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Title: With wages rising at home, Skoda must look east, says its high-profile director of human resources.(Leaders)
Author: Martin Jahn
Publication: European Business Forum (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
Publisher: Caspian Publishing Ltd.
Issue: 30 Page: 62(2)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Citation Details
Title: With wages rising at home, Skoda must look east, says its high-profile director of human resources.(Leaders)
Author: Martin Jahn
Publication: European Business Forum (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
Publisher: Caspian Publishing Ltd.
Issue: 30 Page: 62(2)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
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Martin Jahn has been at the centre of the Czech Republic's "transition" over the past decade. First as the director of the foreign investment agency Czechlnvest, later as deputy prime minister for the economy, and now as a director at carmaker Skoda, he has encountered the country's challenges from more sides than most.
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In the mid-1990s, those challenges included a lack of foreign investment, high unemployment, an untrustworthy banking system, and a legal environment that was unwieldy and capricious. Today, the country faces different challenges--not least a growing shortage of skilled labour. According to recent reports, wages are going up fast, potentially imperilling the country's claim to be a manufacturing and outsourcing hub...
