PBN PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Business Development Network West

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Business Development Network – West Pannonia – Hungary – http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Overall business challenges – Small and medium business development: • • Growing competition due to liberalisation Lack of capital Low level of partnership Insignificant share of added value in the output – Investment promotion: • Increasing focus on foreign small and medium businesses • Heavy competition internally for multinationals for location development • South-Asian role growing significantly • Atttractiveness of value added services is improving – Relevant for both: • problem of human resource quality and quantity http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Reasons for setting up the network – Business needs are given and phrased, however rarely surveyed – Financial support means are available – Match business needs with financial resources http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Coverage of different company profiles SME through clusters – 6 clusters (wood- amd furniture, mechatronics, logistics, textile, handcraft, thermal) – 250 companies Large companies through industrial parks – 23 industrial park – 350 companies http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Network set up – Clusters and industrial parks formed one association – Coverage of different scale and branch companies, with representation of the local economy – Easy access to the companies through small staffs – Altogether app. 600 companies and 40. 000 employees http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Task of the network – Initiate projects for the members – Contribute to quality development – Facilitate cross-fertilization programs: • Logistic cluster – Industrial park • Thermal cluster – Handcraft goods cluster • Market research centre – Lobbying http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Activities on partner level CLUSTERS Human Resource Job Rotation, Trainee Development Program SME Academy Market Analysis Trends and Tendencies Analysis Centre Sales and Marketing Businessmen Meetings Quality Assurance Accreditation for Clusters http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Activities on partner level INDUSTRIAL PARKS New investors Investors’ guide (online) Investment tours (China) Service development Benchmark Club Customer services Hall construction http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK Availability Contact info: - President: Géza ÉDER – ederg@pbn. hu - Manager: Balázs BARTA – barta@pbn. hu GSM: 36 309 150 340 - Manager: Mátyás LAZARY – lazary@pbn. hu GSM: 36 306 861 380 - Co-ordinator: Nóra HORVATH – horvath@pbn. hu GSM: 36 302 076 283 http: //www. pbn. hu

PBN - PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK http: //www. pbn. hu