The operational capacity represents one of the most important characteristics of the logistic system, from the perspective of its reliability. The present paper describes, concisely, in its first part, the theoretic foundations of the analysis and of the evaluation of a logistic system from the...

“Uniquely Singapore” and “YourSingapore”! Brand and rebrand! 2004 and 2010! From the economic point of view Singapore has grown exponentially in the last half century. The beginning of the third millennium has brought the need of finding new sources of growth by correctly identifying the...

Since 20 years ago our country brand is unsuccessfully looking for its identity. Although over time numerous attempts were made, none of the projects was successful. Sashi Tharoor – a specialist in country brands – said that „for a country to become a valuable brand it must be the country...

In order to improve performance and due to its importance and complexity, retailing is the subject of constant scientific and professional research. One of newer aspects of research is the effects of applying the concept of sustainable development in retail. The concept of sustainable...

Through the present paper, we identified and argumented one of the most important consequences of the present business environment: appearance and, gradually, growth of differences between two categories of representants: human resources with high formation, strongly connected to the...

Traditional literature regarding “corporate governance” finds the “tension between ownership and management” (as it was shaped by the agency theory) to be a node in the logic of what should be the answer to the question “how the structure of the corporation property can be designated...

All aspects of Lean Management presented in this paper have attempted to show the size of an approach of the industrial performance in European companies. The myth created by the results in Japanese car companies Toyota has attracted the interest of many authors to this management system. In...

This article analyses the main factors that determine the organisational structure of a sample of firms located in Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northeast of Spain. The variables studied were identified from among the factors considered in contingency theory and by incorporating...

SMEs present many particularities which influence to a large extend their functionality and performance. A very deep investigation of more than 60 SMEs has revealed what are the major variables having influence on SMEs organisation and the main features of organisation system. In the first part...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance assessment and reporting has drawn a considerable amount of attention. In this context, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has been among the first organizations to develop a framework for sustainability performance reporting, which is...