Review of Contemporary Business Research

The Economic Crisis and its Impact on Capacities Utilization in the Czech and Slovak Construction Enterprises – Empirical Study
Peter Mesároš, Tomáš Mandičák

Abstract
The construction industry is an important component that contributes to the gross domestic product of every country. In economic statistics, capacity utilization is normally surveyed for goods-producing industries at plant level. The paper analyses the impact of the economic crisis on the capacities utilization of construction equipment in Slovak and Czech enterprises. Paper compares two very similar economics and current state of construction. Interesting is also view of the evolution on the contracted contract in this countries. This paper is a direct confrontation of capacity utilization in construction enterprises of both countries. The main object of the research was to determine effect of economic crisis on capacity utilization in the Czech and Slovak construction enterprises. At the same time another object of the study is comparison of the current situation in the construction of both countries.

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