BEER AND BEER INDUSTRY IN SLOVAKIA

Branislav Dudić; Zdenka Dudić; Ján Smoleň; Katarína Mrkvová; Vladimir Mirković

doi:10.5937/ekoPolj1801349D

Authors

Branislav Dudi?, PhD , Comenius University, Faculty of Management, Bratislava
Zdenka Dudi?, PhD University of Novi Sad,Faculty of Technical Sciences
Ján Smole?, PhD Comenius University, Faculty of Management, Bratislava
Katarína Mrkvová, PhD College of Business and Hotel of Brno
Vladimir Mirkovi?, MSc Off-site Banking Supervision, National Bank of Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj1801349D

Keywords:

Beer, beer industry, investments, market.

Abstract

Tradition of beer industry in Slovakia takes origin in 19th century, when production of beer primarily appeared in this country. Slovaks love beer, which is confrmed by gradually increasing number of beer producing facilities. Production of beer has signifcant impact on development of Slovak economy, direct foreign investments, creation of new jobs, technology modernization etc. There are also many significant multinational corporations operating in Slovakia such as Heineken International, Topvar, Steiner and others. Signifcant revolution is going on also in the sector of small independent craft breweries in Slovakia. The objective of this paper is to emphasize the importance and impact of beer industry on Slovakian economy and to analyze advantages and disadvantages of the sector in this area.

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