Department of Financial Management

otakar.schlossberger@mup.cz

Education & Work Experience

• Associate Professor, Finance, University of Economics, 2016
• Doctoral study programme, University of Economics, 2003–2007, PhD in Finance
• Charles University, Faculty of Law, 1990 rigorous examination, JUDr. – financial law, 1991
• Charles University, Faculty of Law, 1986–1990, Master of Science in Legal Science
• University of Economics, Faculty of Economics, 1977–1981, Ing. – Finance and Credit
• SBČS, Bruntál, Prague, various positions (branch, Head Office for the Czech Republic), from 1981 to 1989
• Komerční banka, Prague, various positions (most recently Senior Director of Division 1997–2000), from 1990 to 2000
• University of Economics, Prague, DPP Department of Banking and Insurance, from 1996 to 2020
• BIVŠ, Prague, Head of Department, later Vice-Rector for Master's Studies, from 1999 to 2008
• Česká spořitelna, Prague, Head of Department, from 2000 to 2002
• Raiffeisenbank CZ, Prague, Director of Department, from 2002 to 2003
• Financial Arbitrator of the Czech Republic, Prague (elected by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic as the first Financial Arbitrator of the Czech Republic in history), from 2003 to 2007
• AKCENTA, savings and credit cooperative, Hradec Králové, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 2008 to 2011
• University of Finance and Administration, Prague, Department of Finance, Head of Department, Assistant Professor, later Associate Professor and Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Economic Studies, from 2010 to 04/2024

INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

• Czech Technical University, Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies – associate professor at the Institute of Economic Studies – since 2020 – present
• Roger, a.s. payment institution, member of the KB Group, internal auditor, consultant – since 2016 – present
• Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, research fellow – since 2021 – present
• Gold Noem, a. s., Košice, Slovak Republic, Chairman of the Supervisory Board – since 2024 – present
• Bankovnictví magazine – member of the editorial board – since 2015 – present
• Financial Internet Quarterly magazine – member of Section Editors (IF 2023: 0.7)

EXPERTISE

• Banking with a focus on the commercial sector
• Financial market regulation and its legal aspects
• Payment systems from the perspective of domestic and cross-border regulation
• Consumer protection with a focus on financial markets
• Tax system and tax aspects affecting the behaviour of entities with a focus on financial markets

