UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 Ing. Jozef Kučera, PhD., MSc.
Email:
 jozef.kucera@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
IM UCM - Institute of Management
Pracovisko:
KMTH - Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kučera
I.2 - Name
Jozef
I.3 - Degrees
Ing., PhD., MSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1987
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Institute of Management
I.6 - Address of the workplace
V jame 3, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jozef.kucera@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
economics and management
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-6165-6965

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Banking Institute College Prague
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Banking management
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Banking Institute College Prague
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Finance
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica / Faculty of Economics
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
Finance
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistant Professor University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava / Institute of Management 06/2025 - ongoing
Assistant Professor College of Applied Psychology Prague 09/2024 - ongoing
Executive Director Slovak Ski and Snowboarding Association 06/2024 - 05/2025
Senior Policy Advisor Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport / Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Slovak Republic 08/2016 - 08/2024
Project Manager - EIT FOOD HUB Slovakia Slovak Business Agency 02/2022 - 05/2023
Projects Evaluator Foundation of the National Bank of Slovakia 02/2022 - 12/2022
Business Consultant Slovak Business Agency 04/2018 - 03/2019
National Project Specialist Scientific and Technical Information Center of the Slovak Republic 06/2014 – 11/2015
Executive and Project Manager SlovCapital s.r.o. 04/2013 – 08/2016
Project Manager National Bank of Slovakia – Institute of the Banking Education 05/2012 – 02/2013

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Language course - English language Malta Lingua 2025
PRINCE2 Foundation Level Certification AXELOS 2020

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Management Tourism and Hospitality Management I. Economics and Management
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
10
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Introduction to Semester Projects Tourism and Hospitality Management I. Economics and Management
Semestral Project I. Tourism and Hospitality Management I. Economics and Management

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
86
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
66
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
50
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
47
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Zimková, E.,- Kučera, J. (2024). Efficiency and Fairness in Financing Slovak National Sports

Associations. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 17(2), 238-269. eISSN 1338-

4309 [Web of Science, Scopus]

Kučera, J. - Zimková, E. - Nemec, J.- Nemec, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of public funding policies for sports in the European Union. Cogent social sciences 9(2), 1-20. ISSN 2331- 1886 [Web of Science, Scopus]

Kučera, J., - Nemec, J. (2022). Allocation of public funds from the state budget to the national sports

associations in Slovakia. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice: Faculty of Economics and

Administration. Series D 30(1), 1-13. ISSN 1211-555X [Web of Science, Scopus]

Kučera, J.,- Fiľa, M. (2022). R&D Expenditure, Innovation Performance and Economic Development of

the EU Countries. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 9(3), 227-241. ISSN 2345-0282 [Web of

Science)

Kučera, J. – Fiľa, M. (2016). Innovation performance of the Slovak Republic and Romania, In: Geografické informácie, 1 vyd. – Roč. 20, č. 2. – Nitra (Slovensko) : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2016.– ISSN 1337-9453, s. 70-81 DOI 10.17846/GI.2016.20.2.134-148. [Web of Science]

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Zimková, E.,- Kučera, J. (2024). Efficiency and Fairness in Financing Slovak National Sports

Associations. NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 17(2), 238-269. eISSN 1338-

4309 [Web of Science, Scopus] (2024: JIF – 1.0, JIF kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.42, JCI kvartil - Q3, CiteScore -

2.3, SJR - 0.301, SJR kvartil - Q3, SNIP - 0.686).

Kučera, J.- Zimková, E.- Nemec, J.- Nemec, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of

public funding policies for sports in the European Union. Cogent social sciences 9(2), 1-20. ISSN 2331-

1886 [Web of Science, Scopus] (2023: JIF – 1.3, JIF kvartil – Q2, JCI - 0.76, JCI kvartil – Q2, CiteScore -

2.1, SJR - 0.383, SJR kvartil – Q2, SNIP - 0.825).

Kučera, J., - Nemec, J. (2022). Allocation of public funds from the state budget to the national sports

associations in Slovakia. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice: Faculty of Economics and

Administration. Series D 30(1), 1-13. ISSN 1211-555X [Web of Science, Scopus] (2022: JIF – 1.1, JIF

kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.21, JCI kvartil – Q3, CiteScore – 1.4, SJR - 0.172, SJR kvartil – Q3, SNIP - 0.453).

Kučera, J., - Fiľa, M. (2022). R&D Expenditure, Innovation Performance and Economic Development of

the EU Countries. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 9(3), 227-241. ISSN 2345-0282 [Web of

Science] (2022: JIF – 1.3, JIF kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.26, JCI kvartil – Q3).

Kučera, J. (2025). Innovation performance as a significant factor in the convergence process of the V4 countries, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 13(2): 250-263. https://doi.org/10.9770/s9224378992 [Web of Science] (2025: JIF – 1.3, JIF kvartil – Q3, JCI - 0.26, JCI kvartil – Q3).

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Kučera, J., - Fiľa, M. (2022). R&D Expenditure, Innovation Performance and Economic Development of

the EU Countries. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues 9(3), 227-241. ISSN 2345-0282,

WoS/Scopus -29 citations

Kučera, J.,- Fiľa, M. (2015). Innovation performance of the Slovak Republic and its regional disparities,

In: IMACS 2015, The International Conference, „Innovation Management and Corporate Sustainability:

New Challenges“ . Prague, May 21-22, 2015 at the University of Economics,1 vyd., Praha (Česko) :

Vysoká škola ekonomie a managementu, ISBN: 978-80-245-2092-6, s. 39-51

WoS/Scopus -9 citations

Kučera, J., - Nemec, J. (2022). Allocation of public funds from the state budget to the national sports

associations in Slovakia. Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice: Faculty of Economics and

Administration. Series D 30(1), 1-13. ISSN 1211-555X

WoS/Scopus -5 citations

Kučera, J. – Fiľa, M. (2016). Innovation performance of the Slovak Republic and Romania, In: Geografické informácie, 1 vyd. – Roč. 20, č. 2. – Nitra (Slovensko) : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2016. – ISSN 1337-9453, s. 70-81 DOI 10.17846/GI.2016.20.2.134-148. WosS/Scopus -4 citations

Kučera, J.- Zimková, E.- Nemec, J.- Nemec, M. (2023). A comparative analysis of the efficiency of public funding policies for sports in the European Union. Cogent social sciences 9(2), 1-20. ISSN 2331-1886. WosS/Scopus -3 citations

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA č. 1/0466/21 - Assessment of the quality of the business environment in Slovakia with an emphasis on starting a business in the pre- and post-pandemic period, co-investigator (1/2021 – 12/2023)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the Pedagogical Council College of Applied Psychology Prague 2024 - ongoing
Member of the Internal Evaluation Board College of Applied Psychology Prague 2024 - ongoing

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Taipei Computer Association No. 2, Section 3, Bade Rd, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 105 03-2023/04-2023 Short-term 3-week working stay
International Black Sea University Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley, 13th km, 2, Tbilisi, Georgia 10/2022 Short-term 1-week working stay

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2026-01-26