The article analyses the possibilities for Romanian small and medium enterprises to internationalize as Born Globals. Small and medium enterprises in European economies and all over the world are more and more exposed to global pressures induced by globalization and market integration processes,...

A recent study conducted by Accenture revealed that 30% of the strategic alliances are considered to be a success. Why are these companies not fulfilling their expectations? Among the subjects debated in this article we can find those referring to integrating in the partner’s value chain,...

The essential role of the RDI activities in sustaining economic performance and convergence represents a key statement of the revised Lisbon Strategy. These activities are financed and promoted at European level through large Community Programs and Initiatives. Romania’s active participation...

The aim of this article is to enrich the vision regarding the connection between entrepreneurship and economic growth, focusing upon an economy in transition to a market economy. The authors of the present paper have developed an empirical model – based on a constant preoccupation to observe...

The aim of this article is to enrich the vision regarding the connection between entrepreneurship and economic growth, focusing upon an economy in transition to a market economy. The authors of the present paper have developed an empirical model – based on a constant preoccupation to observe...

A scientific approach to management was initiated for the first time in America in the late 19th century. Scientific management arose mainly from the need to increase efficiency in America, but other key factors were the spread of big businesses and the expanding application of science in...

The world nowadays is different, through a series of essential steps, from the one we had been familiar with for a long time. The crisis has revealed not only the flaws within the dominant economic model, but also the flaws in our society. The workforce needs a change in the leaders’...

Paradoxically, in this era of microprocessors, of top technologies, of equipments “independent” of man’s skills and attention, the human resource regains the hegemony among the economic variables of the organization. Human resources traditionally added value to organizations because of...

A culture preoccupied solely with money yields to a cynical behaviour and lack of interest for the individual’s problems and necessities. Capitalism, as we now see it, was driven by the lowest motivations: greed and individualism. Nothing good would ever grow having a negative motivation at...