Economic Research in Lithuania

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Economic Research in Lithuania

• Dr. Albertas Žalys
• Director
• Department of Science and Technology
• Ministry of Education and Science

Forum of Economic Researchers, 30 August, 2006
Riga
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Distribution of RD institutions over Lithuania
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Parliament

Commission on Science, Technology and Innovation
Development
Government
Other Ministries
Ministry of Education and Science
Ministry of Economy
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RTD institutional system in Lithuania
State Universities (15)
State Research Institutes (17)
Private Universities (6)
University Research Institutes (18)
State Colleges (16)
State Research Establishments (8)
Private Colleges (12)
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Total number of researchers (2002-2005)
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Number of ISI publications (with universities
affiliation) 2002-2005 m
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Money from international programs in thousands
Lt (2002-2005)
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Money from business sector in thousands
Lt(2002-2005)
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Number of PhD and Habil. Dr. according to the
field of science
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Number of PhD and Habil Dr. Social sciences
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We are proud of ...

• Department on Political economics was established
  in Vilnius University on 1803 the first time in
  the world.

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Main actors in Economic research

• Kaunas University of Technology
• Klaipeda University
• Lithuanian University of Agriculture
• Mykolas Romeris University
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
• Vilnius University
• Vytautas Magnus University
• Institute for Social Research
• Institute of Economics
• Lithuanian Energy Institute
• Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics

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Main directions of RD activities (1)

• Kaunas University of Technology (Faculty of
  Economics and Management)
• Finance management
• Improvement of organization and personnel
  management of enterprises
• Total quality management, Marketing management,
  E-business management
• Competitive marketing
• Modeling and regulation of market economy
• International business economics and management
• Formalization and modeling of processes in
  enterprise management
• Forecast of business environment
• Lithuanian University of Agriculture (Faculty of
  Economics and Management)
• Investigation of rural integrated development
  management, trades and their infrastructure
  organizations management
• Investigation of accounting and finance systems
• Investigation of sustainable agricultural
  development economics
• Klaipeda University (Faculty of Social Sciences)
• Interdisciplinary research of economic, social
  and political potential of Lithuania in the
  Baltic region through the aspect of global and
  national interaction
• Peculiarities of organization management
• Recourses of modern politics in Lithuania

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Main directions of RD activities (2)

• Mykolas Riomeris University (Faculty of Finance
  Management and Economics)
• Future scenario of multilevel governance
  effectiveness and sustainable development
• Prognosis of effective application of European
  Unions structural funds and budget
• Security of individual, society and private
  sector
• Effectiveness of business development in the
  context of increasing competitiveness
• Analysis of effectiveness of public sectors
  activities
• Security of individual, society and private
  sector
• The most successful directions of RD activities
• Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Faculty
  of Business Management)
• Research and modeling of economic and social
  development in Lithuania
• Methods for improving management and
  competitiveness of business organization
• Information and telecommunication technologies in
  business management
• Finance forecast and management under the
  conditions of uncertainty
• Improvement of specialists career planning and
  studies systems in the field of business
  management
• Competitiveness of enterprises, analysis of
  direct foreign investments into the Baltic
  countries
• Creation of regional business risk informative
  system

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Main directions of RD activities (3)

• Vilnius University (Faculty of Economics)
• Social and economic development of Lithuania in
  the context of integration into the European
  Union modeling and management
• Factors of business environment
• Impact of economic integration on the small open
  economy statistic analysis, outlook and
  management
• The Lithuanian economic and social policy in the
  process of integration to the European Union
• Peculiarities of Lithuanian business at the
  European Union market
• Marketing theory and practice towards improving
  competitiveness of Lithuanias economy
• Vytautas Magnus University (Faculty of Economics
  and Management)
• Innovative changes in economics and management in
  the context of globalisation
• The most successful directions of RD activities
• Development of business infrastructure system
• Modeling of the Lithuanian finance system
• Economic development and globalization

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Main directions of RD activities (4)

• Institute for Social Research
• Theory and methodology of socio-economic research
• Social welfare and stratification, income and
  poverty of the elderly
• Social changes in post communist society social
  stratification, political elite,
• Lithuanian Energy Institute
• Development of energy economy planning methods,
  research of safety and reliability of the power
  plants, their impact on the environment,
  efficient energy
• Institute of Economics
• Economic theory and mathematical modelling
• Economic and social development problems of
  Lithuanian economy
• Economic thought in Lithuania in the XVIXX
  centuries
• Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics
• Rural and regional development
• Competitiveness of the agricultural and food
  sector
• The most successful directions of RD activities
• Analysis of EU integration processes and their
  impact on the Lithuanian agricultural and food
  sector

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The best RTD actors in Economics

• Vilnius University
• Faculty of Economics
• Kaunas University of Technology
• Faculty of Economics and Management
• Lithuanian University of Agriculture
• Faculty of Economics and Management
• Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics

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New governance and funding system of RD

• to introduce tender- and programme-based funding
  system for research
• to fund the most important developments both in
  high-level research (Centres of excellence) and
  Centres or Research-Driven Innovation
• to implement a new system of grants for young
  scientists
• to restructure Science Council of Lithuania into
  a Research Council

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