Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Hungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence

Networks, Complexity, and Economic Development - workshop

11/30/2015 - 12/01/2015

"Networks, Complexity, and Economic Development"

November 30 - December 1 2015, Budapest

The Economics of Networks Research Unit at Centre for Economic and
Regional Studies of Hungarian Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce
the workshop on "Networks, Complexity, and Economic Development".
Networks are one of the central challenges of today?s science and the
analysis of large-scale social networks integrates scholars from a wide
variety of sciences in understanding complex social and economic
phenomena. The workshop aims to establish a platform for
interdisciplinary discussions focusing on economic development.

Program

Invited talks

Cesar A. Hidalgo, MIT

"Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies"

"The shapes of the city: new computational methods to understand urban
perception, gentrification, and economic agglomerations at the
neighborhood scale" (with Edward Glaeser)

Ádám Szeidl, CEU and CEPR

"Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance" (with Jing Cai)

Balázs Vedres, CEU

"Fragility in European economic integration: Lessons from the network of
inter-industries flow data"

Call

We invite PhD students, and early career researchers from economics,
sociology, geography, computational social science, and network science
to present a paper and discuss future research. Interested fellows from
other fields might submit an abstract as well. Papers that address the
following topics are particularly (but not exclusively) welcome:

Economics of social networks; Dynamics of large scale economic networks;
Innovation and spreading; Human mobility and networks; Networks of
international trade; Proximity and economic development; Social networks
and performance

The workshop is open to the public; however, due to place limitations,
registration is required.

The workshop language is English, participation is free of charge. An
abstract of 400-600 words should be sent to László Lőrincz
(lorincz.laszlo@krtk.mta.hu <mailto:lorincz.laszlo@krtk.mta.hu>).
Please, indicate in your submission if you are interested to present
your work in a poster session as well.

Important dates

Abstract submission: October 19, 2015

Notification of acceptance: October 26, 2015

Registration: November 16, 2013

Workshop: November 30 - December 1, 2015

Venues

The event will be held in two buildings of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences. Both locations are in the center of Budapest.

Main building: Széchenyi István tér 9, 1051, Budapest, Hungary

Department of Research Institutes: Nádor utca 7, 1051, Budapest, Hungary

Further information

Please, visit the workshop website for information about the programme,
venue, participants, and organizers.
http://econ.core.hu/networks_complexity_development.html

Professional queries should be addressed to László Lőrincz
(lorincz.laszlo@krtk.mta.hu).

Helyszín: MTA Széchenyi István tér 9, 1051, Budapest, Hungary

Multinationals, local firms and innovation in post-transition and transition economies

12/14/2015

 

Research seminar „Multinationals, local firms and innovation in post-transition and transition economies”

 

Organisers: The EADI Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Development together with the FDI-group of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

 

Date: 14th of December, 2015.                                      Venue: Budapest, Budaörsi út 45., Room 804-7

 

Preliminary program

 

9.00-9.10 Welcome (László Halpern, director, MTA KRTK KTI)

 

9.10-10.40 Session 1 Chair: Miklós Szanyi (MTA KRTK, Hungary)

 

Chiara Lodi (University of Ferrara, Italy): Innovation and exporting: a study on Eastern European firms

 

Károly Attila Soós (MTA KRTK, Budapest): Geographical and Sectorial Concentration in Czech, Hungarian and Slovak exports

 

Arevik Mkrtchyan (University of Hannover, Germany): The effects of the customs union on Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

 

10.40-11.00 Coffe break

 

11.00-13.00 Session 2 Chair: Jan Drahokoupil, ETUI, Belgium

 

Márta Bisztray (MTA KRTK, Hungary): The effect of large foreign plant closures on nearby firms

 

Alireza Naghavi (University of Bologna, Italy):  Multinational Production and the Scope of Innovation

 

Dr. T.J. Joseph (Central University of Kerala, India): Does foreign ownership matter in the technological capability of firms? Evidence from Indian manufacturing industry

 

Eric Rugraff, Magdolna Sass (University of Strasbourg, France; MTA KRTK, Hungary): Type of relations linking foreign-owned firms and indigenous suppliers: the Hungarian pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry

 

13.00-14.00 Lunch

 

14.00-14.20 Jan Drahokoupil (ETUI, Belgium): Foreign investment in eastern and southern Europe after 2008. Still a lever of growth? – a short introduction to the book published by ETUI, Brussels

 

14.20-15.50 Session 3 Chair: Eric Rugraff, University of Strasbourg, France

 

Andrea Szalavetz (MTA KRTK, Hungary): Crisis-driven reorganisation of firms' value chains – Upgrading opportunities for peripheral subsidiaries?

 

Miklós Szanyi (MTA KRTK, Hungary): The FDI-led development model revisited?

 

Tim Gittins (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands): The effects of previous international experience of entrepreneurs upon SME internationalisation in the CEE region

 

15.50-16.00 Closing of the seminar. Further steps

 

Helyszín: Budapest XI., Budaörsi út 45. VIII/807. (conference room)