Talent-Competitiveness of Hungary – Decline without “Fleurs du Mal”

Olivér Kovács ()
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Olivér Kovács: ICEG European Center, Budapest, Hungary

Society and Economy, 2016, vol. 38, issue 4, 537-558

Abstract: This paper offers some ammunition to better understand Hungary’s position in the IMD World Talent Report 2015 (IMD WTR 2015). First, it gives a brief overview of the methodology of the IMD WTR by highlighting its main features. Second, it presents the 2015 ranking and puts the focus on Hungary’s withering talent competitiveness. The paper conveys the message that an overarching and consistent reform package is a must in the education system to foster talent utilisation. However, such a package is likely to be insufficient unless economic policy addresses the relevant shortcomings of the Hungarian innovation ecosystem.

Keywords: talent; competitiveness; reform; education; academy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I28 O20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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