The main objective of the present research is to formulate a set of pertinent recommendations regarding the efficient adjustment of the principles and instruments of strategic management to the particularities of the SMEs. Thus, the authors intend to clarify the aspects referring to matters such...

The reflection capacity of values in the taking decisions process, to govern the way that these values and decisions affect the various groups of partners and to establish the way that the managers can use these observations in the company’s daily conditions, represents the named business...

There are several terms used in Romanian for the English term supply chain. We have counted eleven. It has been adopted in several ways and it is perceived (adapted) in several ways in Romania. There are several causes which have determined this fact: the English terminology inconsistence...

The paper aims to emphasize the usefulness of applying an emergent concept in the economic literature (the ecologic spin-off) as main instrument for restructuring the national energy industry, under the circumstances of the increasing pressures provided both by the national and international...

The world crisis has begun showing its effects in Romania in October 2008. Still, the immaturity of Romanian authorities in the political and economic fields, as well as the enthusiasm of economic development led to an unconscious state of mind regarding the crisis. Therefore, Romanian companies...

(VF)La communication de la stratégie occupe une place centrale dans la pratique des dirigeants. Les recherches récentes sur les discours stratégiques suggèrent que cette pratique peut contribuer à la création d’un ordre pour l’action. Cependant, ces travaux étudient peu la façon dont...

This downsizing article represents a succinct review of the scholarly work of researchers studying the multifaceted downsizing phenomenon over the past 30 years. Since Cascio’s (1993) article “Downsizing: What do we know? What have we learned?”, the research has burgeoned across several...

(VF)La recherche en stratégie, dont la vitalité, l’éclectisme des référentiels théoriques et la variété des questions traitées sont manifestes, a contribué à faire du management stratégique un champ académique bien institutionnalisé et reconnu.Le caractère foisonnant de ce champ...

The current competition game implies processes like alliances with competitors, inclusion of customers and suppliers at early stages of innovation, relations with States, or anticipation of public acceptance. At the heart of all these processes and many others, information processing has become...

This paper presents a perspective on the current situation of sustainable development in relation to companies‟ strategies and the role that management innovation may have to improve this situation. Starting with a brief analysis of the concept of sustainable development, we link it to the...