Výzkumné zaměření: Inovační ekosystémy, determinanty (eko) inovací, inovace obchodních modelů, udržitelný rozvoj a cirkulární ekonomika, efekty spolupráce na úrovni firmy-univerzity-vlády na regionální rozvoj.
Interní členové – akademici:
- prof. Ing. Jan Stejskal, Ph.D.
- doc. Ing. Michaela Kotková Stříteská, Ph.D.
- doc. Mgr. David Zapletal, Ph.D.
- Ing. Solomon Gyamfi, Ph.D.
Interní členové – doktorandi a post-dok:
- Ing. Yee Yee Sein
- Ing. Miloš Kolář
- Ing. Dominika Brožková
- Denys Dmytrenko, M.Sc.
- Raymond Kwame Adane Darfo-Oduro, M.Sc.
- Emmanuel Ebo Arthur, M.Sc.
Externí spolupracovníci:
- prof. Jens Horbach (Faculty of Business, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Německo)
- prof. Wolfgang Gerstlberger (School of Business and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonsko)
- doc. Jana Hojnik (Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovinsko)
- doc. Agnieszka Karman (Faculty of Economics, Maria Sklodowska Curie University, Lublin, Polsko)
- prof. Blandine Laperche (Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial Strategies (ISI), Dunkirk, Francie)
- doc. Carlo Giglio (Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Itálie)
- prof. Nebojša Stojčić (Department of Economics and Business, University of Dubrovnik, Chorvatsko)
- prof. Cali Nuur (Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK), The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Švédsko)
- Dr. Fazal Ur Rehman (University of Lakki Marwat, KPK, Pakistan)
- Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour (EM Normandie, Francie)
- Andrea Appolloni (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Itálie)
- Laura Carraresi (Senior Scientist, Nofima)
Výstupy:
- Prokop, V. (2025). Annabeth Aagaard (ed.)(2024), Business Model Innovation: Game Changers and Contemporary Issues, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 337 p. Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 46(1), 267-272.
- Tetrevova, L., Kotkova Striteska, M., Kuba, O., Prakash, V., & Prokop, V. (2025). When Trust and Distrust Come Into Play: How Green Concern, Scepticism and Communication Affect Customers' Behaviour?. Business Strategy and the Environment.
- Prokop, V., Carraresi, L., Karman, A., Rehman, F. U., & Ibl, M. (2025). Tracing the Reverse Relationship Among Environmental Benefits, Business Model Innovation, and Eco‐ Innovation: Does Cooperation Matter?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34(2), 2378-2404.
- Karman, A., Prokop, V., Giglio, C., & Rehman, F. U. (2024). Has the Covid-19 pandemic jeopardized firms' environmental behavior? Bridging green initiatives and firm value through the triple bottom line approach. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(1), 375–395.
- Gyamfi, S., Gerstlberger, W., Prokop, V., & Stejskal, J. (2024). A new perspective for European SMEs’ innovative support analysis: Does non-financial support matter?. Heliyon, 10(1).
- Dmytrenko, D., Prokop, V., & Zapletal, D. (2024). The impact of environmental policy stringency and environmental taxes on GHG emissions in Western and Central European countries. Energy Systems, 1-19.
- Prokop, V., Stejskal, J., Gerstlberger, W., Zapletal, D., & Nhan, D. T. T. (2024). Linking firms’ green mode and process innovations: Central and Eastern European region case. Journal of Competitiveness, 16(1), 167.
- Prokop, V., Zapletal, D., Stejskal, J., Giglio, C., & Appolloni, A. (2024). Business model innovation elements and product innovation radicalness: Central European lessons for innovation leaders and followers. Oeconomia Copernicana, 15(2), 471-506.
- Kotkova Striteska, M., Myslivcova, K., Prokop, V., & Zapletalova, L. (2024). Employees' engagement, family ownership, or gender diversity? Searching for determinants of SMEs' green behaviors in CEE countries. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31(4), 3065-3080.
- Gariba, M. I., & Prokop, V. (2024). Does Women in Politics and Income Inequality Affect Social and Economic Well-Being? Insights from OECD Countries. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 1-22.
- Dmytrenko, D., Rehman, F. U., & Prokop, V. (2024). Innovation barriers as triggers of firms’ eco-innovations: the mediating role of public and market knowledge sourcing. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 13(4), 515-533.
