Medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Hungary: a statistical survey
Szilárd Kovács
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4029-8118
Gabor Lux
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0948-3718
Balazs Pager
Abstract
Recent studies in entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness reveal the increasing importance of medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, which represent an autonomous segment of the SME sector, and help explain the success of modern German industry. However, both developed and post-socialist economies are finding the development of medium-sized enterprises to be a challenging task, posing several obstacles. This paper presents the results of a statistical survey on existing and emerging medium-sized enterprises in Hungarian manufacturing. Using a full database of Hungarian enterprises between 2000 and 2013, it is found that the medium-sized enterprise segment has undergone shrinkage instead of expansion, although promising specialisation patterns are also apparent in selected regions, and even less successful regions have their competitive enterprises.
Keywords:
Industry, SMEs, medium-sized enterprises, regional development, reindustrialisationReferences
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Tunisini A., Resciniti R., 2013, Background and goals of the book, In: Mid-sized Manufacturing Companies: The New Driver of Italian Competitiveness, red. F. Coltorti, R. Resciniti, A. Tunisini, R. Varaldo, SpringerVerlag Italia, Milano, p. 1–11.
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