Forecast for 2010
June 2010.
In the past 1.5 years, a huge improvement took place in Hungary?s external and internal deficits, however, the price paid includes the substantial drop of consumption, investments and GDP.
| The analysis of e-commerce solutions for designation of directions of bank's product development
February 2010.
Electronic commerce (often referred to as e-commerce) can be approached from different points of view.
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The market potential of environmental awareness for MÁV Cargo Ltd.
February 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 2010.
GKI Economic Research Co. analysed the access to the rail infrastructure from the view of a competition in the Záhony logistics area.
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International practice and proposals for long-term agreements between the state and rail companies
February 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.
| Comments on the future "EU 2020" strategy
February 2010.
The objective of this paper is to present some ideas concerning the working document of the European Commission on the future "EU 2020" strategy. The first part of the paper evaluates shortly the first decade of the Lisbon strategy. The second part gives an overview on the present situation. The third part discusses the main challenges the European Union is facing. Based on the preceding analysis the third part of the report contains recommendations on the major priorities of the EU 2020 strategy.
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Developing mathematical-statistical modelling applicable for banks with the aim of helping the financial assessment of local governments
January 2010.
The subject of the research was the development of an alternative decision-making system with mathematical-statistical methods, which directly supports the financial assessment of local government?s businesses.
| Differences in determining tariffs among the Hungarian transmission system operators and provider licence owners
January 2010.
The research aimed at the examination of tariff determination among Hungarian transmission system operators and provider license owners.
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Research laying the foundations of business strategy in Electronic Document Management and mobile communication technologies
January 2010.
The research that contributed to the development of a medium- and long-term strategy for Hungarian Post Co., aimed at testing business models, estimating supply and demand and making a forecast applying mathematical-statistical methods in Electronic Document Management (EDM) and mobile communication technologies.
| ProAct: Regional innovation and research policy outlook - policy
practices in eight European regions
November 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:
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RECORD: Benchmarking Manual and Experimental Map
November 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.
| The analysis of Hungary's external balance
September 2009.
In this research Hungary's external balance was examined.
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The role of Corporate Social Responsibility and its development level among the domestic enterprises
August 2009.
Short description of the project
Recognizing the rising importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), GKI Economic Research Co. made a research about the stage and development of Hungarian CSR market involving more than 1500 domestic enterprises. The research - which was prepared at the end of 2008 - dealed with the following issues:
| The challenges and development opportunities of agriculture until 2013
July 2009.
The report was prepared on the order of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development in June 2009.
In the report we presented the expected changes in the room of manoeuvring
of the Hungarian economy until 2013 with the help of a general macroeconomic
forecast.
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The socio-economic situation of rural Hungary
July 2009.
The significant economic and income differences among Hungary's regions that had evolved during many decades or even centuries did not fundamentally changed in the 2000s.
| Budapest Healthcare Model Project
June 2009.
The hospitals owned by the Municipality of Budapest perform roughly the half of population's medical care of Budapest and Pest county, but they act as a totally independent organisations in the market of healthcare services.
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Transportation trends in the economic crisis
June 2009.
The performance of freight transport companies is declining and market competition is strengthening. Rail transporting companies are in the worst situation. Road transporting firms are cutting their costs in order to maintain operation. In the choice of transporting companies (and the method of transportation) price is becoming the most important factor.
| The proact benchmarking framework
May 2007.
One important - if not the most important - goal of a region's innovation and research policy is to create, maintain or update its competitiveness. The benchmarking framework aims to present how the efficiency of designing and implementing such regional policies can be studied.
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