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• Working capital analysis of pharmaceutical companies in Central Europe

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  Gergő Tömöri

  Rihárd Horváth

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  The pharmaceutical industry has huge market potential and investment opportunities, while pharmaceutical players also face a number of challenges, such as regulating the production and pricing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, protecting intellectual property and competing with other players. As a key sector of the Hungarian economy, the industry generates a significant share of GDP and has grown dynamically in recent years, the aim of our study is to compare the activities of Hungarian industry players with sectoral companies in other Visegrad countries, and thus to examine the similarities and differences in the liquidity management of the pharmaceutical industries in these countries. The analysis was based on the annual accounts of regional pharmaceutical companies for the period 2018-2022, extracted from the EMIS database.  The period covered included several globally significant events, and therefore our research also examined the impact of the coronavirus epidemic and the war in Ukraine on pharmaceutical companies and whether there were differences between the Central European countries. Overall, sectoral players in each of the region's countries were able to keep their indebtedness under control and, although Hungarian companies were able to manage the largest assets, by the end of the period the working capital efficiency of Polish companies was better than their regional competitors overall.

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• CSR expectations and voluntary participation among employees

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  Virág Ágnes Kiss

  Kincső Kiss

  Attila Szakács

  Róbert Szűcs

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  Our research aims to reveal the expectations of employees towards their organization about CSR initiatives, and also to map out what attitudes characterize them in connection with volunteerism that looks back on old traditions.

  With the involvement of more than 300 people in our research - mostly employees of large companies - we mapped the employee attitudes by analysing statistical and spontaneous mentions.

  Based on our results, it became clear that the employees consider it important that their employer also carries out socially responsible activities, and that their most important task is to achieve economic efficiency. They are also happy to participate in volunteer activities for a good cause.

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• SLR ABOUT THE COSTS OF PRIVATE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESSES

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  Péter Nagy

  Adrián Szilárd Nagy

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  Since the appearance of Bitcoin (2009), blockchain technology has been used in many fields. Companies use it for financial services, goods tracking, data authentication and secure storage, among other things, in order to make their operations more transparent and efficient. This technology has revolutionized the data management and transaction processing, but the associated costs are also significant and relevant to understand. The costs of blockchains vary and depend on the type of blockchain and how it is used. In this article, we examine the costs of using blockchain technology based on international literature, studies and reports with systematic literature review. In the results the range of possibilities offered by technology is presented, as well as the technology related cost types, and expenditures what companies have to deal with.

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