Topics of doctoral theses

for the year 2026/2027
program Company Management and Economics

Circular Business Models as a Tool for Increasing Corporate Competitiveness
The aim of the dissertation is to identify and analyse the key success factors of implementing circular business models and to evaluate their impacts on enterprise competitiveness across different industries.

Business Angels and Green Ventures
This research is focused on assessing how business angels evaluate and finance environmentally sustainable start-ups, focusing on decision-making criteria, perceived risks, and the impact on venture growth and innovation. What factors influence business angels’ investment decisions in green ventures, and how do these investments affect the scalability and long-term sustainability of start-ups?

Intangible Assets and Their Taxation
The OECD's project against BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) has established standards that have had significant impacts in the area of intangible assets, which importance has been continuously growing. The aim of the thesis will be to assess the existing standards along with the systematization of the existing rules and subsequently to create a methodological guide for tax management in this area.

Territorial servitization in choosen industry
To get insights into servitization adoption across geographic regions, manufacturing organisations, transformation and transition pathways, barriers and enablers. Collaborative, territory-based manufacturing firms typically maintain high levels of productivity and innovation.
AI-driven Innovations in Servitization
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a transformative tool for manufacturers looking to shift their business model towards servitization, focusing on outcome-based services rather than solely products. To build scalable and profitable services, manufacturers must leverage the extensive opportunities that AI provides. The aim of the topic is to map the possibilities of using AI in service innovations provided by manufacturing companies.

Deployment of artificial intelligence and its implications on company´s processes.
The rapid advancement of AI brought opportunities and challenges for our whole society. The main aim of the dissertation will be to identify a concept of integrating AI deployment strategies that strive towards creating a future where new technologies work in harmony with company processes.

Family business - challenges of the current business environment
The dissertation focuses on the strategies chosen by family businesses in dealing with crises, crisis management and conflict situations. These strategies will be examined from a performance perspective on a selected sample of family businesses.
Business model for transfer of technology and knowledge
The dissertation focuses on the business models used for transfer of technology and knowledges in chosen cases. These business models will be examined from the perspective of performance and success on transfers.

Key Factors of Business Models Digital Transformation
Digital transformation is changing the way business happens and works. With the digital transformation, companies are forced to study all processes, systems again. From internal systems to interact with customers and in both modern forms (online and offline). The research question remains, what are the key factors in the digital transformation of business models of today's companies?
Business Models Sustainable Innovation
Many authors define business models innovation from the sustainability point of view, but key aspect of all of the expert opinions is that business model is understood as extending beyond the entity of the company, its customers and shareholders, and also including value capture for key stakeholders. The aim is to design methodology for sustainable innovation of the business model through the prototype design of a suitable model for sustainable innovation in selected markets.