Major Publications and Projects

• SCHLOSSBERGER, O. Payment Services – Theory and Practice. Pilsen: Aleš Čeněk Publishing House, 2025. ISBN 978-80-7380-353-7 (specialized monograph – in print)
• RABAN, Přemysl, Silvie ANDERLOVÁ, Helena BALVÍNOVÁ, Tomáš DVOŘÁK, Otakar SCHLOSSBERGER and others. Commercial Law. 2nd revised and reworked edition. Brno: Václav Klemm - Publishing House, 2024, 750 pp. ISBN 978-80-87713-24-2. (B, 7%)
• MATEJKA, Ján a Otakar SCHLOSSBERGER. The Impact and Implications of PSD 3 and the Payment Services Regulation on the Provision of Payment Services. In Stáníčková Michaela a Lukáš Melecký. STANÍČKOVÁ, Michaela and MELECKÝ, Lukáš (eds.). Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on European Integration 2024. Ostrava: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, 2024, s. 233-244. ISBN 978-80-248-4733-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.31490/9788024847344.
• SCHLOSSBERGER, Otakar. Basic payment account – advantage or standard? Banking. Prague: 4H production, s. r. o., 2023, XXX, 6/2023, pp. 46–47. ISSN 1212-4273.
• SCHLOSSBERGER, Otakar. Payment systems and the role of the central bank in them. In Simona Heseková, Viliam Poništ. 30 years of the Act on the National Bank of Slovakia – proceedings from an international legal conference organised by the National Bank of Slovakia and the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava on 24 November 2022 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Act on the National Bank of Slovakia. Prvý. Bratislava: National Bank of Slovakia and Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava, 2023, p. 107. November 2022 on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Act on the National Bank of Slovakia. First. Bratislava: National Bank of Slovakia and Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava, 2023, pp. 89–98. ISBN 978-80-8043-258-4.
• SCHLOSSBERGER, Otakar and Marcela SOLDÁNOVÁ. Caseless Payment System and COVID-19 on the Example of The Czech Republic. Financial Internet Quarterly. Rzeszow: University of Information Technology and Management, 2022, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 31–43. ISSN 2719-3454. doi:10.2478/fiqf-2022-0003. (70 %) [WoS Jimp IF 0]
• MATEJKA, Ján a Otakar SCHLOSSBERGER. SWIFT as a Tool Not Only for European Integration. In Staníčková, Michaela and Lukáš Melecký (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on European Integration 2022. 1. vyd. Ostrava: VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, 2022. s. 437- 447. ISBN 978-80-248-4604-0. doi:10.31490/9788024846057. (50 %) [D, WoS]
• SCHLOSSBERGER, Otakar a Josef BUDÍK. European Regulation of Fin-Tech Payment Services Providers and its Application in the Czech Republic. In Michaela Staníčková, Lukáš Melecký, Petra Doleželová, Tereza Powadová. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on European Integration 2020. First. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2020. pp. 783 - 790. ISSN 2571-029X. doi:10.31490/9788024844565. (50%) [D, WoS]
• CVIK, Eva Daniela, Radka MCGREGOR PELIKÁNOVÁ and Otakar SCHLOSSBERGER. Development of Share Price in Direct Relation to the Entry of the New Investor in the Management of Business Corporation. ACTA VŠFS. Prague: University of Finance and Administration, a. s., 2019, vol. 13, 2/2019, pp. 161-185. ISSN 1802-792X.
• RABAN, Přemysl, Jan HURDÍK, Jiří SRSTKA, Aleš ROZEHNAL, Otakar SCHLOSSBERGER, Radka ZAHRADNÍKOVÁ, Josef PELECH, Adam ZÍTEK, Kateřina BUREŠOVÁ, Eva KADLEC BENEŠOVÁ, Pavla TLOUŠŤOVÁ, Jarmila BRČÁKOVÁ, Ladislav KRYM and Jindřich PSUTKA. Contract Law. 1st edition. Brno: Václav Klemm - Publishing House, 2019, 530 pp. ISBN 978-80-87713-18-1.

Completed projects

Increasing the effectiveness of procedures and measures for detecting the legalisation of proceeds from crime and preventing the financing of criminal structures in the financial services sector. Security Research Programme of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. Project identification code VG 20122014087.
Project duration: 5/2012 – 02/2014
Project manager and principal investigator.

Post-crisis banking regulation and its impact on economic activity in a small export-oriented economy. GAČR No. GA13-085495
Project duration: 2/2013 – 12/2015
Project team member.

New procedures and methods of financial investigation, asset recovery and identification of the legalisation of proceeds from crime. Security Research Programme of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic. Project identification code VF 20142015038.
Project duration: 11/2014 – 12/2015
Project manager and principal investigator.

New sources of systemic risk in financial markets. GAČR No. 16-215065
Project duration: 1/2016 – 12/2018
Project team member.

Analysis of security risks in the handling of storage media in banking and proposal of measures to minimise them. Contract research project, commissioned by J&BANKA, a. s.
Project duration: 4/2020 – 5/2021
Project team member.

Current projects

Electronic evidence in criminal proceedings. Security research programme of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic (1. VS Impact1). Project identification number VJ01010084.
Project duration: 01/2021 – 12/2025
Member of the research team at the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

European project for DLT financing of SME digitisation to overcome the crisis. Project identification number: Z222901000001. Project funded by the EU (NextGenerationEU) and the National Recovery Plan.
Project duration: 05/2024 – 12/2025
Member of the research team at the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Czech Technical University.

irena.jindrichovska@mup.cz

Education & Work Experience

• Associate Professor of Economics, Economic Policy, Masaryk University, 2013
• Candidate of Economic Sciences, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and University of Economics, Prague, 1989–1993
• University of Economics in Prague, 1983–1987 Ing. Economics Field of systems engineering
• Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Assistant Professor of Economics
• University of Buckingham, United Kingdom, Senior Lecturer in Finance & Accounting and Postgraduate Program Director in A&F
• University of Wales Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, Lectuter in Accounting and Finance

