It was only in 1930’s and, especially, in the 50’s, that São Paulo (and its Metropolitan Region) became the main industrial hub of Brazil. It was the “Plano de Metas” of President Juscelino Kubitschek that led to the introduction of mass manufacturing industries, with emphasis on the...

In the present essay we begin with a short presentation of the Aetolian proto-federation, an ancient Greek federation and then, through an interactive approach we compare its structure and institutions with those of the European Union (EU), a would-be federation and Pakistan, an established...

The article basically examines the division of the Romanian unitary state taking into account constitutional factors such as: unity and indivisibility. The founding legislative reforms complex of national and territorial unity of Romania is mentioned in a temporary sequence. The issue of the...

Republic of Moldova’s foreign policy is related to its geopolitical situation: East or West. For more than two years, in Moldova a fierce battle takes place for the country’s geopolitical orientation. The battle, started on April 7, 2009, has at stake the orientation of Bassarabia to Western...

At present time, research and technological development represents one of the most important European common policy, which focus on the European Union development. The European common policy in this field began with EURATOM Treaty; until 1980 there was not a Community coordination of research...

The paper shows the economic aspects of the risk management related to the controversial Rosia Montana project. The concept of the sustainable development of Romanian economy –horizon in 2025 assumed the preservation and enhancement of the natural resources to be used by the future...

We utilize a unique dataset of more than 15,500 first-year students in upper secondary vocational education of a particular region in the Netherlands, and estimate the impact of commuting distance on the choice of a field of study. Using logistic regression analysis we estimate the probability...

A consumer-choice model developed by Enders, Sandler and Parise (1992) is utilized to study the regional effects of terrorism on competitors’ market shares in tourism sector where involved countries enjoy significant tourism activities but are subject to high frequency of terrorist attacks....

We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of US inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations. Patenting growth is...