ZLÍN

zlēn, city (1991 pop. 84,522), E central Czech Republic, in Moravia, on the Dřevnice River. From 1949 to 1993 it was called Gottwaldov in honor of Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovakia's first Communist president. One of the world's largest shoe-manufacturing cities, it is the center of the Czech shoe industry, which was founded in 1913 by Thomas Bata. Under the Bata family, the city grew into an almost self-sufficient factory community. Branches of the Bata shoe company opened throughout the world. Nationalized after World War II and then privatized, the former Bata facilities are no longer associated with the Bata company. Tires and other rubber goods, machinery, and animated films are also produced in Zlín.

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books on: ZlIn  - 48 results

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European Cities, 1890-1930s: History, Culture, and the Built Environment
Book by Helen Meller; John Wiley & Sons, 2001
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Europe--History--20th Century
...Perspectives 10, 295-310. Mikulastik, T (1993) Kulturaktivitaten in Zlin in der zweiten Ilalfte 30-er Jahre in Funktionalismus von Zlin First Conference Proceedings, Zlin, StAtni Galerie Zlin. Mumford, E (1992) CIAM Urbanism after the...
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The Early Modern City, 1450-1750
Book by Christopher R. Friedrichs; Longman, 1995
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Europe--History--16th Century, Cities And Towns--Europe--History--17th Century
...out of his way to observe the elite of Zlin. Situated in eastern Moravia, halfway between Vienna and Cracow, Zlin was a town of some 200 houses which accommodated...privileges granted by the feudal lords had given Zlin considerable powers of self-government...
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The Economic History of Eastern Europe, 1919-1975 - Vol. 1
Book by M. C. Kaser, E. A. Radice; Clarendon Press, 1985
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Economic Conditions, Europe, Eastern--History--20th Century
...the history of the Bata shoe complex in Zlin--emerging amidst an entirely agrarian...example by the following data: in 1924 Zlin had 4,500 inhabitants and the Bata factory...Kirk, op. cit. , pp. 126-65. 30 Zlin--die Stadt der Mitarbeit , Zlin, 1936...
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Transitional Economic Systems: The Polish-Czech Example
Book by Dorothy W. Douglas; Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1953
Subjects: Czech Republic--Economic Conditions, Poland--Economic Conditions--1945-
...without any traces of the Bata heir. Bata-Zlin under Occupation and Liberation Dominik...could still be seen that had been made at Zlin for concentration-camp inmates. They...Germany to the German Labour Office. In Zlin was erected a special gymnasium, capable...
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Fifty Key Figures in Management
Book by Morgen Witzel; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Executives--Biography, Industrialists--Biography, Management--Study And Teaching
...was born on 3 March 1876 in the town of Zlin in Moravia, then a province of the Austro...quickly failed. Undeterred, he returned to Zlin and founded another business in partnership...and established his first factory in Zlin with fifty employees. His enterprise was...
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Building - and Rebuilding - a Global Company
Journal article by Brian Schofield; The McKinsey Quarterly, 1994
Subjects: Bata Shoe Organization--Management, Footwear industry--Management
...founded in the little Moravian village of Zlin in todays Czech Republic, it has grown...time -- most of those in our factories in Zlin, which many then called "the Detroit...vertically-integrated organization in Zlin that sourced hides and tanning materials...
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Regional Comparison of Drug Use in the Czech Republic in 2002: Situation Analysis in Wider Demographic and Socioeconomic Contexts
Journal article by Pavla Lejcková, Viktor Mravcík, Josef Radimecky; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Comparative studies, Correlation analysis, Demographics, Drug policy, Drug use, Environmental economics, Infectious diseases, Regionalism, Religion, Socioeconomic factors
...rate and fourth lowest average income among the regions. ZLIN The Zlin region, a new region created in 2000, is the third smallest...education and religiosity. * Cluster 5 includes Vysocina, Zlin, and Southern Moravia. These regions display less risky...
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Czech Cinema: from State Industry to Competition
Journal article by Peter Hames; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Competition, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe, Motion picture industry, Nationalism, United States
...countrys other film studios in crisis. The Zlin studios,23 associated for many years...cinematic heritage. After its purchase of the Zlin studios in 1998, Bonton also announced...Kratky film, 8 from TV Nova, 3 from the Zlin studios, and one from the commercial station...
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Cost Management Changes in the Economic Resort of Czech and Slovak Republic
Journal article by Petr Novak; Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal, Vol. 1, 2009
Subjects: Cost control, Foreign corporations, Habitat destruction, Resorts
...in Science, Education and Practice, collection of papers, Zlin, UTB FaME Stanek, V. (2003), Zvysovani efektivnosti procesnim...Management and Economics Department of Enterprise Economics, Zlin, Czech Republic Corresponding author Petr Novak can be contacted...
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Urban Utopias: the Built and Social Architectures of Alternative Settlements
Journal article by Peter Marcuse; New Formations, 2008
...Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, as might be expected, are there, but so is a discussion of Cerdas 1859 plan for Barcelona; Zlin, a factory town built in the Soviet Union in the 1920s; and BedZED, 96 units built to be eco-friendly. In discussing them...
