We are experiencing a convoluted period regarding the answers to the questions about the European Union integration. We are trying to determine the criteria of existence on the EU market, a developing market in itself or rather one that is trying to adjust to the global market. Could the...

This paper presents the main tendencies in which the product quality evaluation can be done, and five quality assessment methods of industrial products, namely: quality complex indicator, general point method, continuum model, subfeature model, customer satisfaction performance model and...

A strategic goal of the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest is represented by the continuous improving of the quality for the didactic and scientific research activities. To this purpose a special importance should be given to the process approach of the activities by integrating the...

The present study tackles the banking system’s productivity in a more complex manner, that integrates multiple input, multiple output variables, abdicating from the reductionist perspective of clasical methods, which imposed limits in the number of variables, in the process of productivity...

The enhancement of convergence in the supervisory practices, both by increasing the quality of the legal framework and of the regulations in the field of financial services and by improving the consultation process, represents a prerequisite for setting up the Single Market for financial...

The recent financial crisis has proven just how expensive the process for the reestablishing of the financial stability and for restoring the public confidence in the banking system, actually is. Given its effects and the skepticism regarding the effectiveness of the supervisory systems of the...

Although there is no express requirement in the regulations of the National Bank of Romania, the design, the implementation and the use of rating systems in the management of risks related to exposures of non-banking financial institutions (NFIs) on the basis of good banking practice, is a...

The current financial crisis, through its global dimension, resulted in an intensification of efforts of specialists to find the best policies for crisis management, on the one hand, and to improve the regulatory and supervision framework, on the other hand, both essential conditions for...

The paper focuses, primarily, on assessing if risks associated to household sector havea significant impact on Romanian banking system’s soundness and stability, by establishing whichhousehold specific variables are the most important and have to be monitored. We have consideredseveral...