­The literature devoted to economic development concerns itself in a growing de­gree with the role and importance of institutions­­­

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.

Romanian Abstract: Regiunile transfrontaliere, fiind constituite din periferii ale statelor vecine, sunt confluențe de comunități unite de multe ori prin valori comune, relații instituționale, istorie sau cultură dar despărțite uneori de sisteme legislative diferite, abordări și...

În literatura de specialitate, insuficienta abordare a problematicii convergenţei face ca legăturile dintre convergenţa reală şi cea nominală să nu fie identificate corespunzător în vederea conturării unor posibile „drumuri de urmat” pentru ţările doritoare a accede în zona...

Using generation approach we examine the genesis and mechanisms in major financial crisis and focus on the recent sub – prime crisis. We believe that in the era of increased financial globalization a reliable approach has to consider besides fundamental factors multiple equilibriums and self...

Viewed in the context of geopolitical and geostrategic current and through the elements of distinction in terms of identity and cultural institutions, chart Romania - NATO / Israel - EU stands under the sign of the common interest channel, firstly, on common values and hence the collective...

In the convergence programme approved by the Hungarian government in September 2006, the "overriding objective" was to promote real convergence. This paper analyses the problems surrounding real convergence, in light of the broader correlations of economic growth relying heavily on the results...

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...

In the complex connection process of national economies to global economy flows, an important role has the foreign trade, which in recent decades has become, in the market economy conditions, one of the factors determining for economic growth. Foreign trade, as a separate branch of the national...

America is at the half way of the road and the time of the definitive imposing seems to have arrived. After a world-wide bi-polar power system (SUA-URSS), it can pass to a unique-polar power system avoiding a multi�polarities system dangerous at world-wide scale. Pax Americana remains a main...