Based on empirical research, the paper investigates two segments of the Hungarian economic elite: multipositionals … among leaders of private than state-owned companies, and less typical among managers of foreign than Hungarian companies …. Multipositionals had two and a half, transnationals more than three times better income chances than the rest of the economic elite …

Contents: Steiner, Helmut: Vorwort. - Tamas, Pal: Introduction to three national reports: Poland, Hungary, Czech … Hungarian Business Elite: Behaviour, Business Culture, Values. - Tucek, Milan/Machonin, Pavel/Gatnar, Lumir/Konvicka, Libor … the New Business Elites in Russia. - Krasnodebski, Zdzislav/Garstecki, Stefan/Schulz, Justyna: Polish Managers in Germany …