'Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics'
Abstract
In 1999, with OMFB (OMFB is the Hungarian abbreviation for `National Committee
for Technological
Development´, which was an independent government organisation promoting innovations. In 2000, it was
subordinated to the Ministry of Education and given a new name (State Secretariat for Research and
Development)). support, GKI Co. studied the knowledge flow that corresponded to
17 innovations. In 2000,
there was a similar research launched at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (TUB) and 42
university R and D cases were analysed. This article compares the most important experiences of the two
investigations. The Hungarian knowledge flow between the economic actors is not intensive enough, and this
deficiency was explored by both researches. The results of comparison and conclusions for innovation and
technology policy makers are summarised in this article
