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• Strategic directions of international degree mobility – examining the motivation of foreign students studying in Hungary and the factors influencing foreign studies

  3-38

  Elvira Bocskei

  Zoltan Bacs

  Barnabas Kovacs

  Tibor Tarnoczi

  Veronika Fenyves

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  347

  In the scope of our research, we examined the motivation of foreign students studying in Hungary. The objective of the applied questionnaire survey was to explore the possibilities both on the supply and demand side based on which young people who wish to study outside their home country identify Hungary as a potential destination country. In the first phase of the research, the statistical study of inward student mobility was performed. The image of Hungarian higher education is interesting also because, although the countries sending the most students are still in the neighboring countries (Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine), there is a dynamic growth in terms of the number of students from Norway and Asian (China, Iran) and African (Nigeria) (Statistical database of the Office of Education). In the second phase of the research, the questionnaire survey was conducted seeking the answer to the following: what factors played a role in the decision of foreign students to study abroad (when did they decide to study abroad, where did they obtain information, what were the factors that influenced their choice of country and institution, etc.). How satisfied are they with the chosen training, with the organization education and what are their plans following the completion of the training? What prior information was available about training and subsistence expenses, what were the sources of funding, how did the costs of subsistence develop and what were the returns on these expenses, what was the proportion of leisure time and studying, and what were the options of spending leisure time? - How satisfied are they with institutional services (technical equipment, classroom facilities, library service, and institutional programs)? In the present article, we cover the factors influencing foreign studies considering the limitations of the scope.

  Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes: I2, J1

• Is the strategic thinking characteristic of SMEs in the North Hungarian Region? – experiences of a survey

  88-100

  Katalin Takacsne Gyorgy

  Istvan Takacs

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  134

  Regional differences can be observed in the economic importance of small and medium sized enterprises. The research covers the small and medium enterprises within the North Hungarian Region, based on a questionnaire carried out in the autumn of 2011. We examine the existence of a conscious strategic vision of the future and their innovative capability. The low economic activity, the low proportion of industrial enterprises, which is below the national average, and low professional skills are typical of the region. Those managers who have a conscious strategy reported above average profitability. We revealed a correlation between the depth of strategy knowledge and the existence of a formalized strategy, paying attention to the role of education and skills. The knowledge and the acceptance of innovational cooperation opportunities (innovational nets) are at a low-level in the region. Besides strategic thinking, one key element for strengthening the sector is continuous renewal, innovation, observing best practice, and imitating it.

  Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classifications: D220

• A comparison of efforts to set up cluster initiatives in two Hungarian regions – submitted cluster proposals in North Hungary and the Northern Great Plain

  133-140

  Mate Pecze

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  104

  The Hungarian government has taken the initiative to finance the formation of new entrepreneurial co-operations using the cluster theory. It is not certain whether or not the Hungarian economy is ready for an initiative such as this. In North Hungary and the Northern Great Plain (two Hungarian NUTS 2 regions) project teams set up fresh clusters to obtain the subsidy – as in other regions. Their level of cooperation, the number of submitted projects and the ratio of successful projects tell us if theory and the western practice fit with the local needs - if Hungarian companies want to work and can be successful in clusters or not. In this article I examine the willingness of regional business actors to cooperate and start new business networks in the framework of the 2008 regional cluster calls. The two regions have similar but not identical results.

  JEL classification: R58, L2

• Az oktatás költségei és finanszírozása

  11-50

  Istvan Polonyi

  Janos Tímar

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  227

  A tanulmány az oktatás-gazdaságtan néhány alapfogalom – az oktatás gazdaságosságának, eredményességének és hatékonyságának – definiálása után áttekinti a legfontosabb aktorok motivációit az oktatás
  finanszírozását illetően, azaz, hogy miért fizeti az oktatást az egyén, a munkaadó, az állam, és a fenntartók. Ezt követően bemutatja az oktatási kiadások forrásszerkezetét és néhány jellemzőjét nemzetközi
  összehasonlításban. Az írás fő része az oktatás finanszírozás módszereinek áttekintése után a hazai oktatási rendszer legfontosabb alrendszereinek, a közoktatásnak, a felsőoktatásnak és a felnőttképzésnek a finanszírozási jellemzőit mutatja be.

• Néhány gondolat a készülő DE Innovációs Stratégiához

  Miklos Gyorffi

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  81

  A Debreceni Egyetem (DE) a változó világban új kihívások elé néz. Miközben az egyetem szervezeti integrációja még messze nem teljesedett ki (és kétséges, hogy méreteinél fogva miképpen és legfőképpen mikor tekinthető a folyamat véglegesen lezártnak), több olyan körülmény merül fel, amire az intézménynek kell választ adnia. Ezek között elsősorban említendők a finanszírozás kérdései (pontosabban annak struktúrája), a változó jogszabályi háttér (elsősorban az innovációs törvény és a felsőoktatási törvény küszöbön álló módosítása), valamint az EU integrációból adódó körülmények (Bolognai folyamat, a nemzetközi verseny fokozódása). Ilyen körülmények között egy alapjában véve tudományegyetem (a szó klasszikus értelmében, nem csak működési struktúráját, hanem gyakorlatilag a művelt szakágazatokat is tekintve) tudományos jellegéből kiindulva kell választ keressen és adjon olyan kérdésekre, melyek elsősorban a szolgáltatói jelleg kibontakozását, ezen belül is elsősorban a tudományra épülő technológiai innovációt érintik.

• The macroeconomic possibilities of biosimilars in developed countries

  3-18

  Peter Halmosi

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  190

  Biosimilars have been used for the treatment of chronic diseases since 2006 in the EU but only since 2015 in the U.S. Despite high market potentials and presumed positive macroeconomic effects in the health care sector, widespread usage is strongly confronted with the opposition of physicians and pharmacists. However, biosimilars are supposed to reform health care financing, alter market positions of pharmaceutical companies and amend informational triangle among physicians, patients and insurance companies in the near future. The use of biosimilars is supposed by experts to reach extra health related savings even if doctors and pharmacists are averse to offer these products to patients in a certain therapeutic area. Governments have currently found no unique way of regulating the marketing, substitution and price regulation of biosimilars. The aim of this study is to discuss the macroeconomic possibilities and barriers incarnated in the usage of biosimilars in developed countries.

  Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) codes: H51, I11, I12, J18