In order to keep up with the changing economic environment, graduates from business schools must be prepared to face different challenges. In fact, it is the educational system that must be configured properly, so it can create student competencies in a dynamic way. A research has already been...

As the global economic environment is permanently changing and evolving, the educational system must prepare young people to face the challenges of a real job. The traditional approaches for teaching international business in universities is focused on sharing knowledge and as far as creating...

The economic crisis has given the opportunity for the world to reconsider the use of resources, so the subject of competitive advantage has became actual. There are several relevant papers on national competitiveness, but we consider that there are still important issues to discuss in order to...

Benchmarking is a method used to measure the products, services and processes in comparison to an entity recognized as a leader in terms of performance of its operations. Used in the years 1970-1980 in the strategic management of the company currently has proven to be increasingly useful in many...

Logistics management has always been critical for business competitiveness. Companies are trying to make their activity more efficient by reducing costs for storing and transportation. Also they want to be able to respond more rapidly to customer needs by implementing a delivery system that can...

The economic crisis that the global economy is facing nowadays has started with the financial crisis of the U.S financial system. We are talking about an unprecedented speculative boom at global level which has overcome the previous booms created by the d

In the context of the financial crisis the imbalances in the euro area have been underlined. The issue had been previously debated during the years preceding the financial crisis, but the strong global economic expansion and the ongoing economic integration within the euro area partly masked the...

The simulation methods are implemented to develop students' professional skills and competencies in the economic field, making the link between the academic and business environments. The paper presents these methods of simulation in areas such as trade, international business, tourism and...

The economic crisis has given the opportunity to reconsider the use of resources, so the subject of competitive advantage has become actual. In the aluminium industry the cost of electrical energy is critical not only for competitive reasons but for the mere existence and performance of numerous...

This paper presents the evolution of real estate market in European Union. Romaniaâ€(tm)s real estate sector passed through significant milestones during the last years -due to economic boom, integration in the European Union and affordable financing. But after the 2007 subprime crisis and...