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A significant part of Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises are still unable to take advantage of the opportunities offered by innovation. According to the 2024 data of the Central Statistical Office, only 30% of enterprises conduct research and development activities, and the amount spent on this amounts to only 1.32% of GDP. One of the main reasons for this is that the first steps of R&D activities – such as mapping the literature, analyzing competitors, reviewing technological opportunities – require a lot of time, expertise and human resources, which are not available to most smaller enterprises.
This research program – strongly relying on the results and experiences of our previous research carried out with the support of the Batthyány Lajos Foundation – proposes the development of a methodology based on artificial intelligence that can support these first, difficult steps. The goal is to enable enterprises to launch development processes with even 1–2 people (e.g. an engineer or a company manager) without the need for a separate research team. apply.
The project’s lead researchers are: Levente Szabados, Dr. Ferenc Kiss and Ottó Werschitz