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The examination of factors hindering the technological development of the agricultural enterprises regarding the innovation in the South Great Plain Region of Hungary

This paper argues for the need of system approach to rural regions and rural development as well.... more This paper argues for the need of system approach to rural regions and rural development as well. Rural economies are diverse, dynamic and complex systems, in which the socioeconomic processes are determined by a range of internal (local) and external (extra-local) factors. Among these factors resources have a prominent role. The infrastructure is a diversified resource system, which determines or significantly influences the development of rural regions. Infrastructure and its services are part of a system, so investing in infrastructure can only be successful and sustainable if it fits into the system. Therefore, the impact of infrastructure improvements on territorial development can only be interpreted together with other subsystems. So, from development point of view it is therefore important to think about the harmony of subsystems avoiding bottlenecks that impair the fulfilment of efficiency and equity objectives. The connections outlined in this paper draw attention to the need for a system approach to sustainable rural development.

Mórahalom is one of the municipalities of Hungary which have undergone significant or, one could ... more Mórahalom is one of the municipalities of Hungary which have undergone significant or, one could even say, unique progress in recent decades, typically in the last 15 years. In response to the newly emerging and unfolding needs, the town has been able to reconsider its existing assets, mainly its natural endowments (primarily thermal water), and to utilise them through conscious decisions and steps in order to boost the local economy and improve the residents' quality of life. The tourist attractiveness of Mórahalom is fundamentally built around the spa, which has become the basis for local developments in the past decade and a half. As a result of the implemented and ongoing developments, the town can present to the public a tourism product offer that generates a significant amount of tourist flow increasing year by year, and thus provides the local economy with additional income. By now the visibility and economy of Mórahalom is based mostly on tourism, in particular on the at...

SZIE Környezet- és Tájgazdálkodási Intézet, 2010

Összefoglalás: A táj-mint többfunkciós erőforrás-, valamint annak fenntartható használata, fontos... more Összefoglalás: A táj-mint többfunkciós erőforrás-, valamint annak fenntartható használata, fontos szerepet játszik a vidéki térségek fejlődésében, fejlesztésében. A fenntartható tájhasználat szempontrendszere minden esetben olyan földhasználat kialakítását igényli, melyben a társadalmi-gazdasági folyamatok hosszútávon összhangban vannak a természeti rendszerekkel. A táj a fenntartható használat, illetve hasznosítás eredményeként-összhangban az ökológiai, társadalmi és gazdasági szempontokkal-képes különböző funkcióinak ellátására. Az emberi tevékenység következményeként olyan nemkívánatos változások következtek be a táj, az élővilág és a környezeti elemek minőségében, amelyek tájhasználati konfliktusokat eredményeztek, s amelyek rövidebb-hosszabb távon kedvezőtlenül befolyásolják a társadalmi-gazdasági folyamatokat. Éppen ezért a földhasználatban a térség adottságaira, a táj szerkezetére és funkciójára valamint a környezeti terhelhetőségre figyelemmel kell lenni. Kutatásunk célja az 1990 utáni időszakban a társadalmi-gazdasági folyamatok eredményeként bekövetkezett földhasználati és felszínborítási változások vizsgálata a Hódmezővásárhelyi kistérségben. Dolgozatunkban röviden bemutatjuk, hogy a leíró adatok alapján észlelt földhasználati változások mennyiben magyarázzák a felszínborításban bekövetkezett változásokat. Mindezek alapján a fenntarthatóság szempontrendszerét szem előtt tartó földhasználati javaslatokat fogalmazunk meg a kistérségre vonatkozóan. Javaslataink között elsősorban-a terület homogén agrárjellegét figyelembe véve-a megmaradt tanyák megőrzését, fejlesztését, az erdősítést, az ökológiai gazdálkodás elterjesztését, valamint-a mesterséges térszínek (települések, infrastruktúra stb.) földhasználata kapcsán-a létesített ingatlanok tájba illesztését, s lehetőség szerint minimális környezetterhelését említjük, amely szempontok tájtervezés és tájrendezés hiányában nem érvényesíthetők. CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk

LEADER planning in the Hódmezővásárhely microregion (2007-2013) jL The implementation of the new,... more LEADER planning in the Hódmezővásárhely microregion (2007-2013) jL The implementation of the new, 4 generation LEADER programme for the period 2007-2013 started on the 1 st of September 2007 in Hungary. 105 local communities were formed throughout the country and 96 were authorised to prepare their local rural development strategy of the area covered by them. After the institutional process in the Hódmezővásárhely micro-region the local community-with 36 members (3 local governments, 9 civil organisations, 24 enterprises)-called "Vásárhelyi Vidék Jövőjéért" started the planning process on the 11 th of March 2008. The planning process-with inclusion of stakeholders-ended on the 6 th of July 2008. As the result of the planning process local rural development strategy of the micro-region came into existence, which consists of 5 development priorities, 22 measures and 28 solution proposals that concretize the strategy. The successful realisation of the strategy according to a preliminary calculation induces a development with a total cost of approximately 5.3 million euros in the micro-region.

