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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data:
Name: Andrea Szalavetz
Age: 37
Nationality: Hungarian
Present position: Senior research fellow
Present assignment: Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Since: February 1, 1994
Address: H-1014 Országház u. 30, Budapest
Phone: 36-1-224-67-00/145
Fax: 36-1-224-67-65
E-mail:
Internet: www.vki.hu
Education:
Marx Károly University of Economic Sciences, Budapest (graduated in international relations and world economics)
Command of languages:
English (excellent), French (good), German (good) Spanish (good), Russian (fair), Portuguese (fair)
Academic Degrees:
1988: M.A. in International Economics and Foreign Relations, University of Economics, Budapest
1991: Ph.D. in World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Economic Policy and Economic History of the United States)
Former Assignments:
1993: Hill and Knowlton Ltd. Hungary
PR advisor
1991-1992: International Business School Budapest
Professor of Macroeconomics and Corporate Economics
1988-1991: Institute for World Economics research fellow
Fields
of Research:
The
economics of technical change,
aspects
and factors of competitiveness
Main
Publications:
From industrial
capitalism to intellectual capitalism - The bumpy road to a
knowledge-based economy in Hungary. In. Piech, K. - Radosevic,
S. (eds.) 2005:
The Knowledge-Based Economy in Central and East European Countries.
Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming, 2005
Physical capital stock, technological
upgrading and modernisation in Hungary. Acta Oeconomica, vol. 55, No.
2, 2005
Structural Change - Structural
Competitiveness. IWE Working Papers No. 155, 2005
Peripheral Participants in Global
Production Networks. Changing Dynamics in the Transformation from
Industrial to Intellectual Capitalism. IWE WP. No. 142, 2003
Technology Transfer to - and
Local Innovation Activity at - Hungarian Manufacturing
Enterprises. In: Inzelt A. - Auriol L. (eds.): Innovation in
Promising Economies. Aula Publisher Ltd., Budapest, 2002 (pp. 111-133
Adjustment of Hungarian engineering
companies to globalising corporate networks in: Bara Z. - Csaba
L. (eds.) Small Economies' Adjustment
to Global Tendencies. Aula Publishing Co. Budapest, 2000
Structural and Regional Implications
of the "New Economy" in Transition Economies. Emergo,
Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, vol. 7 No. 4,
Autumn, 2000
Technology Transfer, Innovation and
Modernisation. The Example of German-owned Hungarian Engineering
Firms Weltforum Verlag, München, Köln, London, 2000 (co-author: Judit
Habuda, in English)
Company Restructuring in Hungary: A
Case Study Analysis in: Major I. (ed.) Privatization and Economic
Performance in Central and Eastern Europe Lessons to be Learnt from
Western Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA,
1999
Main research fields:
economics of innovations and technical change,
the economics of technical change,
factors of corporate competitiveness in transforming economies
regional development policy and regional patterns of economic development
Scientific activities:
Occasional reviewer for: Acta Oeconomica, Közgazdasági Szemle, Külgazdaság
Guest editor of: Információs Társadalom (Information Society), vol. 3, No. 1, Special issue on information and knowledge economy
Editorial Board Member: Külgazdaság 2007-
Selected publications
Books (in Hungarian)
- Restructuring managed by a financial investor: - The role of the Hungarian Development Bank in the restructuring of Hungarian enterprises, The Hungarian Investment and Asset Management Plc., Budapest, 1997 [ Reorganizáció pénzügyi befektető irányítása alatt.]
- The Privatisation of Energetic Engineering Industry, Kulturtrade, Budapest, 1998
- Returning to the Russian Market? Strategies, Chances and Traps. ITD, Budapest, 1998 (coauthor: Sándor Réthi) [ Visszatérés az orosz piacra? Stratégiák, esélyek és buktatók]
- Technology Transfer, Innovation and Modernization. OMFB, Budapest, 1999 [Technológiatranszfer, innováció és modernizáció]
- Technology Transfer, Innovation and Modernization. The Example of German-owned Hungarian Engineering Firms Weltforum Verlag, München, Köln, London, 2000 (co-author: Judit Habuda, in English)
- Traditional industries - Declining industries? Oktatási Minisztérium, Budapest, 2001 [ Hagyományos iparágak - Hanyatló iparágak?]
- Information technology revolution and catching-up economies. Kossuth, Budapest, 2004 [ Az információtechnológiai forradalom és a felzárkózó gazdaságok.]
