Obtaining World Fame from the Periphery

Estimating achievement from fame

We report a method for estimating people’s achievement based on their fame. Earlier we discovered that fame of fighter pilot aces (measured as number of Google hits) grows exponentially with their achievement (number of victories). We hypothesize that the same functional relation between achievement and fame holds for other professions. This allows us to estimate achievement for professions whe...

From Lisbon to the World...

Locomotion: Control from the Periphery?

Studies of the neural control of locomotion have tended to focus on the modulation of motoneuron firing by premotor neurons; new work indicates that the regulation of synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction can also be important, revealing an inverse relationship between input resistance and synaptic output in motoneurons.

Discussing inequalities from the periphery

Recently, the Hungarian Geographical Bulletin – that had been a forum for introducing empirically focused papers covering various social and physical geographical issues for decades – became engaged increasingly in academic discourses on socio-spatial inequalities, embracing various approaches and problems with diff erent scalar foci. The theoretical and methodological diversity that ranged fro...

Accelerated Internationalization from the Periphery

The paper develops an argument concerning the pluralistic character of the process of globalization, as contrasted with the conventional account that sees global processes creating uniformity and convergence. This alternative account is based on a series of case studies of latecomer and newcomer multinational corporations, such as Acer, Ispat International, Li & Fung and the Hong Leong Group; a...