A Single European Labor Market, particularly involving the free movement of workers within Europe, has been a goal of the European community since the 1950s. Whereas it may entail opportunities and drawbacks alike, the benefits—such as greater economic welfare for most citizens—are supposed...

An article about the transformation of the forms and methods of marketing in the context of the global economic crisis. The extensive development of e-commerce has led to the emergence of new forms of virtual sales and globalization of marketing. The author analyzes the changes taking place in...

Article on the impact of the crisis in the global economy on marketing strategy in Russia. The author substantiates the thesis of the decline in the value of methods of promoting the marketing mix and a gradual return to the dominance of the marketing concept of the distribution.

Countries that are in difficulties often need loans from the IMF to support adjustment and reform. On the one hand, it should be clear that the IMF loans can be granted on a temporary basis. For example, Romania is a country which has, through the progress in stabilization and reform, to gain...

The rapid spread of the economic crisis has affected the number of international tourist arrivals and the hotel industry in many regions of the world with dwindling occupancy rates. Tourists are more likely to be price sensitive and change their buying patterns during periods of economic...

We look at business survey data on Italian internationalized firms’ characteristics and performances since the outbreak of the 2008 crisis until 2012. Among Italian firms with 20 employees or more, an increasing share (from 7.1 to 13.2% between 2006 and 2011) owns a foreign productive unit....

The objective of this paper is to study the relationship between changing sovereign risk rating given by credit rating agencies for Romania and CDS of this borrower on the international capital market. For this purpose was used event study methodology type, the event is changing the qualifier...

This question raised emotions in Poland in 2010-2012. They began with the statement by the Prime Minister in March 2010 that Poland was ready to participate in a program of assistance to Greece. It evoked very strong reactions – not only in debates in conferences halls and in professional...

The dramatic decline in the actual output of the European economy is considered to be more than a cyclical discrepancy from the potential output. Both the level and the growth rate of the potential output show an unfavourable development. It is an important task of economic research to identify...

Large-scale corporate restructuring made necessary by a financial crisis is one of the most daunting challenges faced by economic policymakers. The financial crisis at the end of 2008 has brought back , in the Romanian economy too, the problem of the negative economic growth, of the massive...