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Paper is focused to the current questions regarding to the corporate governance inwardly the actual professional scientific sources. The aim of the paper is finding out key performance indicators as a base for the Corporate Governance Performance Measurement. The paper includes also theoretical and practical insight of corporate governance in the Czech Republic. Contemporary cognition implicates the fact, that the questions regarding to corporate governance are very actual especially in relation to another pillarsustainability of success (long term viability). Conclusions of theoretical and empirical insights are summarized in several selected results of the research made that deal primarily with the identification main questions of the corporate governance in companies from selected sectors in Czech Republic. Corporate governance in the Czech Republic is such that companies are very reluctant to pass on good governance models, recommended by international standards and it often leads to reduced performance and competitiveness in the market compared to foreign companies. The rankings of competitiveness of Czech Republic are lagging behind and one of the causes is also the poor corporate governance practice. There is often criticized vague judiciary, lack of regulatory interventions; there are criticized links of municipalities with the private sector and rampant corruption. In connection with the results of research and the requirements of the OECD we establish amount of key indicators of Corporate Governance, which will be later processed via multi-factor analysis and measurement.

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To understand which morphological/anatomical parts may be responsible in artiodactyl ungulates for the clicking sound made when moving, this research focuses on the forelimb tendon apparatus where an undescribed opening in the fibrous cuff (manica flexoria), called hereafter for its shape as an “oval window” in the manica flexoria (OWMF), was detected. This oval window was found in 24 of the 25 species of four families (Camelidae, Giraffidae, Cervidae, and Bovidae) evaluated; the exception being in Bos taurus taurus (Domestic cattle). The length and width of the OWMF enabled correct species discrimination between the majority of species, but remained conservative intraspecifically, as it did not differ between the left and right side of the forelimb, third and fourth digits, or between sexes. When evaluating the shape of OWMF in individual species, and measuring its length and width, 18 out of the 24 species investigated had this window as an oval shape, the remaining 25% of species exhibited more oval-oblong shapes with either proximal or distal asymmetry. The function of the OWMF in the thoracic autopodium of most ruminant even-toed ungulates is not yet fully understood. Its most likely function is to help balance the pressure inside the ligament cuff and reduce the friction of the touching surfaces of the muscle tendons—thus facilitating the movement of the digits when walking. None of the absolute or relative OWMF parameters fit exclusively with the occurrence and distribution of knee-clicks produced by some bovids and cervids during movement, so the mechanism responsible for this sound remains cryptic from the present anatomical perspective.