Forecasts for 2010 June 15. 2010. Current forecast July 5. 2010. The emergency game is over According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co. prepared in co-operation with Erste Bank, the output of exporting and service industries will expand most in 2010, which consists of first of all manufacturing, a segment of road transportation and inbound tourism. GKI sentiment index July 26. 2010. Improving business and deteriorating consumer expectations In July GKI's economic sentiment index adjusted for seasonal effects remained unchanged. According to the survey conducted by GKI Economic Research Co. (www.gki.hu) with the support of the European Union, this is the combined result of improving business expectations and deteriorating consumer ones. Current Situation and Outlook of the Real Estate Market April 30. 2010. GKI Economic Research Co. has been conducting quarterly surveys since spring 2000 to assess the plans, intentions and prospects of businesses, real estate developers, realtors and households in the real estate market. This research project is supported by the trade magazine Ingatlan és Befektetés (Real Estate and Investment). The analysis of e-commerce solutions for designation of directions of bank's product development February 12. 2010. Electronic commerce (often referred to as e-commerce) can be approached from different points of view. The market potential of environmental awareness for MÁV Cargo Ltd. February 12. 2010. GKI Economic Research Co. conducted an analysis commissioned by MÁV Cargo Ltd. in order to assess what kind of market potential the strengthening of environmental awareness could represent for the company. The examination of rail access of the Záhony logistics area from the view of competition February 12. 2010. GKI Economic Research Co. analysed the access to the rail infrastructure from the view of a competition in the Záhony logistics area. International practice and proposals for long-term agreements between the state and rail companies February 12. 2010. GKI Economic Research Co. conducted an analysis commissioned by the National Transport Authority (NKH) about European practices of long-term contracts between the state and rail companies and their most important experience with implications for Hungarian contracts. Competitiveness Yearbook 2008 February 12. 2009. The Competitiveness Yearbook 2008 published by the GKI Economic Research Co. (sponsored by Microsoft) includes more than 140 diagrams and analyses the competitiveness of the Hungarian economy in an international comparison. Business Forecast until 2011 June 28. 2009. In addition to the basic version, the projection also involves two other scenarios. In the forecast both scenario with a longer recession and a scenario with an economic policy that lays less emphasis on improving disequilibria are presented. ProAct: Regional innovation and research policy outlook - policy practices in eight European regions November 4. 2009. The study compares the practices of regional innovation strategy formulation and policy implementation in selected regions of Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia and the UK. Recently GKI presented the results in Brussels, on the 2009 regional Open Days, see: .pdf RECORD: Benchmarking Manual and Experimental Map November 4. 2009. Organisational learning capabilities are continuously developed in organisations striving for excellence. The R&D sector is not exception, either. The publications sum up some useful quantitative metrics and qualitative practices for technological research and development institutions. The benchmarking methodology was elaborated and pilot-tested by an international team; the documents are available here.