The aim of the research is to examine the turnout of agricultural experts of the University of Sz... more The aim of the research is to examine the turnout of agricultural experts of the University of Szeged College of Agriculture (SZTE MFK) and to reveal the effect of SZTE MFK on human resources in the Hódmezővásárhely micro-region. In the framework of the research I examined the educational catchment area of SZTE MFK in accordance with different territorial levels. As a result I could designate the educational catchment areas of different extension. Thus, the most relevant areas are the Hódmezővásárhely micro-region, Csongrád county and the South Great Plain region. The results of the research have proved the effect of SZTE MFK on human resources of Hódmezővásárhely micro-region as well.

The basic purpose of every business is to meet the needs of customers by gaining profits. At the ... more The basic purpose of every business is to meet the needs of customers by gaining profits. At the same time, there is growing competition between companies in the various markets for the acquisition of buyers, which necessitates a higher level of customer satisfaction. The question arises: how can businesses increase their customer value and how an enterprise can offer products or services to consumers that they are more willing to pay than competing goods. The lecture seeks answers to the above questions by examining two management and organizational approaches, ways of thinking and philosophy, focusing on customer value creation. The analysis focuses on the core elements of the Blue Ocean strategy and the strategic aspect of lean management. The concept, principles and key tools of customer value creation will be presented for both approaches and we will attempt to explore synergic opportunities of linking Blue Ocean Strategy and Lean Management. The most important result of the lecture is to outline how the two types of professional thinking and methodology can complement each other, how can integrate them to further increase customer value, thus contributing to the successful, efficient and sustainable operation of businesses.

The role and tasks of the Local Action Groups as inner development factors in the realization of ... more The role and tasks of the Local Action Groups as inner development factors in the realization of the rural development policy Due to the ever-increasing role of the LEADER approach in the realization of the rural development policy, the Local Action Groups (LAGs) became key players of the institutional system of the rural development. Their activities in local development mean a spatial organising power in rural areas. Their operation effectively contributes to the realization of the European rural development policy at local level by promoting competitive and sustainable development of their area. Having this role requires an active and conscientious work of the LAGs both in the process of programming and implementation. In this study, by an example of the LAG operating in the Hódmezővásárhely micro-region, we present that the role of the LAGs executing Local Development Strategies must not be narrowed merely in the distribution of sources coordinated by them. The effective and successful implementation of the strategy needs more different task in order to improve the capacity of the local community to act and increase the cooperation between the local actors.

The presentation is about the employment and income issues of the four settlements in the Hódmező... more The presentation is about the employment and income issues of the four settlements in the Hódmezővásárhely micro-region. It is clear from the examination that both the employment and the economic activity are of low level in the micro-region, only 52% of the working age population actually work. All this affects unfavourably the economic development of the micro-region, and the formation of GDP which is determined by the employment rate and the labour productivity. According to these facts improvement of the employment conditions is a cardinal problem from the viewpoint of development of the settlements and the micro-region. The presence or lack of workplaces accessible locally or by commuting considerably affects employment, the economic activity and its complementer, the economic inactivity, too. From this aspect the central settlement, Hódmezővásárhely has the most potential local economy, since almost 90% of the employees can find work in the settlement. The employees of local economies with low capacity have to find work in other settlements, so it affects the number of out-commuting workers. In the settlements beside the employees living and working in the residence, there are in-commuting workers from other settlements, their proportion is between 7 and 15% out of the local employees. According to the examination on the income per taxpayer 28.7 percent of taxpayers in the micro-region had an income equal to or under the subsistence level, 46 percent of them had minimum wage or under it in the examined time, which unfavourably affects the satisfaction of needs of the population, their accessibility to services, and the reproduction of human resources. In the case of each settlement the income category of 1-1.5 million HUF is the most typical. 16.8 percent of taxpayers in the micro-region belong to this category. I consider the income limit of 1.5 million HUF a year as a dividing line, since I think, this is the income above which the factors of satisfaction of needs become really accessible, and there is the freedom of choice, too. All this concerns hardly 20 percent of the population in the micro-region.

The role and the position of biomass usage for energy purposes in the rural economy From the poin... more The role and the position of biomass usage for energy purposes in the rural economy From the point of socio, economic and ecologic view the energetic use of biomass is one of the most accentuated field in today's life. The biomass for energy purposes means a renewable natural resource. Its integration into the economic processes can form a new, socially useful, economically reasonable and ecologically also accepted combination of resources that might have a favourable effect on the development of settlements and regions. All this cannot be imagined without the diversification of agriculture and the change of the biomass production-utilisation chain. The energy-usage of biomass is an economic activity built upon products from agriculture, which contributes to the diversification of agriculture and also to the rural economy. As a result of the changes new elements appear in the agribusiness through its structure varies and beside the food-verticum the bioenergy-verticum comes off.

Contemporarily, agriculture is facing many challenges connected with growing food demand and scar... more Contemporarily, agriculture is facing many challenges connected with growing food demand and scarcity of natural resources. In meeting these challenges innovation has become of crucial importance. The paper aims at providing an insight on the topic of the needs and possibilities of open innovation and its significance for the transition towards sustainable and more productive agriculture of EU. We argue that given the complexity of innovation process there emerges the need for effective interactions between all actors of agriculture sector. We conclude that new instrument of EU policy: European Innovation Partnership, which promotes open innovation approach should facilitate emergence of networks of collaboration in agriculture. Such an approach will stimulate innovation processes and will help to give better responses to contemporary challenges faced by agriculture.

