Evolution on the market of foreign language teaching services in Hungary

This case study is a part of a research project dealing with the post socialist market evolution. Companies with majority foreign ownership are very rare on the market of foreign language services in Hungary. Import competition is negligible on this market as well. One curious feature of this market is the long term and decisive presence of public education. The demand for language instruction grew rapidly in the last decades of socialism. Competition and presence of private enterprises began in the last year of the socialist system because of the permanent shortage. After the collapse of socialism a large number of new private companies entered this market as well. The demand fell during the transformational recession and rose again in the years of Hungary' EU accession. After this event this market shows more and more signs of saturation.market evolution, regulation of market competition

The Evolution of the Market of the Hungarian Printing Industry after 1989:The End of a Success Story?

This article examines a case study of one industry in order to explore the factors influencing changing performance levels in the industries of post-socialist economies. It explores the influence on industrial performance of a number of once-only non-repetitive factors of market development that were typical of the transition period and compares them with longer term aspects of the market economy. The case that we discuss here is the development of the market for products of the Hungarian printing industry since the late 1980s. During the transition phase, privatisation, deregulation, the abolition of administrative distribution, and radical cuts in subsidies were all among the factors affecting this industry. Its supply chains also changed radically. However, these lost their importance after the transition had been completed and the long term processes of technical development and consumer behaviour became the main determinants of the behaviour of the printing companies.printing industry, post-socialist economies, transition

Restructuring and re-regulation of the Hungarian tobacco market

This case study deals with the conditions and impacts of the implementation of Law CXXIV (2012) which has radically changed the regulation that applies to the Hungarian market for tobacco products. The new regulation promised to provide significant political benefits for the ruling coalition because the majority of the population support the proposition that smoking by the young generation should be prevented. This is the reason why the Hungarian government and the national assembly played a significant role in the remarkable modification of the regulation of this market. Another important factor in this development was that one of the decisive market players – by mobilizing its political influence and connections – was involved in the legislative process from its very beginning. The efforts of candidates close to power (who wanted to enter this market) were not coordinated, but these players expected to receive good support from decision makers. But the new regulation was subject to a number of flaws and demonstrations. As a result of the new legislation there remained 1500 settlements without a shop for tobacco sales. This unexpected development and the high and growing number of loss-making tobacco shops forced the government (and the state company responsible for the tobacco market) to modify permanently the regulation after only a short period of time. The main reason for the disturbances in the market was the administrative restructuring of the market for tobacco products

Egy helyét kereső város a Duna mentén

A tanulmányom célja egy olyan Duna menti település és térségének bemutatása, mely az iparvárosok és térségeik körében sajátos szereppel és jelentőséggel rendelkezik. Baja, a jellegzetesen könnyűiparra épülő város és környéke már a rendszerváltás előtt sem volt képes központi szerepet kivívni magának az iparvárosok között, s történeti múltja, a Duna meghatározó szerepe, valamint a helyi társadalomra épülő erős térségi kapcsolatrendszere sajátos helyzetbe, illetve szerepbe kényszerítette a várost és a környező településeket. Baja történeti múltja kevésnek bizonyult ahhoz, hogy egy stabil, jelentős erĘforrásokat felhasználó vidéki iparvá - rossá váljon. A rendszerváltást követĘen a várost a szerepkeresés jellemezi, amely az elmúlt években még inkább erĘsödni látszott

Százhalombatta sikeressége a 21. század elején

"Százhalombatta, a Budapesttől 27 km-re elhelyezkedő kis komfortos település a rendszerváltás után is képes volt megtartani hagyományos iparváros szerepét a szükségszerű technikai újítások mellett. Az itt élő majdnem 20000 fős lakosság, bár számos társadalmi juttatásban, szociális támogatásban részesül, komoly dilemmát jelent a városnak, hiszen ezt folyamatossá, de legfőképpen fenntarthatóvá kell, hogy tegye. Az ezredforduló után a város új programjai és koncepciói a helyi társadalom megtartásában jelentős előrelépéseket hoztak, s ezzel párhuzamosan meghatározzák a társadalommal szemben támasztott igényeket, elvárásokat is.