IKU Publication

INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Innovation is often understood as a phenomenon that takes place in the private sector in order to enhance competitiveness. However, the global financial crisis highlighted a strong need for an efficient and cost-minimizing public sector that fosters innovation.

The creation of a contemporary RDI Observatory

(Summary of the study commissioned by NKTH)

The recently enacted Hungarian Government decree on Innovation Strategy seeks to strengthen capabilities for fact-based decision making in science, technology and innovation policy. According to the Executive Order, an ad hoc group has been formed with the aim of proposing alternative solutions to decision makers on the required institutional structures (such as Observatory) in order to establish a policy relevant STI information system.

Foreign Direct Investment in R&D: skin-deep and soul-deep co-operation

The new categories of 'skin-deep' and 'soul-deep' cooperation introduced in this paper offer good tools to determine whether penetration of foreign direct investment (FDI) in R&D is able to speed up the transformation of the Hungarian system of innovation.

Attempts to Survey Innovation in the Hungarian Service Sector

A survey of innovation in the service sector presents a great challenge even to the advanced economies and the Hungarian attempt is among the first to test internationally harmonised innovation surveys whilst focusing on the service sector as it functions in a transition economy.

The evolution of university–industry–government relationships during transition

This paper deals with the transformation of relationships between business and universities, as reflected in government programmes and in the innovation activities of firms, in a transition economy, Hungary.

Incremental citation impact due to international co-authorship in Hungarian higher education institutions

International co-authorship is generally thought and often found to have positive effects on the citation rate of scientific publications. We study the effect quantitatively in the example of four major and four medium Hungarian universities. The conclusions may be generalized to other countries of similar international status.