Globalised markets and multinational companies tend to be reflected in an open global marked. More so, under these circumstances, economic and financial developments in a country influence and are influenced by developments in other countries. The Romanian labor market is affected by the current...

The global crisis can be seen as a manifestation of the consequence of errors committed in the past by world states. Through its evolution, it can be defined as an instability and uncertainty particularly pronounced. In crisis situations the world states are in a constant state of turbulence and...

The present study, through substance and form, proves that contemporary academic interest for techniques to generate economic cycles is not a new one, but a continuation of old actions. As a result, have been sketched theoretical itineraries, convergent or divergent, designated to reflect the...

The current financial crisis has spread around the world and no business sector has stayed untouched. Some companies in different sectors have been forced to close down or lay off employees, companies while others simply have to adapt to their customers´ preferences which are continualy...

This article aims at assessing the impact of financial crisis and economic recession on goods distribution and logistics, the consumption behaviour of the behavioural changes made by the members of marketing channels. There have been observed the reactions of economic units, the strategies and...

The financial crisis of 2007 to the present is a crisis triggered by a liquidity shortfall in the United States banking system. It has resulted in the collapse of large financial institutions, the bailout of banks by national governments, and downturns in stock markets around the world. In many...

This article wants to design a liaison between the world economic crisis and agency theory, trying to determine if the current crisis is a consequence of the common corporate governance practices. More specifically, it indicates that these practices lead to excessive risk taking, like subprime...

From individual investors to corporations and financial firms, derivatives have been used to hedge against, or speculation, changes in prices, rates, indexes, potential defaults on debts. Without any oversight, derivatives market and especially OTC derivatives rapidly became out of control...

We analyze the impact of countercyclical capital buffers held by banks on the supply of credit to firms and their subsequent performance. Spain introduced dynamic provisioning unrelated to specific bank loan losses in 2000 and modified its formula parameters in 2005 and 2008. In each case,...

We analyze the long-run imbalances of finance-dominated capitalism underlying the present crisis, which began in 2007, with a focus on developments in the United States and Germany. We argue that beyond inefficient regulation of the financial sector, the severeness of the present crisis has been...