This article presents the main instruments of the “management of innovation” from the Lisbon Strategy perspective. According to this Strategy until the year 2010 the economy of the European Union have to become the most dynamic and competitive one.

Innovation is reshaping the corporate culture of organizations in this present age of competency and service legacy. Innovation in services is getting recognition from the top executives due to its strategic importance and globalizes competition, which has escalated the demand of better change...

The crisis is a system that have its self-destructing cycles. The event supplies itself from its environment. It generates perturbations at all levels. In our days, the crisis (of the economy, of culture, of ideology, of values, of conscience, of organizations) becomes a daily state, a reference...

The purpose of this study is to present the meaning of the vision and mission statements for a university, in a strategic management reference. We will consider the vision and mission statements of some known world class universities, in order to illustrate the essential points of such...