Publication details
Bosch Diesel and Its Impact on the Socioeconomic Development of the Vysočina Region
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Regionální disparity |
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| Web | http://disparity.vsb.cz |
| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | industry; Bosch Diesel; Vysočina Region; socioeconomic development |
| Description | The paper deals with the influence of a large industrial enterprise on regional development. The Robert Bosch Company of Stuttgart was chosen as an example, and the Vysočina Region was selected as a model region. “Bosch” started its business in Jihlava, the capital of the Vysočina Region, in 1993, when it founded the Bosch Diesel Company, specialized in the manufacture of pumps for diesel engines. In Jihlava the company gradually expanded the production in a significant way. The number of employees exceeded 6000 and the company became the largest industrial enterprise in the Czech Republic established by a foreign investor “in the green belt”. The paper also analyzes the influence of Bosch Diesel on the situation in the labour market in the Jihlava District and Vysočina Region; special attention is paid to the period of economic crisis. In additi on to the labour market the paper also explores further influence of Bosch Diesel on the socioeconomic development of the Vysočina Region, especially on the sphere of education, health and social care. |