Innovation in services has traditionally been neglected in the literature, perhaps because of the assumption that services do not innovate or are primarily users of innovation in manufacturing. In reality, services do innovate in both processes and products, but much of this innovation does not...

Decision contexts, decision nature and characteristics that are to be made, the features of the decision maker, the quantity and the quality of the information available intended to support the decision making process are the major premises of the efficiency. In the world where the changes are...

In general sense, the mission of universities has not traditionally involved a consciousness of the need to be wealth creating in the direct sense. However, the rise of the knowledge economy has forced them to become aware of the importance they have for the establishment of future regional...

Risk has become an important variable in many areas of research. Measures of risk have been included in research on corporate products diversification, international geographic diversification, vertical integration, business strategy and industry characteristics, organizational process and...

In his essay on peer review in the 18th century scientific journalism, David Abraham Kronick (1) pointed out that „ peer review is an essential and integral part of consensus building and is inherent and necessary to the growth of knowledge”. Editorial peer review, however, was far from...

Universitatile sunt considerate institutii ale "invatarii". Dar, cine si ce invata in universitati? Ceea ce se iInvata in universitati reflecta necesitatile unei societati antreprenoriale? Analiza literaturii de specialitate demonstreaza clar ca, la nivel international, s-a scris si discutat...

Faculties in the twenty – first century face a variety of daily challenges. The students are, of course, the first priority of faculties’ members. Transfer of knowledge and the difficulties related to developing critical thinking skills and independent learning are very serious matters....

Under central planning, services industries were generally neglected. Marxist thinking emphasized the importance of tangible (material) inputs as determinants of economic development, and classified employment in the services sector as unproductive. Since 1990, the services sector has grown...

The present paper reflects a first step in exploring in a systematic way the manner in which services are embedded in the economic life in Romania. The authors believe that service industries, in particular knowledge intensive services, are at the core of this transformational process and...

Counterfeiting and piracy have emerged as a not inconsiderable phenomenon on the world market because it presents a major peril to the national security, the legal businesses, and even to the economic development and the advancement of society. The scourge of counterfeiting represents today an...