Industry 5.0 research 2021-
Digital intelligence is “a comprehensive set of digital competencies rooted in universal moral values for individuals to use, control, and create technology to advance humanity.”
Social aspects of digital intelligence
Period: 2022-
Project: RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00013, “National Laboratory for Social Innovation”, framework of Hungary’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the support of the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the European Union.
Goal: to assess the digital readiness of the Hungarian society by creating a digital intelligence scale.
Digitalisation research 2020-
Industry 4.0 “covers the digitalization and automation of the manufacturing environment, and also the creation of digital value chains for the purposes production, environment and communication between business partners.”
Digital transformation is “a process that aims to improve an entity by triggering significant changes to its properties through combinations of information, computing, communication, and connectivity technologies.”
Digital competence “involves the confident, critical and responsible use of, and engagement with digital technologies for learning, at work, and for participation in society. It includes information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, media literacy, digital content creation (including programming), safety (including digital well-being and competences related to cybersecurity), intellectual property related questions, problem solving and critical thinking”.
Digital readiness (competence and attitude) in the era of Industry 4.0
Period: 2020-
Goal: to examine the digital readiness of companies – operating in the Hungary analyzing the level of digital competence and attitude of the employees and to capture which digital technologies from Industry 4.0 are situated and are used.
Social impacts of digitalisation
Period: 2021-2022
Project: NKFIH-834-2/2021 “National Laboratory for Social Innovation”
Goal: to explore the impact of digital transformation on digital competence among employees and on human characteristics.
Digital Transformation at Hungarian Manufacturers
Period: 2021-2022
Project: 2020-4.1.1-TKP2020 Thematic Excellence Programme by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary.
Goal: to explore the impact of digital transformation on digital competence among employees and on human characteristics.
The Use of Contactless Digital Technologies in Hungary
Period: 2021-2022
Project: 2020-4.1.1-TKP2020 Thematic Excellence Programme by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary.Goal: to investigate how corporate factors impact the use of contactless digital technologies, to explore employee attitudes and company solutions to promoting the adoption of digital technologies.
The Impact of Digitalization on Knowledge Sharing in Hungarian SMEs
Period: 2020-2022
Project: 2020-4.1.1-TKP2020 Thematic Excellence Programme by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary.
Goal: to investigate the primary drivers for the introduction of digital technologies among SMEs operating in Hungary with less than 250 employees.
Implementation of Digitalization at Hungarian Manufacturers
Period: 2019-2020
Project: NKFIH-843-10/2019 and 2020-4.1.1-TKP2020 Thematic Excellence Programme by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary.
Goal: to explore how manufacturing companies operating in Hungary interpret technology and human resources, and to identify the drives and obstacles of digitalization.
Social media research 2013-
Social media “refers to technologies that allow individuals to access information and/or reach other individuals and to develop networks based on mutual personal or professional interests in an interactive manner.”
Social Media usage among the Wineries of the Balaton Region
Period 2019
Project: EFOP-3.6.2-16-2017-00017, “Sustainable, intelligent and inclusive regional and city models”, co-financed by the European Union, Hungary and the European Social Fund.
Visiting researcher: Jaana Leinonen, PhD Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland + Ivan Paunovic, PhD, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Augustin, Germany + Marco Valeri, PhD, Faculty of Economics, Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy
Goal: to investigate the use of social media tools among the wineries of the Balaton region, and to identify their objectives in their use of social media tools and the competencies considered key to social network building.
Social Media usage in Hungarian Family Businesses
Period: 2018
Goal: to examine the composition, characteristics of social media tools employed by Hungarian-owned family businesses, and to explore potential collaboration networks.
Social Media usage in Hungary
Period: 2013-2014
Partner: KPMG-BME Academy
Visiting researcher: Anthony Wensley, PhD: University of Toronto, Mississauga, Canada
Goal: to investigate the uptake of social media technologies and their use in knowledge sharing.
Knowledge management research 2002-
Knowledge management “refers to the theoretical and practical aspects of establishing and developing the ability to create, share and utilize organizational knowledge.”
Knowledge sharing is “a complex behavior that is affected by a variety of psychological and organizational factors, and it is only by appropriately managing those factors that knowledge will actually flow through the organization.”
Organisational knowledge management in the light of emerging technologies
Period: 2021-2024
Goal: to provide a thorough, meaningful, and practical evaluation of organisational knowledge management in the context of digital transformation and emerging technologies in Hungary.
Emotional Intelligence and Knowledge Sharing in Hungary
Period: 2014-2015
Goal: to explore the link between the emotional intelligence and the knowledge sharing behavior of employees in Hungarian organizations.
Knowledge sharing behaviour in Hungary
Period: 2014-20145
Goal: to identify individual and organizational characteristics within Hungarian organizations that impact knowledge sharing behavior through given intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors.
Organisational Knowledge Sharing in Hungary
Period: 2013-2014
Partner: KPMG-BME Academy
Goal: to examine the knowledge sharing application of knowledge management practices in day-to-day work, and to investigate intergenerational differences in organizations active in Hungary.
Knowledge Management Practice in Hungary
Period: 2002-2006
Partner: KPMG-BME Academy
Goal: to develop an approach which can be utilized in practice, which is well-founded both theoretically and methodologically, and which supports organizations in the exploration and implementation of activities related to knowledge management.