The Finnish Presidency will launch a European Network of Living Labs on November 21, 2006. This is the first step towards a New European Innovation System (EIS). There is an urgent need to improve European-wide aspiration for innovation towards job creation and growth. There is also an urgent...

In our days few managers think strategically about pricing, and few companies proactively manage their business to create the condition that foster more profitable pricing. Sometimes pricing decisions are made without reference to the company’s broad strategic choices – whom to target, what...

Mit der zunehmenden Auseinanderdriften zwischen Arm und Reich, Norden und Süden der Welt, geht eine Verelendung vieler Menschen einher. Durch die Medien werden alle Menschen über diese Prozesse und Erscheinungen informiert und dies beeinträchtigt auch die Lebensqualität der vermögenden...

Creating local zoning regulations is a complicated procedure, involving considerable conflict due to the large circle of interested parties. Therefore, feasibility studies in these instances cannot focus only on profitability analysis; rather, in addition, the needs of all stakeholders must be...

Fairness wird nicht nur im Sport groß geschrieben, sondern auch im sozialen Alltag. Wie sieht es jedoch damit aus, wenn es um begehrte Dinge geht - beispielsweise um Eintrittskarten zu Spielen der Fußball-WM 2006? Im Rahmen eines Zeitungs- bzw. Internetexperiments untersuchten wir, ob...

This paper seeks to address the gap by reporting the results of consulting and research work of the author on the Hungarian civil service. Empirical evidence shows that the decentralized approach of the Hungarian civil service needs certain modification towards more efficient and less politics...

In the paper the use of Decision Support System in management is analysed. At the part 1 we dealt with the problems of real word perception. The direction of decios making are analysed in the part 2. In the part 3 some problem solution methods are summarised.