This paper evaluates the dynamic aspects of the UML in the context of inter-organizational workflows. Two evaluation methodologies are used. The first one is ontological and is based on the BWW (Bunge-Wand-Weber) models. The second validation is based on prototyping and consists in the...

In a globalizing economy, competitiveness means information and know-how rather than capital and physical assets. The function of knowledge management is therefore to allow organizations to leverage their information resources and knowledge assets by remembering and applying experience. An...

Knowledge economy imposes new demands and imperatives. To achieve a sustainable competitive advantage today means to achieve primacy in knowledge. Therefore it is not surprising that the move towards knowledge-based competitive advantage has become an imperative, not only for individuals, but...

It is a common view in both theory and practice of modern management that enterprises of the 21st century must seek new sources to build and maintain competitive advantage in the dynamic and uncertain global market. In this context, individual and organizational learning are identified as...

Technological innovation, lower and lower costs of transport and communication, and enlargement of trade and financial interdependence of countries have helped to mitigate the borders of nation states and more free and cheaper movements of goods, money, people. Thus, economic actors such as...

Considering the deep transformations that the banking sector has been experiencing in recent years at a competitive level, this research focuses on identifying the determinants of competitiveness and the variables affecting the same, regarding the level of resources, capabilities and...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new model for explaining the genesis of the multidimensional concept of intellectual capital. It is a generic model since it contains the constituent entities at the individual level of the intellectual capital and their transformations into constituent...

In the present paper upon the Business Intelligence framed in the Romanian national culture peculiarity we will appeal to a gradual approach to the subject, from theoretical – to experimental – to applicative. At an empirical level of these approach we will try to interface a theoretical...

The importance and challenges of supplier–customer cooperation has been widely recognized in the academic literature but the dynamics of such relationship remain understudied. We do not yet fully understand how customer–supplier relationship should be pursued in order to co-create mutual...

The article deals with the main tendencies of companies’ development in 2011 and in early 2012. The main factors that influence the activity of trading networks are investigated. The priority directions of formation of an enterprise competitive advantage under new economic conditions are proposed.