The article focuses on the role of direct foreign investments in modernizing the economies in transition, the impact of these investments in changing the specialization type and increasing the exportation potential, all within the context of the current financial crisis experienced at world...

During the last years the Republic of Moldova becomes to be more and more integrated to the international investments market. The investment flows in the Republic of Moldova is taking the form of foreign direct investments. The international flows of FDI are decreasing in 2008 due to the effects...

Research and Science Today Journal is a publication founded in 2011 and it is dedicated to the students of all levels (license, master and doctoral) of faculties in the country and abroad. We want to offer the participants the opportunity to present their scientific works in the following areas:...

Successful economic development is a process of successive upgrading. As nations develop, they progress in terms of their characteristic competitive advantage and modes of competing.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) affects to a great extent the output and productivity growth. Evidence suggests that investment growth in ICT has rapidly accelerated the TFP (total factor productivity) growth within the European Union. Such progress is particularly essential for...

The aim of the present study is to shed some light on the framework for Understanding Environmental Policy in Romania, in contrast to the existing literature which mostly focuses on developed economies. Specifically, we use the Pigovian and Coasian Externality Theory. For the empirical analysis...

The paper analyses the savings developments in Romania during transition in comparison with the other CEE countries, starting from the definition of savings from the national accounts. Moreover, saving analysis is performed by institutional sectors, especially for population and nonfinancial...

Abstract: Nowadays, the countries still face new challenges in sustaining their own financial systems, designing a credible regulatory framework, a better cooperation line and a solid cross-border crisis management. The aim of this paper is to underline the main sources of financial instability...

Abstract: The recent global financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in economic policy and financial structure on a national and international level. The aim of this paper is to underline how the present financial crisis affects the financial stability. The study is structured on chapters that...

This paper studies the particularities of portfolio selection on the Romanian stock market using the risk-return maximization criteria introduced by Harry Markowitz (1952). We used daily prices for the 36 most liquid companies traded on Bucharest Stock Exchange during January 2010 – March 2012...