Abstract
The first part of this article surveys the current experience with the use of bench-marking at Czech universities specializing in economics and management. The re-sults indicate that collaborative benchmarking is not used on this level today, but most actors show some interest in its introduction.
The expression of the need for it and the importance of benchmarking as a very suitable performance-management tool in less developed countries are the impetus for the second part of our article. Based on an analysis of the current situation and existing needs in the Czech Repub-lic, as well as on a comparison with international experience, recommendations for public policy are made, which lie in the design of a model of a collaborative bench-marking for Czech economics and management in higher-education programs.
Be-cause the fully complex model cannot be implemented immediately - which is also confirmed by structured interviews with academics who have practical experience with benchmarking -, the final model is designed as a multi-stage model. This ap-proach helps eliminate major barriers to the implementation of benchmarking.