The management of innovation since the early 90s is more and more present in the business discourse, whatever the field of activity. However, the academic literature is often limited to technological innovations carried out in the industry and leaves the service sector which is a major source of...

Sustainability has become a topic of great interest to the contemporary world, as sustainable business could provide the resources future generations need for survival and full development. The most important step towards sustainable development is to rethink production processes and current...

This paper aims to analyse an identity element of the city of Pitesti, based on the results of a study that helped design the town’s post-accession strategy. Local development strategies have become essential for administrative reform in Central and Eastern European countries, ensuring the...

Romanian trade is placed, at the beginning of this millennium, at an intermediate stage of a complex process of development. Since 1995, Romania has experienced a steady increase of the retail market due to the entry on the Romanian market of some modern international trade chains and to the...

At the beginning of the millennium, Romanian trade is in an intermediate stage of a complex process of development, marked by efforts and attempts to modernize the forms of commerce. After 1995 and until now, Romanian retail market has experienced a steady increase due to the entry of...

The huge challenges for ensuring future energy supplies needed to global development imposed the initiation of a series of drastic changes to cope with diminishing conventional energy resources, which tends to endanger the mankind socio-economic development. In this context a shift of energy...