This study examines the evolution of the marketing topics in the academic curriculum of the Romanian universities. It is a historical insight into the now well developed field of study: Marketing. In the same time it is a tribute to our professors and researchers who devoted their efforts in...

Taking into account the main, already established marketing orientations the present article aims at stressing the dominant characteristic of contemporary marketing that it presents as a new paradigm of the last two decades. By emphasizing the meaning of relationship capital as fundamental...

Recent evolution of the market globalization, accompanied by rougher competition, implies adaptation of the traders to this new reality. Their work policy will have to attract more consumer segments using the various types of retail and wholesale trade stores. Moreover emphasis is to be put on...

Contemporary marketing is constantly subject to challenges generated by the evolution of market relations. Promoting the holistic conception in marketing determines new theoretical and practical urges in the field. The article shapes conceptual aspects of this new challenge, i.e. neuromarketing....

A key challenge in the 21st century is identifying how to satisfy consumers’ needs in the best manner possible, whilst ensuring companies’ financial profitability. Scientists play a major role in achieving this goal, as research methods, techniques and tools have continuously evolved. In the...

The most significant research about knowledge based economy is concentrated on innovation. Research about entrepreneurial thinking at the university level and positioning of universities in collaborative models as clusters are in the early stages. The new approach that we propose in this...

Starting from the specific features of bricolage retail trade (which is part of the ‘Do It Yourselfâ€(tm) -DYI commercial format), this study aims to clarify the concept and structure of innovation in this field, and to present how innovation is perceived and communicated by sellers to...