- Karman, A., Prokop, V., & de Sousa Jabbour, A. B. L. (2024). Circular economy practices as a shield for the long-term organisational and network resilience during crisis: Insights from an industrial symbiosis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 466, 142822.
- Rehman, F. U., Javed, F., Shiekh, S. E., & Prokop, V. (2024). Impacts of cultural practices on consumers’ buying behavior in sales promotional activities in the settings of COVID19. foresight, 26(5), 921-947.
- Gariba, M. I., Rehman, F. U., Prokop, V., & Giglio, C. (2024). Be digital to be sustainable! The mediating role of sustainable supply chain practices in triggering the effects of digitalisation on Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union. Oeconomia Copernicana, 15(4), 1383-1425.
- Stejskal, J., Zapletal, D., & Prokop, V. (2023). The perceived value of book borrowing services is stationary in the time of Covid-19: Empirical evidence from the Municipal Library in Prague. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 55(4), 948-959.
- Rehman, F. U., Gyamfi, S., Rasool, S. F., Akbar, F., Hussain, K., & Prokop, V. (2023). The nexus between circular economy innovation, market competitiveness, and triple bottom lines efficiencies among SMEs: evidence from emerging economies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(58), 122274-122292.
- Darfo-Oduro, R., Prokop, V., Stejskal, J., Klímová, V., & Žítek, V. (2024). Do R&D intensity and capacity utilisation matter for SMEs’ innovations within the CEE region? Testing moderating roles of different ownership structures. PLoS One, 19(1), e0296873.
- Prokop, V., Gerstlberger, W., Zapletal, D., & Gyamfi, S. (2023). Do we need human capital heterogeneity for energy efficiency and innovativeness? Insights from European catching-up territories. Energy Policy, 177, 113565.
- Prokop, V. and Hajek, P. (2023), The role of top management meetings in enhancing product innovation and performance. R&D Management, 53: 745-763.
- Horbach, J., Prokop, V., & Stejskal, J. (2023). Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi-country analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(6), 2868–2881.
- Prokop, V., Stejskal, J., Horbach, J., & Gerstlberger, W. (Eds.). (2022). Business Models for the Circular Economy: A European Perspective. Springer Nature.
- Prokop, V., Stejskal, J., & Nuur, C. (2022). Do Environmental Regulations Stimulate Firms’ R&D, Product Innovation, or Environmental Awareness? Putting Porter’s Hypothesis in the Context of Central and Eastern European Countries. In Business Models for the Circular Economy (pp. 241-269). Springer, Cham.
- Prokop, V., Hojnik, J., Zapletal, D., & Žižmond, E. (2022). On the path to sustainable development: The nexus among owner gender diversity, energy management, and firms' innovation radicalness. Business Strategy and the Environment, 1-17.
- Prokop, V., Gerstlberger, W., Zapletal, D., & Striteska, M. K. (2022). The double-edged role of firm environmental behaviour in the creation of product innovation in Central and Eastern European countries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 331, 129989.
- Hojnik, J., Prokop, V., & Stejskal, J. (2022). R&D as bridge to sustainable development? Case of Czech Republic and Slovenia. Corporate social responsibility and environmental management, 29(1), 146-160.
- Prokop, V., Hajek, P., & Stejskal, J. (2021). Configuration Paths to Efficient National Innovation Ecosystems. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 168, 120787.
Projekty:
- Modelování multi-helix kooperativních sítí pro průmyslovou symbiózu a udržitelnost životního prostředí
- Podpora excelentních týmů - inovační ekosystémy orientované na udržitelnost a role různých stakeholderů
- Analýza prvků udržitelných a odolných regionálních inovačních systémů
- Aplikace přístupu Triple-Bottom-Line jako nástroje pro tvorbu udržitelných inovačních ekosystémů
- Intergovernmental Coordination from Local to European Governance (IGCOORD)
- Využití poznatkového managementu ze strany veřejných autorit při řešení pandemie COVID-19: středoevropské zkušenosti
- Návrh dynamického znalostního business modelu založeného na principech otevřených inovací
- Modelování dynamiky determinantů národní a regionální produktivity založené na znalostních a kooperačních efektech
- Modelování efektů přelévání znalostí v kontextu regionálního a místního rozvoje
- BIP Erasmus+ ECOSYSTEMS 2025
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