Industrial Research in Hungary
A Victim of Structural Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11923688 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Mosoni-Fried (Institute for Research Organization, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 4, H-1361 Budapest, Hungary. Fax: +36 1 1313 161., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 777-803 |
| Publication date | 1995-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/030631295025004009 |
| OpenAlex | W2041719737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In Hungary, industrial R&D capacity decreased by about 70% between 1989 and 1993. This is closely related to declines of 20% in GDP and almost 30% in industrial production. Substantial structural and ownership changes were experienced. The newly-established private firms are mainly small enterprises. As yet, they are uninterested in, and incapable of, technological development. The earlier strong and large network of industrial R&D institutes seems to have disappeared. The organizations concerned have been transformed into small- and medium-sized corporations, or have been wound up by the State Assets Management Company. Their original function has been considerably modified. There are now only a few customers (including the government) who visit them to apply for new technologies or products. An awkward structural change is going on in this transitional period. Industrial R&D institutes have already been effectively eliminated, at the start
Business · Economics · Function (biology · Government (linguistics · Industrial organization · Industrial production · Market economy · Production (economics · State (computer science · Technological change · Innovation Policy and RD
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |