The results of the research made by authors highlights the importance that is given to ensuring sustainable performance of the SMEs in the economic, social and environmental point of view. This work has been prepared as part of project POSDRU/88/1.5./S/55287 “Doctoral thesis in economy at...

With the advent of products and services offered online, buyers have the opportunity to purchase goods of lower prices than the traditional environment. Online market has grown exponentially in recent years, but in Romania, had a weight gain. One of the most important reasons in online shopping...

This paper propose an analyse of tourism clusters impact on regional development and competitiveness of tourism industry in Romania and a comparison with some tourism clusters from another traditional touristic european countries. Tourism is an extremely important economic activity, which may...

This article wants to design a liaison between the world economic crisis and agency theory, trying to determine if the current crisis is a consequence of the common corporate governance practices. More specifically, it indicates that these practices lead to excessive risk taking, like subprime...

The article analyze the strategy of the international multi-location production of the Mondragon Corporation during the period 1999-2009, as a case of cooperative innovation towards a people-centred globalization. This seeks to protect the employment and competitiveness in the parent...

The increase of competitiveness must not be regarded as a process of exploiting the advantages on a short term but as a process of creating an economic structure based on capital investments and researchdevelopment –innovation processes. The governments in transition economies can play an...

The paper is focused on the issues of optimization of the activities in logistics channel, considering reducing energy costs. Although a number of studies have been made over time regarding the optimization costs in the supply chain, few of them were directed towards reducing energy costs or...

The purpose of a product is to satisfy the needs of the people that are going to acquire it. In order to do so, it has to incorporate characteristics and features that fulfill a series of requirements set by users' expectations and external conditions. In this essay, we are focusing on the...

El artículo busca conocer el impacto del cargo de capital sobre el valor de las empresas innovadoras de confecciones de Cali, siguiendo los lineamientos teóricos de la gestión basada en el valor y, como metodología, el análisis del valor económico agregado en el periodo 2002–2007. Se...

World cruise market is very dynamic and it is characterised by constant changes in offer and demand. Dubrovnik, as one of the leading port in the Mediterranean is faced with the problem of large concentrations of ships and passengers in a short period of time. Paper provides answers to the...