In the context of knowledge-based economy, along with the growing importance of the intangible assets, and along with the changing criteria for defining the competitive advantages, the intellectual property related issues are increasingly addressed. The specific literature is replete with all...

Projects financed by the European Union generate effects on organizations that implement them, on stakeholders and on the regions in which they are implemented. Through these projects the development of regions and the achievement of the European objectives, is wanted. These projects have...

Recent approaches consider the knowledge as a determinant factor in the current economy, moving from the knowledge-based economy to the knowledge driving economy. (European Commission - Directorate-General for Enterprise 2004) In that context, along with the growing importance of the intangible...

Today, in a highly competitive and ultra-dynamic environment, it is necessary for all organizations to be able to adapt to the new, because there exists the risk that what was yesterday a basis for effective management, in present can be a strong barrier to achieving performance. In this...

This is the second article on the empirical study of Drucker’s knowledge-worker productivity. The first article examined productivity in the context of the 21st century, focusing on Drucker’s six major factors determining knowledge-worker productivity. From these six factors, a...

This paper investigates the impact of corporate board diversity on the financial performance of Nigerian quoted firms using a panel data of 122 quoted Nigerian firms. Aspects of board diversity studied comprise board nationality, board gender and board ethnicity. The Fixed Effect Generalised...

The interest for strategy expressed within Romanian companies was caused by the fact that the external context has become more and more dynamic and unpredictable, allowing to different factors to exert a more powerful influence over the enterprise than previously expected. Consequently, by...

As in the whole world, in our country, the number of "dream" to create and to run their own business continues to grow. Maybe new growth for potential entrepreneurs to be even higher, given the national economic structure, making it more important to know the fundamentals of entrepreneurship....

Crisis is a normal status in every field, at a certain moment. It’s a natural status that follows a period of growth, of expansion one. It is even “announced” by certain signs that good leaders could “hear” or “feel”. Core purpose orientation is something that should not miss to...

Project management has evolved over time, becoming the principal mean of dealing with change in modern organizations. Best practices have occurred as a result of business evolution and of practicing project management at a global level. Best practices in project management, if followed, increase...