Hungary

Survey Results

1. Date company founded?
   

2. Company share structure
   

   Private	78%
   State-owned	22%

3. Do you operate as a joint venture?
   

   No	75%
   Yes	25%

4. Nationality of foreign shareholders in the joint ventures
   

   Austria	38%
   Germany	27%
   USA	12%
   UK	6%
   Israel	3%
   Holland	3%
   Luxembourg	3%
   Italy	3%
   Switzerland	3%
   Sweden	3%

5. Number of full-time and part-time employees: % surveyed companies
   

   # employees	full-time	part-time
   none	0	32
   1-5	30	28
   6-10	19	16
   11-30	22	18
   31-100	13	7
   101-500	11	0
   500+	6	0

6. Top 8 environmental publications (%)
   

   Környezetvédelmifüzetek General Environmental Leaflets	34
   Környezet és fejlôdés Environment and Progress	13
   Környezetvédelmi és vízügyértesítô Environment and Water Management	6
   OMIKK	5
   Hulladékgazdálkodás Waste Management	4
   Hidrológiai közlöny	4
   Environmental Technology	4
   Öko	3

7. Top 8 business publications (%)
   

   HVG World Economy Weekly	35
   Napi Világgazdaság World Economy Daily	28
   Cégvezetés Company Management	22
   Figyelô Watcher	10
   Budapest Business Journal	8
   Piac Market	6
   Adó Taxation	6
   Magyar Hírlap Hungarian Daily News	4

8. Top 8 environmental associations (%)
   

   Hidrológiai társaság Hydrology Society	23
   METESZ	12
   Mérnöki kamara Chamber of Engineers	10
   Kémikusok egyesülete Association of Chemists	7
   Környezetvédelmi egyesület Environmental Protection Association	7
   Gazdasági kamara Chamber of Economy	3
   Építéstudományi egyesület Construction Science Society	2
   Neumann János Társaság John von Neumann Society	2

9. Office equipment
   (percentage of companies possessing the following types of equipment)
   

10. Sources for new environmental business opportunities
    

    professional associates	92
    personal contacts	91
    referrals from associates	84
    conference attendance	69
    environmental publications	66
    daily press	62
    business publications	59
    trade shows and fairs	53
    Environmental ministry	42
    regular post	34
    Traff., Tele., Wat. ministry	32
    Chamber of Commerce	32
    universities or academy of science	27
    local government offices	27
    Industry and Trade ministry	27
    fax	23
    other	19
    Home Office	15
    other national level ministries	14
    e-mail	7

11. Number of employees by type of ownership
    

    Number of full-time employees	private %	state-owned %
    1-5 persons	93	7
    6-10 persons	85	15
    11-30 persons	93	7
    31-100 persons	61	29
    101-500 persons	27	73
    501+ persons	29	71

12. Annual turnover (in percentage) Income in HUF
    

13. Income from foreign sources compared to company annual turnover
    

    Total income	Foreign income in %
    	50+	26-50	10-25	-10	no	total
    -2.5 HUF	0	0	0	0	100	100
    2.5-5 HUF	0	13	0	12	75	100
    5-10 HUF	0	14	0	29	57	100
    10-15 HUF	0	9	9	0	82	100
    11-25	0	15	23	8	54	100
    25-50 HUF	0	11	17	22	50	100
    50+ HUF	5	8	15	23	49	100
    Total	4	9	13	19	55	100

14. Foreign language proficiency
    (i.e. what percentage of companies have at least one employee who speaks the following languages)
    

15. Conference participation (%)
    

    How many scientific conferences did you participate in last year?
    

    	%
    1-2	25
    3-5	36
    5+	27
    none	12

16. Preference for environmental information
    

    1=negligible, 5=essential
    	1	2	3	4	5	average
    information on new environmental protection technologies	3	3	9	25	60	4.34
    information on environmental regulation	3	3	12	22	60	4.32
    new project tenders	5	6	12	18	59	4.21
    news on latest projects	4	5	17	28	46	4.07
    information on sources of project financing	9	8	11	21	51	3.97
    information on the regional environmental problems	8	8	17	23	45	3.90
    how to cut back costs	11	13	17	15	44	3.66
    information on investors	11	9	22	25	33	3.60
    how to manage projects more efficiently	11	8	29	24	28	3.49
    where to find Hungarian partners for large scale projects	15	14	19	23	30	3.39
    how to find foreign partners	15	12	26	22	24	3.28
    advertisement of conference or trade fairs	13	21	28	25	12	3.03

17. Preference for information delivery options
    

    1=negligible, 5=essential
    	1	2	3	4	5	average
    regular bulletin with new project opportunities	8	4	10	27	52	4.12
    workshops, where others from the same profession can be met and problems shared	8	7	24	28	32	3.70
    conferences,where potential Western partners can first be contacted with	10	5	30	25	31	3.61
    printed register of local environmental services and products	9	11	22	29	29	3.58
    wide range fax service providing information on project opportunities in particular fields	15	7	20	23	35	3.58
    computer operated database of information sources accessible by modem	24	10	19	23	25	3.15
    telephone inquiry service	29	21	27	16	7	2.52

18. Evaluation of experience with Western companies
    

    	strongly agree	agree	disagree	strongly disagree	no idea
    the Western company possessed good project management skills	33	34	11	5	18
    the Western company had a clear view of the possibilities of our company	31	37	37	7	12
    the Western company understood Hungarian business practices	10	34	34	12	21
    language barriers made cooperation more difficult	10	11	11	54	8

19. How interested are you in professional training courses in the following topics?
    

    1=negligible, 5=essential
    	1	2	3	4	5	average
    environmental regulations	9	4	19	24	43	3.88
    financing of environmental investments	11	9	18	24	38	3.69
    environmental impact analysis	13	8	19	22	40	3.68
    project management	13	8	22	22	35	3.57
    environmental risk assessment	13	10	23	25	30	3.50
    environmental protection auditing/supervision	15	11	23	26	25	3.35
    environmental management	16	9	30	22	22	3.26
    environmental systems and their sustainability	15	11	39	16	20	3.17
    environmental economic analysis	27	18	18	29	8	2.76