The German health care system has been undergoing many reforms. The introduction of the DRG-financing system, as one of the major changes for the German hospital setting in the last decades, had huge impact on the evolution of the hospital resources and capacities, economic situation,...

In the globalized economy multinational firms have given rise to local firms able to produce at a low cost and at acceptable quality levels. A growing number of firms have outsourced production and manufacturing activities of all types to these firms, not only to reduce production costs but also...

The present study empirically examines the financial performance of European companies and tries to identify the profitability differences that exist between: enterprises with same profile, economic sectors and between several countries from the European Union. Based on data of the year 2009,...

Company performance varies among economic sectors, countries and regions. It is influenced by a very large number of factors. This study aims at identifying and analyzing the determinants that must be considered by company's management presently in order to face competition and achieve superior...

Why do some companies fail in their efforts to implement competitive strategies? Why do others win in implementing competitive strategies? Of course the reasons behind every fail and every win are numerous and can be related to insufficient resources, lack of information, changes in the external...

In Romania, due to territorial extend of the audited entities, we deal with a great number of isolated departments for internal audit, consisting of 1 to 2 auditors. The international audit standards recommend that the number of internal auditors should cover at least the minimum of activities...

The image of a destination is more than a distinguishing element; it is a component of the supply and brings more value to it. The image of a destination can be the decisive component, while the other elements re relatively alike (1). The image of a tourist destination is strongly connected to...

The economical concept of SMEs represents the axis of functional market economies. The problem of their delimitation within the European area is being solved unitarily and transparently today. Besides the communitarian and national significance of SMEs, the investigation of their employees'...

The agriculture's sustainable development is a demand of the Community's Agricultural Policy in Romania. The objective can't be reached without competitive agricultural holdings, which work on the basis of high economic performance criteria. This is why agricultural holdings must take into...

Competitiveness is assured, developed businesses require the implementation of some quality standards in all the company fields, that is, granting some important financial resources. Actually, when analyzing the economic activity of the Romanian economic agents, we can notice that finding the...