Following the Black Swan logic, it often happens that what we do not know becomes more relevant that what we (believe to) know. The management of extreme risks falls under this paradigm in the sense that it cannot be limited to a static approach based only on objective and easily quantifiable...

The study aims to create an integrated framework of analysis allowing the optimization of government decisions to intervene in case of a major terrorist attack for limiting the consequences and restoring order and functionality, based on a set of specific models. This initiative is due to the...

It is known that the environment and the human society often support the actions of some dangerous phenomena of different origins,natural or anthropogenic, that may cause destructive and brutal disturbances in some systems or default situations. In the following, some natural catastrophic events...

The SMEs financing issue in the current post crisis context has changed. The access and the new financing conditions complicate the restart of engines of the development for all types of firm’s activity. The paper presents an analysis of possible innovative financing solutions, particularly...

The paper contains analyses about the effects of global warming and climate change. The impacts of climate change may be physical,ecological, social or economic. Evidence of observed climate change includes the increasing temperature, CO2 emissions, droughts, floods, etc. Human activities have...

The Society perceives the dangers as threats, challenges and risks. Risk is defined as direct and assumed threat. Most of all, the highest risks in modern society are likely asymmetric.They include the whole sphere of human activity and they are accompanying man in almost everything he does. As...

The recent crisis and turbulences have significantly changed the consumers’ behavior, especially through its access possibility and satisfaction, but also the new dynamic flexible adjustment of the supply of goods and services. The access possibility and consumer satisfaction should be...

The management of crises caused by terrorist attacks proved an insufficient capacity of the governments to manage extreme risks in most of the recent cases. After the ‘90s, the philosophy of terrorism changed and it therefore requires immediate governmental intervention. The mega terrorism...

The aim of the paper is to establish the future intervention priorities in building a new programme that would target the economic development in the research area. The used methodology included an adapted A’WOT analysis - an initial SWOT analysis and a prioritization of the items through an...