This paper examines the evolution of the EU's trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU's services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....

Consumption economy that characterizes the developed countries, but also the ones in course of development suppose available abundance of products for clients. To achieve this availability the firms make use of logistics activities. These have known continuous developments alongside economic,...

<span lang=\"\\"\\\\"\\\\\\\\"EN-GB\\\\\\\\"\\\\"\\"\" style=\"\"\"\"font-family: \">Drawing on recent literature on the issue of services offshoring, this essay aims to give an overall picture on the dynamics, scale and effects of this phenomenon in Romania.</span>

This paper examines the evolution of the EU’s trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU’s services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....

Accelerated globalization has shown a new significant dimension of intermediate goods cross border flows, led mainly by multinational companies searching competitiveness gains through international fragmentation of production and delocalization on international value-added chains. The related...

Optimizarea unei zone monetare, în sensul unei funcţionări viabile pe termen lung, se fundamentează pe capacitatea acesteia de a gestiona şocurile asimetrice care tind să se propage în interior. Un şoc macroeconomic comun propagat în cadrul tuturor subsistemelor poate fi asimetric în...

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...

This present article proposes to advance the general framework of the Economical and Social Cohesion Policy promoted by the EU. It presents the main instruments and outlines used to promote this policy. Analyzing the effects produced by Structural Funds, both positive and negative, on other...

By this paper we intend to analyze the existing gap in the efficiency of R&D investment, at European level. The method employed in this respect is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The evaluation of the performance in R&D in European countries, in terms of technical efficiency (TE) thus...