The paper analyses the presuppositions (often implicit) the actual quantitative and logical modelling is based on. In the context, some points of view are proposed, aimed at to eliminate or reduce the incertitude and vagueness generated by the actual way of understanding the macroeconomic modelling.

Urban systems are becoming increasingly complex as urban economies, social and political structures and norms, infrastructure systems and technologies evolve. Therefore, the development of operational urban simulation models is required in order to achieve an improvement of the quality of...

Deşi se utilizează frecvent, competitivitatea naţională este încă o noţiune ambiguă, în sensul că nu există nici o definiţie unanim acceptată în literatura de specialitate, ci numeroase abordări. În acest articol vom încerca să contribuim la clarificarea conceptului de...

Unul dintre avantajele integrării îl reprezintă creşterea gradului de deschidere a economiei către restul lumii, cu efecte benefice asupra fluxurilor de investiţii străine directe receptate, fluxurilor bilaterale de forţă de muncă, productivităţii muncii etc.. În acest context,...

În contextul cerinţelor de performanţă impuse de dezvoltarea societăţii bazate pe cunoaştere, privim proprietatea industrială ca pe o pârghie importantă a acesteia. Prin urmare, în acest studiu se prezintă (comparativ) sistemul drepturilor de proprietate industrială şi protecţia...

The study is based on the critical observations that the competitive market forces alone are not able to assure the convergence with the developed countries. 

The study defines the three types of convergence – institutional, nominal and real ones –, the connection among them and their main measurement indicators. 

Continuous technological specialisation of a national economies, conducted by the dynamic comparative advantage, is not only the effect of free market forces accompanied by commercial openness, as it depends on many other factors, among which technological progress is essential.

This study offers from the beginning a survey about the institutional construction in the pre- and post-adhesion stages to European Economic and Monetary Union, about the exchange rate mechanism applied by the different countries and about convergence criteria.

Real convergence represents an essential objective for Romania\'s integration into the EU.