It was an important step in the life of our university when in January 2016, we were granted the status of University of Applied Sciences. Since then, the utilization of knowledge from scientific results has become a priority, both in terms of its integration into our training programmes and its exploitation by academic, corporate, public and non-profit stakeholders alike. With knowledge sharing being a priority, we aim to increase the economic and societal impact of our research, the number and visibility of our publications at several levels in the coming years. The enhancement of high-level and international scientific activity takes place to a large extent in the Centres of Excellence established by BBS. In the case of applied research, we aim to generate knowledge that is useful for everyday life, where possible in collaboration with business partners, thus strengthening the applied science approach. Equally important to us is the development of quality education and talent management, which will significantly expand the University's talent base and make science a real and meaningful goal for all teaching colleagues.
We channel the results of our national and international collaborative research into education in a variety of ways. Most often it is translated into the development of course and teaching methods, but we also focus on providing space for colleagues to exchange experiences through thematic workshops or conferences. A good example of the former is the development of courses on hotel management, organisation and management of catering companies at the Sustainable Gastronomy Centre of Excellence (SGCE), or the course and textbook on Far Eastern Intercultural Management at the Oriental Business and Innovation Centre (OBIC). The exchange of experience takes place, for example, at the annual Research Days, where, in addition to the results of research groups and individual researchers, colleagues report a number of research experiences and methodological research results that can be used by other lecturers.
In recent years, we have organised major international conferences and a number of prestigious national events to showcase our research. In addition, we promote the flow of knowledge in a number of other ways, such as through OBIC’s English-language volumes on East Asia or the professional blog posts of the Future of Higher Education Centre of Excellence (FHERC). Our research workshop events feature presentations by our experts and discussions on current economic and social issues with our invited corporate partners.
In partnership with businesses, our strategic goal is to make the results of our research directly available to businesses. That is why we regularly present at conferences or organise such events. We make case studies and good practices publicly available and are continuously developing training courses. For example, the conference of the Budapest LAB – Entrepreneurship Centre (Budapest LAB) Family Business Day is becoming increasingly popular every year, and Budapest LAB's 2019 eco-footprint calculator for the SME sector is also a major success. The research of our Cyber Economy Centre of Excellence supports the adaptation of a wide range of domestic enterprises, especially SMEs, to the economic and management challenges of Industry 4.0. In the case of international cooperation, we use the know-how, mentoring skill card and mentoring training developed in the Trust Me and MentorCert projects together with corporate partners. Two other international projects have resulted in the accreditation of ADAPTYKES and INSIST (corporate training) courses, also based on good practices abroad, which are also targeted at the corporate market.
An important achievement is that the results of our research are used not only by businesses but also by the government. A good example of this is that the results of the Budapest LAB Family Business Research Programme are directly referred to in the SME strategy published by the government at the end of 2019, which Budapest LAB not only participated in preparing but also carried out background analyses for.
Hundreds of Hungarian and international visitors have participated in our institution-wide scientific events in recent years, but we also try to contribute to the dissemination and promotion of scientific knowledge by joining other events and through social media.