In 1979, Sony launched a portable Walkman range. For nearly a quarter of century, the Sony Walkman was the undisputed market leader and Sony was considered a top innovative company. Then, in 2001, Apple decided to launch the iPod, a new portable player. About 80% of the iPod technical components...

At the present moment there can be noticed that world's economy is evolving from an essentially industrial society towards a Global Information Society known as Knowledge Society. This paper pursues to analyze the perspectives of the Romanian economic and social environment development given the...

Economic reality demonstrates that the future isn't decided by genetics, informatics or new materials, but by professional, creative and cultural capacities of the human subject. Performance is conditioned by the existence of an information, intelligence and creativity fond, a capital that can't...

In most economic studies, competitiveness is considered a key issue of the political success failure. A major element which contributes to regional inequalities is the level of competitiveness. This element has been the subject of numerous studies over the past years, even though more attention...

We live today in a changing society based on the globalization and better valorisation of the human capital. The human capital is the central driver force for competitiveness and development of the new technology and patent and a necessary factor for their efficient use in the new society. In...

The authors study whether R&D-intensive firms are more resilient to trade shocks. They correct for the endogeneity of R&D using tax-induced changes to the cost of R&D. On average across US manufacturing firms, rising imports from China lead to slower sales growth and lower profitability. These...