Book chapters (in English or other foreign languages)
- Human Capital and Skills in Hungary - Matching Demand and Supply. In: Dyker, D. (ed.) [2010]: Network Dynamics in Emerging Regions of Europe. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, pp. 143-158
- Technological and Growth Dynamics in the New Member States of the European Union. In: Welfens, P.J.J. – Addison, J.T. (eds.) [2009]: Innovation, employment and Growth Policy Issues in the EU and the U.S. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 225-244
- Regime transformation as a choice among capitalist model elements - the example of Hungary. In: Piasecki, R. (ed.) [2007]: Transition of Central European Economies and Enterprises. Lodz, Spoleczna Wyzsza Szkola Przedsiebiorczosci I Zarzadzania, pp. 49-65
- Bound to grow through knowledge accumulation and networking. In: Piech, K. (ed.) Knowledge and Innovation Processes in Central and East European Economies. The Knowledge & Innovation Institute, Warsaw, 2007, pp. 341-356
- From industrial capitalism to intellectual capitalism - The bumpy road to a knowledgebased economy in Hungary. In. Piech, K. - Radosevic, S. (eds.) [2006]: The Knowledge- Based Economy in Central and East European Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, pp. 183-200
- The Hungarian Manufacturing Sector: Achievements, deficiencies and challenges ahead in the Light of its Production Factors. In: Fóti, G. - Novák, T. (eds.): Globalization, European Integration and Economic Transformation. IWE Budapest, 2005 pp. 42-49
- European Policy Lessons in the Process of Regional Transformation in Hungary. In: Steiner, M. (ed.) From Old Industries to New Regions. Policies for Structural Transformation in Accession Countries. Leykam, Graz 2003 pp. 179-196
- The Tertierization of manufacturing industry in the new economy. In: Piatkowski, M. (ed.) "New Economy" and Transformation. Leon Kozminski Academy Publishing House, Warsaw, 2003, pp. 98-110 (in Polish)
- Technology Transfer to - and Local Innovation Activity at - Hungarian Manufacturing 3 Enterprises. In: Inzelt A. - Auriol L. (eds.): Innovation in Promising Economies. Aula Publisher Ltd., Budapest, 2002 (pp. 111-133)
- Adjustment of Hungarian engineering companies to globalising corporate networks in: Bara Z. - Csaba L. (eds.) Small Economies' Adjustment to Global Tendencies. Aula Publishing Co. Budapest, 2000
- Company Restructuring in Hungary: A Case Study Analysis in: Major I. (ed.) Privatization and Economic Performance in Central and Eastern Europe Lessons to be Learnt from Western Europe, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA, 1999
- Export Reorientation and Transfer of know-how and technology - The case of Hungarian manufacturing exports (with Matthias Lücke) In: Fritsch M. - Brezinski H. (eds): Innovation and Technological Change in Eastern Europe. Pathways to industrial Recovery. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA, 1999
- Die Rolle von Produktionsverlagerungen westlicher Unternehmen für die Struktur und die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Wirtschaft in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern: das Beispiel Ungarn in: Transformation, Leipziger Beiträge zu Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Heft 8, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 1998
Publications in Academic Periodicals
In English or in foreign languages
- Developing entrepreneurial universities in transition economies to enhance technology transfer. International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, forthcoming
- Transformation- and catching-up issues in Hungary from a network alignment perspective. Acta Oeconomica, vol. 60, No. 2, 2010
- An atypical relation between structural change and changes in labour input: Hungary in an international comparison. Hungarian Statistical Review, 2007 Special number 11 pp. 24-42
- Changing National Innovation Systems in Advanced Economies - Lessons for Catchingup Follower Countries. Economicheski Isledovania, vol. 16, No. 1, 2007, pp.66-76
- Structural transformation of the capital stock and capital-saving technical change. Acta Oeconomica, vol. 57, No. 3 pp. 263-279, 2007
- Physical capital stock, technological upgrading and modernisation in Hungary. Acta Oeconomica, vol. 55, No. 2, 2005
- Paradigm Shift - Information, Knowledge and Innovation in the New Economy (book review) Acta Oeconomica, vol. 55, No. 4, 2005/4
- Structural Change and Structural Competitiveness. The experiences of Hungary. Economic Thought, 2004/6 (in Bulgarian)
- Znacsenyije "novoj ekonomiki" v posztszocialiszticseszkih sztranah, sztrukturnije i regionalnije aszpekti. Problemi Teorii i Praktiki Upravleniya (Problems of theory and practice of management), 2002/4
- European Policy Lessons in the Process of Regional Transformation in Hungary. Acta Oeconomica, vol. 52, No. 2
- Structural and Regional Implications of the "New Economy" in Transition Economies. Emergo, Journal of Transforming Economies and Societies, vol. 7 No. 4, Autumn, 2000
- Keeping the State as a Minority Shareholder. The Case of a Foreign-Owned Company in the Public Procurement Sector. Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 49, No. 1-2, 1998)
- The reliability of hard indicators for measuring restructuring performance. Eastern European Economics, May-June, 1998
Working Papers
- Structural Change - Structural Competitiveness. IWE WP. No. 155, 2005
- Peripheral Participants in Global Production Networks. Changing Dynamics in the Transformation from Industrial to Intellectual Capitalism. IWE WP. 142, 2003
- Tertierization of manufacturing industry in the new economy. IWE WP. No. 134, 2003
- Some neglected effects of EU enlargement. Rationalization and specialization. IWE WP. No. 129, 2002
- Western Policy Lessons in the Second Phase of Regional Transformation IWE WP. No. 119, 2001
- The Structural and Regional Implications of the New Economy in Transition Economies IWE WP No. 113, 2001
- Technology Transfer Innovation and Modernization in Hungarian manufacturing Firms IWE WP No. 103, 1999
- Company Adjustment and Restructuring in Hungary IWE WP No. 92, 1998
- The reliability of hard indicators for measuring restructuring performance IWE WP No. 82, 1997
- Sailing before the wind of globalization - Corporate restructuring in Hungary, IWE WP No. 78, 1997
- Keeping the state as a minority shareholder. The case of a company competing in the Public Procurement Sector, IWE WP No. 76, 1997
- Measuring the Restructuring Performance of Firms in the Transition Economies: Problems and Methodology in the Second Phase of Industrial Transformation IWE WP No. 69., 1996
- Restructuring and Export Performance: The Role of Foreign Partners in the Adaptation Process of Hungarian Companies IWE WP No. 64., 1996
- Reinforcing the Modernization Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Hungary (társszerző Csáki György, Sass Magdolna) IWE WP No. 62., 1996
- Transformation of a State-Owned Enterprise: The Case of a Metal-Working Giant IWE WP No. 58, 1996
Other Working Papers
- The Tertierization of manufacturing industry in the 'new economy' TIGER Working Papers, No. 40, Warsaw, 2003
- Export Reorientation and Transfer of Know-How and Technology - The Case of Hungarian manufactured Exports (társszerző: Matthias Lücke) Kiel Working Papers No. 801, 1997
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