As history of the last centuries has shown, the capitalism and the communism are generating economic crisis, in connection with a deeper crisis, i.e. the spiritual crisis, driven by the tendency of man’s massification,, by which his spiritual qualities are strongly tainted over time....

This paper aims to provide an analysis of foreign direct investment stock in Romania in 2007-2010 by branches of national economy and country of origin. The study's findings show that: (1) the structure of foreign direct investment stock in Romania by sector has not changed under the influence...

The European Union has been severely affected by the financial crisis and by the fact that many countries have entered recession. Europe, as a region, still has the highest share in world trade in services, with more than 43.3% of exports and more than 30.7% of imports in 2011. The intern...

In this paper we have tried to measure the impact that crisis it had over the revaluation process of buildings from Romania. This study includes a sample of 239 buildings from a district from Romania. Buildings belong to 67 shares companys. The period we have analyzes is between 2008 to 2011 but...

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the extension of short-time work, time buffers due to...

Foreign trade and foreign direct investments (FDI) are key elements for economic development and growth of both a country and its regions. This paper focuses on foreign trade and FDI in Austrian regions (Bundesländer). Unfortunately, data on regional trade in Austria is only available on a very...

The financial crisis profoundly affected the USA economy, highlighting many problems related to the five management systems of financial institutions. But the most important aspect that influenced the dramatic evolution of these institutions in the last few years was the inadequate management...

This chapter presents a set of stylized facts and PTAs features which are shared across the region’s economies. Agreements are routinely classified with respect to the level of development of partners, their number and regional proximity and contiguity. The other features of the agreements...

Globalization is a reality that we cannot deny or run away from. The economic, political or social issues, even if they have a starting point, spread very quickly, covering large areas in a very short time. Modern communication systems enable crisis transfer. They also bring us information about...

In this paper we studied the influence on the Asian products over the consumer decision making. We observed that because of the economic crisis most of the people are buying products made in China, although they now that the quality and the price are lower. The factors that change the habits and...