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Workers' Playtime: Zlin's Radical Czech Modernist History Informs and Sustains New Development
Magazine article by Michael Webb; The Architectural Review, Vol. 223, March 2008
Subjects: Bat, Tomas--Appreciation, Footwear industry--Officials and employees
...between the wars you should spend a day in Zlin, a town in the province of Moravia that...trees, and views out to green hills. Zlin also recalls the progressive ideas and...seizure of power and all private businesses. Zlin was renamed Gottwaldov for the Stalinist...
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Pope & Guthrie: East Tilbury Village Hall/Plaza Cinema
Magazine article by Rachel Withers; Artforum International, Vol. 43, Summer 2005
...these was founded in Batas hometown of Zlin, Czechoslovakia. Its 20s modernist aesthetic notwithstanding, Zlin was much more Pullman, Illinois, than...East Tilbury, Essex) on a pilgrimage to Zlin. The digital-video documentary was first...
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Factory Living: Not Far from Tilbury Docks, Tom Blass Discovers the Bauhaus Grandeur of a Maverick Czech Shoemaker
Magazine article by Tom Blass; New Statesman, Vol. 137, June 9, 2008
Subjects: Footwear industry--Appreciation
...architects helped articulate this vision in the Czech town of Zlin, using clean, modernist lines and acres of glass. Detractors...the launch pad for his British ambitions and replicating the Zlin factory buildings, houses, cinema, school, hotel/ballroom...
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The Parallel Worlds of 'Rock 'N' Roll': Tom Stoppard Imagines a Life He Might Have Lived in the Country of His Birth
Magazine article by Carol Rocamora; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006
Subjects: Rock 'n' Roll (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Stoppard is of Czech origin--he was born Tomas Straussler, in Zlin, Czechoslovakia, in 1937. His parents fled the Nazi-occupied...Stoppards given name in Czech.) "He was born where I was born, in Zlin," Stoppard writes, "and left Czechoslovakia for the same...
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Magazine article by Brian Carter; The Architectural Review, Vol. 208, October 2000
Subjects: Architectural design--Exhibitions, Architectural firms--Exhibitions, Architecture and society--Analysis, Exhibitions--Evaluation, Urban beautification--Exhibitions
...Prague, Krakow, Zagreb, Lviv, Ljubljana, Brno, Timisoara and Zlin -- between 1890 and 1937. It was designed by Frank Stepper...of culture and invention in Prague, Budapest, Ljubljana or Zlin by architects such as Plecnik, Janak and Choch ol, then the...
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Dazzling Davie Can't Save Well
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), July 20, 2008
...SCOTT McDERMOTT at Rif Sportzentrum FC ZLIN 2 MOTHERWELL 1 RED-HOT David Clarkson...pre-season tour ended in defeat to FC Zlin. The Scotland hitman - who scored against...and launch an assault on the UEFA Cup. Zlin scored two goals in 90 seconds when Baclk...
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FUGITIVE IRISHMAN GETS 6YRS JAIL OVER EUR800K BUSINESS SCAM; 'Conman' Goes AWOL after Investor Cash Vanishes
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 27, 2011
Subjects: Aircraft industry--Finance
...when the prison term was handed down at Zlin in the Czech Republic on Monday. He was...programme. Moravan had been manufacturing ZLIN light aircraft for pilot training and aerobatics...shoe making empire established in nearby Zlin. Summing up, Judge Radomir Koudela told...
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World Digest
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 9, 2000
...Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois, as the one-seat Zlin crashed into the structure. There was no word on the pilot...aboard were killed, said Zion Fire Chief David LaBelle. The Zlin was registered to Daniel Bitton, aged 47, of Waukegan, Illinois...
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Sparta Stars on Their Guard for a Slugfest
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 14, 2006
Subjects: UEFA Cup (Soccer)
...this way. Sparta have dragged themselves up to sixth in the Czech league following a 2-0 weekend win over lowly FC Tescoma Zlin. New coach Michal Bilek, introduced after a disastrous start to the season, said: We had a lot of problems and that was the...
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Nice to IRC You. to IRC You. Nice! ..CIRCUIT OF IRELAND SCOOPS INTERNATIONAL RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP SUPPORTERS EVENT STATUS
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 1, 2010
...Sardegna 24-26 June Geko Ypres Rally 15-17 July Sata Rally Azores 5-7 Aug Rally Vinho Madeira 27-29 Aug Barum Czech Rally Zlin 9-11 Sept Rally Principe de Asturias 23-25 Sept Rallye Sanremo 14-16 Oct Rally of Scotland 4-6 Nov FxPro Cyprus Rally...
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encyclopedia articles on: ZlIn  - 4 results

 
 
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ZlÍn
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ZLIN zlen, city (1991 pop. 84,522), E central Czech Republic, in Moravia...and other rubber goods, machinery, and animated films are also produced in Zlin. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...
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Moravia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...spurred industrialization in the 20th cent. Major cities include Brno , the former Moravian capital and a leading textile center; Zlin , famous for its shoe industry; Ostrava , a coal-mining center with a large iron and steel industry; and Olomouc . History...
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Gottwaldov
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GOTTWALDOV see Zlin , Czech Republic. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Stoppard, Tom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STOPPARD, TOM 1937 , English playwright, b. Zlin, Czechoslovakia (now in the Czech Republic), as Tomas Straussler. During his childhood he and his family moved to Singapore...


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