Interviews

Interview with John Raddall of Quanta Consulting „Each organization is driven by human energy"

Topics of the interview: advantages of doing business in the Czech Republic, legal system of the country, trends and future of the Czech Republic.

Topic: Doing Business in the Czech Republic

Exclusive interview with Prof. Philippe Rosinksi.

"..I always explain the situation here with a coffee. 20 years ago normal Czechs were drinking so called Turkish coffee... Then in the mid-1990s when you met the directors, you were offered Nescafe, which was a big improvment. Later in the 1990s the next step was the filtered coffee... And now for 5 years the esspreso machines are all over the world.. The Czech Republic has adapted very fast to the western standards..."

."Should we remain in the Czech Republic as the place of our global headquater?..."

"..On of the biggest advantage is the market stability..."

"...The reason we chose the Czech Republic to establish our headquarters due to the location being very central in Europe..."

Advantages of doing business in the Czech Republic, effects of the crisis on the tourism sector in Prague, what needs to be improved etc.

"...The biggest advantage of doing business in the Czech Republic is the labor force.. There are very smart people who come with lot of creative solutions and it is a good fun to work with them."

"I see that over time, Czechs got more courageous and willing to try new things. This can be evidenced by their rapid transition to new technologies. An example that I see in our own field is the smartphone..."

February 2011. Interviewed by Weston Stacey, AmCham Executive Director

TOPIC: Doing business in the Czech Republic

Andrea recently became the new Country Manager of Hudson for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He has decades of experience in the field of Executive Search and Recruitment. Previously, he has worked in several large retained Search Firms in various Consulting and Management roles. Most recently, he was running the Czech office of an international recruitment network. Andrea has conducted assignment in industries such as: automotive, manufacturing, real estate, energy and utilities, telecommunications and IT, services, consumer goods, and medical devices. Functionally, these assignments have included all senior management positions. Andrea has personally conducted searches in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Poland and Romania.

Video intreview on AmEx and its business in the Czech Republic, management issues and more.

"...It was a big challenge to develop the market here and start up a service which was at this time not located in the way we set it up here."