National Competitiveness in Global Economy

The Case of Hungary

• Author(s): Attila Chikán, Erzsébet Czakó, Zita Zoltay-Paprika,
• Publisher: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Pages: 291
• ISBN_10: 9630578670
  ISBN_13: 9789630578677
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / General , Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Business & Economics / International / General , Business & Economics / International / Economics & Trade , Business & Economics / Commerce , Political Science / Globalization ,

Description:... The Hungarian economy is on a new development path after coping successfully with challenges raised by national economic transition and the increasing globalization in the first half of the 1990s. Competitiveness has become a key issue for both macroeconomic analysts and for decision makers in business and government. Recognition of the above in 1995 led the Budapest University of Economic Sciences to start a research program titled In Global Competition - Microeconomic Factors of Competitiveness of the Hungarian Economy. A focal element of the research program was an opinion survey. The analysis of the database of two surveys makes it possible to provide an overview of the changes in the behavior, performance and selected operational fields of Hungarian companies between 1995 and 1999. The main findings of this analysis are published in this book. Besides the description of the Hungarian developments, the authors provide some more general conclusions for those interested in micro and