Hungary is deemed to be one of the economies that has successfully undergone
the changes and undoubtedly it is undergoing a process of rapid and
concentrated change. It is generally considered that Hungary has successfully
completed these changes, and is…

This paper reports two case studies of the use of the business excellence model (BEM) in two small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which entered the 1999 East of England Excellence (EEE) regional Quality Award. The experiences of these organisations will…

The Department of Transport and Local Regions has issued guidelines encouraging public sector organisations to lead local communities by introducing travel plans to tackle traffic congestion. This paper aims to analyse the alternatives for Cambridgeshire County Council by means of…

Purpose: The aim of this research is to study leadership prototypes of Russian employees, which are dependent on their gender, organizational position and age.

Design/methodology/approach: As a research method a cross-sectional survey was employed where 223 employees of…

This paper undertakes a comparative study of intervention strategies and the resultant impact upon new enterprise creation in the UK and Hungary. Firstly, secondary data is used to compare and contrast the actions of, and support provided by, major employer…

An approximation scheme to obtain the period for large amplitude oscillations of a simple pendulum is analysed and discussed. The analytical approximate formula for the period is the same as that suggested by Hite (2005 Phys. Teach. 43 290), but…

Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and Fourier transform infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (FT-IRRAS) have been combined to analyse the oxidation of methylamine and ethylamine on platinum single crystal electrodes in an acidic medium. The oxidation of both amines on Pt(hkl) electrodes gives rise…

The electroreflectance (ER) technique has been applied to the study of a Pt(111) electrode in different acidic and alkaline electrolytes. The variation in the normalised potential derivative of the reflectance signal, 1/R(dR/dE) is observed in sulphuric and perchloric acid media…