I. Julianna Jakab: Lessons from an entrepreneurial collaboration.

In 2005 a project was launched in a Hungarian county to establish networks between businesswomen. The aim of this project was to build their personal and business networks. Also, we aimed to establish the place, where these women can meet, gain new relationships and experience their entrepreneurial identity, because – as some researches had pointed out – previously they only had few opportunities for it. The story, this project shares, provides an analysis of the instructive occurrences that happened in one of these women associations.

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II. Eszter Kelemen –Boldizsár Megyesi: Improvement or dependence? Lessons from the usage of tender funds.

In March 2010 – based on the assignment of the MAG Zrt. – we launched a project to examine views on the funds of the First National Development Plan (I. NFT) and the New Hungary Development Plan (ÚMFT). We found that these tenders are working as double-edged weapons, providing multiple developmental opportunities and unexpected threats at the same time. We set our primary focus on the factors that make applicants successful in acquiring and using of these funds, and on the affects of these funds to the enterprises: whether they contribute to the improvement of businesses, or rather, generate dependence.

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III. Gergely Kabai: “We don’t use transfer payment any more” The economy and cooperation of oenologists in the area of Lake Balaton in 2010

Our co-worker, Gergely Kabai examined the cooperation of oenologists nearby Balaton and explored the relationship of customers and salesmen. This short study concludes that it has become essential for smaller costumers to pay at the latest when the wine is delivered. Only those businesses deliver without any assurance, which have established a long-term relationship of trust with their clientele, and where no problems have occurred. Cash has become the most common payment method, bank transfer is barely used, mostly because of the weakened trust.

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