CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Zulik, Ákos |
|---|---|
| Title | The role of informal talk in small business cooperation and access to subsidies Analysis of two historic wine regions in Hungary |
| Summary | The aim of the research was to analyze the links between informal interpersonal connections, institutionalized cooperation between small business managers and their effect on public subsidy effects. An in-depth interview-based empirical data collection was conducted. Ten wine production firm managers in the Hungarian historic wine regions of Sopron and Szekszárd were included in the sample. Basically it was found the informal talk has direct influence on both institutionalized forms of firm cooperation and public subsidy effect of firms. Cooperation-related informal talk is generally interpreted as a manifestation of or a reaction to a wider meta-narrative on Hungarian social and business reality of cooperation. This depends of the local perception of success or failure of cooperative institutionalized activities. The most important direct influence enhancing aspect of informal talk is its functioning as a reputation mechanism reducing transaction costs. Institutionalized cooperation only affects public subsidy access in the specific case when the cooperation is formal and in itself subsidized. Narratives questioning the reason behind subsidizing cooperation where revealed based on the perceived experience of losing cooperative capacity in the post-subsidized period. |
| Supervisor | Borbala Kovacs |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/zulik_akos.pdf |
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