Does innovation policy matter in a transition country the case of Hungary

Havas, Attila (author)

This article discusses Hungarian innovation policy within the analytical framework of an evolutionary economics of innovation. A crucial policy implication of this school is that public policies should be aimed at promoting learning in its widest possible sense, and hence, fostering networking and co-operation. The article first provides a brief overview of the transition process, emphasising the simultaneous need for systemic (institutional) changes and macroeconomic stabilisation in order to improve (micro-)economic performance. Further, the author analyses recent changes in the science and technology (S&T) decision-making system, various efforts to draft S&T and innovation policy documents, as well as the inputs and outputs of R&D (research and development) and innovation. The study concludes that the present implicit innovation policy may hinder long-term development. An explicit policy is required to signal the main policy directions and commitments of the government, to strengthen the national innovation system, and to align public and private efforts for sustained improvement

• Language: English
• Keywords: Hungary, politics, development, science, technology
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2002
• Number of pages: Str. 380-402, 482-483, 485-486
• Numbering: Vol. 5, no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135817
• UDC: 32(439)
• ISSN on article: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 21804893
• Publication date in RUL: 30.03.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of international relations and development
• Shortened title: J. int. relat. & dev.
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• ISSN: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 76065792

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Ali je inovacijska politika pomembna v tranzicijski državi? Primer Madžarske

Abstract

Članek obravnava madžarsko inovacijsko politiko z vidika evolucijske ekonomske teorije inovacij. Ključna implikacija tovrstnega pristopa je, da mora javna politika podpirati učenje v najširšem možnem pomenu in tako spodbujati nastajanje omrežij ter sodelovanje. Članek se najprej na kratko ozira nazaj na obdobje tranzicije, pri čemer poudarja hkratno potrebo po sistemskih (institucionalnih) spremembah ter makroekonomski stabilizaciji, vse z namenom izboljšati učinke na (mikro)ekonomskem področju. Avtor nadalje analizira nedavne spremembe v sistemu odločanja na področju znanosti in tehnologije (Z & 1), kakor tudi prizadevanja pri pripravi osnutkov dokumentov o politikah na področju Z & T ter inovacij. Študijo zaključuje z ugotovitvijo, da lahko sedanja, implicitna inovacijska politika dolgoročno ovira razvoj. Namesto nje je potrebna jasna in konkretna politika, ki naj poda glavne politične usmeritve in obveze države za konsolidacijo nacionalnega inovacijskega sistema ter povezavo javnih in zasebnih prizadevanj za trajnostne izboljšave na tem področju.

• Keywords: Madžarska, politika, razvoj, znanost, tehnologija