Hungary launched her first foresight programme in 1997. As the country is undergoing fundamental economic and social changes, major institutions are being currently shaped. Therefore is high time to think about medium and long-term issues. In other words, now it is possible to devise strategies...

Hungary launched her first foresight programme in 1997. As the country is undergoing fundamental economic and social changes, major institutions are being currently shaped. Therefore is high time to think about medium and long-term issues. In other words, now it is possible to devise strategies...

Hungary launched her first foresight programme in 1997. As the country is undergoing fundamental economic and social changes, major institutions are being currently shaped. Therefore is high time to think about medium and long-term issues. In other words, now it is possible to devise strategies...

A technológiai-gazdasági paradigmára épülő elmélet alkalmas elemzési keretet nyújt a technológiai és az intézményi változások összefonódásának megértésében. Csak lassú intézményi átalakulási folyamat során alakul ki az összhang az új technológia és az...

This paper suggests a broad concept of transition that is built upon the techno-economic paradigm framework, and defines transition as that institutional change process during which the 'match' between a new technology and institutions is attained. It is argued that the post-socialist transition...

The current Chinese development model is nearing its limits. The World Bank has cautioned that China could find itself in a “middle-income trap”. China recognizes that it must dramatically increase its capacity for innovation to avoid this trap. This chapter provides an introduction to the...

The main purpose of this study is to explore the determinants of information and communication technology (ICT) implementation and use in organizations in transition economies. The study is based on research conducted among 129 enterprise system (ES) adopters in Poland, an example of a...

The main objective of this study is to explore the relationships between problems and benefits that might appear during enterprise system (ES) implementation. The study is based on interviews with 82 practitioners who expressed their opinions about ES project adoptions in Poland, an example of a...

The results of investigation into similarities and differences between problems of enterprise system (ES) implementation in transition and developed economies are presented. In doing so, the research builds on the opinions of ES practitioners from Poland, a transition economy from Central and...

Innovation policy forms a foundation, and probably the most important one, of economic development in any society, especially in today’s society driven by information and communication technologies (ICT). The Schumpeterian processes of creative destruction need stewardship – creative...