Thesis supervisor: Andrea Elekes
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Budapest Business School Abbreviation of location of studies: BGE
Description of the research topic:
The societal expectations of sustainable development and hence of the various green solutions (green products, sustainable financing, etc.) are becoming increasingly compelling for market participants. Adapting to regulations moving in the direction of sustainability is a particularly significant challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises. They have to comply with increasingly stringent rules in a constantly changing environment. This, on the one hand, encourages permanent innovation and, on the other hand, solutions that evade the rules can become more and more attractive. Due to its complexity, this research field can be approached in many methodological ways. Location theories, economic geography approaches and cost-benefit analyses may be applied for sustainability considerations. However, decisions made under uncertain circumstances and information asymmetry are of paramount importance when circumventing the rules are to be analysed.
Some research questions are as follows:
• What kind of innovations and business models can help to implement sustainability aspects in trade? (E.g.: investment in a new restaurant or home delivery; territorial expansion or e-/m-commerce; environment-friendly new materials; can a family touristic enterprise based on local produce be a solution to regional labour problems and mitigate the core-periphery gap? – factors determining the decision, cost-benefit analysis, modelling;)
• How effective are voluntary, yet binding, agreements between companies and civil society organizations?
• What role can national and international (trade) rules and agreements play? (E.g.: enforcing sustainability rules in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises; sustainability and SME rules in international trade agreements).
• Forms of trade practices endangering environmental and social sustainability, and ways of curbing them. (E.g.: How to reduce the environmental burden of tourism; circumventing environmental and employment standards; corruption).
Required language skills: angol
Deadline for application: 2021-08-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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