Competitiveness and industrial renewal via production relocation by global multinational networks

Electrical industry is regarded as the backbone of the ICT branch’s hard-ware production. The international settlement of this industry is therefore of paramount interest for developed economies and emerging market economies as well. They all compete for investments in this sector. This study analysis the development of Hungarian electrical industry from the early years of transition when output performance was at the deepest level and when this sector along with the automotive branch became the primary source of eco-nomic expansion. The sector’s performance is compared with data from other CEE countries and with other Hungarian industries in order to illus-trate the widespread modernization effects of foreign investments in this sec-tor. The question of activities ’ relocation from more developed countries to Hungary, and in most recent years from Hungary to less developed regions is also dealt with. Relocations are regarded in this paper from the Hungar-ian viewpoint as necessary and positive developments. Relocated activities give room for other, more sophisticated and more income generating activi-ties

Observation of Odderon Effects at LHC energies -- A Real Extended Bialas-Bzdak Model Study

The unitarily extended Bialas-Bzdak model of elastic proton-proton scattering is applied, without modifications, to describe the differential cross-section of elastic proton-antiproton collisions in the TeV energy range, and to extrapolate these differential cross-sections to LHC energies. In this model-dependent study we find that the differential cross-sections of elastic proton-proton collision data at 2.76 and 7 TeV energies differ significantly from the differential cross-section of elastic proton-antiproton collisions extrapolated to these energies. The elastic proton-proton differential cross-sections, extrapolated to 1.96 TeV energy with the help of this extended Bialas-Bzdak model do not differ significantly from that of elastic proton-antiproton collisions, within the theoretical errors of the extrapolation. Taken together these results provide a model-dependent, but statistically significant evidence for a crossing-odd component of the elastic scattering amplitude at the at least 7.08 sigma level. From the reconstructed Odderon and Pomeron amplitudes, we determine the $\sqrt{s}$ dependence of the corresponding total and differential cross-sections.Comment: Final version, typos fixed, accepted for a publication in EPJ C, including 3 tables, 32 figures, 61 pages. Model dependent Odderon significance stands at 7.08 sigma. Appendix C and D added to discuss the s-dependent Pomeron and Odderon amplitudes and cross-sections and to cross-check possible non-linear evolution of the model parameters at ISR energie