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Working Papers
I. Gábor Balás: Scope for defining the principal areas of European Funds available until 2013
This paper examines the limits of the government, which came into power in 2010, reviewing the distribution of European Funds programmed until 2013.
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II. Gábor Balás –András Csite –Ágnes Szabó-Morvai –Balázs Szepesi: Trust and Business in Hungary – Starting Points
„Trust and Business” is a long-term program of HÉTFA Research Institute, the project’s first publication being “Starting points”. Our aim is to aid our country through exploring the state of affairs in Hungary, and promoting the expansion of the creative power of our societies and businesses with helping suggestions. The theories and the professional methods are just means: our purpose is to help people, who take the risks, stand for cooperation, and look at businesses as creator of values. Co-working with them, our purpose is to explore the working of businesses in Hungary, show their successes and limits. This study summarizes the research results released by HÉTFA Institute in 2008 and 2009.
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III. Ágnes Szabó-Morvai: The effect of the global crisis on small- and medium sized enterprises.
In this study, made with contribution from Bálint Herczeg, we sum up the experience of SMEs regarding the global economic crisis as well as the survey results related to this topic. The paper also introduces solutions SMEs have chosen to survive.
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IV. András Csite – Klára Major: Features of the relationship between the state and businesses in Hungary
This study introduces the general situation of Hungarian SMEs, describing their main problems, their regulatory environment and the impacts of the developmental support appropriated for them between 2004 and 2008.
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V. Melinda Császár – Gergely Krisztián Horváth: Soul, value, and strategy. About the basic dimensions of the entrepreneurial existence
In the economic research community there are discussions about what kind of skills an entrepreneur possesses that enables him/her to recognize the situation and to make appropriate strategic decisions. So far two approaches have become dominant: one concentrates on the psychological dimension of the entrepreneurial personality, whereas the other propagates the priority of cultural patterns of the examined society. This paper explores the main statements of the international literature of the past few decades, paying attention to the main findings of both directions.
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VI. Fruzsina Bognár: Chambers of Commerce, Entrepreneur Associations and Advocacy Groups
Our essay is based on the case studies of the research with the title „Chambers of Commerce, Entrepreneur Associations and Advocacy Groups”. The research focused on pressure and advocacy groups, and commercial chambers of entrepreneurs. The case studies were built on interviews with executive managers, press and document analysis. The aim of the study is to identify the strategies that these organizations apply to reduce the effect of free rider problem. We analyze what typical answers are elaborated to the problem of low attendance by endogenous and exogenous groups. The organizations maintain their operation by offering selective incentives or exploiting alternative financial resources (e.g.: European Union and state funds). The choice between or the combination of this two strategies are determined by the group identity and the characteristics of the membership. The free rider problem was successfully handled by exogenous groups who state purposive incentives. While big, endogenous groups tend to solve the financial problem that free-riding can mean with getting privileges and providing public services that are financed by local and EU fund sources.
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VII. Fruzsina Bognár and Ágnes Szabó-Morvay: Administrative burdens of employment in Hungary
In this study we analyze the perception of administrative burdens of employment in Hungary. In comparison with the members of the European Union, the supply side of the Hungarian labor market is lagging behind. This means that the ratio of the inactive is relatively high. Moreover, there is also a relatively large gap in the demand of labor. It is of high importance to analyze the effect of administrative burden on economic achievement and employment, for two reasons. First, the extent of administrative burden in Hungary is enormous in absolute value compared to the EU average (4% of the GDP). Second, the rates of country-level employment and administrative burden show a strong correlation. According to our results, the more a company outsources its accounting, the bigger difficulties the administrative burdens of employment pose. The subjective assessment of burden differs significantly from the objective costs estimated on the basis of interviews with accountants. However the opinion of CEOs and accountants interviewed was unanimous that keeping up with the ever-changing legal environment means the largest burden for employers. Examining the various types of atypical employment we came to the conclusion that employers deem the related administrative burdens slightly higher compared to regular, full-time, indefinite employment.
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