FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKING CONFERENCE ON COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH MARCH 8-9, 2012 BUDAPEST, HOTEL GELLERT CONFERENCE TIMETABLE MARCH 8 9.00 9.30 Registration 9.30 12.40 Plenary session 10.50 11.20 Coffee break 12.40 14.00 Lunch 14.00 17.30 Section meetings 1. Competitiveness and international economic processes 2. Competitiveness and economic policies 3. Competitiveness in business I., Production and logistics 15.30 16.00 Coffee break 9.00 12.30 Section meetings 1. Competitiveness councils and programs 2. Competitiveness in business II., Management MARCH 9 3. Competitiveness in business III., Finance 10.30 11.00 Coffee break 12.30 14.00 Lunch The conference is supported by TÁMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0005 1
MARCH 8 OPENING PLENARY SESSION Attila Chikan Zoltan Csefalvay Minister of State for National Economy Ministry for National Economy Pirjo Stahle University of Turku Daniel Dujava, Martin Labaj, Silvia Oskova, Eva Pongraczova University of Economics in Bratislava Attila Chikan, Erzsébet Czako Opening speech Competitiveness and economic reforms in Hungary Intangible capital and national competitiveness How can we explain lower GDP per capita in the New Member States of EU? Global competitiveness a Hungarian perspective SECTION 1 COMPETITIVENESS AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PROCESSES Tamas Szentes Concept, measurement and ideology of "national competitiveness" Kalman Kalotay United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Uninational firms, inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and competitiveness Akos Kengyel Istvan Magas The role of EU-level regional development transfers in improving competitiveness Lessons from the financial crisis Sandor Gyula Nagy Transnationalisation of the enterprise sector in Hungary and Spain Gabor Vigvari Democracy and competitiveness based on impossible trilemma by Dani Rodrik 2
SECTION 2 COMPETITIVENESS AND ECONOMIC POLICIES Vladimir Dubrovskiy CASE Ukraine Poor market institutions as the bottleneck for growth in Ukraine Manuel Alejandro Cardenete Flores Universidad Pablo de Olavide and European Commission Impact assessment of European Funds: Andalusia as study case Karsten Staehr Tallinn University of Technology International competitiveness, capital flows and economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe Gyorgy Boda Judit Adler GKI Economic Research Co. Antonia Huttl KOPINT-TÁRKI Ltd. Tamas Revesz Miklos Stocker Remaining on the periphery or closing up? Laszlo Kallay How can SMEs contribute to a more dynamic growth in Hungary? SECTION 3 COMPETITIVENESS IN BUSINESS I., PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS Dmitrij Slepniov Aalborg University Gerald Reiner University of Neuchâtel Offshoring in Danish manufacturing firms: Implications for competitiveness Competitive advantage through sustainable innovations (improvements) of production processes and logistics Andrea Gelei Development of logistics capabilities beyond the critical point? Jukka Hallikas Lappeenranta University of Technology Towards world class purchasing and supply management 3
MARCH 9 SECTION 1 COMPETITIVENESS COUNCILS AND PROGRAMS Andreja Jaklic University of Ljubljana How efficient is promotion of competitiveness? Evaluating the case of Slovenia Balazs Szepesi Ministry for National Economy Interaction between policy and politics of competitiveness Mira Lenardic Vern University of Applied Sciences in Zagreb Competitiveness council of Croatia: a way for encouraging change Attila Chikan Erika Szabo MOL Hungarian Oil&Gas Plc Institutional background of developing national competitiveness - international experiences SECTION 2 COMPETITIVENESS IN BUSINESS II., MANAGEMENT Tamas Dudas University of Economics in Bratislava The impact of FDI inflows on the national competitiveness of Slovakia Mariann Veresné Somosi University of Miskolc Basic skill: the development of organizational and individual capability Rainhart Lang Chemnitz University of Technology In search of excellence? - values and leadership expectations of future managers Gyula Bakacsi, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania Ede Lazar Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania Relations between societal culture/organizational culture variables of Romania and economic development indicators at regional level Zsolt Roland Szabo Corporate strategies in Hungary between 1992 and 2010 4
SECTION 3 COMPETITIVENESS IN BUSINESS III., FINANCE Ivan Belyacz Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Pecs Sasa Zikovic, Ivana Tomas Zikovic University of Rijeka Global financial crisis: causes and consequences Extreme risk measures for extreme times - is the extreme value theory the answer? Peter Csoka Fair allocation of risk for illiquid portfolios Daniel Havran Zsuzsa R. Huszar National University of Singapore What is the precautionary cash value globally? Helena Naffa Investment decisions in crises: the case of private pension funds in Hungary 5