This paper discusses the experiences of the implementation of LEADER approach from the perspectiv... more This paper discusses the experiences of the implementation of LEADER approach from the perspective of effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. In the late 1980s, the EU’s rural development policy shifted towards endogenous development, as introduced into the practice of rural development in the framework of the LEADER programme. The LEADER as the new model of rural development policy, the new paradigm of development focuses on participation, cooperation and utilization of the local resources. The basic institutions of implementation of the LEADER programme are the LAGs (Local Action Groups as local partnerships), which have a great role in the local development with their proactive operation. The impact assessment of the implementation of the LEADER approach showed that in spite of several positive examples, there are many factors which hinder the wide adoption of the features of the programme into practice, thus realization of results and impacts expected from it in the proces...

During the 2007–2013 programming period in Hungary 96 Local Action Groups (LAGs) have got the opp... more During the 2007–2013 programming period in Hungary 96 Local Action Groups (LAGs) have got the opportunity to contribute to the local development process using LEADER approach, based on the concept of endogenous development. The nationwide survey carried out among Hungarian LAGs indicates that human resources (rural people and their communities) are not only factors of rural economies, but also areas of improvement. The LAGs are basic institutions of implementing the LEADER Programme, and according to their proactive operations they play a crucial role in local rural develeopment. Through their func)tions and activities the LAGs generate synergy effect, which actually means the positive contribu)tion of LAGs to the territorial processes. In this way the synergy is the added value of the LAGs’ operation, a joint effect, which can be realize through improving relations between the stakeholders.

Jelenkori Társadalmi és Gazdasági Folyamatok, 2020

A minőség az elmúlt évtizedekben kulcsfontosságú kifejezéssé vált a felsőoktatásban. Annak érdeké... more A minőség az elmúlt évtizedekben kulcsfontosságú kifejezéssé vált a felsőoktatásban. Annak érdekében, hogy a felsőoktatási intézmények megfeleljenek a társadalmi és gazdaságikihívásoknak, minőséggel kapcsolatos elvárásoknak és igényeknek, szükséges az érdekelt felekbevonása. Az érdekelt felek egyik markáns csoportját alkotják a munkaadók, s ebből kifolyólag az általuk megfogalmazott elvárásoknak való megfelelés egyre fontosabb szempontként jelenik meg a felsőoktatásban. Írásomban a Szegedi Tudományegyetem Mérnöki Karán folyó képzések továbbfejlesztéséhez kapcsolódóan, a Kar képzési portfóliójához illeszkedő munkaadói kompetenciaelvárásokat vizsgálom. Az eredmények alapján elmondható, hogy a vállalati partnerek, mint érintettek bevonása több vonatkozásban is hozzájárulhat a Karon folyó tevékenységek magasabb minőségiszinten történő végzéséhez, segítve a Kar minőségjavítási és -fejlesztési törekvéseinek megvalósulását.

The examination of factors hindering the technological development of the agricultural enterprises regarding the innovation in the South Great Plain Region of Hungary

SZIE Környezet- és Tájgazdálkodási Intézet, 2010

Jelenkori Társadalmi és Gazdasági Folyamatok, 2020

Krisztián Kis, 2021

It can be stated that quality is a multifaceted concept, and it makes the difference between any ... more It can be stated that quality is a multifaceted concept, and it makes the difference between any perceivable or conceivable entities visible. The meaning of quality has greatly changed over the years, its content has expanded and quality has become the most important single factor for success. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that "quality means business". However, quality, as it will be seen, means much more than that. Corporate Social Responsibility and the service of Sustainable Development Goals have become part of organisational quality. Nonetheless, without innovation, there is no quality or competitiveness, thus, there is no business either. This is the 21 st century, which, according to Joseph M. Juran, will be the century of quality. It is important to note that companies are not just economic units or merely market participants, but also social factors and entities influencing the environment. For this reason, compliance with social norms and ethical expectations is also an important aspect of their operation. To meet the expected and latent needs of customers and users, and also the requirements of society as well as the natural environment in a way that all stakeholders are equally satisfied is a fundamental issue for companies, today and even more so in the future. The main purpose of this chapter is to discuss how quality should be understood, and what the relationships between the issues involved are. In the chapter, it is argued that quality, Corporate Social Responsibility, innovation, competitiveness and sustainable development are interrelated concepts. Therefore, it is the further purpose of this chapter to discuss how social responsibility and innovation affect quality, and how quality contributes to competitiveness and sustainable development. In this chapter, quality issues are dealt with from different aspects. In the first part, the concept of quality is presented, which deals with the evolving notion of quality and the future of quality in light of social responsibility. In the second part, complexity issues and emergences are introduced, while quality is discussed as an emergent property, and the role played by social responsibility and environmental concerns in competitiveness and sustainable development are explained, and furthermore, innovation from quality and responsibility perspectives are examined.