doc. Ing. Martin Pech, Ph.D.

About me

My research interests include Industry 4.0, lean manufacturing, artificial intelligence, networks and relationships between companies and bankruptcy prediction.

In the past I have worked in the areas of process management, information technology, human resource management and corporate culture.

My research involves the application of various multivariate methods (EFA, CFA), fuzzy modelling, ERGM and SEM.

Education

2024-2025: habilitation proceedings at the University of South Bohemia in Česke Budejovice, Faculty of Economics, specialization Economics and Management 

2006-2012: doctoral studies at the University of South Bohemia in Česke Budejovice, Faculty of Economics, specialization Management and Economics of Enterprise

2001-2006 engineering studies at the University of South Bohemia in Česke Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture, specialization in business administration

Positions held and membership:

• Deputy Head of the Department of Management
• Member of the Czech Society for Quality
• Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Faculty of Economics

Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0807-3613

Publication activity

• author or co-author: monographs/chapters (6x), journal articles in WOS/Scopus database (21x), scientific articles in ERIH and others (8x), papers at WOS conferences (9x), papers at other conferences (15x)
• number of citations (without self-citation): 407(WoS), 552 (Scopus)
• H-index: 8 (WoS), 9 (Scopus)
• Awards: Top 10 Cited Paper in 2021 in the Section “Intelligent Sensors” in Sensors (ISSN: 1424-8220)

Research activity

• TAČR TQ01000074 (Digitalization of project management teaching using the concept of serious games, virtual and augmented reality with regard to current business needs, 2023-2026, team member)
• VISEGRAD ID 22310003 (Readiness of small and medium-sized enterprises in V4 for stress management interventions, 2023-2024, team member)
• LIFE16 NAT/CZ/000001 CZ-SK SOUTH LIFE (Optimalization of Natura 2000 sites management delivery in the South Bohemia Region and the territory of South Slovakia, 2017-2024, participation)
• GAJU 068/2024/S (Business models and their use in management of SMEs, 2024-2026)
• GAJU 129/2022/S (Economic and financial imbalances at enterprise, regional and national level, 2022-2024)
• GAJU 047/2019/S (Enterprise Management in Industry 4.0, 2019-2021)
• GAJU 073-08-H (Use of Fuzzy Logic Methods in Logistics Controlling and Benchmarking, 2009)
• IGS202006 (Industry 4.0 and Supply Chain Management, 2020-2021)
• IGS12C1 (Supply Chain and Methods of Improving Production Organization, 2017-2019)
• IGS05C1 (Methods of Managing the Risk of Accounting Errors and Fraud to Increase the Efficiency of the Internal Control System of Small and Medium Enterprises, 2017-2019)
• MŠMT 2E06044 (Management Audit as a Tool to Support Sustainable Development of Small and Medium Enterprises, 2006-2008)

Teaching activities

• Guarantor in courses at Faculty of Economics (operations management, lean manufacturing, Industry 4.0)
• Lecturer in courses at Faculty of Economics (operations management, lean manufacturing, management, process management, entrepreneurship support)
• Supervising successfully defended 18 bachelor theses and 20 master theses
• Co-principal investigator of the following educational projects: OPVV - CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_015/0002348 (Development of JU - ESF, activity Support for Entrepreneurship, 2017-2019), OPVVV - CZ.1.07/2.3.00/09.0205 (Development of Science and Research at the Faculty of Economics, 2009-2011), FRVŠ 649/2010/F5/a (Innovation of the subject Motivation and Stimulation of Work Behaviour, 2010)
• Author or co-author of 5 textbooks: Lean manufacturing, Operational management, Entrepreneurship support, Management, Process management

Event Management

• The Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conferences INPROFORUM (2007-2017).
• The Head of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference INPROFORUM 2021.
• Chairman of the sessions of the International Scientific Conferences INPROFORUM (years 2018-2024)
• Keynote speaker of the International Scientific Conference INPROFORUM 2022.
• Chairman of the sessions of the International Scientific Conferences "Ethics in 21st Century" (2021, 2024)