INVOLVEMENT IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

• Anglo-American University, Prague, Chair in Accounting and Finance, Dean of Shool of Business Administration
• Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies CTU, Prague - researcher, since 9/2017
• Czech University of Life Sciences, researcher and lecturer since 11/2019
• Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Assistant Professor of Economics
• University of Wales Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, Lectuter in Accounting and Finance

EXPERTISE

• international trade, corporate finance, accounting, banking, corporate social responsibility, sustainability

Major Publications and Projects

• JINDŘICHOVSKÁ, Irena; UGURLU, Erginbay (2024). Effect of COVID-19 on the mutual trade between Germany and the Visegrad Four. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-14.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03563-8
• UGURLU, Erginbay; JINDŘICHOVSKÁ, Irena. The relationship between electricity consumption, trade, and GDP and the effect of COVID-19: a panel ARDL approach on the Visegrad countries. Frontiers in Energy Research (2024)., 11, 1141847.; https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1141847
• UGURLU, Erginbay; JINDŘICHOVSKÁ, Irena. Effect of COVID-19 on international trade among the Visegrad countries. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2022, 15.2: 41. (SCOPUS)
• JINDŘICHOVSKÁ, Irena; ECKERT, Eva. Social Responsibility of Mining Companies at a Time of COVID-19: Dear Shareholders!. Sustainability, 2022, 14.1: 350. (WOS) IF 4.089 Q2
• JINDŘICHOVSKÁ, I., & UGURLU, E. (2021). E.U. and China Trends in Trade in Challenging Times, J. Risk Financial Manag. 2021, 14(2), 71; DOI (WoS)
• JINDŘICHOVSKÁ I, KUBÍČKOVÁ D, MOCANU M. Case Study Analysis of Sustainability Reporting of an Agri-Food Giant. (2020) Sustainability; 12(11):4491 Doi (WoS)
• RUBACEK, F., & JINDRICHOVSKA, I. & HORVATHOVA, Z. & ABRHAM, J. (2020) Accessibility of Websites of the European National Tourism Boards, International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), Volume VIII, Issue 2, 114-125 (SCOPUS)
• JINDŘICHOVSKÁ, I., UGURLU, E., & THALASSINOS, E. I. (2020). Exploring the Trend of Czech FDIs and their Effect to Institutional Environment. International Journal of Economics & Business Administration (IJEBA), Volume 8, Issue 1, 2020, Pages 94-108 (SCOPUS)
• KUBICKOVA, D., NULICEK, V., & JINDRICHOVSKA, I. (2019). Is The Financial Literacy Affected by The Field of Study?(A Comparison of Specialised Secondary Schools). International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 5(6), 15-20.
• Cech, P., Jindrichovska, I., & Neubauer, J. (2019). Achieving a great reputation for corporate social responsibility: study from the Czech hospitality industry. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration. 45/2019, 17-28 (SCOPUS)
• Ugurlu, E., & Jindrichovska, I. (2019). Estimating Gravity Model in the Czech Republic: Empirical Study of Impact of IFRS on Czech International Trade. European Research Studies Journal, 22(2), 265-281.
• Jindrichovska, I., Kubickova, D., & Stratulat, M. (2019). Early Stage of Sustainability Reporting: Case Study from the Czech Tobacco Industry. European Research Studies Journal, 22(1), 128-142,
• Jindřichovská, I., Kubíčková, D. (2017) The Role and Current Status of IFRS in the Completion of National Accounting Rules – Evidence from the Czech Republic Accounting in Europe, 14(1–2): 56–66. Doi (WOS a SCOPUS)
• Jindřichovská, I., Kubíčková, D., (2016) Economic and Political Implications of IFRS Adoption in the Czech Republic, In Efobi, U., Nnadi M., Sailesh, T., Enrico, U, Iyoha, F. Economics and Political Implications of International Financial Reporting Standards IGI Global Hershey, PA 17033, USA (book chapter)
• Doc. Jindřichovská has been organizing the international scientific conference IFRS: Global Rules and Local Use since 2013, formerly at the Anglo-American University in Prague
• Irena is currently a guest editor of Special issue Economic and Financial Implications of COVID 19 in an open-access journal: Journal of Risk and Financial Management | An Open Access ... published by MDPI Switzerland

eva.kostikov@mup.cz

dana.kubickova@mup.cz

radka.macgregor@mup.cz