This paper presents a short analysis of international and national touristic area, mainly in Salaj County in Romania. The research was considered a prospective 2014 to existing accommodation capacity in the region, and at the same time, the index of its use. The result of the research shows an...

The study focuses on the understanding of the impact of Total Quality Management (TQM) in firms in South-East Europe (SEE). One hundred structured in-depth interviews were conducted with a mixture of firms in SEE, mainly with middle and top level managers. The main fact of the study is that...

The companies today have to adapt to different changing conditions, like rapid technological development, shorter product life cycles and more demanding customers, in order to improve their position on the market. The objective of the paper is to present and analyses the impact of lean by using...

The paper refers to a distinction between limitative and generative ethics. The main idea is that, if ethics is to be of any help for managers, it has to provide applicable principles that can morally orient managerial decisions, and avoid abstract principles that are usually used not to help...

The main objective of Markowitz work is seeking optimal allocation of wealth on a defined number of assets while minimizing risk and maximizing returns of expected portfolio. At the beginning, proposed models in this issue are resolved basing on quadratic programming. Unfortunately, the real...

General Union of Industrialists of Romania (AGIR) was a representative institution which aimed to support Romanian industrialists in the country's economic development. The Romanian economy had reached a certain level, the current favorable to the industrialization had also penetrated here,...

To be successful or simply to survive the changing economic environment, companies need to know how to organize their work and how to set priorities that can be monitored, measured and completed in a timely manner. In the current competitive conditions, the adoption of effective manufacturing...

The current crisis has revealed that in the “war” between suppliers and customers the power balance has finally swung towards the latter, and since companies act as both suppliers and customers to other entities apparently complicates their situation. A high performance implies minimizing...

The paper aims to outline some evaluation criteria of an ERP system as arguments of the benefits that it offers. At the same time it highlights a number of aspects to be considered when purchasing and implementing these systems, with issues of cost, time, personnel training and the advantages...

Communication has always represented an important point in the success of any project, regardless of its nature. Therefore, most experts today, turn their attention to find more efficient ways of communication between people. In this context and in the globalization context, virtual teams...