissertation also addresses the key risks of the internationalization of engineering SMEs and describes how these firms currently manage risks in their internationalization process. The dissertation also addresses the question of whether the internationalization of engineering SMEs can be explained by the Uppsala model, which is based on the concept of psychic distance closely related to the perception of risks. The final part proposes an easily-applied methodology adapted to the conditions of engineering SMEs for the management of risks in internationalization